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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Eddie Awad’s Blog - Latest Comments in 5 Tools That Make You a More Productive Computer User</title><link>http://awads.disqus.com/</link><description>News, views, tips and tricks on Oracle and other fun stuff</description><atom:link href="https://awads.disqus.com/5_tools_that_make_you_a_more_productive_computer_user/latest.rss" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:02:57 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: 5 Tools That Make You a More Productive Computer User</title><link>http://awads.net/wp/2008/11/17/5-tools-that-make-you-a-more-productive-computer-user/#comment-3896535</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi William, I'm assuming you're referring to the usefulness of Enso or other launcher applications. I have Firefox open all the time so it does not make much difference there. From personal experience I can tell you that using the keyboard is faster than using the mouse (once you make it a habit).  I have been using Enso for a while now and I like it. For example, on my Win XP machine, I find it very convenient to highlight (Ctrl+Shift+arrow) any word in *any application* and Caps Lock + def and poof... you're on &lt;a href="http://answers.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="answers.com"&gt;answers.com&lt;/a&gt; reading the word's definition. Caps Lock + sp and poof... instant spell check. I do not think that this functionality is available natively in XP.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Eddie Awad</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:02:57 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: 5 Tools That Make You a More Productive Computer User</title><link>http://awads.net/wp/2008/11/17/5-tools-that-make-you-a-more-productive-computer-user/#comment-3891504</link><description>&lt;p&gt;To open Firefox, wouldn't it be simpler to click on the Firefox icon? Or in Windows, press Win-R to get a "Run" prompt and type "firefox"? Google and &lt;a href="http://Dictionary.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="Dictionary.com"&gt;Dictionary.com&lt;/a&gt; already do a reasonable job at defining words, and on a Mac you could use a dashboard widget (a couple of dictionary widgets are available). It all just seems less productive than what's already available.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">William Robertson</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:37:36 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>