The most useful keyboard shortcuts you probably don't know about
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You'll get your work done faster by keeping your hands on the keyboard, and off the mouse; here are my favorite keystroke time-savers.
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PHPKitchen has an interesting post covering one of the banes of most web developers existance - the "back button problem".
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In my Firefox series last week, I overlooked one of the browser's most powerful search functions: An 'always on' find as you type feature.
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Editor's note: This story was reprinted from Computerworld. For more of Computerworld's coverage of the Mac, visit its Mac Knowledge Center.
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A few simple changes--and some useful keyboard shortcuts--let you work faster and smarter in your browser.
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If youâve ever wanted to grab a screen shot, youâll definitely want to watch the video Quick Tip of the Week. It shows you the keyboard shortcuts you can use to capture a single window, the entire desktop, or a portion of it that you define. From creating PDFs in any application to using the built-in Dictionary to viewing multiple Inspectors in Pages, the Quick Tip of the Week shows you how to get more out of Mac OS X, iWork, Mail, iLife, and other Mac applications.
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With XSKN's FK MB Midnight keyboard skin, I can put a big ol' sticker on my keyboard with all the Photoshop keyboard shortcuts printed on it. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.
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Review Waitrose's QuickCheck scanner a real time-saver
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Ingenious hacks abound for the game console's input device. Plus: The
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Got Vista already? Make it your own with these five easy customization tweaks.
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If you come from the world of Windows, you undoubtedly understand the concept of a shortcut. In the Linux world, shortcuts do exist, but they're generally referred to as symbolic links, or symlinks. They are so named because, like shortcuts, a symlink is really just a symbolic placeholder or link to the file or directory you're trying to get at. read more
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In my last installment of this series I introduced a variety of GUI-based tools that can help you discover more about your system to help identify potentially troublesome components. This week we'll look at some of the command-line utilities that do similar work. In fact, some of these utilities are the engines underneath the more attractive GUI tools, and there may be good reasons to employ the engines directly instead of relying upon their graphic incarnations.
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David Pogue explores the time-saving qualities of macro software.
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How to uncover your own Hidden Gems.
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If you&#146;re a designer or a print professional, or just plain curious about your fonts, this tip is for you.
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Now Old Grumpy goes for a (Micro)soft target Column Iâm a fan of shell extensions â those plug-ins for Windows Explorer which provide easy right-click access to all manner of context sensitive actions. For example, my favourite ZIP compressor is WinZip: simply right-click on a folder and you can instantly create an archive containing everything within that folder. Magic! But having said that, shell extensions, like other things, should be used in moderation; they can seriously impact system performance if you invite too many of âem to the party.â¦
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'Put the mouse down, and step away from the keyboard'