Stop streaming of youtube videos

So you are watching some video on youtube and you realize that you are also downloading some file simultaneously . But, due to streaming of your youtube video your download speed has decreased significantly and your download file is more important than the video . This has a simple solution . Right click on the youtube video and Stop download . This will stop  streaming of the video and you can download your file comfortably .

Make Firefox work faster

If Firefox has been troubling you lately then I would advice you to use some custom settings in Firefox to speed up your Firefox .

First of all open a new tab and type about:config in the address bar .

This will show you a warning screen that you might harm your Firefox settings . Click at he warning saying i'll be careful .
Now, you will see a new tab named Filter . Type network.http in it .

This will open a list of settings . You'll change some of the default settings in this list .

Double click at network.http.pipelining . This will set it to true .


Now double click at network.http.proxy.pipelining to set it  to true .


Double click at network.http.pipelining.maxrequests . It will request you to enter a value . Set the value to 30 .

Now right click your mouse and click at New and then Integer . You'll be asked to name the integer .
Name it as nglayout.initialpaint.delay and then you will be asked to provide a value to this integer .Set the value to 0 .

Restart your Firefox and  now you are working with the much faster and efficient Firefox .

Search faces on Facesaerch

If you are to search someone's face by his name you can use the site Facesaerch .
You can scroll the number of results shown by the search engine and clicking on a particular face takes you top the page from where the image has been retrieved .

How to access blocked websites

Most of the times it is the URL that is blocked while you want to access a particular website's content . There are two basic ways to bypass the URL .

Use the IP address instead of the URL

You can know the the IP of the website
by entering its URL at whatsmyip .
Enter the IP in the address bar instead of the URL .

Use shorter URL

Instead of the complete URL you can use the shortened URL using SNIPURL service . Enter the shortened URL in the address bar .

Google Chrome tips ans tricks

If you have been using Google Chrome for a while now you can't afford to miss some very good features Chrome has to offer .

AutoFill Forms :
 Filling out long forms with same information everyday can really be a tedious as well as a daunting task . Chrome's auto-fill feature can save you the trouble .

Go to Options then click on the Personal Stuff , then choose AutoFill options . By selecting Add address you can enter your details. The next time you are presented with a form, you won’t have to manually type all your information .

View your bookmarks ,downloads and history in a list format :

You'll have to type chrome://bookmarks or chrome://downloads or chrome://history to view your bookmarks , downloads and history respectively .

Tools to surf blocked websites in your office or college

 Facebook or Twitter might be blocked in your office or college but there are tools to help you browse those websites even if they are blocked .

The best way to do so is to use your USB .Download portable Firefox here .

Portable Firefox helps you to run Firefox without installation from your USB .

Now download Tor here .

Use it as a plugin to your browser . Tor connects to various proxy computers on the web and helps you to browse the web anonymously .

Test your internet speed with speedtest

 Speedtest is a website that helps you check your current internet speed for free . Many times your internet speed might be awfully slow and you might not be able to infer the exact cause of it . Many times Internet Service Providers are unable to service a good bandwidth and may be the reason for your slow internet .Other times you might have to optimize your PC or browser  .

Spedtest uses various parameters to check your internet speed .
Ping : Time taken by your system to connect to the nearest server .
Upload speed(in Megabit/s) - This is your upload speed .
Download Speed(in Megabit/s)- This is your download speed .


 If these figures are alien to you then it also gives you the estimate of time it will take to download a MP3 File (5MB) , Video Clip (35 MB) ,and a Movie (800 MB) .

Organize Your Bookmarks in Firefox

We bookmark hundreds and thousands of pages as we keep finding more and more information over the web . But with time it gets tiresome to scan through all your bookmarks to go to the page you want .


In order to make your experience with bookmarks more comfortable Firefox offers you  the feature of Organize Bookmarks . Go to the top part of your browser and click on browsers . Scroll down and go to Organize Bookmarks .

This opens a new window . Select  Bookmark menu at the left side of the window .This shows all your bookmarks . Then go to Organize at the top of the menu and create a new folder . Name this folder appropriately according to the type of bookmarks you are going to add the folder . Once you folder is created add bookmarked links to them by simple drag and drop .

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