Google Chrome 3.0.195.33 Stable, 4.0.237.0 Dev… Chromium & SRWare Iron Multilingual
My Clippings November 13th, 2009 by System
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Google Internet browser without installation.
Download Portable Google Chrome MultiVersion Online on RapidShare (0.4 MB) (Updated for Vista and 7)
Download Portable Google Chrome 1.0.154.65 on RapidShare (8.3 MB)
(md5: c5623348a26942c871cd2cd3e4d51abb)
In first screen of Chrome MultiVersion Online, enter ver number:
3.0.195.33 for Chrome Stable
4.0.237.0 for Chrome Dev
2.0.172.43 for Chrome Stable
Chromium is the open-source project behind Google Chrome.
Download Portable Chromium Latest Online on RapidShare (0.4 MB) (Updated for Vista and 7)
Chromium Latest Online will download latest build (you can run also as updater to check if you have latest).
SRWare Iron is based on the Chromium-source and offers the same features as Chrome – but without the critical points that the privacy concern.
Download Portable SRWare Iron 3.0.189.18153 Beta on RapidShare (8.5 MB)
(md5: d3f6886a7f76920f93bd5b085b71f95c)
Download Portable SRWare Iron 2.0.178.15300 on RapidShare (8.3 MB)
(md5: c53c028e3f3ee9ff584deb1701d32c31)
Download Plugins on RapidShare (2.9 MB)
Extract Plugins: Flash 10.0.32.18 & Gears 0.5.32.0.
Extract and run ChromePortable or ChromiumPortable or IronPortable.
If you want to add parameters, start in incognito mode, not set cache in temp, not delete cache or allow multiple instances: edit *Portable.ini.
Example: AdditionalParameters=–app=http://portableappz.blogspot.com
Settings of installed Chrome, Chromium & Iron should be preserved.
Results in Acid3 Test :
Chrome, Chromium & Iron: 100 %
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A Vista theme for iPhone? Yes, really
Uncategorized October 26th, 2009 by Shai Perednik
Does this logo look familiar?
(Credit: ModMyiFone)
The latest third-party iPhone app to draw blogosphere buzz this morning is most definitely not Apple-approved.
The object of hilarity and defamation is VistaPerfection 2.0, a theme by developer Spec-Works that plops the Windows Vista GUI onto the iPhone. To run it, …
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Uncategorized October 26th, 2009 by Shai Perednik
Does this logo look familiar?
(Credit: ModMyiFone)
The latest third-party iPhone app to draw blogosphere buzz this morning is most definitely not Apple-approved.
The object of hilarity and defamation is VistaPerfection 2.0, a theme by developer Spec-Works that plops the Windows Vista GUI onto the iPhone. To run it, …
Related posts:Volery relaunches as Ninite – still a hassle-free way to install great, free software
My Clippings October 24th, 2009 by System
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Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware
Instead of sitting around while you wait for a dozen of your favorite apps to finish installing on a pal’s computer, just check off what you want on the Ninite web site, launch your customized installer, and sit back while the magic happens. Or raid your buddy’s fridge – hey, even free work deserves some kind of compensation, right?
The list of available apps has increased since Volery debuted, and now includes more than 50. Among them are favorites like Firefox, Google Chrome, Skype, VLC, OpenOffice, Microsoft Security Essentials, ImgBurn, 7-zip, and many others.
As Brad mentioned before, pay-only pro options are coming but details are still a bit unclear. According to the site, they may include things like local and network share download caching, as well as a totally silent mode.
Now, as freeware or donationware I think Ninite makes sense. I’m not sure users who would find the advanced features useful will be all that excited about paying. After all, you can pull off this kind of kung fu with Ketarin and a little bit of elbow grease — and Ketarin is completely free.
Pro tip: when you launch your customized installer on Vista or Windows 7, you may need to right-click and run as administrator for Ninite to install properly.
Volery relaunches as Ninite – still a hassle-free way to install great, free software originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Setting Up Photoshop For Web, App and iPhone Development
My Clippings October 17th, 2009 by System
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Most people who have designed websites or apps in Photoshop will, at one point or another, have had issues trying to match colors in images to colors generated by HTML, CSS or code. This article aims to solve those problems once and for all.
Color Management to Match Colors Across Multiple Devices
In the print world, color management typically involves calibrating your entire workflow, from scanner or digital camera to computer display to hard proofs to the final press output. This can be quite a tall order, especially when the devices use different color spaces — matching RGB and CMYK devices is notoriously hard.
When designing or editing for TV, calibrating the main editing display and using a broadcast monitor are common; these show real-time proof of how the image will look on a typical TV in a viewer’s home. In such a scenario, color management offers many benefits and is highly recommended.
When building Web and application interfaces, the situation is a little different. The final output is the same device that you’re using to create the artwork: a computer display (putting aside for now differences in gamma between Windows, Mac OS X prior to 10.6 and the iPhone, which we’ll cover later.)
There is a catch, though. Even though you’re creating the Web or app interface on the same device that the final product will be shown on, the colors will have various sources: images (typically PNG, GIF and JPEG), style markup (CSS) and code (JavaScript, HTML, Objective-C, etc). Getting them all to match can be tricky.
The Goal
When designing websites or app interfaces, we want to perfectly match the colors that are displayed on screen in Photoshop and that are saved in files with what’s displayed in other applications, including Firefox, Safari and the iPhone Simulator. Not only do we want the colors to look the same, but we want the actual values saved in the files to perfectly match the colors we have defined in Photoshop. Colors should not shift or appear to shift in any way, under any circumstance.
Why Is This So Difficult?
Photoshop applies its color management to images displayed within its windows and to the files it saves. This is a bad thing if you’re working exclusively with RGB images for Web or on-screen user interfaces. With the default Photoshop settings, #FF0000 will actually display as #FB0018, and #BB95FF will display as #BA98FD. The differences are subtle but definitely there.
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Free VMWare Player 3 can now create virtual machines
My Clippings October 6th, 2009 by System
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Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Linux, Freeware, Beta
VirtualBox has always enjoyed one key advantage over VMWare: it’s free. Sure, the VMWare Player is also free — but all it can do is boot virtual machines which have been previously by another app.
Rather, that’s all it could do until now. VMWare Player version 3 has hit the release candidate stage and is available for public download, and guess what? It’s now got the ability to create virtual machines. That’s pretty amazing news for virtualization hobbyists like myself.
Apart from the added VM creation chops, Player v3 also offers OpenGL support in guest machines, ALSA support on Linux guests, ThinPrint powered printing, Windows 7 support, and multiple monitor support.
And yes, it even supports Aero Glass in Vista and WIndows 7 just like its big brother.
Another great addition is the easy install wizard, which makes setting up popular operating systems on a new guest machine ridiculously easy. That is, when it works. The wizard should create a floppy configuration file which Ubuntu reads during the install process. When I tested with the Karmic Koala beta, though, Ubuntu’s installer wouldn’t recognize the floppy image and crapped out.
A regular install, on the other hand, worked just fine and completed in roughly the same amount of time as it took under VIrtualBox — if not slightly less.
The download is free, weighs in at about 90Mb, and you’ll need to have a registered account with VMWare to get access to the downloads.
Free VMWare Player 3 can now create virtual machines originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Easily restore Windows services to default settings with a web app
My Clippings, Windows September 30th, 2009 by System
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Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Web services
I don’t know how they manage to do it, but they do. Every now and then a customer drops off a system for repair and things that a home user should ever need to monkey with – things like TCP/IP settings, registry entries, Windows services – have been mangled beyond recognition.
Services in particular can be a big pain to reset, simply because of how many their are. Fortunately, there’s an incredibly handy web app which makes the process a whole lot easier.
Serviceseditor.com supports Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. Click the appropriate version, and you’re presented with a comprehensive list of radio buttons covering all the built-in services. Scroll through the list and toggle any values you don’t want set to the default Microsoft settings and press the submit button. You’ll receive a .reg file which you can then merge with the Windows registry.
It’s quite a bit faster than clicking through services.msc manually to get things back to normal and (obviously) doesn’t even require an install. Slick!
Easily restore Windows services to default settings with a web app originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Matt’s System Helper Outer simplifies common Windows admin tinkering
My Clippings, Windows September 30th, 2009 by System
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Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware
Sure, I’ve launched most of these commands from the run dialog so many times that I have them memorized — but an app like Helper-Outer still comes in handy for me. It’s much easier to talk my staff through clicking a couple buttons in the network panel than walking them through opening a command prompt.
And it’s helpful when a part-time tech with less experience is helping me out. Hey, not everyone is as familiar with commands like compmgmt.msc. Helper-Outer makes these tasks – things like starting and stopping the print spooler and Windows Update services, finding an IP via IPconfing, performing a DNS flush – quick and easy.
If Helper-Outer looks like it can make your life a little easier, grab it from Freeware Files – the author’s download link isn’t working at the moment. The app runs on Windows 2000+, though you may need to right-click and run as admin on Vista and Windows 7.
Matt’s System Helper Outer simplifies common Windows admin tinkering originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Device Remover is like Device Manager on double steroids
My Clippings, Windows September 30th, 2009 by System
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This is no sissy-boy device tree. Five tabs present you with a tree view, list view, drivers and services, list of drivers in memory, and active system processes and handles. You can also export or print a full list of your devices and search for a specific device or driver.
On the Device Remover tools menu, you’ll find quick links to your control panel applets, relevant registry hives, shutdown options, system restore functions, MMC snap-ins, and macro that automatically removes all your data from every one of Google’s web apps. Ok, the last one not so much. But there’s a hell of a lot packed into that menu.
It’s also good at backing up drivers and cleanup duties, and it’s available as a portable app (though the .NET framework must be installed).
Pictures do this app more justice than words, so have a look at the author’s screenshot gallery on Live.com. Device Remover works on Windows XP, Vista, and 7.
Device Remover is like Device Manager on double steroids originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Back-to-School With 40 Excellent Adobe Illustrator Tutorials
My Clippings September 23rd, 2009 by System
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Learning is a process which continues throughout the life of an artist, graphic designer, and illustrator. Along the way, designers find the task of mastering Adobe Illustrator a large obstacle which requires practice and experience in using the vector-based application. Practice comes in the form of tutorials, which offer tips, tricks, and artistic styles from other designers who have mastered certain techniques based on their experience.
From these tutorials, a designer can polish their skillsets on a variety of topics which will strengthen their own artwork. Sometimes a simple tutorial has tips which may have been overlooked based on the subject of the tutorial. By looking past the subjects of the tutorials, an endless array of learning opportunities exist. Essentially, the tutorials become not only a teacher but a “class” which a designer can repeat as often as necessary to refine their skills.
This post presents 40 excellent simple to complex Illustrator tutorials and presents the overall techniques of each tutorial, summarized in a brief overview. The purpose is to pick and choose among the tutorials based on the areas that need improvment. Whether a seasoned professional or a designer just starting out, these Illustrator tutorials offer a way to brush up on one’s skills.
Illustrator Tutorials
Gradient Mesh Bell Pepper Tutorial
- Use multiple smaller Meshes to create a realistic object
- Learn to use the Eyedropper Tool (I) to sample colors from a reference photo
How to create a Television Icon
- Using Offset Path on an object
- Learn to use Gradients to create surface texture and depth
- Create a reflection using an Opacity Mask
Working with 3D Objects and Transparencies to Make a Vector Cola Bottle Design
- Learn to “cut” up an image in Pathfinder and use the pieces in 3D Revolve to create solid objects
- Map art (symbols) onto a 3D object
Create a Stylish Colorful Text Effect in Illustrator
- Learn to use Offset Stroke on text
- Apply a Pattern Swatch to text
Illustrate a Malevolent Skull in 8 Steps
- Working with a sketch and outlining with the Pen Tool (P)
- Use Outline/Preview modes during design process
- How to use the Reflect Tool (O) to save time
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