jQuery switching div class effect with animations.

I’m use Firefox with Firebug addon to see the div automatically change from “newClass” to “anotherNewClass”.

Look at the page and under the div class=”toggler”.

It changes from:

<div class=”ui-corner-all newClass” id=”effect” style=” “>Etiam libero neque, luctus a, eleifend nec, semper at, lorem. Sed pede.</div>

And when you click Run Effect, it changes to:

<div id=”effect” class=”ui-corner-all anotherNewClass” style=” “>Etiam libero neque, luctus a, eleifend nec, semper at, lorem. Sed pede. </div>

Microsoft promise Windows 8 will run on existing hardware, this is great news, if this is true, you will not get any compatibility issues and wasting time to search for new drivers.

I remember when I upgraded from XP to Vista, I had problems with my hardware drivers and eventually I had to reinstall XP and wasted my about 2 days. Hopefully this won’t repeat itself.

Faster boot time

One of the first thing you will notice is to boot up time, with Windows 8 you will get faster start up time than Windows 7. If you have SSD, you will significantly notice the quicker boot up time speed. Some said it took a whole 8 seconds for Windows 8 to boot up with SSD.

Windows 8 on USB memory stick

This is call Windows To Go, which allow you to make a copy of Windows 8 with all the settings, files and software all stored into your USB memory stick (and other storage like DVD, external hard drive).

Once you have transfer everything to the USB memory stick, you can plugged it to another laptop or computer that already has Windows 8 install and you will have everything, including your settings on a different computer. No more installing missing software or files, just put all your essential software and you’re good to go.

Windows 8 Live Sync

This is similar with Windows To Go, except you will need to login with “Live ID” to be able to get your own personally settings on any Windows 8 computers. The desktop will always look the same according to your settings once you login with your “Live ID”.

Dual monitor with customize taskbar

With Windows 8, you will be able to have the option to have Taskbar on every single monitor you have connected. You can also pick different wallpapers for each monitor.

Tablets and other touch screen devices

Windows 8 will incorporate Metro style interface that’s optimized for touch screens.

Better search

There will be no search box on the lower left corner, all you have to do is type in anywhere on your desktop to search all the matching applications and files instantly.

A while back I wrote an article about a small little software that allow you to view PSD thumbnails on Windows Explorer. The software was MysticThumbs, but they are now charging money.

But don’t worry because there is another free software that does the same thing.

Check out SageThumbs.

SageThumbs – free PSD thumbnail viewer on Windows

SageThumbs is a powerful shell extension allowing to preview enormous amount of image formats directly in Windows Explorer by using Pierre-e Gougelet’s GFL library (XnView’s author).

Click here for more info on SageThumbs
Click here to download

Features

• Extended thumbnail image view of Explorer folder
• Thumbnail image in explorer context menu (rigth-click menu)
• Extended info tips
• Support 162 image formats (224 extensions) via GFL Library
• Support additional 26 image formats via XnView plugins (if installed)
• Send by mail support
• One-click conversion to popular image formats support
• Wallpaper selection support
• Copy to clipboard support

Now I don’t have to worry about opening Bridge again.