To get this simply paste the code below into the address bar while at google.com.

Code:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&t=h&output=html&mid=1254836062

http://local.google.co.uk/support/bin/answer.py?answer=16532&topic=1499

Now I suppose it should be mentioned that this version of Chrome is “unstable” and maybe full of bugs, but I personally didn’t notice any problems so I’m continuing to use it.

Available for download here (32bit): http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=unstable_i386_deb

Available for download here (64bit): http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=unstable_amd64_deb

Extra Pictures:

The Original

The Result

How?

Simple. First download the Tiny Menu plugin from the Firefox addons site. This addon compacts file, edit, view, history etc. into one small and simple menu in the top left corner.

Next, remove the bookmark toolbar which hardly anyone actually uses and remover the status bar. To do this go to Menu > View > Toolbars and untick bookmarks toolbar then in Menu > View also untick Status Bar.

To make the navigation buttons (back, forward, refresh, stop and home) smaller right click in a black space on the menu bar then click customise. From here there’s a little tick box at the bottom saying Use Small Icons, tick it.

All that’s left is to shuffle things around, move all your navigation buttons, the address bar and the search bar up next to the tiny menu then hide the navigation toolbar.

And ta da! There we have it. Easy.

You’ll need to download two files, mount.sh and unmount.sh

They’ll need the apply the correct permissions to them:

Move them both to the Nautilus scripts folder

And you’re ready to go. To mount an iso image right click on it and under the scripts menu there should be mount.sh and unmount.sh, click on mount.sh.

NOTE: I’ve just found that this only works with ISO images in your home folder

NOTE: This tip was found on Ubuntu Forums

Personally I find this new look, planned to be released in 2010, an amazing new look. It’s only a mock up, a brainstorm of sorts, but this look could bring Firefox up to scratch with other browsers in the user interface category. My only worry is that they will lose some customizability with this change, will you still be able to move buttons and toolbars around to where you wish?

Here is another mockup for Firefox 4.0 with the tabs on top, found at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/4.0_Windows_Theme_Mockups

There is also a scheduled change to the Firefox UI in the 3.7 release and more images and information can be found at: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/3.7_Windows_Theme_Mockups

DaFont.com is an amazing free font resource with thousands of different fonts in all sorts of styles, ranging from fancy to foreign look and from gothic to basic. It is full of great fonts and I find it to be my favorite.

It is one of a few major websites offering free fonts, other such site are:

urbanfonts.com

1001freefonts.com

www.getfreefonts.info

simplythebest.net/fonts/

Google have announced their new operating system, named Chrome OS. It has been said to include a range of features and due for release mid way through 2010.

Unlike most OSs, Chrome OS like most Google products is very much web-based using online apps like GMail etc.

“Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. Because we’re already talking to partners about the project, and we’ll soon be working with the open source community, we wanted to share our vision now so everyone understands what we are trying to achieve.” Officical Google Blog

Google are going to be facing tough competition with Windows XP holding the majority of netbook OSs and Intel developing their own lightweight OS. I know I am looking forward to seeing what Google can make of it, tell me what you think with a comment below.

Web Development

• 1. Colorzilla
  
  Colorzilla is a tiny addon which allows you hover over any web page and find the hex code of the colour. Extremely handy when you love a color on a different website.
• 2. MeasureIt
  
  MeasureIt is an ruler overlay to measure pixel widths and heights over a web page. It’s very useful when you want to find whether something will fit in a given space.
• 3. Firebug
  
  A powerful tool which enables you navigate through the coding of a web page.
• 4. Web Developer
  
  Full of features! Has everything you could want to do with website development all bundled into one addon. Very useful for disabling CSS, disabling images and resizing the browser window.
• 5. Screengrab
  
  Every wanted to do a screen shot of the whole web page to show someone? Well here’s your answer, it can copy or save either the visable portion or whole page.

Layout & Design

• 6. Tiny Menu
  
  Gives you masses of unused space back to you compacting the main menu.
• 7. ColorfulTabs
  
  This addon makes your tabs all pretty, as well as making the easier to see.

Social & Communication

• 8. StumbleUpon
  
  If you haven’t used StumbleUpon yet, download it now but be warned that it could waste a lot of your time.
• 9. Delicious Bookmarks
  
  Makes life with Delicious a little easier.

Bonus:

• 10. Ubiquity

I personally use it all the time so that all my website work is kept up to date on my different computers. It’s also very handy keeping a current version of your work between your desktop your laptop.

To Download Dropbox go to: http://www.getdropbox.com/

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