keyboard shortcuts
Getting rid of the New Tab button in Firefox
If you have a wide-screen monitor, and let’s be honest, most of us do, then this quick Firefox tip isn’t for you. However, if you are a minimalist, or more likely, a netbook user, then this tip could prove beneficial.
As a keyboard enthusiast, I tend to lean on all the known shortcuts in Windows and [...]
Create a new folder in Windows 7 by keyboard shortcut
You should not be surprised I am a huge advocate for keyboard shortcuts – any singular process in an application or operating system should have a corresponding keyboard shortcut associated with it. It’s easily proven that learning and using keyboard shortcuts can improve your efficiency on every day common place tasks on a computer. A [...]
Bring keyboard shortcuts to iTunes with CD Art Display
Reluctantly, I’m a card carrying member of the iTunes User Group. iTunes is an example of a piece of software that works just well enough that you don’t actively go out looking for an alternative. Very few would argue that iTunes is the best music library manager available yet; some would go as far to [...]
Listing Available Windows Hotkeys
Windows hotkeys or keyboard shortcuts are extremely useful which is why it is odd that Microsoft does not provide a mechanism to list the active keys. Hotkeys are generally global across the operating system and as such, are registered within Windows itself. If you wished to add your own shortcuts how would you know which [...]
Using Firefox Without a Mouse
No one would argue the huge importance around the introduction of the mouse and what it meant to interfaces of then and now. The mouse made the computer more approachable and less intimating to unfamiliar users. While I wouldn’t trade away a good set of keyboard shortcuts, I see the value the mouse offers to [...]
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