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Saturday, August 9, 2008

Opera Web Browser.



Opera,the popular web browser is available as a .deb package for an easy installation in your ubuntu machine.For all of you out there looking for an alternative to the Firefox web browser,Opera is the answer.The latest version,opera 9.5 is loaded with features that make for a very good browsing experience.It is probably the fastest browser available .Check out the Speed Dial section that lets you keep up to 9 web-sites "speed dial" ready.These are visual bookmarks of your favourite websites.
Opera 9.5 is based on a new browser engine that renders web pages quickly and also loads Java scripts faster.Start up time is also impressive.
For all of you who use an e-mail client like Evolution and Thunderbird,Opera provides an inbuilt e-mail client for your chat and mail accounts.
A great feature for all those who download from torrents is an inbuilt bit-torrent support.There is no need for a separate application for mails and torrents.The download manager or the "Transfers" section has all the regular features.
Forget keyboard shortcuts and use mouse gestures. A mouse gesture is performed by holding the right button and moving the mouse in an easy pattern.These gestures are completely customizable and make navigation pretty easy.
Quick Find:Opera not only remembers the addresses but also the contents of the web pages.
Search: There are Inbuilt search fields like Google,Amazon,Yahoo,Wikipedia,ebay and bit torrent in the upper right corner.For quick search from the address bar just type g followed by the keyword to be searched and hit enter.You can also create your own Web search from any search field on the Internet, simply by right clicking on a search field and choosing “Create Search”.
Customize you Opera with new themes,widgets(widgets.opera.com) and panels.Go to the appearance section for new themes.
There are other regular features like tabs and session saving options.
Security:Opera 9.5 is a pretty secure browser with its Fraud Protection enabled by default that provides provides protection against phishing.
Zoom web pages using the zoom button at the bottom right of the opera window.
Download Opera 9.5 now and give it a try.

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Prism Web Applications




Prism or WebRunner is an application that splits web applications out of a normal web browser and runs them directly from the desktop with a single click.
Prism is an XULRunner based browser.There are a number of web applications available by default and users can make customised applications as well.
Some of the web applications available by default are Facebook,Google Groups, Google Analytics,Gmail,Google Reader,and a twitter client.There is a wireless LAN scanner also in the form of PrismsTumbler.
Creating new Prism web applications is very simple.Just refer to the video and the screenshots.Make web applications of your favourite web sites.
Install via the Synaptic Package Manager.Search for Prism and install the applications of your choice.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Additional Templates



Get the option of creating documents of various types using Ubuntu Tweak 0.3.Open Ubuntu Tweak (System Tools) and go to the Personal tab and then Templates.Bring all the templates that you want from the Disabled section to the Enabled section (simply drag and drop).Close Ubuntu Tweak and right click on your desktop and come to Create Document to get new formats.

Force Quit


Do your applications hang while multitasking in the GNOME desktop environment.
It might become very frustrating at times.In such cases instead of rebooting you can use the FORCE QUIT button from your GNOME Panel.
Right click on a panel,then on Add To Panel and select Force Quit.
To close a frozen application click on the force quit button and then on the window to be closed or press escape to cancel.
Have this button permanently on your Gnome panel;it would prove to be very useful in those freezing cases.

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Quark



Quark is a not so geeky music player daemon for geeks.It runs from the GNOME
notification area.It is an audio player based on the xine library and thus it can run multiple audio formats.Go to Sound & Video and click on quark.A quark icon would be displayed in the notification area. Right click on it to load songs and for other options of play,pause shifting tracks etc.This is a very simple music player capable of playing various formats and runs in the background.
Installation:Install via the Synaptic Package Manager.
Search for "quark" and mark it for installation.Xine-lib would also be downloaded.