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Software Spotlight: BorgChat

Wardell — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:25:02 +0000

BorgChat After trying out a number of different programs I must say that in my opinion BorgChat is the best freeware LAN messenger for windows. For those readers who aren’t sure what a LAN messenger is it’s simply a program much like your Instant Message client or Web Messenger but instead of connecting you [...]

Simply the Best Email Client

Wardell — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:29:50 +0000

The best email client available in my opinion is Thunderbird, sibling to the Firefox web browser. What makes it the best email client? Aside from being absolutely free and incredibly easy to setup with a Gmail account, one of the main reasons for it’s popularity is the same thing that makes Firefox so popular, [...]

Software Spotlight: IETester

Wardell — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:55:20 +0000

IE Tester Screen Shot IETester is a program which allows you to test web pages in multiple versions of Internet Explorer. This program is free for personal use, or a licenses can be purchased for professional use. The current version 0.2.3 allows for testing in IE versions 5.5 through 8 beta2. IETester allows users to simultaneously test [...]

Firefox Add-ons for Better Browsing & Search

Wardell — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:07:41 +0000

Site Launcher starts via hot key and allows you to launch web sites using a single character key you specify, this add-on has lots of customizable options such as number of columns, background color, and displays the Fav-Icons of the sites which you import. Site Launcher Screen Shot Ctrl-Tab replaces the default ctrl+tab function of FireFox. [...]

Which Twitter Desktop Client is the Best?

Wardell — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:33:33 +0000

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Related posts:Simply the Best Email Client Testing Twitter @Anywhere When will you start using HTML5?

Tag Add-ons for Firefox

Wardell — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:30:38 +0000

Tagging bookmarks is a great new feature in Firefox 3 that makes it easy to recall and search through your bookmarks. I’ve recently come across two add-ons for Firefox that make adding and using tags that much easier. The first one I’d like to mention is TagSifter, this add-on is very similar to the Delicious sidebar [...]

Mobile Browser Emulators

Wardell — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:10:12 +0000

Even before the release of the iPhone mobile browsing was a fast growing trend (news.cnet.com 2006). That is why mobile development has become such an in demand skill by many employers. Recently Microsoft and Mozilla have released emulators for their forthcoming browsers Windows Mobile 6.1.4, and Fennec Alpha 1 respectively. Do you test for mobile browsers? If [...]

Chat Widgets

Wardell — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:38:09 +0000

Chat Widgets are a great way to interact with your site’s visitors and provide customer service. Here are a few chat widgets to consider using for your own site. Google Talk ChatBack Badge is less of a chat widget and more of a status indicator which will connect your users to an external chat app and [...]

Free Graphic Software

Wardell — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:50:12 +0000

The price of Photoshop too steep for your pockets? Here are some free (and legal) alternatives for you to try. Gimp Screen Shot Gimp is a great graphic editor with lots of good features, I’d even go as far to say it is the best free alternative to Photoshop available. It supports a wide range of file [...]

Firefox Add-ons for Design & Development

Wardell — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:10:50 +0000

The following is a list of Firefox add-ons that I use for aid in design and or development. Web Developer adds a menu and tool bar to your browser, with a vast array of tools a few which include disabling of cache, Java, JavaScript, meta redirects, style sheets, and cookies, adding cookies, and style sheets, viewing [...]