Sunday, 17 February 2013

[How to] Enable Default Built-in PDF Viewer of Firefox

I never liked the idea of making some file format that requires its own reader for viewing whether it is the Word Doc or the PDF files. PDF files require Adobe PDF reader or any other PDF reader to open the file and can’t be opened without it. While it is not very difficult to install one, I would suggest if you could avoid the installation then why not?
For all those who have Chrome or Firefox browsers installed already on their system then there is perfectly no need to install any PDF reader. Chrome can be used to open a PDF file by default inside the browser and doesn’t require any specific reader for it, on the same lines, Firefox had also (with its new version FF15) released the built in Firefox viewer but it is disabled by default.
Here are some steps that can enable the default built-in Firefox viewer which can be used to open the PDF files. Doing this will also include a context menu “Open with” link on the PDF files so that you can open the files with firefox (thereby curbing the need of any PDF reader).

[How To] Use Google Chrome Extensions Using Custom Keyboard Shortcuts

Google Chrome is now the most used web browser officially as per the stats from past sometime. Speed and performance is one of the most important reasons for the high adoption rate of Chrome. Extensions is something which makes the Chrome truly customizable. In this article, I am going to share a very simple yet useful tip to efficiently use Google Chrome extension from keyboard. This tip will help save time and improve productivity while using Google Chrome extensions.

Simply follow these easy steps to lunch/activate Google chrome extension using keyboard shortcuts.

Step 1: Click on options icon on the top right side of the Google Chrome and click on settings.
Google chrome extensions keyboard shorcuts (1)

[How To] Locate The Contact Information Of A Website / Domain Name Owner

In the era of web, internet and online space, more and more people are setting up websites. The purpose behind websites vary vastly from just a portfolio creation to a brand website to a personal blog and what not. Have you ever wondered on how to get the contact information of a website or domain name owner in case you need to contact them for whatever reasons? Well there maybe many reasons why you want to reach out to a person who owns a domain or website including some business reasons, personal reasons or whatever reasons. In this article, I share a very simple but useful tip for finding contact information of a person who own a domain or website.
website contact

To save you from a lot of effort, the first thing to do is to open the website and look for any link which says “About US” or “Contact US”, most good websites have this practice in which they publicly share some contact information on their website page only. If you can locate it from there and then, it’s the best thing as it saves your further effort. But not all websites have About us or contact us page, especially the nasty ones, for such websites, just read on.