Web User - UK (2019-12-11)

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provides downloads fordifferentversions
of ahuge rangeof Android apps. Some
peopleuse it togetnewversions ofapps
thathaven’t yet rolledout totheirdevice
but Ifindit handier for reverting back
toolder appswhen newonesdon’t work
on mydevices.
ThomasWood,viaemail

PHOTOS

ViewphotosinFileExplorer
Iamadesigner andIfinditvery
frustrating whenIcan’t previewimages
directly withinFile Explorer.The basic
image formats arefine,and canbe
previewedautomatically,but assoon
as you come acrosssome of the more
unusualfiletypes, you starttolose the
functionality.Inanidealworld, Windows
would implementthis themselves, but
sincetheyhaven’t, I’veturned to
SageThumbs (bit.ly/sage490).
Onceyou’veinstalled and set up the
program, go intoFile Explorer,right-click
the file you’reinterestedinand apreview
thumbnail should appear rightaway.It’s
also useful forquicklyconverting files
intoPNGand JPG formats.
LottieSimpson,viaemail

WEBSITES

Remove stickynoticesfrom
websites
Doesanyone elseremember the good
old days whenyoucould actually goto
awebsiteand seethe contentyouwere
lookingfor? Nowall Isee isconstant

notices giving meinformation Idon’t

need about cookies andnewsletter sign-

ups.It’smaddening!

I’vebeenusingabookmarkletcalled

KillStickyHeaders (bit.ly/sticky490).

Youadd ittoyour bookmarks bar and

clickitanytime you findyourself dealing

with anannoying stickyheader.Itdoesn’t

interact withanyother elements onthe

page but,ifyou findit’sinadvertently got

ridof somethingimportant, you can

refresh the page toget it back.

PawelIonescu,viaemail

EMAIL

Showunreademailcount

I’m abit ofatabmonsterand always

have adozen or morebrowser tabs open

at anyone time.Iusuallykeep Gmail

on one tab and have activated auseful

settingto showthe numberof unread

emails on the tab icon.

Open Gmail’scog menu andclick

Settings, then select theAdvanced tab.

Look forthe sectio nheade d‘Unread

message icon’, then select Enableand

click the Save Changes buttonat the

bottom.Thetab text sa ys something like

‘Inbox(5)’,but whenIhavealotoft abs

open,thereisn’t room to displaythe text

and only theGmail icon isvisi ble.

However,the number of unread emails

is no woverlaid ontopofthe icon.

JamieEdwards,via email

Keep an eyeonyourinbox, whatever tab

you’re on

SageThumbsletsyou quicklypreview
your images

BLUNDEROFTHE FORTNIGHT

Have you managedto fixaPC-relateddisaster?

If so,pleasesendyour [email protected]. uk

Afteralongcareer spent

behindadesk, my body

is well an dtruly feeling

thestrain. Manyofmy

aches andpainscan

probablybeput downto

the repetitive actions of

PC work. My handshave

had theworstofit, and

barelyaday goesby

without me suffering

from aching fingers.

Luckily,people

arebecomingmore

awar eofthe dangers.

Irecentlyhadadesk

assessmentat work, and

nowI’vefoundagreat tool on GitHub

calledClickless Mouse ( bit.ly /click490),

which puts lessstrain onyour fingers

when usingamouse.

Wheneveryou hoveryour mouse

pointeroversomething onscreen,

aset of smallcoloured boxesappears.

Youperform different typesofclick

by movingyour mouseoverthe

correspondingbox, whether that’s

Beat RSIbybanishing clicks

GENERALPC

asimple left click oraright-click-and-

hold. It takesalittle getting usedto

but it soon becomes second nature.

Afteryou installClicklessMouse,

youcan configurearange of different

settings. It’s definitelyworth taking the

timeto playaround with itat this early

stage,soyou can get usedto the

functionalitymorequickly.

Justin Parker,via email

Give your fingersarestwithClickless Mouse

Ifyoueverwanttogetanoldappback,
headtoAPKMirror.com

Saygoodbyetoannoyingstickyheaders