Forget MS Office 2007, now you can open docx files in Firefox. Firefox is quite faster in opening a docx file than Office 2007 itself thanks to OpenXML Viewer add-on. It is available for both Windows and Linux.
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Get Access To Flickr In Countries Where It Is Banned
Do you want to access Flickr but can’t because it is banned in your country? If you are living in China, Myanmar, UAE, Iran, or any other country where this website is banned then here is the easy way to access the site. Instead of using web proxy websites, you can now use an add-on for Firefox called Access Flickr to get full access to the website. Developed by Hamed Saber who is an avid photographer himself, this add-on surprisingly works very well.
Read MoreFirefox: Zoom, Drag, And Display Images In An Acceptable Way With ImageTweak
Do you want to view images in an acceptable way in Firefox? Here, acceptable way means that you are able to view them in an exciting new way with any background color of your choice, zoom inside those pictures, and drag them across the screen. ImageTweak is a small add-on for Firefox that does exactly this but with a little twist.
Read MoreFirefox: Reset Multiple Accounts’ Passwords Concurrently
Do you have more than 8 to 10 accounts for signing in to different applications such as Google, Orkut, Facebook, Skype, internet banking etc which makes it difficult to remember each one's password especially if you keep switching your computer from office or home. A safe practice is to keep all passwords in one secure location so that you may recall any password that you have forgotten or due to long time never login. However many of us tend to risk making the same password for every account in order to remember it easily. The common practice of most internet user has been creating the same password for all you accounts but if you think you regret this decision for security purposes and want to change multiple account passwords then you might want to know about Mass Password Reset.
Read MoreMonthly Roundup November, 2008: New Poll, Plan For December, Increase In Feed Readers
As more and more people are migrating to open-source operating systems such as Ubuntu(which is more user friendly as compared to any other free operating systems), it compelled us to ask our readers if they want Ubuntu tips to be covered on this blog. Majority of the people responded to the poll, results can be seen below.
You voted, we heard. We are now gearing up to bring you Ubuntu tips alongside other tips starting January, 2009.
Read MoreHow To Block And Filter Out Annoying Ads in Firefox
Are you annoyed by ridiculous ads that either pops up during browsing session or are displayed in almost all websites or blogs? Advertisements can be effective when they are relative and informative where users can actually get useful information about certain products but with ridiculous ads running all over in the website to generate profit is unacceptable. You may have received marketing messages while browsing either by pop ads or banner ads, despite these service details it gets annoying when random ads are bombarded in the middle of the browsing session. If you hate such kinds of ads, Firefox has a built-in pop up blocking feature. And to further block or filter out ads you can use Adblock plus.
Read MoreIntegrate Firefox, IE And Chrome Into One Browser With Lunascape 5.0
Do you switch between different browsers for daily activities when some of the sites don't work properly in particular browser? Then you should consider using Lunascape 5.0(currently in Alpha version) which lets you integrate Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome into one powerful browser. With Lunascape you will have a choice of selecting the rendering engine for various incompatible websites to the other browser which makes switching between browser less tedious. It optimizes the most of the rendering engine that benefits the end user.
Read MoreFirefox: Organize Tabs And Free Up Memory Usage
Do you work using multiple Firefox tabs and want to organize them categorically rather than chronologically? A new tab is opened right next to the last tab, by the time you open too many tabs it gets difficult to sift through to find the right tab, this is where an Add-On called TooManyTabs can come useful. If you have too many browser tabs in Firefox that you might want to categorize to differentiate, this utility will help you organize tabs in special rows and it also help to reduce memory usage by putting some of the tabs in idle state.
Read MoreQuickly Launch Applications In Windows With JetStart
Is your Start Menu or Quick Launch bar cluttered with application shortcuts? JetStart is an awesome tool that offers a quick access with categorized Start Menu shortcuts, recently launched programs and system commands. It allows multiple ways to access your applications by categorizing them into five generic categories, either by selecting items from a recently used list or newly added programs or simply search them by keyword etc.
Read MoreBatch Change/Rename File Extensions In Windows
Do you want to batch rename file extensions in one simple step? Changing each file extension separately can be a pain in some cases where you have to change extensions of more than 100 files. There are two methods of changing batch file extensions quickly.
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