Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Ticon - Models On Cocaine (Weekend Heroes Remix)

I hope no weird ads appear next to this post :D

Tiny Useful App: ClipX

Ever needed to paste something from 5 minutes before and was annoyed when after pressing CTRL+V, something you copied 2 minutes ago appeared and then you had to go back to wherever you copied that thing you need from and copy it again?

I've got a solution.

ClipX is a clipboard manager application, that stays in your tray and stores everything you copy. All the clipboards (graphic, text, files) are available through the app's icon or different hotkeys. It is possible to open a popup menu in almost any application from which you have access to your clipboard history. Each history item can be selected either by mouse or an assigned keyboard shortcut. A couple of plugins are also available that provide additional capabilities (e.g. adding permanent items to the clipboard history).

I highly recommend this app.

Download ClipX here.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Firefox Interface Customization - How to maximize screen real estate without sacrificing functionality

If you want to have as much space for websites in your browser, without using a fullscreen mode - then choose Firefox. It's the most customizable browser in the market and my personal favorite. I do use Chrome though for when sheer speed is most important.

There are a few tricks to cramming as much interface as possible in the smallest space. I've come to a point that I can't really compact it anymore ;) The whole visible interface consists of a menu bar and a tab bar. The whole interface has a height of 41 pixels ;]


The extensions I use to achieve such a compact interface are:


Classic Compact (theme)
and its companion extension Classic Compact Options

Download Statusbar (downloads on a bar, like in Chrome)

FireGestures (any mouse gestures extension will replace the arrow buttons)

Hide Caption Titlebar Plus

Omnibar (combine URL and Search fields)

And a couple custom Stylish userstyles

I'll update the post will additional details and tips later.