Strange

Windows 7 has become the OS of choice for now. Signing people up for Melaleuca is more than a hobby. I'm fixing computers as a way to help keep sharp. I'm working less at factories, more on my own. That's an update for you.

Google Chrome Shortcuts

Quick list of Chrome shortcuts:

Ctrl+N = New window, Ctrl+T = New tab, Ctrl+F4 = Close current tab, Ctrl+Tab = cycle through open tabs, Ctrl+PageUp = Tab Left, Ctrl+PageDown = Tab Right.

Ctrl+Shift+N = New Incognito Window, F6 = Highlight address bar (so you don't have to click it.)

Alt+Home = Go to your Homepage, Ctrl+B = slide "Bookmarks Bar" in and out of view.

Alt+E = The Folded paper menu in upper right corner, Alt+F = Wrench Menu (Settings) in upper right corner.

Complicated?

I use Yakuake for almost everything in Ubuntu. Simply press F12 and down comes the terminal. If you combine it with zsh, you'll have more fun, be more productive, and do stuff a lot faster than with a mouse. You can navigate folders way faster with the use of aliases. If you have zsh installed ("sudo aptitude install zsh" in ubuntu), simply edit the .zshrc file located in your home directory to do this open up a terminal and type "nano ~/.zshrc" then add your aliases anywhere in the file preferably on a new line.

Say your videos folder is "/home/user/Videos/Movies/" to make an alias to put you into that directory with one word, you'd add this to your .zshrc file: alias movies="cd /home/user/Videos/Movies/" 

including the quotes, remember to substitute your username. Note that if any of your folder names have upper-case characters you'll need to enter them accordingly. Add as many aliases as you want; some examples can be found here in the section titled 'Advanced .zshrc'. Then try them out for the above you'd just type 'movies' and it would take you to the directory you specified in the alias. Jump for more.

Should we start with a story?

No, we shouldn't. 


But we should start with something easy. Take the toolbar at the top of almost any web browser, be it Firefox, Opera, IE or some other. They all have ('File', 'Edit', 'View', History, etc.) menus along the top of their window. How do you get to them without your mouse? Simple, first hold the 'Alt' button, now you'll notice that certain letters in the menus are underlined, this tells you which key you'll need to press next. For example, to get to the 'Tools' menu in Firefox you'll hold 'Alt+T' then you can let go of both keys. Once the menu has slid out it's a simple matter of using your UP and DOWN keys or press the underlined/highlighted letter of the option you want. 


See, simple.