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Browsera Simultaneously Tests Your Site In Different Browsers [Web Browsers]
Browsera is a program that has features similar to previously mentioned browser comparison sites like BrowserShots and IETester. Browsera kicks things up a notch, not only showing you what your site will look like to users with assorted browsers, but identifying and flagging problematic areas, making less dirty work for you.
Browsera is free with registration for use on up to 25 pages per month, which should be plenty for your weekend tinkering. If you need more, the service offers additional tiered pricing levels ranging from $49 a month to $499 a month as users and page views increase. The service currently runs its tests against the following browsers:
Windows: Firefox 2.0.0.20, 3.0.12, 3.5.0; Internet Explorer 6.0.3790.3959, 7.0.5730.13, 8.0.6001.18702; Mac: Safari 3.2.1 (5525.27.1), 4.0.3 (5531.9)
FireFound Tracks Your Stolen Computer, Nukes Your Personal Data [Downloads]
Once you install the add-on for Firefox or its mobile version Fennec, FireFound uses geolocation to track where you are every time you open your browser, sending that information to a secure server (or your own server, if you prefer.) If your laptop is ever lost or stolen, log into FireFound's web site from any computer and find out where your laptop's being used—handy information to pass on to the cops, though not necessarily info that'll get your laptop back. You can also choose to nuke the personal data in your browser, including history and saved passwords, to protect if from prying eyes until you get your computer back.
FireFound lets you tweak several settings according to what level of security you desire, including the option to receive email notifications if your computer is used more than a certain number of miles from its last location. The data protection feature instantly annihilates some or all of the personal information contained in your browser if someone can't provide a password to use it.
We've seen a fair amount of similar tools for Windows users on a whole in the past (see our laptop thief-proofing guide for more details), but FireFound is the first Firefox-specific version we've seen, and it's got some solid features of its own.
Keep in mind that none of these tools are guaranteed to keep your data safe or recover your hardware, and re! member t hat your best bet to safeguarding your data is encrypting your data. What other steps do you take to protect your laptop's data besides securing your browser? Talk about it in the comments.
Ed. note: Incidentally, FireFound also just won the Extend Firefox contest, for which both Gina and Adam served as judges.
FireFound [via Addictive Tips]
From the Tips Box: iPhone Stylus, Touchpad Middle-Click, and Focused Browsing [From The Tips Box]
Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/xj3hxBkhFMI/
Readers offer their best tips for using touch screens in the cold winter months, middle-clicking with your laptop's touchpad, and staying focused on your work when that work is in your browser.
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About the Tips Box: Every day we receive boatloads of great reader tips in our inbox, but for various reasons—maybe they're a bit too niche, maybe we couldn't find a good way to present it, or maybe we just couldn't fit it in—the tip didn't make the front page. From the Tips Box is where we round up some of our favorites for your buffet-style consumption. Got a tip of your own to share? Add it in the comments or email it to tips at lifehacker.com.
Use a AAA Battery as an iPhone Stylus
Logan shows us a quicker way to use touch screens in the winter:
Wearing winter gloves means having to pull them off every time you want to use your iPhone. There are a few stylus products out there, but I found that the negative (flat) end of AAA batteries, even when remote controls have exhausted them, are conductive enough to act as a stylus. Because it's flat it doesn't scratch the screen, but it works through light fabric too if you're hesitant about the whole metal-on-glass thing.
AA batteries should work just as well and may be easier to come by for most.
Middle Click With a Two Button Touchpad
Photo by! CLF.
Chinmay tweaks his settings to allow for quick middle clicking on his laptop:
It's simple really: since you can already left-click by tapping the touchpad and drag by double-tap dragging, set your left-click button to middle-click. Really helps while browsing. I use middle-click all the time for opening links in new tabs and closing tabs.
Access Facebook and Twitter From Gmail
Felipe tells us how he keeps his favorite social networking sites handy in Gmail:
I just found out you can add iGoogle gadgets to Gmail. Since that is not what they are originally made for, they can look a little weird or just not be of any use at all. But these two gadgets I found work wonders!
The Twitter gadget is actually made for Gmail, and the great thing is that it goes "fullscreen", that is, instead of your email you see tweets! The same goes for Facebook, although it's originally made for
iGoogle. But it also goes fullscreen, you just have to click on "Expand" inside the gadget box.To install them, just do the following:
1. Go to Settings –> Labs, find "Add any gadget by URL" and activate it.
2. Find a XML gadget for Gmail or iGoogle.
3. Go to Settings –> Gadgets, enter the gadget URL into the text box and click Add.These are the gadget URLs:
Twitter - http://twittergadget.appspot.com/gadget-gmail.xml
Facebook - http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/104971404861070329537/facebook.xml
Stay Focused in Your Browser
Ryan lets us know how he stays distrac! tion-fre e when working in his browser:
I frequently find myself wasting time browsing the internet, specifically some of my favorite bookmarked sites, when I should be getting work done. I found that by simply opening the few tabs I actually need (such as Gmail and RTM), pinning them in Chrome, and hitting Ctrl + b to hide my bookmarks bar, the problem is solved! Just the act of seeing no bookmark bar there that I am so used to seeing serves as a reminder that I should be doing something productive. Simple, yet effective tip.
I don't know about Windows, but on a Mac you can take this even further by hiding your address bar if you don't need it too much, by clicking the button in the upper right hand corner of the window.
INFLU: The Flu Collector⢠[Health]
Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/WNEOroIKouM/influ-the-flu-collector
The INFLU is like any of the others masks the paranoid public is wearing to combat H1N1, except that it's not for total pussies:
Plan your sickness, develop antibodies for the flu and strengthen your immune system the natural way. The INFLU flu collector mask increases the prospect of getting the Swine flu (H1N1) as well as the regular seasonal flu with several hundred percent.
Your planned immunity comes by way of a battery-powered fan, which "increases the intake of viruses in ambient air through the respiratory system."
There is no flaw with this: the plan, or the joke. [INFLU via Nerdcore via Neatorama]
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