Vote: Notepad++

Some I use numerous times every day:

Still no Blackberry app? I'll take a look, but that's a real downside for me.

Great article, thanks. I do hope you'll revisit this annually.

@TheFu: I don't use it much at all any more. I took the opportunity of problems with XP's Explorer desktop on my ThinkPad to install Ubuntu 10.04. I love it. It boots quickly, and the built in wireless is working as soon as it boots. (A recent update to Lenovo's wireless app for XP has prevented the auto-connect…

If you have a TV old enough to not have audio outputs, take a look at your cable box or whatever your signal runs through before getting to the TV—even a VCR. (Yes, I have a couple of old setups at my place.)

I'm still not entirely sold on the "tabs on top" layout. To my thinking, the tab should be next to its content. Otherwise, the space between a tab and its contents is an annoying visual distance. With the tabs next to content viewport, the menu bar, address bar, and bookmarks bar stay out of my way visually.

I like the idea overall, but the lack of a physical border between the writing surface and the wall seems like trouble waiting to happen.

Anyone know what "LDRize" means?

@KamWrex: Banana boxes are some of the best boxes around. They are very sturdy, and have handle holes already cut in the sides. One downside is that they are not completely enclosed. They usually have a big hole in the top, but I just throw a plastic grocery bag over the goods inside before sliding the top on if I…

I've also heard of using this trick for drink bottles.

Just in time. My brother-in-law called me up today and asked if I could help him solve several problems with his computer, including "it's really slow" and some symptoms that sound like malware infestation.

Virtual desktops make my day job as a database programmer so much nicer, even with two monitors.

@ericesque:

Don't be in a rush to try it. Over on the mozillazine.org forums these builds have been found to break an awful lot of extension functionality.

For some reason, all my "likes" are public, even though my Facebook privacy setting for this category was "Friends Only". I even changed it to "Only Me", and this tool still picks them up.

NOTE: Save the "Skins" directory before you install Beta 2. It wiped out my Skins directory, including the very nice "Black Glass Wide" skin I was using. I pulled them from another machine, and the now-missing ones seem to work just find under Beta 2.

I use KeyConfig and its companion "functions for KeyConfig" to map several new keystrokes from Opera into Firefox. Two of these are "1" for previous tab and "2" for next tab. They're just easier than Ctrl-Tab and Shift-Ctrl-Tab.

Regarding the wipers, I've seen people just pull the arms up and leave them sticking up in the air. (Oops—sorry for the double-post..browser problem...)

Regarding the wipers: I've seen people just pull the arms up and leave them sticking up in the air.