+1 I still prefer fast, native applications over cloud-based ones, but they're getting harder to find.

The continued and growing popularity of Dropbox contradicts the premise that we don't need files. GDrive could have been huge.

With folks we don't trust, yes, but with Lifehacker? They should know better.

Could you share some of this evidence? I find it hard to believe.

> "Not that odd. Just like a free cell phone."

My solution is to only give out my Google voice number. All incoming calls go to voicemail and I get an emailed transcript of the message. I reply by email when possible.

I used to use w "show name" and then search around for the season, then find the list of episodes from that. Thanks for the tip! That will shave off a lot of wasted time.

@Eli Bishop Checkvist has worked well for me. It's a hybrid of an online to-do list and an outliner and everything can be done quickly with keyboard shortcuts.

I use ClipX, one of the Hive Five's Best Clipboard Managers (all 5 were Windows apps).

@FastShoes I've been using the free SyncBack version for several years and it worked great. I upgraded last month to get a few minor features and to support them so they don't go under. After XMarks nearly went belly up, I've been more willing to pay for services I want to stick around. The free version did…

@kdouat But it would still be wrong :) I just checked both sites and the current free limit is 2GB with Dropbox and SpiderOak. #corrections

@bubbatex Unless you're a Linux user, like many Lifehackers.

I'm a software engineer by day and do web development contract work in the evening after the little ones are in bed. I've created a few webapps and Windows software, maintain a few blogs and I'm getting started with music composition.

@Ramesh Dharan Make that 697 :)

@Mapex You can set up custom searches in Chrome under Options -> Search

@xeeb Not natively, but there are extensions to do it (FEBE being the most popular).

@noahfahlgren Mozille announced they'll be adopting a 16-week release cycle to resolve this very problem.

Thanks for the thorough coverage of FF4 - I left Firefox several months ago and have been happy with Chrome ever since, but you've convinced me to give FF4 another go.

@Whoopsi I concur. Using KeePass (stored on Dropbox) I soon realized I'd need to remember my Dropbox password when I'm not at one of my computers. I also memorized my email password because I use it so frequently. As a backup, I use Bruce Schneier's solution of storing a few key passwords in my wallet (just the…

Ah, no wonder I didn't recognize it.