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The Best browser for Android Phones - in terms of speed, Rendering ability and Memory and Battery usage

The inbuilt stock browser is by itself brilliant in its rendering. However, there are other alternative browsers which could make your life a lot easier and your browsing experience better. Of all the browsers available in the market, the best browser is Dolphin Mini. Dolphin Mini is the same as that of Dolphin browser HD without the ability to install addons and the catchy interface. However Dolphin Mini by itself has an interesting interface. The page rendering in Dolphin Mini is simply amazing, and the UI is tweaked to give a pleasant experience. Also the small size of the Dolphin Mini produces a small memory foot print and hence prolonged battery for browsing. Make sure to enable Cache to SD card so that the browser caches to SD card. If you havent tried it yet, GO check out Dohplin Browser Mini, Enjoy!

How to open the downloads page in Google chrome

Google Chrome lists all downloads at the bottom of the browser. To view the speed of downloads and a list of all files downloaded, you have to go to the downloads page. For going to the downloads page, Go to Customize and control Google chrome (appears as a spanner) > Downloads.

One click offline button for Mozilla Firefox

To instantly toggle offline and online modes in Mozilla Firefox, you have to install an add-on called work offline. This add-on puts up a small plug like button which sets itself on the status bar. You can click on it to toggle your internet connectivity to the browser on and off. The add-on can be downloaded from addons.mozilla.org.

How to retrieve Images from the cache in Mozilla Firefox

Cache Viewer is an add-on which enables Firefox users to bring out the cache into a Graphical user Interface. The cache viewer lists the files in the cache and you can search for the corresponding file names or file types. You can then save the file to any desired location. This add-on is very useful for retrieving images from the cache when the browser is offline. This add-on can be downloaded from addons.mozilla.org.

How to get Google search drop down results directly from your address Bar in Mozilla Firefox

You can get Google search drop down results directly from your address Bar in Mozilla Firefox by installing an add-on named Peers. This add-on can be downloaded from addons.mozilla.org. This add-on is extremely useful because it also gives website and search suggestions right from your address bar as a drop down like in Google chrome.

How to download streaming videos from the browser in Firefox

Videos that stream in flash players can be downloaded in Firefox browser by means of an add-on called Video Download helper. You can download it from addons.mozilla.org. This add-on notifies you of any possible downloadable content from the webpage you are viewing. It also enables you to download them directly. You can also copy the downloadable content’s URL and put it up for faster download in a download accelerator. The next time you are playing a video in your browser, video download Helper will help you to download the content.

How to open the Spam folder in Gmail (Making the spam folder Visible In Gmail)

By default the Gmail spam folder is hidden. In order to show the spam folder go to settings. In settings page, go to the Labels tab. There you will be listed with all the Labels like Inbox, spam, Trash etc. Click “Show” near the Spam Label. The spam section will automatically be Shown on the left sidebar. In this way, you can show or hide any labels you want to.

How to go to Invisible mode in Google talk

The windows client Google Talk client does not have a feature for invisibility yet. So, if you ever want to sign in as invisible, you can make use of the web based Google talk which comes along with Gmail. Log in to Gmail and on the left you can find a link which enables you to sign in into Chat. After signing in, you can set yourself as invisible. When you are in the invisible mode, you wont appear online on your friend’s Google talk friends list.

How to download from multiple direct links on a webpage easily without clicking each link

Download from multiple links on a web page can be done by using in Mozilla Firefox, By making use of an add on called Download them all. Install this add-on into the browser and make use of it to download from multiple links on the same page. Download them all also has an accelerated download capability. After installation, the add-on can be accessed from Tools > Download them all tools.

Switch on caret browsing in Mozilla Firefox

Caret Browsing is a browsing feature in Firefox, which puts up a cursor in WebPages.The cursor can be moved by the arrow keys. This feature will be very useful when you have to select portions of text in the webpage using the keyboard. To start Caret browsing, press F7. A confirmation dialog will appear, click ok. You can toggle this feature on and off, by pressing F7 alternatively.

Hide a widget in blogger using CSS temporarily

At times, it might be needed to hide any widget which might not be needed temporarily without deleting it. So, to do that, define a CSS with the id of the widget and then include the following code, visibility:hidden; For example, #widget1 { //other CSS contents; visibility:hidden; } Where widget1 is the id of the widget. To redisplay the widget you simple need to remove the visibility option.

How to Comment inside CSS

It is a good practice to always include comments inside your cascading style sheets, for easy references later. Just use the /* sequence to begin the comment followed by the comments you want to type in. And then end the comment with */. e.g.: /* comment here */ Note: comments can be multi line.

Things which Mozilla Firefox should have had but does not

Mozilla FireFox is a very good browser.This article deals with what when incorporated in Mozilla would make it a very powerful browser. Say you have turned off images and say you are filling an application form , now in order to submit it you are requested to type a series of alphabets from an image , now here begins the problem you go to the required option and enable images and then what you will have to reload the entire page for doing this and when you reload the page you lose all the data that you have filled up. you could also try right clicking the place where the image is and selecting view image but now the image opens as a next window and when you go back you loose all your filled data. Instantaneous displaying and hiding images when required is not possible. Opera is one web browser which offers this functionality.You can view the image in the same page by right clicking the image and selecting reload image. Sea monkey also is a very good browser . In opera when a particular...

How to Comment inside CSS

It is a good practice to always include comments inside your cascading style sheets, for easy references later. Just use the /* sequence to begin the comment followed by the comments you want to type in. And then end the comment with */. e.g.: /* comment here */ Note: comments can be multiline.