Archives for the 'Short Cut' Category
Productive keyword navigation [Hack Your Day]
I’ve already shown you how to use keyword navigation in Firefox, now let’s take that to the next level by creating naming schemes and putting some organization behind it. The problem is that while you may visit up to 50 sites regularly, coming up with 50 unique, short and easy to remember keywords is not [...]
Paste frequent text with short cuts in Notepad++ [Hack Your Day]
I’ve been ranting on and on about how I love Notepad++, and recently I’ve started looking ore and more at, let me share a cool feature I found which lets you create keyboard shortcuts for pasting anything really. This helps my productivity to no end, especially when writing html or css code.
I use comments a [...]
Batch resize images with Squash [Hack Your Day]
While Photoshop can take care of any batch action needs you may have, few people know about these features and using a separate tool just for this purpose may prove to be easier and more productive.
I read about Squash a few days ago on gHacks and I very much like both the interface and [...]
Folder navigation productivity [Hack Your Day]
I always liked Windows explorer and although I acknowledge its shortcomings, I never really grew accustomed to replacements like WinCommander or Xyplorer. An application I just found while reading Lifehacker enhances explorer with one of the best features yet, the ability to jump from folder to folder really quickly.
Direct Folders gives you the ability to [...]
Auto-press Windows dialog buttons [Hack Your Day]
If you hate confirming that yes, you do want to delete the file in question (hence the reason you pushed delete) I just found an application via Mysticgeek’s Realm that could save you from a lot of OK pushing.
PTFB (Push the freakin’ button) basically sits in the background waiting for dialogs to appear and presses [...]
Gmail tip - the power of “Y†[Hack Your Day]
I don’t know how many people use keyboard shortcuts in Gmail, but I think it’s definitely worth the effort to learn a few. One of my favorite shortcuts is the letter “y”. The reason I love it so, is that it’s actually four shortcuts in one and will allow you to productively manage your emails.
Officially [...]
Use checkbox selection in Vista [Hack Your Day]
In Vista there’s a cool feature to use the checkbox selection method to select multiple files or folders. This the need to press the control button, so if you feel more at ease with the mouse this is a great way to select multiple files quickly.
When you hover over an item, you will se a [...]