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MOZILLA FIREFOX CHEAT SHEET

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:24:15 GMT

GENERAL KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Add Bookmarks	Ctrl + D
Bookmarks	Ctrl + B
DOM Inspector	Ctrl + Shift + I
Downloads	Ctrl + J
Full Screen View	F11
Help	F1
History	Ctrl + H
Page Source	Ctrl + U
Print	Ctrl + P
Refresh Page	F5
Refresh Page & Cache	Ctrl + F5
Save Page As	Ctrl + S

NAVIGATION KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Back	Alt + Left Arrow
Down One Line	Down
Down One Page	PageDown
File Open	Ctrl + O
Forward	Alt + Right Arrow
Frame Next	F6
Frame Previous	Shift + F6
Home Page	Alt + Home
Jump to Address Bar	Ctrl + L
Jump to Search Bar	Ctrl + K
Page Bottom	End
Page Top	Home
Stop	Esc
Tab Close	Ctrl + W
Tab New	Ctrl + T
Tab Next	Ctrl + Tab
Tab Previous	Ctrl + Shift + Tab
Tab Select	Ctrl + [1 - 9]
Up One Line	Up
Up One Page	PageUp
Window Close	Alt + F4
Window New	Ctrl + N

TEXT KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Copy	Ctrl + C
Cut	Ctrl + X
Delete	Del
Text Size Decrease	Ctrl + -
Text Size Increase	Ctrl + +
Text Size Default	Ctrl + 0
Undo	Ctrl + Z

SEARCH KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Find Again	F3
Find as You Type Link	'
Find as You Type Text	/
Find in This Page	Ctrl + F
Find Previous	Shift + F3

MOUSE SHORTCUTS
Back	Shift + Scroll Down
Forward	Shift + Scroll Up
Open Link in Background Tab	Ctrl + Left Click or Middle Click
Open Link in Foreground Tab	Ctrl + Shift + Left Click
Open Link in New Window	Shift + Left Click
Scroll Line by Line	Alt + Scroll
Tab Close	Middle Click on Tab
Tab New	Double Click on Tab Bar
Text Size Decrease	Ctrl + Scroll UP
Text Size Increase	Ctrl + Scroll Down

LOCATIONS
Cached Elements
C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[profilename]\Cache\
Profile Manager
Close Firefox. From the "Start" menu, select "Run", type "firefox.exe -p"
User Profile Folder
C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\
Advanced Configuration
Address Bar: about:config
Cache Info
Address Bar: about:cache
Plugin Info
Address Bar: about:plugins

Tags: mozilla, firefox, internet, web, cheat sheet, technology, tips, education

50 Great Free Online Libraries

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 06:18:56 GMT

clipped by: karokan
clipper's remarks: Comprehensive list of free online book resources

Clip Source: www.attiaspace.com

Research & Education

50 Great Free Online Libraries

1. California Digital Library

2. The Online Books Page

3. Free Books

5. Research Assistance

6. BookRags - E-Books and Book Notes

7. All Bookstores.com

8. FreeTech Books

10. Free E-Books.net

11. MindView

12. The eBook Directory

13. University of Virginia's E-Book library

14. BizzyDays Ebook Publications

15. Web Source

16. free-ebooks-4u.com

17. Prosperity Point

18. Free eBooks and Best Sites

19. Free Electronic Books

20. CIW Free E-Books

21. My Free EBooks

22. Free E-Books

23. A Good Read

24. Blackmask Online

25. EBookstand

26. Bibliomania

27. Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts

28. The eText Archive

29. Free Books 5000

30. Classic Bookshelf

32. Samizdat Press

33. Page by Page Books

34. bartleby.com

35. Free Books 4 Doctors

36. InformIT Online Books

37. Chapter-a-Day - Free Books in Your E-Mail!

42. BeyondBooks.com

47. Free-Ed.Net

48. Free Joke Books

52. Great Books Index

54. Internet Medieval Sourcebook

55. Books by David Irving

56. Be Successful!

Tags: lists, ebooks, resources

Hidden Program In Windows XP

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 03:40:09 GMT

clipped by: RiverRed

Clip Source: www.metacafe.com

Hidden Program In Windows XP

Go to Start > Run > and type in eudcedit - this will open up a font editor - allowing you to design your own custom fonts and characters to be used in things like MS Word.

MS Microsoft Word Font Character Hidden Secret Program Windows XP

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Tags: windows

I LOVE IT! Free courses online. No Joke

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:10:33 GMT

clipped by: karokan
clipper's remarks: This site is absolutely amazing! It offers free education in any subject from Aerodynamics to Dentistry, from Calculus to History, from Business to Oceanography. All coursework is provided free of charge online. I checked it out and was very surprised by their offering.

Clip Source: www.free-ed.net

Free education on the Internet
No books to buy, no hidden fees
Courses, tutorials, and skill-building activities for today's most important vocational and academic disciplines

GED
High School, Homeschool
College Prep
Vocational & Career Training
College Programs
Graduate and Professional Studies
Lifelong Learning

Click Here for instant access all of our free courses.
Go ahead ... it won't cost you anything ... ever!

Complete courses and tutorials for more than 120 different vocational and academic disciplines.

Study programs for homeschooling, advanced college prep, GED, technical careers, lifelong learning, and much, much more.*

Simply pick a course and go to work on it.
No sign-ups, no passwords, no credit-card requests

Is this school really free? Yes. You don't even have to buy any textbooks--everything is provided online. Costs are covered by advertising and donations from appreciative patrons.

See more questions and answers...

Tags: education, internet, free

Speed up Firefox with these tweaks

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:18:49 GMT

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Clip Source: www.tonyspencer.com

Speed up Firefox with these tweaks

Does Firefox seem way slower than Internet Explorer to you? Well it certainly is out of the box. I’m not sure why they don’t make the following settings default but check these out. They may change your opinion of the browser.

Type “about:config” in your firefox address bar.

Search for the following settings:

1. network.http.pipelining
Set to true
2. network.http.pipelining.firstrequest
Set to true
3. network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
Set to 32
4. network.http.proxy.pipelining
Set to true
5. nglayout.initialpaint.delay
Set to 0

Its very likely that you won’t have an entry for network.http.pipelining.firstrequest. Thats ok. Just add one.

Right-click on the preferences list, select ‘New’ then select ‘Boolean’

On the first prompt, type:
network.http.pipelining.firstrequest

On the second prompt, set it to ‘true’

Its also likely that you won’t have an entry for nglayout.initialpaint.delay

Right-click on the preferences list, select ‘New’ then select ‘Integer’

On the first prompt, type:
nglayout.initialpaint.delay

On the second prompt, set it to ‘0′

Enabling the pipelining features allows the browser to make multiple requests to the server at the same time. The “maxrequests” is the maximum number of requests it will send at once. I’ve heard that 8 is the most it will send at once, but setting it higher won’t hurt, just in case. The initialpaint.delay is the length of time (in milliseconds) after the server response before the browser begins to paint the page.

Tags: firefox

5000+Resources to do just about anything online free

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:18:09 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I've clipped a few examples. Links to other resources can be found at the page

Clip Source: mashable.com

Since May 2007, we’ve been bringing you resources and tools to be more productive on the web. Due to popular demand, we’ve brought all these lists together into one gigantic meta-list: 5000+ Resources to Do Just About Anything Online.

Enjoy! And don’t forget to subscribe to Mashable for the latest web news and resources.

6 Key Ways to Measure Your Blog’s Success - Six essential tools for measuring how your blog is performing.

20+ Firefox Plugins For Managing Email - Use Firefox to help you manage and control your email.

100+ Tools For Flickr Addicts - The possibilities with Flickr seem endless, and this toolbox shows you just some of what is out there for you Flickr addicts.

90+ Online Photography Tools and Resources - Tools for editing, finding, and storing photos.

50+ Websites For the Kickass Control Freak - More tools to get your life organized and get more done online and out in real life.

120+ Web Development Resources - A huge list of tools to assist you with developing your website.

Tags: internet, tools, resources, programs, free

Ridiculously Useful Websites

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:07:59 GMT

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Clip Source: www.webupon.com

15 Ridiculously Useful Websites

Web MD

Provides a reference for anyone looking to diagnose his or her symptoms or research medical issues. It is a good place to visit before making that, oh so expensive, trip to the doctor.

E-How

A reference site for just about everything else. Want to k now how to wax snow skis? Make pizza dough? Install a bathtub? This is the place.

Bartleby

One of the better academic research websites I've come across.

How Stuff Works

A very cool website that contains explanations of those mysteries in life that you just can't figure out. A few examples are Murphy's Law, Pickpockets, and Light Sabers (Yes, light sabers).

Musicovery

Seriously, the coolest music-related site I've seen. You choose the mood, intensity, and genres of the music you would like to hear and the site will provide you with a virtual web of music to explore. The web evolves with each choice you make. You can click on any song in the web at anytime.

Tags: useful, websites

Reduce Firefox Memory Usage

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:27:03 GMT

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Clip Source: www.helpero.com

How to lower the amount of memory that Firefox uses?

Fist of all you should see this: How to Reduce Firefox Memory Usage

But if you are in a hurry...

1. In your Firefox address bar, enter the following text: about:config

2. Scroll down to the entry titled browser.cache.memory.enable and make sure the Value is set to true. If it’s not, double-click anywhere in the browser.cache.memory.enable line and the status will change to true

3. Right-click (Apple users ctrl-click) anywhere in the about:config window and select New and then Integer from the pop-up menu

4. Enter browser.cache.memory.capacity in the New integer value pop-up box

5. You’ll need to enter a number in the Enter integer value, but that number depends on how much memory you have (specifically, how much you want to 'give' Firefox). If you have 256MB or less RAM, enter 4096 as the value. If you have 512MB of RAM, enter 6144 or 8192. If you have 128MB or less RAM, you may want to consider upgrading - memory is getting very inexpensive.

6. Confirm that the new entry has been created and the integer value is correct

7. If for any reason you wish to restore the default settings, change the browser.cache.memory.capacity integer value to -1 (that’s minus one).

Source: simplehelp.net

Tags: firefox, computer, memory, practical

Best Free Reference Websites

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:43:42 GMT

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clipper's remarks: There are SO many good resources listed on this website (I only clipped a few of them). I really suggest checking it out.

Clip Source: www.ala.org

Best Free Reference Web Sites

All-Music Guide (http://www.allmusic.com/)
Matrix Software, Inc.
Reviewed: Mars Best 1999.

AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History (http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/).
Lynn Nelson and Kendall Simmons.
Reviewed: Mars Best 2002.

Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://stats.bls.gov/).
Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Reviewed: Mars Best 2001.

Cyberschoolbus (http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/).
United Nations Statistics Division

Reviewed: Mars Best 2004

Economist Country Briefings (http://www.economist.com/countries/).
Economist Newspaper, Ltd.
Reviewed: Mars Best 2002.

Fact Monster^TM (http://www.factmonster.com/).
Family Education Network Inc.
Reviewed: Mars Best 2003.

50 States and Capitals (http://www.50states.com/).
Ray Weber; Weber Publications.
Reviewed: Mars Best 1999

Foreign Government Resources on the Web
(http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/foreign.html).
U.S. General Services Administration.
Reviewed: Mars Best 1999

GrayLit Network: A Science Portal of Technical Reports (http://graylit.osti.gov/index.html).
Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI).
Reviewed: Mars Best 2005.

The Merck Manual Home Edition (http://www.merckhomeedition.com/).
Merck & Company, Inc.
Reviewed: Mars Best 2002.

NoodleTools: Smart Tools for Smart Research (http://www.noodletools.com/).
Debbie Abilock, Librarian/Curriculum Coordinator, Damon Abilock, NoodleTools Web site design and development.
Reviewed: Mars Best 2001.

Occupational Outlook Handbook (http://www.bls.gov/oco/).
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Reviewed: Mars Best 1999.

Online! Citation Styles (http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html).
Bedford/St. Martin's.
Reviewed: Mars Best 2001.

WebMD Health (http://www.webmd.com/)
WebMD, Inc.
Reviewed: Mars Best 2006.

World Factbook (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/).
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
Reviewed: Mars Best 1999.

Tags: reference, research, websites

The best FIREFOX add-ons (1)

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:14:40 GMT

clipped by: blusior
clipper's remarks: nice and useful,utile dulci

Clip Source: addons.mozilla.org

Gmail Space 0.5.3 by Rahul Jonna, tnarik

This extension allows you to use your Gmail Space (2.5 GB and growing) for file storage. It acts as an online drive, so you can upload files from your hard drive and access them from every Internet capable system. The interface will make your Gmail account look like a FTP host.

After the installation, you'll get an option called "GSpace" in your "Tools" menu, which opens the GSpace window.

It's great for storing/sharing files with your friends. Also very good to backup photos and music files (as you can view/listen to them from Gspace).

If you have any problems with the extension, please look at the FAQ page (http://www.getspace.com/faq.html). If your question is not listed or the solution doesn't apply to your specific question, please email the current developer (tnarik).

Let's do something interesting: send your suggestions about Gspace to tnarik until 23/11/2006. Let's see what we can we do to please you all.

Gmail Manager 0.5.3 by Todd Long

Allows you to manage multiple Gmail accounts and receive new mail notifications. Displays your account details including unread messages, saved drafts, spam messages, labels with new mail, space used, and new mail snippets.

Clip Source: addons.mozilla.org

Tab Mix Plus 0.3.5.2 by CPU, onemen

Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox's tab browsing capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. It also includes a full-featured session manager with crash recovery that can save and restore combinations of opened tabs and windows.

Clip Source: addons.mozilla.org

Firefox Showcase

More previews…

Clip Source: addons.mozilla.org

Fotofox

More previews…

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yourminis.com HUD

More previews…

Tags: firefox

Firefox Tweak Guide

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:30:48 GMT

clipped by: kwonsu

Clip Source: www.techspot.com

Firefox 2 Tweaking, Profiles
Toolbar Setup
Main Settings Tab
Tabs Settings
Content Settings Tab
Feeds & Privacy Settings Tab
Security Settings Tab
Advanced Settings Tab
Add-ons & recommendations
Advanced about:config and user.js
Advanced: Auto-Updates, Bookmarks
Advanced: Caching
Advanced: Connection
Advanced: Plug-ins
Advanced: Rendering
Advanced: Scripting
Advanced: Tabs
Advanced: Miscellaneous
Advanced: userChrome.css

Tags: firefox, browsers, internet, computers, software

Free Software Programs for Writers

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:38:06 GMT

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NoteTab Light — Free Version — I built this web site with this program (every single incarnation of this site, including the current version, stylesheets and all).
Go to the NoteTab website.
Sonar — Free (donations accepted) — Created by the creator of yWriter, this handy program tracks submissions better than a spreadsheet.
Go to the Sonar website.
EverNote — Freeware — EverNote is a fantastic notekeeping program that makes keeping up with notes and research for multiple projects an absolute breeze. Highly recommended for all writers. More of my comments on Evernote.
Go to the EverNote website.
WordWeb — Free Version — WordWeb is a thesaurus and dictionary that can integrate with other programs or run as a standalone program.
Go to the WordWeb website.
RoughDraft — Freeware — RoughDraft is an easy to use word processing program created specifically for writers with features that meet a writer's unique needs.
Go to the RoughDraft website.
Similar programs: WriteWay, yWriter
TreePad Lite — Freeware — Great for notes, detailed lists, character and scene sketches, or just anything at all. I've created a story note organizer for TreePad. It's a simple document in the TreePad format that can be used as a template to help you organize all those documents that invariably accumulate as you work on your most recent novel(s). It also lets you keep track of submissions and rejections. Download my template story_note_organizer.hjt (right click and choose "save target as" or "save link as").
Go to the TreePad website.

AbiWord — Free — Word processing program.
Go to the AbiWord website.

Celtx — Free — Scriptwriting program
Go to the Celtx website.

Dramatica Pro — Demo
Download the demo from The Writers Store.

Final Draft Screenwriting Software
Go to the Final Draft Screenwriting Software website.

Indelible Ink (Scriptwright & Bookwright) — Demos
Go to the Indelible Ink website.

Innovation Toolbox
Go to the Innovation Toolbox website.

Tags: freeware, software, computers, writing, writers

12 Writing Tips From George Orwell

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:14:30 GMT

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Clip Source: www.writingclasses.com

George Orwell has earned the right to be called one of the finer writers in the English language through such novels as 1984 and Animal Farm, such essays as “Shooting an Elephant,” and his memoir Down and Out in Paris.

George expressed a strong dislike of totalitarian governments in his work, but he was also passionate defender of good writing. Thus, you may want to hear some of George’s writing tips.*

A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus:

What am I trying to say?
What words will express it?
What image or idiom will make it clearer?
Is this image fresh enough to have an effect?

And he will probably ask himself two more:

Could I put it more shortly?
Have I said anything that is avoidably ugly?

One can often be in doubt about the effect of a word or a phrase, and one needs rules that one can rely on when instinct fails. I think the following rules will cover most cases:

Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
Never use a long word where a short one will do.
If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
Never use the passive where you can use the active.
Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.

* From “Politics and the English Language” by George Orwell.

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Tags: writing

Split Browser - Great new Firefox extension.

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:08:45 GMT

clipped by: Godfrey Daniel
clipper's remarks: Edit: new version, already.
This is really helpful when sending sections of webpages in Gmail. Simply drag your selections from the web page onto your Gmail composition field in the adjacent split pane.

Clip Source: addons.mozilla.org

Split Browser

by SHIMODA Hiroshi

This splits the content area of the browser window as you like. It will help you in various cases. For example, to compare multiple webpages, to show a calendar always, and so on.

There is some ways to split window.

* Choose the "Split Browser to" menu in the context menu.
* Choose the "Load in Split Browser" menu in the context menu on link.
* Click popup-button on top/bottom/left/right edges of the content area.

* Drop links, bookmarks, etc. to popup-button on top/bottom/left/right edges of the content area while dragging.

You can split browsers over and over. Status of split browsers are saved, and automatically restored on the next startup.

Works with:

Firefox

1.5 - 2.0.0.*

ALL

Install now (23 KB)

Version 0.2.2007011701, released on Jan 16, 2007.

Clip Source: addons.mozilla.org

Overview (fullsize)

Crazy sample - you can split browser infinitely!

Tags: firefox, extensions, split browser

The 7 hidden pages within your Firefox browser

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:02:08 GMT

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Clip Source: www.our-picks.com

about: A simple prompt without any parameter will display the Mozilla “about” information. Since it’s accessible from the top menus as well, it’s not quite a hidden feature.

about:buildconfig Obviously, it will show the build platform configuration and parameters

about:cache Will display info and statistics regarding your disk’s cache, including the name of your cache’s directory and a list of the entries you can find there. By default, Firefox doesn’t allow you to view the cached webpages, so this can be an useful option.

about:config Oh look, many many info. Indeed, it’s the most complex and meaningful of them all. Careful on what you plan to change here, your browser won’t run properly after if you play with the wrong things.

about:plugins Of course, what is Firefox without it’s powerful extensions? This option will display detailed information about all the plugins installed for Mozilla Firefox.

about:credits It’s time to give the credit to whoever deserves it. There’s an alphabetically sorted list of all the people that gave their contribution to the development of Firefox.

about:Mozilla This is a weird thing. It will display the so-called “Book of Mozilla”. Something similar was present in Netscape too. There’s actually no real book although the quotations might give you that impression.

Have fun browsing through your browser’s internal features.

Tags: firefox, internet, web, technology