Vijay For Victory

Facebook Ticker is a nice feature to get real time updates about your friends.

At the same time, this has been heavily criticized since the day it was introduced for so many reasons.

Few may like it few may not. If you want to hide Facebook ticker, without installing any browser extension here is a tip.

Just click on the top right of the ticker pane, Hide Ticker, to hide. This will not close the ticker, it just hides the ticker.

Click Show Ticker the updates when you think you need.

Twitter: I’m eating a #Donut
Facebook: I like donuts.
FourSquare: This is where I eat donuts.
Instagram: Here’s a vintage photo of my donut.
YouTube: Here I am eating a donut.
LinkedIn: My skills include donut eating.
Pinterest: Here’s a donut recipe.
Last FM: Now listening to “Donuts”
Google+: I’m a Google employee who eats donuts.

Most of you would have noticed the new features that are released by Facebook.  (Forced by Google+ ???)

Here is a short video that explains the new features.

More to come due to Google+’ tough competition.

Bonus : I am one among 10 Million users who don’t share anything in Google+

How big is Facebook’s photo collection?

This is a cool infographic that gives the fact

Source : 1000memories

What type of Geek you are?

If you are a Social Media Geek and uses Facebook and Twitter extensively then this is for you to show  your passion through fashion gadgets.

Designed by Gerry Mckay

Recently Facebook rolled out a feature called Theatre Effect for it’s photos.

It has few advantages like, the user can easily come back to his previous page with pressing escape key. And of course it gives us some focus to photo with black background.

I personally don’t like this feature and I am comfortable with the old album design.

How to avoid this new feature and get back to old Facebook photo page?

You can follow any of the below mentioned tips to get rid of Theatre Effect.

1. Refresh browser -  Click the photo you want to view. This shows the photo in Theatre Effect. Now click refresh button of your browser or press F5. This will take you the actual photo page with normal page.

2. Amend URL : Click the photo you want to view. From address bar, remove the word &theater from the URL and press enter. This will also take you to the actual photo in old style.

3. Firefox Add-on : Firefox user can install Greasemonkey add-on on the browser and then install this Userscript.

4. Chrome Extension : Google Chrome users can use Old FB Album extension or  Black Album Remover to get rid of Theatre Effect

First two options works in all browser. Option one is relatively simpler if you don’t want to install any add-ons.

These tips are only to those who don’t like Theater Effect feature.

What is the very big threat to your productivity?

Thanks Phewsha