A lot of applications and instant messaging software allow you to share your screen with others, but the problem is, not everyone uses the same applications. So, instead of downloading, installing or signing up for new services or softwares, screenleap offers you with one-click, platform/tool-independent screen sharing and hassle-free viewing within the web browser. The service does not require any installation or signup whatsoever, and with it, you can allow as many people as you like to view your computer screen at once.
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By Zainab on March 30, 2012
You may know that emails contain not only the subject, CC and BCC recipients, sender’s email address etc., but also include information which is not shown in the email body text. Most online and offline email clients show only the email message body, subject & sender name, and provide users with option to enable HTML format in order to view images and other HTML elements like tables, formatted rich text etc. Although there are special tools available to reveal all the information hidden in emails without having to manually find the message source details, such tools often don’t organize the email header details, like Orignating IP address, hostname, organization, Message ID, and Geographical information (Continent, Country, City, Time zone etc). Today, we stumbled across an online app from ipTRACKERonline.com that organizes the email header details in different categories, letting users easily find and read the email source details.
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By Usman on March 29, 2012
Smarter Search, a Chrome extension, adds extra functionality to the Chrome omnibar and lets you search multiple search engines right through the omnibar. It works for a lot of popular websites, such as Twitter, Wikipedia, IMDB, YouTube and StackOverflow. Instead of opening new tabs, entering a website URL and then a search term, simply type s in the URL bar, hit the space bar and enter your search query. Smarter Search comes with an autocomplete feature that displays a list of websites in a drop-down menu. Select an option from the list and hit Enter to instantly open results for your query in a new tab. In addition to the auto-complete choices, there are a few other domains that can be searched, such as Amazon, Flickr, eBay and Delicious, using special key combinations along with the default s key.
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By Zainab on March 29, 2012
Finding and watching videos online can be quite a complex and fragmented experience, as we either have to search different services separately, or we can watch videos shared by our friends on Twitter, Facebook and other social networking websites. VHX is a new web application that brings online videos together and gives you a streamlined watching experience. With it, you can discover new videos by following friends and other VHX members who have a similar taste. Moreover, the service comes with a beautiful interface that displays high quality videos. VHX also lets you download a bookmarklet that lets you share or queue up videos from around the web. Currently, VHX only supports Vimeo and YouTube, but according to the developer, other services will be added soon.
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By Zainab on March 29, 2012
Want total control over your social media settings? Bliss Control is a nifty little web app that provides a single directory of links to manage all your social media settings. The service comes with a fairly basic interface that helps you easily access links to any settings page on popular social networking sites. For instance, if you want to change your profile picture, username, password, bio, email or any other setting on social networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest, LinkedIn or more, then all you need to do is pick a setting, network and click GO. The web app will then instantly take you to the specific settings page. To be clear, the service doesn’t require your login information to work, it only points you to the right settings page on the appropriate website.
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By Zainab on March 29, 2012
Going from link to link while researching a topic is nothing extraordinary, and you may soon find yourself with more open tabs than you can count at the end of your search spree. Then, it’s also not uncommon to forget where we read a particular piece of information, and checking through over 50 open tabs one by one is plain frustrating (true story). This is where FullSearch, a Chrome extension, comes in handy. The extension allows you to search for text in all open tabs at once, and shows a list of search results right in the pop-up. Moreover, clicking any of the results takes you to the particular tab with the highlighted text. The extension’s search options are very responsive and unobtrusive at the same time.
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By Zainab on March 29, 2012
Stash is a Chrome extension that makes it easier to save or stow away (close and save) all your open tabs or windows, and restore them all at once from within its pop-up menu. This can prove to be particularly useful when you have a large number of tabs or windows open and want to instantly reduce the load/clutter without losing articles or important webpages that you might want to go through later. While most other similar extensions delete saved tabs after they are opened, Stash can be set to keep them saved. The extension is fairly customizable too; it allows you to set hotkeys for stashing the all or only the current tab from within its Options menu.
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By Zainab on March 28, 2012
Link Icon is a Chrome extension that displays icons next to the cursor when you hover over a link, indicating the type of the target you will be redirected to. Currently, the extension supports multiple indicators for windows, protocols, scripts, file types, security and more. Some of the links it displays are for new window/tab, music, images, PDF, torrents, text files, Google Chrome extensions, and various others. What’s more, you can enable or disable different icons from Options, depending on your preferences.
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By Zainab on March 28, 2012
Wouldn’t it be great if we could search and lookup definitions of difficult words without navigating away from a page we are currently on? Inline Search & Lookup, a Chrome extension, works perfectly and allows you to perform searches or lookups without leaving the page. Once you’ve installed the extension, all you have to do is simply hold Alt (configurable) and double click a word. As you do this, a small inline box will pop up with the results of your search or lookup. Moreover, the search engine from where the definitions are retrieved can be changed. The extension works on almost any website, and allows you to easily specify your own sources. You can also specify default scrolling actions for each source, so when you perform a search, the pop-up will automatically scroll to the appropriate section of the page.
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By Zainab on March 28, 2012
Search Highlighter is a Chrome extension that simplifies your browsing experience by letting you easily search the web; instead of copying search keywords to Chrome’s native search bar, all you need is to highlight the word or phrase, and it will automatically add the query string to the search box. Additionally, you can change the location of the search box and place it either at the top or bottom of the page. Search Highlighter provides you with Google or Bing search results. You can access the previously used search keywords by clicking the arrow located at the end of the toolbar. The extension is unobtrusive and works on all websites.
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By Zainab on March 28, 2012
While browsing the web, we often find interesting stuff that we would like to watch on YouTube, but at the same, time we don’t really want to navigate away from the page. For such situations, Search On YouTube, a Chrome extension, can be of great help. The extension instantly searches YouTube for related videos that match search terms on the current webpage, and displays them in a compact window. It then allows you to watch them within the same pop-up, eliminating the need to open YouTube for each and every little search.
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By Zainab on March 27, 2012
If you’re bored of watching YouTube videos in the same old interface and want to experience the infamous video service in a different way, then Cinetonic is a Chrome and Firefox extension that you need. This handy tool lets you search YouTube videos right from your toolbar and displays them in a slick, cinema-like interface. Moreover, you can apply different color schemes to the interface and auto-replay videos. Additionally, you can increase or decrease the player’s volume by rolling the mouse wheel over the video. Video search results can also be sorted by Relevance, Upload date, View Count, Rating, HD and 3D.
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By Zainab on March 27, 2012
Ultimate New Tab is an extension for Chrome that customizes the new tab page and adds multiple themes, tab organization, bookmarks, history and a speed dial to it. All these can be accessed from within the same tab, allowing fast navigation. Ultimate New Tab lets you search the web extensively without having to separately open your bookmarks, apps and history. The extension comes with smooth gestures, and you can easily use the keyboard or mouse to navigate to your bookmarked or recently visited websites.
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By Zainab on March 27, 2012
URL Pinner is a Chrome extension that lets you auto pin your favorite or most frequently used websites and arranges them in order. While Chrome comes with this feature by default, the extension auto pins tabs by URL or regular expression as soon as the website is loaded, and keeps them sorted according to the list you create. Moreover, the settings for your pinned websites can be synced across Chrome browsers. You can also add a custom shortcut to toggle the pinning of websites and for opening all your preferred pinned tabs. URL Pinner decreases clutter and lets you manage constantly used websites in a better way. With it, you can save time and access important tabs with only a click or two. This is great for people who have a whole lot of tabs open in Chrome, and want to save up space.
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By Zainab on March 27, 2012
There are many add-ons available for Firefox that let you convert single webpages to PDF documents, but if you want to create a PDF document from multiple webpages, tabs or bookmarks, then Print pages to Pdf is just what you need. This Firefox add-on can be fully customized, including the layout of the PDF that is created, such as its paper size, margins and more. The add-on allows automatic creation of outlines, as well as doing so manually, and headers or footers for every page can be provided. Websites can be edited prior to conversion, so that they contain only text, or both text and images.
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By Zainab on March 26, 2012
