http://novice2expert.com Sharing helpful, user-friendly tutorials to help you master your computer. Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:38:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm certainly not a big fan of change, but there comes a time when you might grow tired of your current internet browser, Internet Explorer, and perhaps you might want to consider what else is available. There are an absolute ton of internet browsers available now and, while each and ... http://novice2expert.com/windows-vista/alternative-internet-browser-comparison-windows-vista-firefox-safari-opera-maxthon Just to be different for a change, I've decided to write up a quick news post concerning some of the more interesting programs I currently have installed on my Windows Vista notebook and recommend my favorites onto you, the readers of Novice2Expert.com. However, I must first point out that while ... http://novice2expert.com/windows-vista/top-10-recommended-programs-for-windows-vista-january-08-edition Earlier today I managed to stumble across a rather interested Internet Explorer 7 add-on which boasts of alot of very interesting new features to enhance your online browsing experience. The add-on in question, which goes by the handle, "IE7Pro", claims to seamlessly integrate with your Internet Explorer 7 browser and ... http://novice2expert.com/internet-explorer/go-pro-with-ie7pro-the-ultimate-add-on-for-internet-explorer-7 This latest blog posts focuses on the incredibly helpful 'Firefox Companion for eBay' add-on for the Firefox 2.x series. This useful little plugin that was officially developed by the folks at eBay has been known to make many an eBay shopper's, or buyer's, life much, much easier. So if you're ... http://novice2expert.com/firefox/trade-more-efficiently-with-the-firefox-companion-for-ebay-add-on One of the more interesting things about Firefox is just the sheer number of fascinating Easter eggs there are scattered throughout the world's best internet browser (that's just my opinion, though). Until recently I had no idea that Firefox was capable of working out simple maths equations straight out of ... http://novice2expert.com/firefox/perform-simple-math-equations-with-firefoxs-google-search-box Dr.Web is fantastic little anti-virus and and anti-spyware package for Windows XP and Linux which boasts of several unique features that you won't find available in competing anti-virus products. Eugene Kuzin, author of the Dr.Web anti-virus link checker, was kind enough to create a very helpful little add-on for Firefox ... http://novice2expert.com/firefox/integrate-drweb-anti-virus-link-checker-add-on-with-firefox Now I don't know about you but when I first integrated the Google AdSense code into my Fable website, I found that for the first few weeks I couldn't help but constantly keep revisiting the Google AdSense Reports page and keep checking to see how much the total earnings had ... http://novice2expert.com/firefox/keep-track-of-earnings-with-adsense-notifier-for-firefox As I'm sure many of you are aware, Digg.com is among the most popular websites on the internet and boasts the potential to drive an enormous amount of traffic to websites. Digg publishes news articles and stories on its front page that receive the highest amount of votes -- or ... http://novice2expert.com/firefox/how-firefox-can-notify-you-of-diggs-dugg-and-the-digg-effect-via-rss-feeds Personally, I love displaying useful information about my websites and having them in close proximity so I can keep a watchful eye on them. One of the more useful tools available is the Alexa Sparky add-on for Firefox which is an official extension that was created by the good folks ... http://novice2expert.com/firefox/display-your-alexa-traffic-rank-with-the-alexa-sparky-firefox-add-on If you decide that the whole tabs system in Firefox isn't for you, for whatever reason, then you'll be pleased to learn that there is an add-on available which will completely eliminate every single trace of tabs and the ability to create new new tabs. The add-on is called Tab ... http://novice2expert.com/firefox/how-to-completely-disable-tabbed-browsing-in-firefox-with-tab-killer