Gmail keyboard shortcuts

On our quest to become keyboard warriors stands another mighty giant to conquer, Gmail! I have only recently started using these shortcuts myself but some have become invaluable already.

Keyboard shortcuts help you save time by allowing you to never take your hands off the keyboard to use the mouse. You’ll need a Standard 101/102-Key or Natural PS/2 Keyboard to use the shortcuts. These are from Google’s own help pages once again.

To turn these case-sensitive shortcuts on or off, click the gear icon at the top of any Gmail page and then Mail settings.

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5 awesome obscure BlackBerry tricks

Did you know you can use your BlackBerry as a flashlight when you’re stumbling around in the dark.

Or that there is a very simple way to reboot your device?

Here are some little-known but awesome BlackBerry tips & tricks you can utilise to turn yourself into a power user:

1. Number mode / CAPS mode

By holding ALT & Left Shift (⇑aA) you can turn on number mode (123), and ALT & Right Shift  (aA⇑) enables CAPS mode.

2. Easy reboot

You can reboot your BlackBerry by holding ALT, Right Shift (aA⇑) and DEL

Alternatively you can soft reboot your device by installing a free application called RestartMe.

3. Flashlight

Stumbling around in the dark? Turn your BlackBerry into a flash-light by launching the Video Camera and hitting the Space bar. (flash required).

4. Easy PIN retrieval

Need to share your pin with someone? Just type mypin and press space to display it.

5. Phone overview

Get an overview of your BlackBerry like your pin, battery level, OS installed and more by pressing Alt + Left Shift + H simultaneously .

Bonus: To insert a period, press the Space key twice. The next letter is capitalized.

Top 3 Internet Explorer fixes

Every web developer I know of has disdain for Internet Explorer. Although we have made some strides with Internet Explorer 9 (Even scoring a 100% on the Acid3 test recently), most users do not necessarily run the latest version of their browser.

There are some techniques that web developers can use however to bring some of the older versions of Internet Explorer up to par with their modern counterparts.

ie7-js

opacity on IE7

ie7-js is a a JavaScript library to make Internet Explorer behave like a standards-compliant browser. It fixes many HTML and CSS issues (like :hover on any element, min-height, :focus, opacity and more), and makes transparent PNG work correctly under IE5 and IE6. I would recommend using IE9.js at this point.

Download ie7-js

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