Official Google Blog: Introducing the Google Chrome OS
Sort of belated question, considering how many Linux platforms, and Windows, of course, are running in netbooks. I guess it's a natural step for Google to go from mobile platform to netbook platform.
Gmail multi-attachments selection fails with certain themes
Is it just me or with some Gmail themes (Desk, Summer Ocean), you can't select multiple files to add as attachments (by clicking ctrl or shift in Windows)?
For other themes I tried, such as Ninja, Default, Classic, I was able to select multiple files at the same time as attachments. They offer a different pop-up window for you to select your file altogether.
The following shows up when I want to add attachments and I CAN'T select several files at the same time (notice the Desk theme):
Now notice the window I get when I try to add attachments with other themes, with which I CAN use ctrl to select several files at the same time:
As you can see the windows are different, which means maybe developers have different codes for certain themes so the bulk-attachments feature isn't available in Gmail always 100%. I naturally tried to Google to see if other users have experienced the same thing, but couldn't find anything. Perhaps, Desk users are on the low?
EDIT: Found some discussion forums that pointed out that indeed certain themes (Tree) didn't allow the multiple selection of attachments and that "There are three workarounds:
1. Click compose mail; then refresh the page
2. Click compose mail; pop-out the window (Icon above the upper right
corner of the "To" box)
3. Hold down shift, then click on compose mail (also pops out the
compose mail window)" Also found that the advanced selection features might not be available on some computers regardless of themes. I'll just switch to one that allows the features for now.
For other themes I tried, such as Ninja, Default, Classic, I was able to select multiple files at the same time as attachments. They offer a different pop-up window for you to select your file altogether.
The following shows up when I want to add attachments and I CAN'T select several files at the same time (notice the Desk theme):
Now notice the window I get when I try to add attachments with other themes, with which I CAN use ctrl to select several files at the same time:
As you can see the windows are different, which means maybe developers have different codes for certain themes so the bulk-attachments feature isn't available in Gmail always 100%. I naturally tried to Google to see if other users have experienced the same thing, but couldn't find anything. Perhaps, Desk users are on the low?
EDIT: Found some discussion forums that pointed out that indeed certain themes (Tree) didn't allow the multiple selection of attachments and that "There are three workarounds:
1. Click compose mail; then refresh the page
2. Click compose mail; pop-out the window (Icon above the upper right
corner of the "To" box)
3. Hold down shift, then click on compose mail (also pops out the
compose mail window)" Also found that the advanced selection features might not be available on some computers regardless of themes. I'll just switch to one that allows the features for now.
Yahoo! Mail's Way of Supercharging Signatures
The Yahoo! Mail Blog recently included a status update feature inside the Y!Mail interface that is similar to Facebook status and Twitter. What distinguishes it is that it comes with a clever Status-o-matique, which provides random statuses for you though I don't know the origin of those often funny statuses.
One thing that caught my attention in the Y! Mail Blog post is that the status can be shared in an email you send to your contacts so they'll be notified of your current musings and what not.
As you can see, Y! Mail skyrockets the whole share-your-status deal by enabling you to 'share more' of your activity in other popular sites such as Twitter, Youtube, Tumblr, etc.
Picture from the Yahoo! Mail Blog
I tested a few of my username that I use in other sites, but found more than I wanted. Certain sites had users with my same username who had picked it first. Yahoo! allowed me to add them without asking for a password. The closest thing it does for a password is present you with a link to that site with your username so you can verify it's your site indeed. I guess Yahoo! Mail will ask for passwords in the future because I don't see how this is 100% hack-proof. Someone who knows my username and is bored enough to want to impersonate me can easily add my username and see all my activity, essentially stalking me in their Yahoo! profile.
Overall, the idea of including your updates in your email might come handy if you email your friends often. Yahoo! Mail status updates in emails just might be a little too much for other people you email, like people at work or school. Since Facebook and Skype are examples of how people have forgotten to use their emails to share stories and updates, Yahoo! Mail status just offers the convenience of sharing those through email, which you probably already use, so you don't have to hop on yet another browser tab or application window to communicate informally with your friends.
One thing that caught my attention in the Y! Mail Blog post is that the status can be shared in an email you send to your contacts so they'll be notified of your current musings and what not.
As you can see, Y! Mail skyrockets the whole share-your-status deal by enabling you to 'share more' of your activity in other popular sites such as Twitter, Youtube, Tumblr, etc.
Picture from the Yahoo! Mail Blog
I tested a few of my username that I use in other sites, but found more than I wanted. Certain sites had users with my same username who had picked it first. Yahoo! allowed me to add them without asking for a password. The closest thing it does for a password is present you with a link to that site with your username so you can verify it's your site indeed. I guess Yahoo! Mail will ask for passwords in the future because I don't see how this is 100% hack-proof. Someone who knows my username and is bored enough to want to impersonate me can easily add my username and see all my activity, essentially stalking me in their Yahoo! profile.
Overall, the idea of including your updates in your email might come handy if you email your friends often. Yahoo! Mail status updates in emails just might be a little too much for other people you email, like people at work or school. Since Facebook and Skype are examples of how people have forgotten to use their emails to share stories and updates, Yahoo! Mail status just offers the convenience of sharing those through email, which you probably already use, so you don't have to hop on yet another browser tab or application window to communicate informally with your friends.
A Second Look at AIM/AOL Mail Plug-Ins
Random observation: AIM/AOL Mail Web Interface Adopts Celebratory Background for July 4th
While Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail/Live/MSN Mail seem to lead in popularity and usage among netizens, AIM/AOL Mail is the only one out of the four major web-based e-mail applications that shows today an incredible backdrop of July 4th fireworks in celebration of the 233rd birthday the U.S.
Review of AIM Mail plug-ins
To be honest, I've only retained my AIM Mail account because of the AIM chat service that is so popular among my U.S.-based friends. Noticing the celebratory gesture on AIM Mail's part, I decided to write about this much overshadowed e-mail service since there were a few improvements. For example, the icons on the left sidebar got a successful makeover, in my opinion, since I am a fanatic of shiny icons. Also, I'm not sure if when the stationery feature rolled out but that's a nice collection. I think the biggest attraction though is that AIM/AOL Mail actually offers a pretty impressive integration of native calendar, to-do, and AIM chat applications inside the email interface. Gmail just recently integrated its calendar and Tasks services as gadgets enabled through Labs, which means there's a possibility that they might not permanently stay in Gmail as they are experimental features. The only feature that's pretty set and integrated (not through Labs) is GTalk that allows you to connect to the AIM chat service.
PROS:
- The To-Do service in AIM Mail allows you to add reminders and notes.
- Reminders can be set up to one week before the event (other options are one or two days before, or on the due date.)
- The service is at your fingertips in your email application, which I'm pretty sure most of us check pretty often anyway and can see the reminders without having to go to another website.
- Plug-ins can be removed, but otherwise they can stay in your email interface for as long as you choose, in contrast to Labs features in Gmail which can disappear if developers decide to discontinue them
- There's a variety of plug-ins you can choose from (in Gmail you can only have 5 gadgets in addition to the GCalendar and GDocs gadgets)
- Of course, the to-do service might not be as sophisticated as Remember the Milk in that you can add tasks from other places, such as your cell phone
- You can't link e-mails to to-dos like Gmail Tasks where you can link an email to a task
- I set my own alarm at 11:47pm, a minute from the time I was testing the reminder service, but I didn't get any alerts. Perhaps it was a time zone problem, or maybe I had set the reminder to a very specific time that wasn't in the options for reminders (you could select times by halves, such as 11:30, 12:00, 12:30, etc.)
Keywords to Googling e-books
-inurl:htm -inurl:html intitle:”index of” +(“/ebooks”|”/book”) +(chm|pdf|zip) +”o’reilly”
Google that plus the title or author’s name at the end as in ‘o’reilly.’ Enjoy!
Here's an explanation:
Hope you find it useful!
Adapted from my original post
12 Phenomenal Tumblr Themes (in no particular order)
I compiled this list of my favorite Tumblr themes of the moment with simple print screen and paste, LOL. Credits go to their respective authors.
Via Tumblr Theme Garden (Click to get through install page in Tumblr):
These I found elsewhere:
- Notepad Chaos
- Carbo via Custom Themes
- Thought Cloud via TumblrThemes.com
- Museum Theme via the author’s site
Perhaps I’ll find some other ones in the future. I’m already having enough trouble choosing one even though I like my previous theme, Big Foot, a lot.
EDIT: This post is from my May 23rd Tumblr blog.
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