Archive for the ‘Tips and Tricks’ Category
Having free space lets us work more efficiently. The absence of clutter gives off a neat look which results in us working better. This simple fact is not restricted to our physical work; it also applies to our computer and internet experience. Having more space to work with is just better.
Firefox users can now improve their browser based on the abovementioned fact by using a great Firefox add-on titled Compact Toolbar Buttons. This little add-on decreases the in-between spaces of your toolbar buttons. Here by toolbar buttons, we mean the back, forward, stop, refresh, and home buttons.
Here is how the buttons on our Firefox looked prior to using the add-on:
Now have a look at the effect Compact Toolbar Buttons had:
The difference is quite noticeable.
If you want the buttons to occupy even lesser space, you can right click on the main toolbar, and enter customize:
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Live Banner Maker is a great way to make banners online, absolutely free.
The steps involved in the process are basic and simple:
- Select banner size or create custom size banner
- Select background color, style or upload you own image
- Add text and style
- Add banner effect upload logo
- Save or Download your custom banner
Before one proceeds to make a banner, a free signup is required.
After you set up a free account and login using that account, the first step towards banner making is to choose the banner size:
As can be seen above, the user can either set a custom size or choose from a list of predefined sizes. The second step requires adding a background to the banner:
Of course without adding any special effects to your banner, the result would not stand out from the crowd; hence the fourths step lets the user add certain effects to the banner being created:
The fifth and final step is where the user gets to download/save his/her banner.
With its easy to understand interface, Live Banner Maker is one of the most user-friendly ways to create your own banners. Visit the homepage here and take Live Banner Maker out for a test drive.
Looking to play HD content (Movies etc) on Your PS3? Here’s an awesome guide written by AudioBoxer which lets you play HD Files (.MKV), tackling it with NO/minimal quality loss. Normally HD movies are in GB’s but you don’t have to worry about that, PS3 can support drives up to 350GB and you can keep your favorite movies in it easily.
To play HD Content on your PS3, you’ll be needed
Setting Up PS3 Media Server
The first screen you will see is the status screen.
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Deviant Art, launched in August 2007, as we know is one of the best websites for designers, artists and people who love likewise stuff. According to Wikipedia,
“As of May 2009 the site consists of over 10 million members, over 81 million submissions, and receives around 105,000 submissions per day.The domain deviantart.com attracted at least 36 million visitors annually by 2008 according to a Compete.com study.”
Which means, it can be a good fit for your business if you can create a portfolio there. Now you can! Deviant Art now has a feature where you can configure your very own Portfolio in minutes, design and submit your work there and give it a chance for a potential person to review it easily.
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I started SmashingDownloads last October with the perception of helping people, adding tutorials, free softwares based on linux, mac and windows, photography, photoshop based and much more. The thing I tried to focus on was quality, not quantity and it paid good in form of awesome readers like yourself.
This journey was very exciting for me, while I was doing other stuff, I got busy and had to leave this blog for a while but I’m done with everything, all the projects are complete and you’ll be confronting regular posts from now on =) .
So If you’re new and missed something, here’s a small compilation of what’s been read and admired @ Smashing Downloads.
The Post I started this blog with,
5 Free Smashing CD/DVD Burning Softwares
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Being secure, on the web specially is something we all need. There are thousands of risks roaming and getting evolved in shape of different malwares, viruses, file & more. Since these things come via your browser and majority of us use firefox, here are some of the best and useful plugins/add-ons which can help you be safe on the internet.
1- Request Policy
RequestPolicy is an extension for Mozilla browsers that improves the privacy and security of your browsing by giving you control over when cross-site requests are allowed by webpages you visit. It is the first comprehensive client-side protection against CSRF attacks and the first tool to enable the use of modern browsers without cross-site information leakage.
It is compatible with Firefox 3+, SeaMonkey 2.0, Flock 2.0, Songbird 1.0, and Fennec 1.0. It works wherever these browsers do (Linux, BSD, Mac, Windows, etc.).
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When it comes to graphic designing, Adobe Photoshop is the best application to work with. The possibilities it provides are endless, it all comes down to how creative you can be. Of-course, you need to learn the techniques by giving it dedicated time and when you do become a pro, it’s fun all over.
Either you’re a great photoshop guru or not, everyone does need a bit of inspiration, an idea that can make your line of work much more fun. I have here compiled a list of 30 of the best photoshop tutorials that can turn your work upside down. Let’s get started,
1- Create Super-Malleable Effects with Colorful Lines {Tutorial}
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Lots of MSN 9 users are confronting a situation where they are unable to uninstall it. They are getting code errors etc. Here are a some tips which can help you uninstall msn beta 9.
1 - Uninstall msn beta 9 through control panel.
It’s the basic procedure for the uknown. Go to your control panel by clicking start > Control panel. You’ll see Programs and feature button, click it and it will show you all installed applications including msn 9. Choose it and click uninstall on top and it might do the job for you.
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