Sunday, March 25, 2012

Facebook login extension for Chrome

I've been using fbQuickLogin for a while now and i'm seeing that this is one of those extension that really saves time. My computer is being used heavily by me and occasionally my wife as well as my son. All their Facebook accounts are configured in fbQuickLogin and they can all login to their Facebook account in just a click. It's that easy.

Once installed (link below), you just have to go through your Facebook account setup in this extension. It will ask for your Facebook user id and password. You can configure up to 10 accounts in this extension. Once configured, you will never have to type in your login details to your Facebook account. This extension will automatically fill it for you, as per your selection. whenever you are in the Facebook login page, the extension will list out all your configured accounts and you can login with a single click.

Here is a video from the extension page, showing how this works.
Login to your account in single click





Extension download for chrome:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ihpcdjelcodenkpfkbaficnkgkmljjbf


Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Nokia Belle - Launched, Released today for Nokia N8, Nokia E7, Nokia E6, Nokia X7, Nokia C6-01, Nokia C7 and Nokia Oro device

Great news for symbian users: Much awaited Nokia Belle is being released today for all the latest symbian phones like Nokia N8, Nokia E7, Nokia E6, Nokia X7, Nokia C6-01, Nokia C7 and Nokia Oro device. Nokia 500 users will have to wait for few more weeks, as per the post here: http://conversations.nokia.com/2012/02/07/nokia-belle-download-begins-today/

This update is being made available only through Nokia Ovi suite, which have to be installed in a PC. If you don't have it, install Ovi Suite first from the link below.
http://www.nokia.com/gb-en/support/product/nokia-suite

Then connect your fully charged phone to your PC and update. For a detailed step-by-step by tutorial, visit this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMyndeAkcOw

Enjoy the latest version!


Sunday, January 8, 2012

How to detect rendering mode (Standard, Quirks) of a web page using Javascript or jQuery


Often, there will be times when you want to detect the rendering mode of the web page, especially when you are dealing multiple web projects. This can be easaily done using Javascript by checking for the documentMode property available for the document object.

If you are using jQuery, just use:

alert(jQuery.support.boxModel);

Using raw JavsScript, you can use any of the below methods:

alert(document.documentMode);

alert('You are in ' + (document.compatMode==='CSS1Compat'?'Standards':'Quirks') + ' mode.');

Here is a method provided in MSDN article, more tended towards Internet Explorer.

var engine;
if (document.documentMode) // IE8 or later
      engine = document.documentMode;
   else // IE 5-7
   {
      engine = 5; // Assume quirks mode unless proven otherwise
      if (document.compatMode)
      {
         if (document.compatMode == "CSS1Compat")
            engine = 7; // standards mode
      }
      // There is no test for IE6 standards mode because that mode  
      // was replaced by IE7 standards mode; there is no emulation.
   }
   
   alert(engine);


Sunday, December 18, 2011

Best Top Gmail notifier extension for multiple accounts with auto-login and Quick-preview support


      I've been trying multiple chrome extension to receive notifications on the unread message counts from Gmail accounts. Most of them out there were having one or more of the below disadvantages.

1. Did not allow multiple Gmail accounts.
2. Did not allowed to preview the messages. I had to login each time OR the preview display was not simple.
3. I had to login each time by manually typing in the login details to see the emails/messages.; didn't supported Auto-Login.

The multiNotifier extension that being mentioned here addresses the above concerns pretty decently. Now with this extension, i can

1. See the unread messages count for multiple accounts.
2. Provides a quick preview of the unread messages.
3. Directly logs me in without providing the login details. [That is what i liked most!]

How to use multiNotifier?
      Upon installing this FREE extension from here, we will be asked to provide the login details for multiple Gmail accounts. we can provide at most of 5 account details. Once provided, the extension will check unread message counts at specified interval and displays the total number of unread emails from all those accounts.


The unread messages will be displayed on the top right and clicking on it will show a detailed picture of unread messages for each account. Here is where it gets really useful.

Quick Preview:
      For each account, there will be small mail icon next to the unread message information. click on it to see a quick preview of the unread messages, for that specific account. This is really useful, since it is very fast and gives an idea of the unread messages without the need of logging in. We can even click on any message to see the full email message. The extension automatically logs you in to see the full email message and we can continue to use the Gmail account as usual.


Auto-Login:
      For each account being displayed in the notifier, the number of unread messages will be shown. This also comes with a GREEN and RED message icons for easy identification. A single click on the message, will take you inside your specific Gmail account, again, without the need to type in your login username and password. Here is a video on this:


      Thus the advantage of this extension over the others is that once configured, it performs all the basic notifier functions without the need to type in anything again. Set it and Forget it!

      The developer mentions that the passwords are stored with advanced encryption and standard methods. The only disadvantage that i find now is that it's inability to add more than 5 accounts.

More info:
More information is available on the developer site available here: https://sites.google.com/site/multinotifier/

Download:
This extension is available for Google Chrome here.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dcdpjakjgmgklajndnlekpojkelnibfp