This isn’t just handy to Gmail, but for those sneaky prowlers out there with multiple Facebook or Twitter, or even dare I say Myspace accounts.  Really ANYTHING that would require you to close your browser and start a new session to login.

I used to get along ok by opening a 2nd browser such as Chrome, but this makes it much much easier and a second window opens a heck of a lot faster than a new browser.  Once the extension is installed you just need to right-click on any link and choose “Open in a new Identity Profile”.

Presto, what looks like an ordinary new window is actually a whole new profile.  Now you can log into the same website you were just on, using a different name without closing your original session!  You can even keep track of which window is which by the profile number thrown onto the end of the address bar on the right…So check this out if your tired of having to log out and back into the same client using different names.  This is also handy if you have a cousin over visiting and he wants to jump onto your computer and check his Facebook real quick.

So go install Multifox in your Firefox browser now and let us know what you think or if you have any other good uses for it!  [GO->]

]]> http://bottlenex.com/2009/12/multifox/feed/ 2 http://bottlenex.com/2009/07/what-is-this-miniature-laptop/ http://bottlenex.com/2009/07/what-is-this-miniature-laptop/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:44:03 +0000 Robbie http://bottlenex.com/?p=583 So you open up your weekly sales ad and notice that they are selling these miniature laptops called Netbooks.  You might be wondering what these are and why would people even want them?  Well there are many reasons why people might purchase these.

For starters a Netbook is a mini laptop with a screen that is usually no bigger than 10″.  They are very light in weight and are very portable.  Their primary functions are surfing the web, checking email, and they also work good for people that do powerpoint presentations.

Typically most have 2 USB ports, an Ethernet port, and VGA out so you can connect it to a projector where the powerpoint presentations would come into play, or a bigger monitor at home.  They also usually have wireless cards in them that make it even easier to get online.

They are becoming very popular and it seems like every manufacturer is hopping on board to make one these days.  Even Apple is going to bring one out.

Currently they come with either Linux or Windows XP with very few coming with Windows Vista.  Even then it’s only Vista Basic which is missing all the best features.

These are also supposed to be a cheaper alternative to a regular laptop.  That doesn’t seem to be the case as you can find descent laptops with similar specs for around the same price.  So unless you are looking for an extra computer for the coffee table or something that’s ultra portable, you might want to stick with a normal laptop where you get more bang for your buck!

So I’m definitely a spelling loser.  Spell Check has saved my ass way more than once….a day since it’s inception!  But there are just certain words that I’ve always had issues with.  So aside from pulling out flash cards or spelling the word on a chalkboard (oh I’m sorry kids, a “whiteboard”) a thousand times I came up with this little process to sync it into my pea brain plus get a new password all at once.

Tip: For instance…I’ve ALWAYS had a problem with the word restaraunt….no wait, restraunt….ok hold on restaurant!  Yeah, I did it!  A little while back I was prompted at work to come up with a new password, which seems to happen every 90 days or so (WEIRD).  I went ahead and did my usual “hmmmmm….what’s an easy one for me to remember this time?“.  Only I had the idea pop into my very very large brain (that can’t spell for crap) to use the word restaurant because it’s always given me trouble.  After punching it in multiple times a day for 90 days…guess what word I can spell backwards and forwards now?  RESTAURANT, TNARUATSER!!  Done and done.  I’m using another word now that’s always given me problems as well….but I can’t confess that one for at least another 26 days or so.

Give it a try next time you need a password or go change your current one now and let us know what you think or if you have any other spelling tips!

This has been in the works for a little while and Mozilla has been frantic to get it out due to all the stiff competition out there now days.  See Google Chrome 2, Apple’s Safari’s 4, Opera 9, and even Internet Explorer 8 all running amuck in the wild right now & all claiming to be the fastest.  Which is debatable on all fronts, but we won’t get into that today.  I’ve been using Firefox religiously since version 0.5 way back when, and still can’t be pressed away from it.  Yes both Chrome & Safari are a bit faster and sport some better functionality but as a serious day to day browser they can’t touch FF in my opinion.  Firefox is just too robust and I use just about everything it has to offer.  But really in this day in age one browser cannot rule them all…as much as they all want us to believe that.  But I digress…let’s just talk about the new features shall we?  Take a look at this quick video tour and I’ll catch up after the jump.

So as you can see, nothing super revolutionary, but some very cool improvements we can all enjoy.  It’s kind of like having an ice cream cone that gets ripped out of your hands and dipped in caramel and handed back to you.  Yeah, it’s yummy, that’s what I’m saying.  Unless you don’t like caramel then screw that metaphor all together.

So really all in all, its faster, like I said before, that’s worth upgrading by itself.  As it always has, it will blow away any Internet Explorer browser, and now completely keeps up with all the young guns out there.

Something new is the Private Browsing.  You can go to Tools > Start Private Browsing to enter a stealth mode if you will.  All this does is keep any trace of where you’ve been completely cleaned off your computer.  So like that guy says if you want to buy someone a gift but dont want them stumbling onto it…oh PLEASE!  We all know this is to hide the fact you were looking at PORN!  Just keep in mind…this won’t save your ass at work as everything that comes through the internet gets filtered through your works servers.  You can’t hide anything from US…oops, I mean them!  BUT, this new specialty of Firefox is nothing new at all as the other browsers are already doing it these days.  In fact, this version blows compared to the others.  You can’t just pop a new window open from your current session and go stealth.  It switches everything in your current session into Private Browsing…no matter how many tabs you have open.  And if you were writing an e-mail and got distracted to go look at porn…I mean shopping, and you’re not careful it will blow away everything you were working on.  I’m really hoping they get this changed…I just don’t like it.

But I do really like the Forget This Site feature!  Go to Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks > History > Date you’re looking for and find the site you want to get rid of.  It deletes it from your cache, not just your history.  That’s more handy for actually shopping for a gift and wiping it out later I’m thinking.

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There’s a bunch of other stuff as well, Like the Clear Resent History in which you can shred your cache of the last couple of hours or more, but that’s the real basics of it.  They’re really pushing this new Open Video & Audio format too, but as cool as it is, I don’t see it replacing Adobe Flash in any forseeable future.  Then again I never thought anything would sway me away from Yahoo Mail at one time either….GMAIL SAYS HI!

You can see the full run down of new and improved goodies here ->  Firefox Features
Or you can read a more detailed review of it here -> Ars Technica

Or just Go and get it and see for yourself ->  Firefox 3.5

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