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A week or so ago I clipped something about being able to blog on Blogger in Hindi using the typical a-z character set. Now it seems one can blog in 4 additional languages, namely: Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu. Knock yourself out people : clipped from www.blogger.com Hindi - हिन्दी Kannada - ಕನ್ನಡ Malayalam - മലയാളം Tamil - தமிழ் Telugu - తెలుగు  

NoScript is a great extension. It blocks JavaScript from running on websites unless you explicitly allow it to run. Of course it ’ s packed with features like the ability to whitelist websites and to allow sites to run scripts temporarily . It also blocks certain types of dangerous script attacks even if you ’ ve decided to trust a website. Considering I ’ ve heard tell that this year will be a bigg i e for attacks via websites, cross-site scripting and suchlike, this is a browser extension that no Firefox user can afford to be without. I am however a great lover of things that do things for me J And I ’ d love to see integration of a predefined blacklist, or a choice to enable/disable such a list (or lists). This way I ’ d be warned in advance of a site that was a known offender, and wouldn ’ t fall prey to the desire to simply temporarily allow the site to run scripts so I could “ get my content ” if you see what I mean. What I mean is, NoScript blocks script...

I just updated by Firefox plugins, of which I have a healthy number (or rather an unhealthy number), and I could help but (yet again) notice that the extension Download Statusbar is pretty BIG. It ’ s about ~650kB. That ’ s more than half a meg. Surely this little baby could be reduced in size? I refer to it so lovingly because it really is a fab extension. Just simply showing you the status of the download as a progress bar in Firefox ’ s status bar. It shows speed and size, and lets you open the download with a double-click. Nice job. Could it be made smaller ?

I ’ ve decided to start a new collection of blog posts where I comment on applications/ utilities/ extens i ons etc. I ’ m going to do this cos I find I ’ ve always got ideas/ an-opinion on these things, and like every human being, I like to think that other people are actually interested in what I ’ ve got to say! ;)) This post doesn ’ t contain an opinion about an app/ extension/ utility because I just needed to get this little introduction out of the way. I ’ ll try to remember to begin my review/ ideas posts with (AppReview) so that my excited and massive reader base knows what to look for. J Enjoy folks.

Ok, just spotted this little pocket pc application. It let's oyu assign multiple applications to a single pocket pc hardware button. I'm definitely going to give it a whirl asap. You can imagine that if this works like it says it does then it'll give great speedy access to your pocket pc apps. clipped from hundera.dyndns.org HButton is program for PocketPC (2003, WM5, WM6), which allows you to asssign unlimited number of applications to one hardware button on your device. HButton is, and will be, FREEWARE . You can use it without any payments or limitations Usage is very simple. If you press and hold button on which HButton is assigned, names of selected applications will be shown in given order. When you will see name of application you want to start, just release button. Actual version 2.2 could be downloaded here