Web User - UK (2019-07-10)

Readers’ Tips

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peoplewho have friendslivingabroad, or
to checkthe start time of international
sportingevents.
Openthe Control Panel and click ‘Date
and Time’. On the AdditionalClockstab
you’ll see two drop-down time zone
menus,one for each clock.These offer a
long list of places, includingSydney, the
East and West coasts of the US, various
Europeancitiesand Hawaii. Tick the
appropriate boxes to show both clocks
and choosea time zone for each one,
then click OK. Clickthe clockon the
taskbarto see the time in your chosen
cities– the additionalclocksappearat
the top, above the calendar.
Peter Sullivan, via email

EMAIL

ViewGmail attachments
It’s possible to view emailattachmentsin
Gmailwithoutopeningthe message
itself, whichis usefulif you receive a lot
of attachments.OpenGmailin a browser
and click the gear menu,then ‘Display
density’.In the window that appears,
selectDefault and click OK.
Your emailattachmentsappearas
buttons beneath messagesin your
inbox. Clicka button to openthe
attachmentin your browser. You can use
this methodto view images,PDFs and
even ZIP files. It’s a quickway to find a
file whenyou can’trememberwhich
emailit was attachedto.
Jon Perez, via email

MOBILE

Adddepthblur to your
Android photos
I was interested to
read your article
aboutfree photo-
editingsoftware,
especiallyTiltshift
Maker (tiltshiftmaker
.com), which
recreates the famous
‘bokeh’ effect. Did
you know that you
can achieve the same
effect on Android
usingan app called
DepthBlur(bit.ly/
blur479). This addsa
blur aroundthe

subject,whichyou can adjust usingthe

scroll wheel.I find this methodeasierto

use than TiltshiftMaker whensharing

photos onlinefrom my phone.

Jack Upton, via email

GENERAL PC

Manage your windows better

I hopeotherWeb Userreadersfind

this tip useful.I’ve just downloaded

WindowGrid(windowgrid.net),whichis

designedto help you managethe way

openwindows are arrangedon your

screen. It can seema little finicky at first,

so be warned.

Run the program, then as you move a

window by clickingand holdingdown

the left mousebutton, press the right

mousebutton too. This reveals a grid

that maximisesthe screen space for each

window withoutcovering any of them

up. Releasethe right mousebutton and

you can beginto ‘fill’ the grid by

arrangingyour windows.

James Pike, via email

BROWSERS

Save your bookmarks to

Google Sheets

I’ve found an interesting browser

extensionfor Chrome called

BookmarkSheet(bit.ly/bookmark4 79 ),

whichlets you save detailsof your

favourite web pagesin Google’s online

spreadsheettool, GoogleSheets.This is

great for me, becauseI absolutely hate

managingmy bookmarksin Chrome – it’s

just so clunky and annoying.

BookmarkSheetcan’timportyour

bookmarksfrom Chrome, so you’ll need

to visit your favourite websites againand

press the extensionbutton. You can

choosewhichinfo to save into Google

Sheetsand where to save it. I like the

fact that the extensionsaves bookmarks

in a usefulformat that I can share –

whichwill be handyif I ever switch to

anotherbrowser but don’twant to

importold bookmarks.

Colin Mortiarty, via email

BLUNDEROFTHEFORTNIGHT

Have you managedto fix a PC-related disaster?

If so, pleasesendyour story [email protected]

When I’m workingon my laptop, I tend

to have lots of browser windows open.

It’s not ideal,but needsmust. However,

I end up spendingalmost as muchtime

switchingbetween my mainwindow

and all my otherprograms as I do

working.It used to annoy me that I

couldn’tjust set my mainbrowser

window to ‘Always on top’, as you can

with othersoftware. Luckily, before I

lost my marblesand my valuabletime,

I found Pennywise. Yes, for some

reason it’s namedafter the clown from

StephenKing’sIt, but it’s also a

ridiculouslyusefultool. Downloadit

frombit.ly/pennywise479, openthe

application and enter the URL of the

pageyou want to ‘float’ – whichis the

app’s way of saying ‘Always on top’.

Now, no matter what else you do, the

Keep anywindowontop

SOFTWARE

Pennywise browser window remains

on-screen and withinsight,even if

you’re workingin otherwindows. As

long as you don’tminda creepy-

lookingclown staringat you from the

taskbar, it’s ideal.

Elton Kassam, via email

Keep your most important websites in

plain sight with Pennywise

Create the
‘miniature
illusion’ with your
phone’s photos

WindowGrid makes resizing and

repositioning your windows a lot easier

Add extra clocks to the taskbar clock for
places around the world Use the BookmarkSheet extension to
create a bookmarks file in Google Sheets