There are webpages that automatically play animations or videos even before the page has loaded fully. This is annoying to most of us, internet users. Stop Animations can be a boon for Google Chrome users, if they want to get rid of the annoying animations on websites.
Testing fonts and their combinations on websites is a real hassle for designers. Its not just about aesthetics of a website; web designers also have to carefully select the fonts so that they are readily available in user’s computers. There are various tools for testing font combinations but how about using a simple bookmarklet for it?
With the onset of web fonts, many web designers have started using an assortment of beautiful fonts on websites. Besides the popular and the most widely used fonts, it is really difficult to correctly tell the name of a font. But with Whatfont bookmarklet, you can easily find out what fonts a website is using, including the font size, font weight etc.
One thing anyone who earns their living online or for anyone who spends a lot of time online will learn is that there are always some things you would like to automate. Automation is the key to creating processes which reduce errors and improve productivity.
RSS readers still are loved by many even though a lot have ditched them for Twitter, Facebook and other social media tools. It would be really handy if you could subscribe to the updates from a Google Plus user using your RSS feed reader. If you want to subscribe to Google+ RSS feeds of a user, you can do it using this tool.
Twitter after its new redesign lets you see shared videos or photos from Youtube, Vimeo, Flickr, Yfrog, Twitpic etc. without leaving the site. Wouldn’t you want a similar functionality on Google+ where you can view a site shared on Google+ without having to leave the page? Quick View for Google Plus is a Chrome Extension that lets you view content shared on Google+ without leaving the website.
Unless you live under some kind of rock, you have at least heard of twitter. The real problem is that those who have heard of and try to use twitter don’t always know how to properly integrate it into their social media strategy. Here are some of the most critical twitter tools and explain how each fits into your overall social media strategy.
Google is on the endeavor to make improvements to their products all the time. For this, they have added a Feedback button to most of their products whose latest versions have just been introduced. Have you tried out the Feedback button in Google plus or the Cosmic Panda in Youtube? You’ll be amazed after looking at it.
Have you ever wanted to know how much traffic your favorite website was getting? Or how many RSS subscribers a site had? SiteTrail is a website analysis tool that provides you with data consisting of over 100 different metrics for any given website. All you need to do is simply enter the domain name of the website you want to analyze into a text box and viola!
Google+ profiles as of now have a very long and difficult to remember URLs. Google has plans for launching vanity URLs very soon but many of you may not be very patient about that. If you want to have a vanity URL for your Google+ profile for now, you can get one from Gplus.to.
