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Posts Tagged usability

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Open Finder in Current Folder from Terminal

In this post we are going to see how you can open your current working directory of terminal into finder. This trick comes handy when you are browsing various levels of directory and then want to switch to the GUI mode. To open the current location into the find simply type - open . And yes do not

How to create sliding feedback form using jQuery

In this tutorial we are going to learn how to create fancy looking feedback form which slides from the right/left side of your web page. I am sure there are many plugins available for CMS like Joomla, WordPress but it's always a good idea to code something of your own. Certainly, you require this co

Increase logout or session time in phpmyadmin

What can be more annoying than logging repeatedly into phpmyadmin while you are working on a project. So in this post I am going to discuss how you can increase the logout time for phpmyadmin. The default session storage method is via cookies, hence we need to increase the logout time set inside the

Show twitter like X days ago in WordPress for time

Have you fantasized of showing twitter like time on your blog, like posted 2 days ago ? I am sure after twitter showing this kind of time every web application wanted to show the same. WordPress introduced this long back(since v 1.5.0) but is used by very less people in the blogging community. I am

Mac OS X: 2 ways to lock screen without any app

There are many blog posts on Internet which discuss about Locking screen of your Mac. Some discuss using Automator while other just ask you to install a 3rd party App, paid or free. However, there are two quick ways using which you can lock screen with just 2 clicks or even without a click of the tr

Cut & Paste in Mac OS X Lion

Mac Os X never had an option to "cut" files within the finder and everyone kind of missed it, especially the windows users. But Apple has include this option in Lion OS X. Many of you all have already discovered it and are using it. So let's see how can you cut & paste in Mac OS X. You can si

Schedule your e-mails in Gmail (or any other mail!)

Many-a-times we feel that the email should not be sent right-away. Rather it be sent at the precise moment. A Birthday to be wished, an Invoice to be sent etc. However, Gmail doesn’t offer this luxury. Not even in the now defunct “Labs”, is this vital tool included. I have sear

Zen Coding – a new way of writing HTML and CSS code

Good news for all the web designers and developers, if you already not aware of Zen Coding. It’s a new and awesome way to write your HTML, XML, XSL. The concept of Zen Coding is based on a powerful abbreviation engine. It allows you to expand code which you originally write as abbreviations. You h

Creating dynamic menu with re-order option in wordpress

WordPress is a powerful CMS for a website and it provides features which makes it easy to use CMS. Navigation or Menu is one of the key point of the website. People tend to change Menu names, links, reorder them ever now & then. In a normal website it is a tedious job to change menu every time y

One click to end a non responding application in Ubuntu

Pressing "Alt + Ctrl + Del" in windows is a life saver when some programs just refuse to respond. Of course it opens a task manager which will show you the list of all the processes along with their memory , cpu consumption. You can select any process and can end it. However, there is no such inbu

Highlight text in firefox address bar for Ubuntu / Linux

Whenever I have used firefox in Ubuntu, one usability issue I faced is that it does not select or highlight the URL in the address bar when clicked. I used Windows for most of my life and I feel lazy to double click on the address bar for selecting the URL. I know that sounds a bit strange but that'

Create keyboard shortcuts for applications in windows

I am sure you have some favorite applications which you use more often. For me, I use tweetdeck, live writer, and Firefox more often. However, when you want to start that application you goto start menu and start typing it to open the application (smart search for windows). Another way to start y

How to remotely access Ubuntu machine from Windows

In this post, I am going to tell you how you can access your Ubuntu or Linux machine from your Windows machine. If it was Windows machine on both sides then you can access these machines via “Remote Desktop” but since the Operating systems are totally opposite, we need a third party tool for thi

How to install solr PECL extension for PHP

Lately, I have been working a lot with Solr. From setting up it on server using Tomcat, to creating its indexes, everything. I found that installing PECL extension for was bit challenging since it was not just about apt-get. In fact, the complete setup sometimes becomes tedious job if not handled

Installing Apache2 and PHP5 on Ubuntu

In this post we will learn how you can install Apache2 server and PHP5 on Ubuntu. Undoubtedly, Apache2 is the most famous webserver and along with PHP, these both become the best recipes to cook pretty neat websites. Oh ! Was that too much cooking, eh ? Sigh ! let’s not get more into and comin

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