When will Apple embrace the right-click button? Even though Apple’s operating system supports right-click, their laptops notoriously lack a right-click button. I’m not a Mac developer (don’t even own a Mac yet) but I have an idea that could solve the problem: The Mac’s Touchpad already detects a number of events like scrolling, two-finger scrolling,…
It’s a simple idea: every Apple Store should have one computer running Windows XP via Parallels Desktop software. Why? I believe it would help convince wannabe-switchers to take that final step and purchase a Mac. When the first MacIntels came out, I began seriously thinking about switching from my all XP set-up. Running the Vista…
… or why Yahoo needs to buy a desktop photo managing app, pronto. I’ve been using Flickr for a while now – I even have a Pro account (I previously used smugmug). I also use Picasa to manage my photos (having tried several versions of Adobe’s Photoshop Album). I like Picasa’s simplicity, instant image fix-ups,…
Firefox 2 Beta 1 includes a new feature that restores your browsing session when the browser crashes. So, if you were looking at twenty different tabs when your browser froze or bit the dust, your tabs won’t go to wherever it is that electronic dust-bunnies end up. Fire up your trusty browser and up will…
Ever wanted to send an attachment using your web mail? Don’t you hate having to dig through your hard drive until you find the right file? While drag-and-drop capabilities would be great, it would be even better if the Desktop Search Tools already on our systems were smart enough to let us directly find the…
UPDATE: This security flaw has been fixed by Google. I’ve found an interesting security bug in Google’s GMail that could potentially expose your entire GTalk/GChat contact list (i.e., your Quick Contacts). I. The security flaw can be exposed this way (you will need two GMail accounts): 1. Open yor browser (tested on Internet Explorer and…
Of course, you could always bypass this system (see previous post) and simply upload your files via e-mail attachments and share your login/password with your friends. With a simple rule-based system you could even categorize uploads depending an which of your friends sent the file.
I wonder how long it’ll take before someone does this, and how long it’ll take the GMail team to stomp it. What you need: If on Linux: GmailFS (GmailFS provides a mountable Linux filesystem which uses your Gmail account as its storage medium).If on WinXP: GMail Drive (GMail Drive is a Shell Namespace Extension that…