Thunderbird Ctrl+F open Quick Filter not Find in message

In Thunderbird, if you have selected a message so that it's shown below your message list (not double click to open in separate tab), pressing Ctrl + F won't give you a find box for the message. Instead, it will open the Quick Filter bar which lets you search for messages.

To get a search bar where you can search within the message text press Ctrl + F twice(!) OR press Ctrl + G.

Note: shortcut to hide the bars is escape, once for each bar.

Solution source: http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.feedback.thunderbird/browse_thread/thread/877e7351d9bd51fd
And
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Make_Thunderbird_3.1_look_like_Thunderbird_2

Ruby on Rails missing sqlite3.dll

I was following the official guide at http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html on how to set up Ruby on Rails. At step 3.4 Configuring a Database I got the following error message:
"The program can't start because sqlite3.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."

After quite a lot of googling I found that the problem was that the sqlite3 gem
(installed with the bundle install in step 3.3 I believe) didn't include windows DLL. This is probably because "most Ruby developers use Linux".

The solution is to download the DLL from the official SQLite website http://www.sqlite.org/download.html. You want the "This ZIP archive contains a DLL for the SQLite library" file. At the time of writing it is the following file: http://www.sqlite.org/sqlite-dll-win32-x86-3070600.zip
Put the files from the ZIP file into your ruby/bin directory. Close and open a new console window and continue with the Ruby on Rails guide.

Eclipse opens .class instead of .java

One neat feature of Eclipse (and other IDEs) is that you can hold CTRL and click on a function or variable to go to its definition.

A problem which may occur in Eclipse is that it opens the .class file (the compiled file) instead of opening the .java file when you do this. This is probably caused by the order of the entries in the .classpath file.

Go to your project directory and open the .classpath file. Move all entires of type classpathentry with attribute kind="src" to the top of the file (or at least above any entries with kind "output").

Restart Eclipse and the problem should be fixed.

Firefox mouse pad move back in history

In firefox holding down shift and then swiping left, with two fingers, on your mouse pad will move you back in browsing history. This can be very annoying, especially if you just finished filling in a form and the hold shift and reach to the left the captialize the first letter of you name for signing (e.g. the H in Herikstad).

To disable this back action in firefox do the following:
Enter about:config into the url line.
Accept the warning.
Enter mousewheel.withshiftkey.action into the filter at the top of the page. You should get one line with the same name and the value set to 2.
Right click the line and change the value to 0.

Other values you can set for this field is:
* 0 - Scroll document by a number of lines (given by the numlines property)
* 1 - Scroll document by one page
* 2 - Move back/forward in history
* 3 - Make text larger/smaller
* 4 - Scroll document by a number of pixels (given by the numlines property)
Thanks to http://support.mozilla.com/bn-BD/questions/701079 and http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries#Mousewheel. for those.

Remove 'Personal Safe' Icon from Desktop

Do you have an icon on your desktop called 'Personal Safe' that you can't get rid of?

It is part of the Protector Suite software. To remove it you must either uninstall the Protector Suite by going to Start Menu -> Control Panel -> Uninstall a program (or Add/remove programs) and then find Protector Suite and select to uninstall it.
Solution found at http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/how-to-remove-personal-safe-icon-from-my-desktop

OR

Remove the icon by setting an option in the Protector Suite software. This is useful if you for example is using the Protector Suite to manage your fingerprints for logging into your computer. Go to Start Menu -> All Programs -> Protector Suite -> Control Panel (or equivalent in your language). Open Applications on the left hand menu and click Personal Safe under Encrypted Archives.
Next you will have to enter a backup password to enable the Personal Safe options. After doing so you should be able to uncheck the option Show on Desktop. Press Apply and the icon should disappear.

I am using Protector Suite 2009 so location of menu items and such might be different for you.

Step-by-step developing Android Apps on Nexus One in Windows 7 64-Bit

Most of this is found at http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

1. Download the Java JDK from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html. Select the Java button, you don't need the Java EE.
2. Install the Java JDK.

3. Download the SDK (not the installer exe, but the zip file) from the above link. Currently you want the android-sdk_r08-windows.zip file.
4. Unpack the zip file to the location you want to have the SDK installed (doesn't much matter where, just remember where you put it). For example C:\Users\ which will be used here.

5. Add the ANDROID_SWT user variables:
5.1. Open start menu, enter sysdm.cpl into the text field and press enter.
5.2. In the opened window, select Advanced System Settings on the left.
5.3. Select Environment variables in the lower right corner.
5.4. Press the New button under the User variables windows (the top one).
5.5. Enter ANDROID_SWT in the variable name field and the path to the swt 64-bit SWT file into the variable value field. For example C:\Users\<YOUR USERNAME HERE>\android-sdk-windows\tools\lib\x86_64.
5.6. Press OK in all the windows to close them.

6. Download Eclipse from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/, you want Eclipse IDE for Java Developers for Windows 64 Bit. Unpack the eclipse folder to wherever you want to have eclipse installed. Go into the folder and drag the eclipse.exe file to your desktop or start menu while holding the SHIFT key to make a shortcut to Eclipse.

7. Follow the instructions at http://developer.android.com/sdk/eclipse-adt.html to install the Eclipse ADT Plugin. Here is the list from that page:
7.1. In Eclipse go to Help > Install New Software.....
7.2. Press Add in the top right hand corner.
7.3. write ADT Plugin in the name field and https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/ in the Location URL. If you get any errors, try changing from https to http.
7.4. In the Available Software dialog, select the checkbox next to Developer Tools, press Next.
7.5. In the next window, you'll see a list of the tools to be downloaded. Click Next.
7.6. Read and accept the license agreements, then click Finish.
7.7. When the installation completes, restart Eclipse.
7.8. After restaing Eclipse, go to Window > Preferences....
7.9. Select Android from the list on the left.
7.10. For the SDK Location in the main panel, click Browse... and locate your downloaded SDK directory.
7.11. Click Apply, then OK.

8. Add the SDK components needed to code for Android (not just the manager which is what you downloaded):
8.1. In Eclipse select Window > Android SDK and AVD Manager.
8.2. Select Available Packages on the left.
8.3. Check the checkbox next to Android Repository to install all versions of the SDK (so you can develop for all versions of Android 1.5 - 2.3).
8.4. Click Install Selected.
8.5. Accept the licenses, press Accept All and then Install.

9. Follow http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/device.html to set up device (Nexus One):
9.1. Connect you Nexus One to the PC using an USB cable.
9.2. When/If Windows says it has failed to install drivers for a device, tell it you have drivers. If windows doesn't ask you for drivers go to the start menu and type devmgmt.msc into the field and press Enter. You will get a list of all your devices, find the one with a red mark and right click it. Select Update Driver Software.
9.3. Select Browse my computer for driver software.
9.4. Select Browse and select the google-usb_driver folder in the SDK folder you unpacked in step 3.

10. Turn on "USB Debugging" on the Nexus One.
10.1. press MENU, select Applications > Development, then enable USB debugging.

11. Try to see if your Nexus One is connected by opening command line (go to start menu, enter cmd and press enter). navigate to the location of your SDK and the platform-tools directory. Run adb devices or just run it directly by using the full path: C:\Users\<YOUR USERNAME HERE>\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools\adb.exe devices. You should see something like:
List of devices attached
HT9DSP500000 device

12. If you already have a project written in Eclipse open the AndroidManifest.xml file, open the Application tab at the bottom and then select true in the Debuggable drop-down box on the left.
12.1. If you do not have a project, follow http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/hello-world.html to set one up.

13. To run yourIn Eclipse select Run > Run Configurations...
13.1. Select Android Application on the left and press the New icon.
13.2. Enter whatever you want in the Name field and press browse and select the project you want to run.
13.3. In the target tab. Select Manual.
13.4. Press run. In the dialog select you device and press OK.

"Recent changes" in Android Market

Been frustrated over apps updating, but not telling you about what changes they have done?
Not so big a problem anymore.
A "recent changes" section has been added in the latest release of Android Market, here's how to find it:

- Open the page for an app in Android Market.
- Scroll down to Description
- Click on More and scroll to the end of the section
- Under the title "Recently changed in this version" you'll find the latest changes.