The recently released Windows 10 build 14936, which is currently available for Insiders of the Fast Ring, comes with a number of new features which were not officially announced. Let's take a look at some of the new features.
Cinnamon got vertical panel support
Developers of the Linux Mint operating system have announced that their flagship desktop environment, Cinnamon, has finally got support for a vertical panel. Now the user can place the taskbar vertically or mix vertical and horizontal panels.
Vivaldi 1.5.618.8 allows dragging tabs between windows
A new weekly snapshot of the innovative Vivaldi browser comes with a useful feature. Finally, the browser allows the user to move tabs between windows using drag and drop.
Skype for Linux Alpha 1.9 is out
A new version of Skype Alpha for Linux was released today by Microsoft. The new Skype for Linux is a completely redesigned app which has nothing common with the previously available Skype 4.3. The application is in an early development stage and it lacks some basic features like video calling or screen sharing. Let's see what is new in this release.
Create multiple directories all at once in Windows 10
Sometimes, you need to create multiple folders at once sequentially named. For example, you might want to create directories named dir1, dir2, dir3 ... dirN. Using built-in tools of Windows 10, you can save your time and create them all at once. Here is how it can be done.
Find out Google Chrome version without checking for updates
Every time you open the Help - About page in Google Chrome, the browser starts updating itself. This is not convenient because you may be using your internet connection for something else at that time. It might be inconvenient if you only wanted to see the installed version but not update Chrome at that time. Here is a little trick which will allow you to bypass the update check.
Disable add-on signature enforcement in Firefox 49 and above
Starting with Firefox 48, Mozilla made the add-on signature enforcement mandatory. The user cannot disable it using the about:config flag or using any other method. Here is a hack which will allow you to bypass the requirement and install unsigned addons in the browser.
Windows 10 build 14936 is out for Fast Ring insiders
Microsoft today released yet another Windows 10 Insider Preview version. Windows 10 build 14936 is now available for Insiders in the Fast Ring for both PCs and Mobile devices. Here is what's new in this build.
Microsoft will supercharge Edge with additional protection
Microsoft announced at their Ignite 2016 conference that their new web browser, Edge, which is available exclusively for Windows 10, will get an extra security layer. The app will utilize virtualization to isolate threats and run web sites and web apps inside a secure environment.
OneDrive placeholders returning to Windows 10 as On-Demand Sync
OneDrive is the online document storage solution created by Microsoft which comes bundled with Windows 10. It can be used to store your documents and other data online in the cloud. It also offers synchronization of stored data across all your devices. Earlier, OneDrive had a feature called "placeholders", which was useful because it showed placeholder versions of online files in your local OneDrive directory even if they were not synchronized and unavailable. However, this feature was removed from OneDrive with Windows 10 RTM. Now, Microsoft has announced that placeholders will return as "On-Demand Sync".
