USB drive letter manager – USBDLM

USBDLM is a Windows service that gives control over Window’s drive letter assignment for USB drives. Running as service makes it independent of the logged on user’s privileges, so there is no need to give the users the privilege to change drive letters.
It automatically solves conflicts between USB drives and network or subst drives of the currently logged on user.
Furthermore you can define new default letters for USB drives and much more.

See Belysis Software – Expicula (german only)

A list of handy tools to help you rigorously test your website on various platforms.

Codefusion Lab: 18+ Handy Tools To Check Cross-Browser Compatibility Issues.

Testing on Mobile Devices using EmulatorsWith mobile devices becoming more and more popular each year, it is about time for the state-of-the-art Web Developer to not only test the sites he is building on a desktop/laptop computer, but also on mobile phones and PDAs. But there are so many out there! Do you need to buy each and every model to be able to test? Well, for a start device emulators can give you a helping hand.

via Testing on Mobile Devices using Emulators « klauskomenda.com.

The easiest way to get apps.

1. Pick the apps you want.

2. Start your customized installer.

3. You’re done!

Ninite runs on Windows XP/Vista/7 and works in the background 100% hands-free. We install apps with default settings and say “no” to browser toolbars and other junk. All we do is install the latest versions of the apps you choose. Not even Ninite is installed.

via Ninite Easy PC Setup and Multiple App Installer – Great For Win7 Upgrades.

The Closure Compiler compiles JavaScript into compact, high-performance code. The compiler removes dead code and rewrites and minimizes what’s left so that it downloads and runs quickly. It also also checks syntax, variable references, and types, and warns about common JavaScript pitfalls. These checks and optimizations help you write apps that are less buggy and easier to maintain. You can use the compiler with Closure Inspector, a Firebug extension that makes debugging the obfuscated code almost as easy as debugging the human-readable source.

via Closure Tools – Google Code.

XP Quick Fix Plus Repairs Common Windows XP Errors – Registry – Lifehacker.

XP Quick Fix Plus is a tiny portable application that presents 40 quick fixes arranged in a push-button chart. Press the button for the problem you’re having like CDs not autoplaying, file associations grayed out, the boot.ini tab missing in MSCONFIG, or any of the other 40 common problems, and XP Quick Fix Plus will patch the registry key for the problem you’re having and get things back in working order.

On serverfault.com I found this nice article that explains how you can run ESXi for testing purposes without the need for extra hardware.

How to run VMWare ESX or ESXi in a virtual machine? – Server Fault.

Open Web Tools Directory, a Mozilla Labs experiment to catalog the expansive universe of tools related to creating web applications based on open standards.

Hammerhead adds a tab to Firebug for measuring the load time of web pages. Hammerhead adds an icon to the Firefox statusbar. Next to the icon is shown the current page’s load time. Right-clicking on the icon displays a menu from which you can quickly clear both caches (disk & memory), or just the memory cache.

and much more

http://stevesouders.com/hammerhead/