Showing posts with label chrome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chrome. Show all posts

Downloaded File Completer

Posted: Monday, 21 July 2014

If you've ever used Google Chrome (which, as of 2014, means that you're in the majority of users), then you may have gotten a bright red text mocking you, claiming "Unknown Network Error" besides it.


Upon investigation, usually, something incomprehensible usually manifests itself, for example, the download stopped at 99% without any explanation, leaving behind a corrupted file.

Now, if you've ever been in a situation where you've been downloading that critical file that really needed to be downloaded, or the 99% represents hundreds of megabytes - even gigabytes of data, and it's that one missing bit that would warrant the entire file to be re-downloaded (since the checksum in zip files are something out of this world), then the "Downloaded File Completer" will help patch up the file and run as good as new.
Now, this tool works fine in any web browser, be it Firefox or Google Chrome, but since I primarily use Chrome myself, the tool has only really been tested it with a download that Chrome branded "Unknown Network Error", 
As such, if you have a file on your computer with the file extension ".crdownload", and the title looks something along the lines of "Unconfirmed [random number].crdownload", then locate the original URL of the corrupted file, and run it through this tool to repair it! 
Download: downloadPartial_.exe (77.0 KB / 78848 bytes)
MD5: A8663DB0631CFD860B817F742EBBF01E
SHA256: 55C88EBD8EC0A6FF83DCD994007E4CC37677119FAB8F7E5E63BE9A9FA9D67CB1
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/55c88ebd8ec0a6ff83dcd994007e4cc37677119fab8f7e5e63be9a9fa9d67cb1/analysis/1405860045/


How to download from Soundcloud

Posted: Thursday, 10 April 2014

Soundcloud is a music and sound streaming and sharing website, with a diverse range of genres and songs to explore and listen to.
Songs can be enabled to be downloaded at the owner's discretion, however other's aren't. In the case of artists such as deadmau5, you're better off streaming the file into your computer for safekeeping forever, in case the sounds that the artists themselves provide get taken down, or if for some other consequence the audio file gets deleted (bad publicity, e.t.c...).
To download a track from Soundcloud, whether downloading is available or not, just follow the steps below:
1. Visit http://www.extramaster.net/tools/downloadFromSoundcloud/
2. Enter a valid Soundcloud link/track into the textbox
3. Press "Download"
4. Click on the song's title link that the following site generates, or alternatively, right-click the link and choose "Save Link As" or "Save Target As", depending on your browser...
This Soundcloud downloader also delivers the appropriate and "normal/original" download format if the uploader has enabled it, but in most cases, this tool is primarily available to use to download tracks that have the potential to be deleted for reasons other then copyright infringement.
This post will show you how to:
Download from soundcloud
Download non-downloadable songs from soundcloud
Grab an mp3, wav, aiff file download from soundcloud
Stream soundcloud songs to a file
Keep a soundcloud track from someone that's harassing/bullying you with
Use a soundcloud downloader

deMobilify

Posted: Wednesday, 29 January 2014

Recently, I got sick of having to deal with mobile webpages when I bookmarked a link on my phone to read on a desktop computer.
The interface works well on mobile where you've got low screen estate, but on a desktop computer, mobile websites are absolute torture!!
Fortunately, sites like vimeo and youtube automatically deal with the smartphone vs desktop issue and redirect you to your correct destination, but how about Wikipedia?
Sites that refuse to give in and automatically redirect you to your desired non-mobile website are annoying.
and this Google Chrome extension seeks to solve that.
It works passively in the background; no data is transmitted when using this extension and you have pretty much nothing to lose when installing it.
And allows you to make full use of the desktop versions of websites, and not plain old crappy mobile websites..

Resolving the "304 Not Modified" Google Chrome "CSS not loading on refresh" issue

Posted: Friday, 24 May 2013

As a web developer, I am disappointed by the fact that Chrome 27 broke many features and functionality that was implemented and included in Chrome 24. That said, resolving Google Chrome's issue of not being able to reload CSS that it decides to 304 Not Modified was not an easy task..

How to download Chrome extensions

Posted: Thursday, 10 January 2013

Drag the following link to your bookmarks bar and run it on a Chrome Extension page: Download Chrome Plugin