Help, please! Unhide Google Search “Everything” control
On 2012/04/01
Does anyone know of an add-on, tweak or other method that overrides or disables the default hidden Google Search controls, exposing them automatically?
The latest design meme is to hide things designers think clutter the look of a webpage. If you want to see the hidden controls and their functions you need to click once, [...]
Which way do you do it, your way or theirs?
On 2010/02/25
Where does your computer store your documents, photos, music and videos? The correct answer includes the full path. Do you know? Many of you do not. That is okay because you can read your documents, view your photos, listen to your music and watch your movies, even if you do not know where they are [...]
Converting an image from paper to digital
On 2009/05/11
I am designing a website for a store, The Optical Shop of Westport (CT), that sells beautiful eyeglasses, sunglasses, sports eyewear and fashion accessories. Their logo was designed 15 years ago and only exists in paper form on their stationery and business cards. We need the logo for the [...]
Google Image Ripper, a better image search tool
On 2009/03/30
When I need to find a graphic image—photo, picture, or drawing— I used to use Google’s Images search. However, there is an alternative interface, Google Image Ripper, that improves on Google.
Google Image Ripper (GIR) saves steps. GIR serves up the images. Google Images search serves up [...]
Readability, a better way to read web pages
On 2009/03/17
Sometimes all we want to do is read the content on a web page. This can be frustrating when the page is cluttered with images, text, navigation tools and flash objects.
The Readability bookmarklet is a way to deal with this clutter. …
Hiding navigation elements – is this a good idea?
On 2009/03/12
I was recently surprised by inadvertlently pressing the Alt key when viewing Vista’s Windows Explorer window (the file manager). The menu toolbar appeared as if by magic.
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