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Internet search provider DuckDuckGo , can minify JavaScript and CSS code through its Instant Answers feature.  Simply search for " minify javascript " or " minify css ." If the form isn't visible, click on the Answer control at the top of the page. DuckDuckGo is a search engine that has differentiated itself from brobdingnagian search outfits Google and Bing , by promising not to track users, and record their search histories.  Though the company does track search results , it does display advertisements , and it sources its search results from a plethora of places like Bing and Wikipedia , it stresses that it does not store details that can be used to tie a history back to a user, and ads are based on search terms. Users have flocked to the service in recent years due to privacy concerns, and because the search results avoid placing users into a filter bubble . The company's privacy page tips a nod to Startpage for being another privacy focu...

The documentation for Microsoft Visual Studio Code uses keyboard references to commands that are specific to the platform they're displayed on. A keyboard command might be something like the Control key used in conjunction with the C key to issue a copy command to an application from the keyboard, instead of through the menu system of a program with graphical user interface.  These keyboard commands are typically written in a shorthand of sorts.  Using the Control and C key example, might be represented as Ctrl+C . These key combinations are different on a system running macOS than they are on a system running Windows , or a Linux or Unix variant.  On the Mac, the example above would be the Command key used in conjunction with the C key.  This is typically written as Cmd+C or ⌘+C . For documentation written for multiple platforms like these, references to these keyboard commands might be written as one of the following examples. Copy the contents...

Google has taken the liberty of logging Chrome into the user's account whenever logged in to any Google service. Some time ago, Google introduced the ability to have its browser, Chrome, log into the user's Google account whenever the user authenticated for any Google service.  That is, log in to Google Docs, for example, and the browser would be logged in as well. The pitch was that this relationship between being logged in to a service and the browser also being logged in, can help mitigate confusion when a user logs out of a Google service but fails to realize the browser is still logged in.  The mystery can be eliminated if the browser keeps the two in the same state automatically. There is the added benefit that the browser would be better able to synchronize the user experience across each browser that was also logged into the user's account. For example, Chrome on a mobile device could have access to the history from Chrome on a laptop. The idea is not nove...

Each of Bing , DuckDuckGo , and Google provide both a timer and a stopwatch available just by searching for one of those terms. Search for either "timer" or "stopwatch" and a panel for the tool will appear at the top of the results page. DuckDuckGo actually requires a search for something like "set timer," otherwise it will return a search for power outlet timers and stopwatches. Each service supports setting a timer right from the search box.  For example, "2 minute timer," or "set timer for 3 minutes."  Both DuckDuckgo and Google will automatically start the timer.   Bing Has a "Related" link to the opposite tool. Timer has a mutable audible alert when a time is up. Stopwatch has a split/lap time log. Stopwatch measures to the 1,000th a second. DuckDuckGo Requires a separate search for either "set timer" or "stopwatch." Search for "timer" is not sufficient enough to load ti...