Category: Browsers

  • Create Goo.gl Shortened URLs in your Browser – Now without Google Toolbar

    Full-length URLs have nearly become an internet faux pas since the advent of sites like Twitter where character restrictions reign supreme.  Sending a normal URL in a tweet is the digital equivalent of tripping over your own shoelaces, and most people have adopted a “favorite” URL shortening service like bit.ly, tinyurl, or is.gd. Google recently…

  • Block Distracting Sites with LeechBlock

    Firefox only:  Having a hard time focusing at work?  Do you compulsively check websites while your to-do list is growing?  We can be our own worst enemies when work needs to be done and things like Facebook and RSS feeds are at our fingertips. LeechBlock is an add-on for Firefox that allows you to block…

  • Staff Picks: Top Web Apps and Software of 2009

    Many great web applications and software emerged in 2009, so the staff at Techerator put together a list of their favorite or most used applications of 2009.  Let us know about your favorite software of 2009 in the comments at the bottom! Evan Wondrasek Gmail – I’ve been using Gmail for a few years, but…

  • 5 New Year’s Resolutions For Your PC

    With the start of a new year fast approaching, many people are making personal New Year’s resolutions such as to lose a few pounds or save some extra money.  Your PC is also looking for changes this New Year.  Here are 5 simple New Year’s Resolutions for your PC. 1) Upgrade your web browser Upgrading…

  • Top 10 Google Chrome Extensions

    Now that the Google Chrome web browser officially supports extensions, great extensions are appearing every day.  I’ve gone through and picked ten of my favorite (and most useful) extensions so far and put them into a fancy Top 10 list. Before you can install extensions you’ll need to download and install the new beta version…

  • Google Chrome (finally) Offers Support for Extensions

    For many of us, extension support was the last thing that was holding us back from fully switching to Google’s Chrome web browser.  As of today, you can browse the officially opened Google Chrome Extension Gallery which offers 300+ extensions and growing. To enable extension support, you’ll have to download and install Chrome beta first.…

  • Essential Add-ons for Firefox #3: Netbook Edition

    In the third edition of our Essential Add-ons for Firefox series, I’ll be showing you how to maximize your usable workspace in Firefox.  This is especially useful for netbooks, which have small displays and typically offer a very limited amount of vertical space. The goal of this guide is to free up as much vertical…

  • How to Access Gmail Without an Internet Connection

    We all love the freedom and accessibility provided by keeping our email in the digital “cloud“, but an inevitable problem always arises: what do we do when we aren’t able to access the internet?  Or, as we recently discovered, what do we do when the our web-based email provider crashes? One solution is to activate…

  • How to Automatically Install the Newest Version of Firefox in Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

    It can take quite a while for updated versions of software to make it to Ubuntu’s illustrious software repository (the software must be customized and approved before it can be listed) – which has left Firefox users hanging for months waiting for it to be updated to version 3.5+.  Mozilla doesn’t offer the easy-to-use .deb…

  • Google Chrome Turns 1, Celebrates With Great JavaScript Performance

    Google Chrome, a recent entry to the Windows web browser market, celebrates its first birthday today.  Chrome has offered many improvements throughout the last year of its development, namely an incredible 150% increase in JavaScript performance since its initial release. This performance increase is definitely noticeable in the performance of Google Chrome Experiments, which is…