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Open The Gnome Applications Menu With The Windows Key

6:00AM August 31, 2010 | The How-To Geek

Linux only: Recent switchers from Windows to Linux are probably used to using the Windows key to open up the start menu — to get the same thing on Linux, you’ll have to tweak a simple setting instead. More »


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Cmd+Z/Ctrl+Z Re-Opens Closed Tabs In Safari 5

10:30PM August 3, 2010 | Kevin Purdy

Closed down a tab you needed in Safari? In the latest version, you use the same keyboard shortcut you’d use to undo an oopsie in any other program to bring it back. That’s right — Command+Z (Control+Z on Windows) to the rescue. More »


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Mini Wide Fullscreens Gmail Is Very Netbook Friendly

4:30AM March 12, 2010 | Adam Pash

Firefox/Chrome: Small netbook screens make you really appreciate every last pixel on your device. The Mini Wide userscript for Gmail adds a “netbook mode” shortcut to Gmail that removes navigation and ads for a streamlined, netbook-friendly, message-focused view of your inbox. More »


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Create The Perfect, Customised Boss Key With AutoHotkey

3:00AM October 13, 2009 | The How-To Geek

We’ve all been there — trying to do something else while we’re supposed to be working for the man. Sure, they are paying us, but can’t we get a little break every now and then? More »