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How to Switch Google+ Stream from Multi-Column View to Single Column (via: TechnoDuet)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/08

Subtle, as the “More” button got removed, but the Accessibility setting is still there:

If you also want to see the posts in ‘What’s Hot’ and Communities in single-column, then go to Account Settings -> Google + and select the Accessibility checkbox as shown below:

Enjoy the uncluttered and headache-free single-column layout of Google+ posts!

Now I can enjoy all G+ streams to be in one column format so it is easier to track the order of posts.

–jeroen

via: How to Switch Google+ Stream from Multi-Column View to Single Column – TechnoDuet.

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Remove email address from suggestions in To field on Gmail (via: Web Applications Stack Exchange)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/08

Every once in a while, you have a wrong address in your GMail auto complete list (for instance when someone moved to another provider or you mistyped it).

This is how to delete it:

  1. Delete his email address from Other Contacts under Gmail Contacts.
  2. Reload Gmail and search your contacts for the email address to make sure you really got rid of it.

–jeroen

via: Remove email address from suggestions in To field on Gmail – Web Applications Stack Exchange.

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Interesting: Hola – Access ALL of the web (free VPN) & faster browsing (via: @arnovj)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/05

On my list of plugins to try: Hola – Access ALL of the web (free VPN) & faster browsing.

Thanks Arno van Jaarsveld from BcomOne for pointing me at it.

–jeroen

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How to edit a table (created by Lotus Notes) in the email reply (in Gmail)? (via: Web Applications Stack Exchange)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/05

I worked around this using the WordPress editor, but in case I ever need it again, here are some more possibilities to try:

How to edit a table (created by Lotus Notes) in the email reply (in Gmail)? – Web Applications Stack Exchange.

–jeroen

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Google Now Launcher for KitKat (Android 4.4) via: Android – Google+

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/28

I just installed the Google Now Launcher on my Nexus 4 that runs KitKat (Android 4.4) from the AppStore.

Looks nice, though I could not get “Call Brother” configured (it thinks there are 3 entries for him, and selecting any of them does not make a selection).

But being able to start voice stuff with one click less is convenient.

Now hopefully the battery duration won’t be affected by another piece of software.

–jeroen

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OpenPGP for GMail: Mymail-Crypt for Gmail™ (via: Chrome Web Store)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/27

Interesting: Chrome Web Store – Mymail-Crypt for Gmail™.

–jeroen

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How to Use Your Google Maps — Offline | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/20

Will try this in France this weekend: via: How to Use Your Google Maps — Offline | Gadget Lab | Wired.com.

And if it fails, I have CityMaps 2Go Offline Maps and a downloaded map with me as well.

Here’s how to do it. Read the rest of this entry »

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Making SwiftKey my Default Keyboard (via: Android Forums)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/15

Every time I reboot my Nexus 4, the Google keyboard is selected as default. But SwitftKey is way more productive for me.

This is how to make SwiftKey the default keyboard again:

Selected SwiftKey then hit the Gear to go into SwiftKey setting. When I did this a pop up window came up asking witch keyboard to use a default. I selected SwiftKey and after several reboots it is still default.

–jeroen

via: Making SwiftKey my Default Keyboard – Android Forums.

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Google Cast SDK for Android Released: The Google Play services library (revision 15)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/13

Thanks Leon Nicholls – Google+. and Android Developers – Google+ for sharing these two posts: Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Android, Android Devices, Chrome, Chromecast, Development, Google, Mobile Development, Power User, Software Development | Leave a Comment »

If you miss having the Caps Lock button on your #Chromebook… (via: Google Chrome – Google+)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/13

This reminds me about mapping the CapsLock to Windows-key on old Lenovo keyboard (you can do that [Wayback/Archive] with ReMapKey from Microsoft, the [Wayback/Archive] slightly more convoluted open source SharpKeys, or a AutoHotKey script), and a [Wayback] Mac equivalent:

MacOS:

I like to have a second Control key instead of Caps Lock.

In OS X, go to System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys… and change or turn off Caps Lock, Control, Option and Command.

For more radical key remapping in OS X, use KeyRemap4MacBook. Despite the name, it works on non-Macbook machines, too.

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ChromeBook:

If you miss having the Caps Lock button on your #Chromebook, you can turn the Search button into a Caps Lock button in a couple steps: find “Keyboard Settings” under the “Settings” menu, and select “Caps Lock” under the “Search” drop-down menu.

Or you can use this quick link on your Chromebook: chrome://settings/keyboard-overlay

Chromebook has [Wayback/Archive] quite some different keys than a Windows keyboard.

Ben Ostrowsky has a nice post with an SVG drawing of the [Wayback/Archive] Chromebook keyboard layout.

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