buttons

Wed
08
May
John Lister's picture

iPhone May Ditch Buttons

The next generation of the iPhone could have no physical buttons at all. The volume and power buttons could be replaced with sensors similar to the touchscreen itself. The news comes from leaks in the component manufacturing market that are normally ... reliable, though it's not certain the changes will come quickly enough for the iPhone 16's release, expected this summer. Similar rumors came before last year's iPhone 15, but Apple reportedly dropped plans because of manufacturing challenges. The theory of the latest rumors is that the physical buttons will be replaced with capacitive input. That ... (view more)

Wed
01
Apr
John Lister's picture

Amazon 'Buy' Buttons hit Bathrooms and Kitchens

Amazon is launching a range of physical buttons to place around your home and press when you want to reorder an item for purchase. Despite the time of year, it insists the buttons are not an April Fool's Day joke. The buttons are called Amazon Dash. ... Each is linked to one of 18 retailers or brands, and you can get hold of buttons free of charge if you are a member of Amazon's Prime program, a subscription service that includes free shipping and online video access. (Source: forbes.com ) The buttons, which appear to be about the size of a USB memory stick, have adhesive stickers so you ... (view more)

Fri
06
Jan
Dennis Faas's picture

Windows 8 to Include Panic Buttons, Assist Reinstall

Microsoft has announced it will include two single-button options in Windows 8 to help users cope with a serious computer crash. Both will reinstall Windows, including one option that allows users to retain some data. The buttons will be accessible ... within normal Windows operations. But if problems with Windows 8 become serious enough that a user can't get into the operating system, the two new system recovery buttons will also be available in Windows RE (recovery environment). The recovery environment is a standalone menu that PCs can load even when they aren't able to boot the full Windows ... (view more)

Fri
25
Mar
Dennis Faas's picture

How to Make a Firefox 3 Theme for Firefox 4

Firefox 4 was released to the public just a few days ago, and like many, I was quick to jump on this most marvelous upgrade. Firefox 4 is definitely faster than 3, and it surely uses less memory. However, the layout has been driving me absolutely ... nuts for the last few days. Wanted: Firefox 3 Theme for Firefox 4 Call me old fashioned, but I really, really, *really* liked the button layout of Firefox 3 much better than 4. The home page and refresh buttons, for example, have been moved and things are much more condensed. I also didn't care for the new color scheme. By the end of the day, I was ... (view more)

Wed
12
Mar
Dennis Faas's picture

Is MS PowerPoint Acting Shifty?

Do you frequently find yourself using the Slide Master or Handout Master in MS PowerPoint? If so, I know that you most likely feel like it's a pain in the neck to keep searching for menus to get where you want to be. I know users who finally just ... added buttons to their program window and it worked fine for them but there IS another way to accomplish this task that is much easier. I would like to familiarize you with the view buttons in the lower left-hand corner of the screen in MS PowerPoint. These handy dandy buttons allow you to quickly switch between the Normal View, Slide Sorter and ... (view more)

Tue
11
Mar
Dennis Faas's picture

Add Option Buttons to MS Excel Worksheet

You may want to use Option buttons in MS Excel when there are a small number of options from which to choose. Option buttons are added by using the Forms toolbar. If the Forms toolbar is not visible, right-click on a toolbar and in the resulting ... shortcut menu, select Forms. Follow the steps below to learn how to add these buttons to your worksheet: From the Forms toolbar, click and drag the Option Button to place it in your worksheet. Select and delete the text in the box. While holding down your ALT key, drag the Option Button to the appropriate cell. Select the Option Button in edit format ... (view more)

Wed
28
Feb
Dennis Faas's picture

Customize a Toolbar with Readymade Buttons: MS Word

You can add buttons for existing commands to your toolbar using the steps below. Click the More Buttons button on the toolbar where you want to add a new button. This appears on the right edge of a docked toolbar (a toolbar that appears along the ... edge of the window), or on the top-left corner of a floating toolbar (a toolbar that appears on top of the document, that has its own title bar and close button). Click Add or Remove buttons. Word offers buttons from which you can choose that appear on the toolbar. Click the buttons you want to add or remove. A new button now appears on the toolbar ... (view more)

Thu
27
Jul
Dennis Faas's picture

Apply Currency and Comma Formats: MS Excel

You can create a budget in MS Excel and track your expenses. To make your budget more readable, you must format it, or change its appearance. To do this, you can click buttons on the Formatting toolbar. If you've used Word or PowerPoint, several of ... these buttons are already familiar to you. You can: Widen columns so that all the text appears. Add dollar signs to help the reader know you are talking about money, and add commas to make it easy to read numbers over 1,000. Make some headings stand out by making them bold or italic, and separate numbers from the total by underlining. The ... (view more)

Fri
03
Feb
Dennis Faas's picture

Google Toolbar v4 Review

Google has unveiled its new toolbar for Internet Explorer, called Google Toolbar 4, and it is *loaded* with lots of cool and useful features. One of the best new features is called "Custom Buttons." With Custom Buttons, you can add buttons to your ... toolbar that will let you visit and search your favorite websites and keep up with interesting feeds. The Google Button Gallery has many buttons for popular sites, but you can also easily create your own. The new Enhanced Search Box of Toolbar 4 uses what appears to be the Google Suggest feature to suggest popular searches. This makes searching that ... (view more)

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