In this tutorial you will learn about copying embedded videos from website without using external software. The only thing you need to perform this operation is “the world’s most famous browser”, Firefox.
To download a video open the webpage on which video is embedded and let the video play. When it is over, open a new tab, write “about:cache“ in the address bar and hit enter. From the opened page copy the cache directory of disk cache device.
Now open my computer and in the address bar paste the address you just copied from firefox’s about:cache page. This is the directory where firefox stores its cache.
List its content in detail view and sort it in descending order of file size.
With increasing number of ISP’s all over the world the number of users using high speed internet connection have risen tremendously. Almost all of the networks in developed nations are high speed. But for people like us who live in developing nation its still a distant dream. Though there has been developments, many of us now have the luxury of Broadband services yet there is a huge chunk of crowd still using over laden GPRS or dial up services. Everyone who has ever used these networks have craved for one and only one thing bandwidth; which indeed is scarce. Moreover whatever we have is also not used optimally. Much of the bandwidth we use, if not optimized, is wasted. When we are sitting in front of our terminals and hoping that the page we requested is opened, actually part of our data band is only used to serve us. This problem hurts most when we are a slow network user. Moreover if we are downloading a large file and want to check our mail we might have to wait forever to do so because the download might be eating all our bandwidth.
The best solution to this problem is to use some application to monitor and regulate the data bandwidth used by the applications present in system. One such application is NetLimiter. It can be categorized as client side traffic shaping and monitoring application. Certainly its job is not just the one mentioned above. It has many other roles to play not just being a distributer. NetLimiter comes as three different packages freeware, Lite and Pro. NetLimiter free is just a monitor and its job is to monitor the bandwidth consumed by various applications. Lite and Pro versions are advanced and can be used to shape the bandwidth allocated. The Pro version is accompanied with a firewall which works to expectations.
NetLimiter Pro is way more than it looks. It has the ability to direct internet usage to multiple computers if put on a gateway. Unlike some other proxy applications it can regulate the inbound and outbound traffic in terms of bandwidth not in terms of connections per host. It has a permission editor by which one can allocate the resources required by the applications. Moreover it has the ability to control the traffic three different zones: Internet, My Computer and Local Network.
Broadband users have often complained about they exceeding the usage limit. This application keeps a record of the data transaction that took place on a day to day basis and can be used to keep a check on the data transmitted and received.
Another very important feature for professionals is the ability to administer the functioning of application remotely via their browsers.
The bad part of all this is its price is quite high considering its requirement. Though a recommended application, one should check on with their pockets.
Those looking for a freeware alternative will be disappointed as there is none. Though there are some alternatives such as cFosSpeed.
With 30 million smiling faces, Opera delivers yet again. It unveiled its fifth generation of Opera Mini.
Facing stiff competition from Mozilla’s Fennec and the Skyfire recently , Opera did a fine job in putting up a rich featured and beautified marvel. Trying its best to meet the demands and expectations one can surely say that Opera has brought out its graphically enriched, attractive and much advanced browser.
Opera Mini 5.0 has has been imparted many features from its desktop counterpart Opera 10. Unlike its predecessor it has Speed dial, a grid of nine thumbnail images, which is a replacement to Mini 4.2’s list of links. It has introduced a much demanded tabbed browsing interface. Though its not the first one to have this feature but surely the lightest one to do so. The fact that the browser like Fennec, Skyfire and even Opera Mobile are too heavy for some mobile phones, Mini 5.0 comes as boon with so many features. Plus the bonus being its Java platform which opens it endlessly for almost all platform.
The glossy black interface has come with number of overhauls. Firstly the need of opening of a new window with every click onto an input field has been removed and one can directly type in the input boxes. The navigation menu has improved a lot from its previous versions.
One of the most important feature of this browser is it being light weight. Unlike other browsers which i have used earlier performed poorly under low processing conditions. The tabbed features often led to an error ‘low in memory’. But it being light gives us very little trouble in this regards.
Another life saver from opera is the password manager. It does what is expected out of it and delivers its best. Apart from the ones mentioned above the whole action pack of Mini 4.2 is still available. more
What’s missing?
Opera shook out some of its nagging features like skin and the ability to create a new search engine from any Web site. Another important feature which is missing is Opera Link ( Opera’s service for syncing bookmarks and Speed Dial between your various browsers, like desktop and mobile) . Though it is mentioned in one of its developer’s blog that its not there because the recent release is a Beta release.
Still no hopes for video playback on Mini 5.0. Mini still lacks this ability as the flash plug-ins are disabled in the browser. You might be able to play videos from www.youtube.com but those don’t come directly from the standard youtube.com.
In spite of its drawbacks Opera Mini 5.0 packs enough punch to be acclaimed as a worthy upgrade to Mini 4.2.
You can download Opera Mini 5 beta for free from http://m.opera.com/next. Multiple versions are available for Black-berry and for other Java based mobile phones.
