How To Disable Google Realtime Search

December 14th, 2009

A week ago, Google introduced real-time search – a new feature that displays live updates from sites like Twitter and FriendFeed as part of the normal search results. Reactions were generally positive, but, as multiple users noted, there was one thing missing – an “off” button. You could pause […] Continue Reading…


Deframe – Greasemonkey Script That Removes Frames & Toolbars

December 10th, 2009

Deframe is a Greasemonkey script that can remove frames and toolbars from (almost) any website. For example, it can remove the StumbleUpon toolbar that’s displayed on all su.pr links, get rid of the Ow.ly bar, bust the frames that some link sharing sites use on outgoing links, and so […] Continue Reading…


Get a Google Wave Invite Here

December 7th, 2009

Are you’re interested in Google Wave, but still haven’t got an invite? I’ve recently got my hands on some spare invites, so leave a comment on this post and I’ll send you one (just make sure you enter a working email address in the appropriate comment form field).

For those […] Continue Reading…


Reliably Detecting The WordPress Version

December 2nd, 2009

Sometimes you might want to find out if a website is built with WordPress, and which specific version of WP it’s running. In this post I’ll discuss a number of detection techniques, including ways to deal with sites that hide the fact that they’re running WordPress or spoof the […] Continue Reading…


15+ Useful Firefox Addons For Web Developers

November 27th, 2009

Everyone already knows and loves Firebug and Web Developer. So instead of another redundant “Top 10” list, here’s a collection of 15+ great add-ons that you might not have heard about yet.
Dust-Me Selectors

Dust-Me Selectors helps you find unused CSS selectors. You can use it to test an individual page, […] Continue Reading…