Even though Mango is awesome, and there are a ton of new features in it, some of the changes might feel a little annoying to the users. One such controversial change is in Internet Explorer. With IE9, the interface of Windows Phone 7’s web browser has become completely uncluttered and simplistic. This might be a good thing in most respects, but things can get a little annoying when you want to find a particular snippet of text on the page, and the Find Text button just isn’t there. Thanks to the development community, you can still put these functionalities in IE9 without even having an unlocked device. Read on to find out how.

The method might sound a little un-intuitive, but it is better than nothing. It’s based upon adding a forward and find button in the favorites menu of WP7’s IE9. Here’s how you can do it.

Instructions:

1. Open the Internet Explorer in your phone, and go to any page.
2. Open the options menu located below the browser’s address bar.
3. From among the opened options, choose “add to favorites”.
4. In the add menu, edit the name field to whatever you want the shortcut to be called. For example, you can name it “Next” for the forward button and “in-page search” for the find button.
5. Now for forward, edit the address field to
   javascript:history.forward()
6. For creating the Find shortcut, put the following lines in the address field:

javascript:(function(){function G(){var pf=doc.getElementById('pf');var qt=doc.getElementById('qt');if(null==pf){pf=doc.createElement('div');pf.id='pf';var s=pf.style;s.position='absolute';s.zIndex='99';s.top=(scT||scBT)+'px';s.left=(scL||scBL)+'px';s.width='100%';s.backgroundColor='#FFFF00';pf.appendChild(doc.createTextNode('Search: '));qt=doc.createElement('input');qt.id='qt';qt.type='text';pf.appendChild(qt);var sb=doc.createElement('input');sb.type='button';sb.value='Find';sb.onclick=function(){P(qt.value)};pf.appendChild(sb);doc.body.appendChild(pf);}else{pf.style.display='inline';count=0;}}function P(s){document.getElementById('pf').style.display='none';if(s==='')return;var n=srchNode(document.body,s.toUpperCase(),s.length);alert("Found "+count+" occurrence"+(count==1?"":"s")+" of '"+s+"'.");pf.parentNode.removeChild(pf);return n;}function srchNode(node,te,len){var pos,skip,spannode,middlebit,endbit,middleclone;skip=0;if(node.nodeType==3){pos=node.data.toUpperCase().indexOf(te);if(pos>=0){spannode=document.createElement("SPAN");spannode.style.backgroundColor="red";middlebit=node.splitText(pos);endbit=middlebit.splitText(len);middleclone=middlebit.cloneNode(true);spannode.appendChild(middleclone);middlebit.parentNode.replaceChild(spannode,middlebit);++count;skip=1;}}else{if(node.nodeType==1&&node.childNodes&&node.tagName.toUpperCase()!="SCRIPT"&&node.tagName.toUpperCase!="STYLE"){for(var child=0;child<node.childNodes.length;++child){child=child+srchNode(node.childNodes[child],te,len);}}}return skip;}var count=0,scL=0,scT=0,scBL=0,scBT=0;var w=window,doc=document;if(typeof doc.body!='undefined'&&typeof doc.body.scrollLeft!='undefined'){scBL=doc.body.scrollLeft;scBT=doc.body.scrollTop;}if(typeof doc.documentElement!='undefined'&&typeof doc.documentElement.scrollLeft!='undefined'){scL=doc.documentElement.scrollLeft;scT=doc.documentElement.scrollTop;}G();})()

If you don’t want to do all that typing, visit this page (that you are currently reading) on your mobile phone, and copy/paste the above code to the address field of the bookmark.

Now, whenever you want to make use of these functions, open the favorites tab and get cracking.

[via LiveSide.net]

More On AddictiveTips Right Now

• Add Connectivity Shortcuts To Windows Phone Mango Start Screen
• Customize Firefox Shortcuts To Perform Actions Using Customizable Shortcuts
• Facebook-Page Likes Widget For Android Shows Page Likes On Homescreen

What’s the point of locking keyboard keys or mouse buttons? It’s the first question that comes to mind. If you are using a wheel mouse like me, you will know that there is a middle button. I have pressed this button thousand of times by mistake while scrolling down webpages, so I need to disable it in some way. Kid-Key-Lock is a simple free program that lets you lock keyboard and mouse functions easily.

Once you run this tool, it will sit silently on the system tray. Double-click this program icon and a Setup window will open.

Now there is a quick way to lock/unlock buttons. Just right-click the icon, go to Locks and select the function you want to lock/unlock.

When I am browsing the web or watching a movie, I usually lock the keyboard. Once done, I can unlock it within seconds. During setup, you can also choose this tool to run during startup. It is the fastest lock/unlock tool I have come across which doesn’t take much system resources to run. Enjoy!

More On AddictiveTips Right Now

• Lock Keyboard, Mouse, CD Drive With Toddler Keys
• Lock Your Keyboard And Mouse With KeyFreeze
• Lock Me Now: Easily Enable Keyboard Shortcut To Lock Your Screen [Mac]

If you are looking for a tool that can help create some professional looking buttons without any graphic design experience, you came to the right place. DeKnop(dutch for “The Button”) is a free graphic editing tool that is designed specifically for creating buttons for your website or blog instantly. By default it comes with two languages Netherlands and English, if you are looking to add your local language you can download the language pack from their website and install it separately.

After you have installed the program, you will see the default button load up. You can play around for few minutes to familiarize yourself with this tool since it is a little tricky.

The best way to start is to navigate to neo buttons tab and enable the checkbox. Under caption type the name that you would like to include in the button and press the *Green Plus* button next to it.

Now you can use different tabs to edit the font, style, text, positions, textures, gradient, colors, etc. Once you are done your button will be previewed below. To save the button, click Files > Save Project. Here is the image of the button I created after playing around for 5 minutes.

Doesn’t it look hot? Enjoy!

Note: Few people are having trouble finding the download link on their website, you can download directly from here.

More On AddictiveTips Right Now

• How To Create Your Own Website Or Blog For Free Using Weebly
• Get Your Blog Or Website Indexed With Website Indexer
• How To Extract Colors From Any Website Or Blog