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Time Saver QuickLook Plugins

I love to use Quick Look and I believe other Mac users also love this nifty Leopard feature. Not only you can save your time previewing your documents with simple Space button but by installing several more QuickLook plugins, you can peek inside your ZIP files.

It's not limited to that, developers nowadays are still under high spirit to create even more powerful plugins to enhance QuickLook feature. Eventually, I hope we can QuickLook every type of files, including DMG files.

Installing QuickLook Plugin

However, you will need to drag and drop your new QuickLook plugin, which comes in bundle *.qlgenerator, into folder Macintosh HD → Library → QuickLook to make it works.

Let's see what are the interesting QuickLook plugins we have here.

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Ten Useful Mail Plugins

Mail has long become our daily visit, essential application; Whether it's for opening incoming messages or reading fresh RSS Feeds. Many have used Mail plugins to optimize their performance, how about you?

Here are some of the Mail tips and tricks that you may want to know.

  1. 10 Nifty Mail Tricks that You Definitely Want to Know
  2. Change Mail Alert Sound
  3. Change Flag Icon of Mail
  4. Mail Tips: Marking Messages
  5. Mailbox Archives

You can expect to see several great plugins upon reading this article. Feel like to continue reading?

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20 Killer Firefox Extensions

As Firefox community is getting more and more crowded by developers, it's even harder for us to filter out the best extensions to enhance our browsing experience.

Last time, I've written an article about 8 Essences Power Browsing with Safari which focused more on increasing the browsing productivity while using Safari web browser. This time, I will expose you to the world of Firefox, where the beauty of its extensions can save your soul from being eaten by boring working routines.

Let's see what are these killer Firefox extensions.

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Take Screenshot of Entire Webpage

There are times when you want to take screenshot of webpages, but obviously you can't use simple print screen which can only take part of the webpage as big as your screen display. So what should you do to capture the whole webpage?

Saft Safari Plugin

Recently, I've found this nice Safari plugin called Saft, which is a Shareware. Saft gives you ability to have a screenshot of entire webpage and save it as a PDF file with a single click.

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