Friday is Free Day – Windows Media Player Browser Plugin

When a streaming audio/video links to .asf or .asx files (Windows media), chances are you won’t be prompted to download the plugin if you’re a Firefox or Google Chrome user. To be able to play these streaming media files, you’ll either need to use Internet Explorer as your browser or install the Windows Media Player plugin for your browser.

You may download the plugin from the Interoperability Bridges and Labs Center website. Download and run the installer and start your browser. This plugin works on Firefox (even up to FF5 Beta) and Google Chrome.

WiseStamp is Now Integrated in GMail

WiseStamp

WiseStamp is a browser extension that lets users customize their email signatures with their social profiles enabling them to add their latest tweets, blog posts, music, an eBay item or anything they want to advertise. I use it to promote my site, tweets, and my LinkedIn profile. Users may also add custom-made images to make their signatures attention-catching.

Before, it was just an extension (Firefox for me) that works on the browser-side. Now on GMail, including Google Apps domains, WiseStamp is integrated into the email interface. You’ll see a WiseStamp link near your username on the upper right hand side of your page. And when you click it, a window will pop-up to let you customize your WiseStamp signature.

 

WiseStamp Integrated in GMail

Tweaking WiseStamp

After customizing your signature, try composing an email message. You’ll see your new and shiny WiseStamp signature. If you see your old signature appended to it, configure your GMail settings by removing your old signature.

 

My eMail Signature

You may download WiseStamp extension from their site.

Google Search Result Previews

Google now gives netizens a preview of their search results. I was googling for vector tutorials and as I hovered my mouse pointer on a result, a preview of the site is shown on the right side corner of the page. Also, Google highlights parts of the page that contain your search keyword.

Here’s how it looks like:

Google Search Result Preview

However, there are still searches that don’t give previews. I’m guessing that it’s page rank dependent. Nevertheless, I still get a chance to check if a result is relevant for my search.

I also tried this on Internet Explorer 8 and Google Chrome 6 but there were no previews. I’m using Firefox 4 Beta 6.