Category: Internet

The private browsing mode of Firefox lets you visit websites in an incognito mode and does not store any history, cookies or other files permanently on your hard disk – helping you keep your private life, private. Usually you have to open a private browsing mode manually but now you can open any link on a website opened in the normal mode of the Firefox browser, in a private mode window. This is accomplished using a Firefox extension called Open in Private Browsing Mode.

One thing I like about Opera browser is its ability to show tab previews without actually switching to those tabs. All you have to do is hover your mouse cursor over those tabs and a small thumbnail preview would popup. This helps you to see the contents of a tab without bothering to switch to them one by one. This same functionality can be added to Mozilla Firefox too using the Tab Scope extension. It does not require you to have Windows 7.

Chances are high that you have a favorite Youtube video, that you want to watch over and over again. There are some dance videos and music videos that we all like to play and shake our hips to the tunes. Youtube natively does not provide this functionality but there is a third party website called InfiniteLooper which can help you loop a Youtube infinitely – that is until you stop it to replay manually. Using InfiniteLooper is very easy.

I used to plan my road trips by asking friends and family about the places I would be passing by – if there was anything worth stopping by and looking. But not everyone knows about all the places and the hearsay knowledge is not so good. Fortunately, now you can plan your road trips using an online service called On The Way. It can help you find some interesting places on your way to your destination.

The Google Chrome web browser has a special feature called the incognito mode. If you visit a website in the incognito mode of Google Chrome, then the history, cookies, cache and other information is not stored for your web browsing session. You can switch to incognito mode using a hotkey Ctrl + Shift + N in Windows. But if you want to always open a website in the incognito mode, then you can use the Ghost Incognito extension for Chrome browser.

The most popular social networking website Facebook sends you notifications and messages whenever somebody adds you as their friend. You can also see a list of your friends in the left side of your Facebook profile. But when somebody unfriends you (removes you from their friend list), Facebook neither notifies you nor sends any message. But now you can know who has unfriended you on Facebook using a web browser script called Unfriend Finder.

GIF (graphics interchange format) images contain a series of bitmaps which are shown one after another in a serial order giving an illusion of animation. We have recently published an article on the free online GIFPAL service for making GIF animations easily. But if you are overwhelmed with the huge array of options in the GIFPAL, then you might want to use Psykogif. Psykogif is another free online service using which you can create GIF animations of pictures taken using your webcam.

The IMDB (Internet Movie DataBase) web site is the largest website about movies, actors and all the related information. You can find all the information about movies and discuss your opinion with others on IMDB. When you visit IMDB, it stores the web pages of which movies, artists etc. you have viewed. At the bottom of almost every IMDb page, you will see a list of pictures under the heading – Recently Viewed. But if you want, then you can clear your viewing history on IMDB.

Most of the government, private company and public service websites provide a toll-free number on which you can call and talk to them. Of course, you can use your mobile phone or landline phone to call them, but a much exciting way is to call the toll-free number from right inside your web browser. Yes, if you have a simple headphone (with microphone) then you can call any toll-free telephone number in the USA, from anywhere in the world using the free Yakfree service.