Know what news in JDK 7

A Short video on Java 7...

http://java.sun.com/developer/media/deepdivejdk7.jsp

Quickly Browse the JavaDoc

Javadoc (Java Documentation) is the primary source of reference for most of the Java Developers and Architects. With continuously increasing content of the Java Documentation, it is getting tougher to locate a particular class in the javadoc unless you know the exact Package name.

Here is one of the quickest ways of locating a particular Package/Interface/Class from the Javadoc....

1) If you dont have Chrome Browser, download it from here and install it in your System.
2) Now open the Chrome Browser and go to this Javadoc Extensions page here and click on the 'Install' button. This will install the plugin into your Chrome Browser.
3) Now open any Javadoc in your Chrome Browser and you will see a Search Box at the top left corner. Just start typing the Package/Interface/Class name there and you will be amazed how quickly you can locate them!!!!

Tip:  You can use wildcard character '*" to filter.  For eg.,  searching  '*queue*' will list all the entries that has 'queue' in its name.

Give it a try.

If you know other ways of browsing the javadoc quickly,  share it here..

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Mark your Folders...

People working with Windows had to work with a lot of folders everyday, both  Personal and Professional.  And most of the time, we wish to have some kind of demarcation between these folders, so that

1) We can easily identify the important folders.
2) We can avoid deleting important folders by mistake.
3)  We can have a visual reminder just by looking at a folder.

        I was looking for such a functionality, when I came across a freeware named 'Folder Marker' which does exactly what I want...

     Download it here..

      This software is also a freeware.  It also has a Professional version that needs your purse, incase you need more functionality.  Just visit the site here and know more about this good one...

  

Email Etiquettes

Hello,

Almost all of us using Internet, have used Emails for communication. But when it comes to etiquette of email usage, I am not sure how many of them know about that. We should do the same to others, what we expect others to do to us. It is applicable even to Emails..

Some of the important Email Rules that you should follow, since email has become the most powerful means of communication online for quite sometime now.

• Keep your mails short and to the point. 
• Use  'To', 'CC' and 'BCC' correctly.  'To' field is for the people for whom the email is directly meant to. 'CC' field is for the people who are not direct recipients and may not need to act on that mail. They are just for the information for those recipients. 'BCC' field is not visible to any of the recipients in the 'TO' and 'CC' field.  Use it only when required and not frequently.
• Use the Subject field for only 'Subject' of the message. Don't write an essay in the subject field.  Reading the Subject alone should help the reader about the essence of email content.
• Use 'Reply to all' very sensibly.  Not all of them in the list will be target of your response most of the time.
• Use a meaningful Subject. If you are starting a new Thread of mail, dont use an existing email to start that conversation.  That mail may not have the right Subject.
• Limit the use of Email Stationaries.  Most of the them are just space wasters and can confuse the reader sometimes.
• Dont use all Capital letters in the email content.  It actually means you are shouting at the receiver.
• Compress the attachments before sending.   Most of the compressors will reduce the size of the attachment to nearly 10% based on the attachment content.  This will save your space, receivers space and the network bandwidth.
• Its preferrable to use 'BCC' instead of 'CC' when you are sending the mail to a large number of receivers.
• When forwarding emails to someone else, ensure if you need the attachments that came with the original message.  
• When using the images in the signature or in any part of the email, ensure that you are using JPEG, GIF or any other compressed format.  Using BMP files will actually increase the email size.
• Always Spell-check your email before sending. 
• Avoid using Abbreviations in Official emails.
• Use the correct Salutations.  

     Here are some points on OFFICIAL email etiquettes that I received from one of my friend. These will also help.  

1) The font of mail should be Verdana and font size should be 9.5 or 10.

2) The mail should have a Pyramid Structure i.e. it should contain:

*         Situation: What's the current situation is
*         Action items: What you expect from the reader of the mail to-do
*         Information: The information you want to give to the reader
*         Conclusion: Conclude with a Thank You.

3) For writing use only Black or Blue color. For highlighting purpose make the word bold. Avoid using Red color as Red signifies danger, so use it when urgent.

4) For greetings in mail:

*         For Americans: use Hi
*         For Europeans: use Hello
*         For Asians: use Dear

To be more formal we could use Dear Mr. /Ms. followed by Last name or Full name. We should not use Dear Mr. /Ms. followed by First name alone.

5) We should not put '/' in greetings like Hi X/Y. Instead we should say Hi X and Y.

6) We should not use 'Thanks and Regards'. Instead we should say:

Thank you
Regards


7) For requesting something we should not use can, instead we should use could.

8) We should not write 'Please find the attached file' because the reader does not have to find or search for the file in the mail it's    already there. So instead we should write
     'The file has been attached for your reference'.

9) We should not use sentences like 'As per your mail' because 'per' is used only with units like per Kg etc. Instead we should write 'According to your mail'.

10) We should use parallel structure. Parallelism enables readers to read documents more efficiently. For e.g. The analysis will include planning, organizing, dividing and assessment    
       (Instead assessment we should write Assessing) of turnaround functions.

11) In our mails we often write 'Please revert back'. Instead we should only write 'Please revert'.

12) For the Signature in mail, if we are sending to people in our company only then we should not write our company name in the signature because they already know that we are part of the same company but if we are sending mail to an external party like client etc then we should write our company name in the signature because there we have to brand our company name in front of others. 

I will update more if I come across anything additionally.

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System Internal Tools...

Hello all,

There are some tools that we can use to know more information on whats happening within Windows. The Task Manager that comes by default with Windows has information, but not sufficient.
Some Tools that we can use are listed below:

1) Process Explorer LINK:

A better replacement for the Task Manager, which giver. you more information and control than Task Manager. Give it a try.

2) File Monitor LINK:

Gives you detailed information on which files doing what in your system with port information as well.

3) Process Monitor LINK:

One another powerful tool that you can use to get all process related information in your system.

More System Tools can be found HERE. Check them out.

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System Optimization..

Hello everyone,

Almost everyone using the Desktop/Laptop facing the Sytem Performance degradation problem. I had posted some solution for regaining the speed in one of my other blogs. Check it out HERE

Thanks.

Starting Technical Blog...

Hello Everyone,

Just thought of starting a Blog, where I can share some Technical Stuffs. This will have anything that is Technical, not only related to Computers..

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Senthil Kumar. A