Watch Real-Time Internet Speed on Your Taskbar

Ashlin Asokan — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 10:56:21 +0000

There are so many people who visit websites like Fast and Speed Test by Ookla on a daily basis to check their Internet Speeds, which is great, everyone should monitor their internet speed. I am not talking about that speed, remember, these websites show the highest upload and download speeds, but what if you want to see the real-time or live connection speed, For example, let us suppose you are writing a report in a document and at the same time you are downloading a file in the background how will you see the download speed of that file, I know you can just go to the downloads tab and see it yourself but in order to do so you will have to minimize the document which you had been writing, and this is something one would not like to do when he or she is working on something important. Moreover why close and minimize applications when you can see the current upload and download speeds on your taskbar. Here is how to do it.

Network Monitoring Tool

What is a Network Monitoring Tool? You guessed it right; it is software that allows you, as the name suggests, to monitor your network. As simple as that. For example, we have NetSpeedMonitor. NetSpeedMonitor is a lightweight software for your taskbar which enables you to monitor current upload and download speed all the time. Apart from this, it can also log your internet usage history which you can see in a text file whenever you want. It has a simple GUI, it’s easy to set up, it’s very customizable and above all these, It is completely FREE!! To download NetSpeedMonitor, Click here. In the next pop-up window click on x86 if your OS architecture is 32-bit or click on x64 if your OS architecture is 64-bit. It will automatically start downloading the tool. See the image below.

Installation Guide for Windows 8, 8.1, and 10 Users

Well, this software is not new, it was originally made for Windows 7 or lower version users. So, you can’t simply install it on Windows 10, you will have to tweak it a little. Just right-click on the setup file, click on Properties, click on the ‘Compatibility’ tab, check the box which says ‘Run this program in compatibility mode for:’, click on Apply, and then click on OK. Now try to run the setup and install it just like any other software you install. You can also see the steps from the screenshots.

Enabling It on The Taskbar

To enable it on your taskbar right-click on the taskbar (don’t right-click on any icon or pinned app), click on Toolbar and then click on NetSpeedMonitor. That’s it you have successfully installed it.

Now if it doesn’t show the current speed, right-click on it, click on ‘Configuration’, In the ‘Network Interface’ just try switching different options and find out which one is working for you. Also, Change the bitrate (the unit in which you would like to see the speed) to your liking. I personally use KiB/s. Click Apply and then OK. You can also play around with other settings if you like and customize it to your liking.

So, That’s all, Thank you for reading.

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Get Dark Mode on Chrome, Edge, Safari & Firefox

Ashlin Asokan — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 21:04:00 +0000

Are you tired of using browsers in the normal mode? Or you don’t link the white screen of your browser. You can simply switch to dark mode on your browser and change the things.

What is Dark mode?

Dark mode, Dark theme, Black mode, or Night mode is a type of Light-on-dark colour scheme. In this mode, the texts, icons, and GUI are in white while the background is either black or grey. The dark mode is a trend nowadays. The dark mode is not something that is developed recently. It was there since the dawn of computers, well it was not called dark mode at that time, it was used in terminals and it was used by technical developers in their code editors. But the craze for dark mode, that we know today, began in late-2018 and mid-2019 because of the advantages of dark mode that came to light. We’ll talk about them in the next topic.

Reasons to Switch to the dark mode

This is a very controversial topic nowadays. Well, I’ll try to explain.

Since most of the screen when using a dark mode is black, in an OLED display, it can help conserve battery, and in the case of computers, energy. Because in OLED screens the pixels with black colour don’t light up and hence the use less energy overall. Note: This advantage is only there for OLED screens and not for LCD panels.
It can reduce the amount of strain on your eyes. This is a very common problem among people whose works revolve around screens. Having your eyes glued to a screen for an extended period can make your eyes hurt and, in some cases, also induce headaches. So, using Dark mode can definitely help.
It protects your eyes from blue light. Excess of blue light can damage light-sensitive cells inside our eyes, which can later lead to symptoms like macular degeneration and ultimately lead to permanent vision loss. Blue light has a very short wavelength and it scatters very easily. This is the reason why a cloudless sky looks blue. Let me put it this way, Blue light is a necessary evil. It’s both good and bad. Sun is the main source of blue light. And the amount of blue light emitted by screens is just a fraction of what Sun emits. But the amount of time people spend on screens nowadays is so much that even that fraction is considerable enough to damage your eyes. Keep in mind that blue light is not always bad, it offers its own advantages. In fact, you should take in blue light in the daytime. It is needed for good health; it improves alertness, memory; it lifts mood, etc. But blue light at night is harmful. So, summarizing everything, you should consider using dark mode at night.

Ok, so now we will jump right to the principal topic.

How to Enable Dark Mode in Browsers?

You can enable Dark mode for almost every website you visit, using Dark Reader. It is free; it is open source and it is ad-free as well. It inverts all the colors of the page except for the images. You can easily toggle it on or off using shortcut Alt+Shift+D. You can also set brightness, contrast, and a couple of other filters according to your taste. Like Sepia which gives the website a yellowish effect and hence reduces blue light more effectively. It offers four types of Dark modes. You can also add custom preferences, I mean you can make a list of websites in which you want dark mode and a list of websites in which you don’t.

In Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge it is an Extension that you can add on. But for Safari you will have to download its app from the App Store and activate it from there. I’ll add all the links below.

For Chrome: Download

For Firefox: Download

For Microsoft Edge: Download

For Safari: Download