New Facebook Profile Privacy Options

August 24, 2011 By

Similarly to Google Plus, Facebook have added an option to ‘View profile as’ on the Edit Profile page. You can also view and edit who sees which part of your profile.

Facebook have also added the ability to approve or reject when someone Tags you in a post. A new Pending Posts page has been created to manage this process.

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Slide 1 – Inline Profile Controls

Similarly to Google Plus, Facebook have added an option to ‘View profile as’ on the Edit Profile page. You can also view and edit who sees which part of your profile.

Slide 2 – Tag Approval

Facebook have added the ability to approve or reject when someone Tags you in a post. A new Pending Posts page has been created to manage this process.

Filed Under: Facebook

How To Delete A Facebook Group

August 23, 2011 By

Confusingly, there is no direct facility to delete a Facebook Group. However, a Group that has no members is automatically deleted. So to delete a Facebook Group, first remove all of the members, and then leave the Group yourself.

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Slide 1 – Remove Members

Navigate to the Group admin page, then the Members tab. Delete all the members leaving only yourself.

Slide 2 – Leave Group

Navigate to the Group page and click Leave Group.

Filed Under: Facebook, Facebook Groups

How To Make More Room For Circles On The Google Plus Circles Page

August 19, 2011 By

By default the Google Plus Circles Page displays 3 rows of people in the People bar. Drag the dashed line up to reduce the 3 rows of people to 1 making more room for Circles in the Circles bar.

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Slide 1 – Default Circles Page

By default the Google Plus Circles Page displays 3 rows of people in the People bar leaving limited room for Circles in the Circles bar.

Slide 2 – Adjusted Circles Page

Drag the dashed line up to reduce the 3 rows of people to 1 making more room for Circles in the Circles bar.

Filed Under: Google, Google Plus, Google Plus Circles

Macbook Pro 13 & 15 Inch Screen Resolution Comparison

August 18, 2011 By

A screen resolution comparison of the Macbook Pro 13 inch and MacBook Pro 15 inch. Also showing the useable area in Photoshop CS4 on the MacBook Pro 13 inch and Macbook Pro 15 inch.

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Slide 1 – Screen Resolution Comparison

The Macbook Pro 13 inch has a screen resolution of 1280px x 800px and the Macbook Pro 15 inch has a screen resolution of 1440px x 900px. The Macbook Pro 13 inch has 160 less horizontal pixels and 100 less vertical pixels than the MacBook Pro 15 inch.

Slide 2 – 13 Inch Useable Area Photoshop

Photoshop CS4 has a useable area of 1002px by 711px on the MacBook Pro 13 inch. Photoshop CS4 has 160 less useable horizontal pixels and 100 less useable vertical pixels on the Macbook Pro 13 inch than the Macbook Pro 15 inch.

Slide 3 – 15 Inch Useable Area Photoshop

Photoshop CS4 has a useable area of 1162px by 811px on the MacBook Pro 15 inch. Photoshop CS4 has 160 more useable horizontal pixels and 100 more useable vertical pixels on the Macbook Pro 15 inch than the Macbook Pro 13 inch.

Filed Under: Apple, MacBook Pro

Google Plus Image Sizes

August 17, 2011 By

An explanation of single image sizes in the Google+ stream.

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Slide 1 – Image Container

The image container is 402px width x 301px height.

Slide 2 – Horizontal Images

Horizontal images display at 402px width, variable height and align top.

Slide 3 – Portrait Images

Portrait images display a variable width, 301px height and align left.

Slide 4 – Square Images

Square images display at 301px width x 301px height and align left.

Filed Under: Google, Google Plus