All of Iridium, unGoogled Chromium and Brave Browser make bold claims for privacy. Talk is cheap and fortunately the EFF is here to referee.
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How to set up your browser for user privacy (Firefox, Brave, Edge, Safari, Chrome, Chromium, Icecat): a step by step guide for each browser
Even the popular browsers known for privacy need a few tweaks here and there. Let’s see how to configure them easily and properly.
Choosing a working colour space for photography: sRGB, AdobeRGB, Wide Gamut RGB or ProPhoto RGB
If you can’t see it, you can’t correct it. How to navigate a smooth path between colour spaces for web and print.
How to repair broken mp4, m4v and mkv videos with ffmpeg
Batch repair with no transcoding or generation loss! Since we are already on the command line, doing it in bash makes the most sense.
How to (re)enable QuickLook preview of XMP files on OS X
If you are having trouble previewing XMP files with Apple QuickLook you are not alone. Affinity Photo blocks QuickLook for .xmp file extension.
Overview of Code Editors for MacOS X in 2021: BBEdit, TextMate, Sublime Text, Coda/Nova, Atom, Visual Studio Code
There are different categories of coders and there is a best text editor for each category of coder: cross-platform, Mac-only.
Mac OS X publishing tools for WordPress: MarsEdit, Byword, Drafts and iAWriter
What’s particularly striking about working with MarsEdit is how much faster it is to open and save posts than the WordPress web interface.
Horrific iPad Pro user experience trying to make a simple weblog post
Instead of taking half an hour to post a simple post to my weblog via my iPad Pro it took an hour and a half. Here’s why and how to improve.
OS X Image Resizer Review: ResizeMe, EasyBatchPhoto, PhotoBatcher, PhotoBulk, PhotoMill, Retrobatch, ThumbsUp, Adobe Lightroom
My own vote was initially for the more subtle and accurate render. Now that I’ve studied the results more closely, the sharper and blockier render also works.
DxO PhotoLab: How to Build an Efficient Processing Workflow
The real key to an efficient workflow is to work systematically through each image. Start with only selects visible. Follow a linear workflow.
Should iPhone users trust Apple’s promises about the iOS 13.5 Contact Tracing API?
iPad and iPhone users should be very wary of upgrading to iOS 13.5. There’s no path backwards: it will track and trace you in entirely new ways.
How to build user-friendly software licensing: The Newsletter Plugin vs FV Player
My biggest motivation reason not to buy software is to avoid the often horrific license maintenance: how to make your licensing simpler.
Watch Multiple Videos Simultaneously with FV Player
We’re really happy to announce that it is now possible to watch multiple videos simultaneously with the new 7.4.17.727 update!
How to convert Markdown to Wikitext
Shortest path: use our Pandoc online, going from Markdown to HTML and then from HTML to wikitext.
How to Protect Your Facebook Videos from Downloaders
Three strategies to stop Facebook video pirates in their tracks: no YouTube embeds, Facebook Rights Manager and Partial Videos.
Reliability and usability fixes in FV Player
We haven’t eased up on our work on great new features for our player. Here’s a list of all new stuff that’ve been recently added to our player.
The State of Comments 2020: WordPress, Disqus, Medium, Typepad vs Custom Comment Systems
Due to all this dross, good and informative comments are lost and have almost no long term value. Thoughts and some solutions.
Cloud Hosting Providers where videos cannot be stored for playback on your website: OneDrive, ADrive, Dropbox
Choosing a Cloud Hosting to store all your videos on and stream them to your website may seem like an easy-to-do thing but the reality is often a totally different story.
High ISO Noise Reduction: CaptureOne vs DXO PhotoLab
How much of a difference can software make with high ISO images? A lot of difference it turns out.
How to download any video on the Internet
If you don’t want people to use, share or save your videos, there’s only one thing you should do – don’t post them online.
