Wanna frag ‘em online through your browser? Here it is. QUAKE ONLINE is LIVE, or should I say, QUAKE LIVE is ONLINE. Here is the link. But as you can see, just after a long time-taking (as in wait time, rather than lengthy pages of questionairres) I am still waiting in the queue to get in and get my first bot burnt down by my plasma gun. My number is 24775.
So, anyone who has been able to get in and started the fragging? See you on the other side!!!
Firefox by default opens up Search results in the same tab, and this can be annoying at times, unless you open a new tab by yourself, before you type in the Search. This however can be easily changed by editing the configuration settings in Firefox. This would enable the users to open the Searches in a new tab by default.
To do this, type in “about:config” in the address bar of Firefox (of course without the quotes). This will open a list of configuration setting lists. In the Filter text space, type in “browser.search.openintab”. This will now show the preference name browser.search.openintab and against which the value is set to False. This means, that Firefox by default will NOT open the Search in a new Tab. To set to the desired setting, double click on the row, to change the value to true, and the status is changed to user set, and VOILA. Searches will now be opened in a new Tab.
So, what has been making rounds in the GMail activity center. These people are in the hub of action and have been rolling out some really cool stuff. First things first- Multiple Inbox. No, it is not what it sounds like.GMail still doesn’t allow associating different GMail IDs to one. Multiple Inbox enables users to access different tabs of Inbox in the same page. Hence, you would be able to check your Chats, Sent Messages or your favorite Labels all in the same page. Just have a look at the Screen below.
The number of messages that are to be displayed, and even the position of the ‘Inbox’ can be configured in the Settings section for Multiple Inbox. To enable Multiple Inbox, go to the Labs section of GMail and Enable it. Further, to change what is to be displayed in your Inbox, you can do this by changing what is written against Pane 0, Pane 1 etc. For e.g. for my label “Blogosphere” to be displayed, I have written in the text box beside Pane 0 as- is:blogosphere. Further, the position of the Multiple Inboxes to be displayed can be adjusted conveniently to -right of Inbox, above or below the inbox. For peeps not using a Widescreen Monitor, I believe that Above or Below the Inbox is more neat and tidy. [ via GMailBlog ]
Also announced is the new feature to sync your GMail contacts and calenders in your phone. A new version of Google Sync has been released which enables syncing easier for iPhones and Windows Mobile. For the entire list of instructions please visit the GMail Blog post.
Back in the day, we all used phones to communicate. Then Skype came along and changed the world. Sure, there were other systems before it, but Skype had it all sewn up with a neat little package that bundled the hallowed VOIP with a simple interface and of course – It was free!! Later, video was added (that Beta seemed to last forever!) and the whole thing really took off. Skype has always had some big hitters looking over its shoulder with the likes of the goliath Windows Messenger (Currently in its ‘Live’ incarnation) and the Gmail (With its flexibility and low resource usage) to name but a few.
With this in mind the major release of Skype 4.0 was much anticipated… What new wonders can we behold?… Well, I can tell you one thing – if you’re expecting better video you may be sadly disappointed. :-\
Last week if you’d have asked me what my preferred video calling software was I’d have said Gmail and Skype were pretty much 50/50, this week however it has to be Gmail. The new Skype 4.0 video looks like a nasty police photo-fit or, worse, a deliberately pixelated news item. Yes it gets a little better if you give it a few minutes but the previous video was clearly better (IMHO). They have, however, done a good job with the voice side of things which is undoubtedly smooth, and sure, there are some new whistles and bells to play with (the “Open” or “Open with Video” seems so obvious now) but why would you release an update with worse performance on the one thing everybody stares at???…
Now if only Google could make their video a little more resilient to all those sudden crashes….
Shaking 9e3k
What’s @ OKS!!
