Scrapia

Orkut recently has released yet another cool feature to enhance the photo viewing experience, now when you see an update from your orkut friend who has just uploaded a photo album, you will see a link below the album title in the notification on your orkut timeline

Just click on View in full screen and then the entire browser screen will dim highlighting the photos in full screen size in the center, You can hover over the thumbnail strip at the bottom to enlarge a particular image at anytime.

When you’re still in full-screen view, try playing around with some of the keyboard controls
(like Home, End, left and right arrows, Spacebar, and Escape), to see what happens.

FIFA world cup 2010 is here … and it’s time to show your orkut friends who you are supporting.

Recently Orkut has added FIFA 2010 Themes in Orkut Games and Sports Section.

So go to your orkut theme settings and choose your favorite FIFA world cup team theme in your orkut  profile page

You would enjoy if you are getting all your Orkut Scraps on your mobile phone, Finally Google has launched a mobile version of Orkut at m.orkut.com.This mobile site allows you to read scraps, receive messages from friends from Orkut. You can even Add or Decline new friend requests from your mobile Orkut.

These are some shortcut key for navigating orkut mobile site

• 3 for Friends,
  
• 7 for Scrapbook
• 5 for Logout
• 6 for My Profile
• 1 for Help

for this you have to need  GPRS setting, which is provided by your Service Provider. Once it is activated you just have to give Username and Password on m.orkut.com.

Orkut has no such options which allow you to see any of yours friends email address in there profile as well as in yours friends contact list due to some privacy policy, so it creates problem for a new orkut user to see the email address of his friends in orkut .But now we are able to retrieve all ours friends email address simply by following few steps mention as under :-

1. Retrieve orkut email address of your friends by navigating to Show Friend page by clicking Friends Link which is at the top of the page.

2. At the rightside of that page, which is just below Manage Contacts click Export Contacts which enables you to download all yours friends email address in .csv format directly to your computer.

3 .This Process enables you view all your friends details on your Desktop with excel.

Chat on Gmail. Some peoples find problem to recall the History of the Chat they have done on Gmail. Basically the Gmail has given a feature. that You can view all saved chat history in yours Gmail chat tab or by inputting the user email id in the searhbox (beside Gmail logo) and click ‘search mail’.

It becomes an Email which is very easy to retrieve.

Have you ever want/try logging in to orkut using different account but failed ?

Well you can login multiple orkut account by using Google Chrome Browser.

There is a mode on Google Chrome Known as Incognito mode (a private browsing feature of the Google Chrome browser).The pages of the web that we open and download files are not recorded while you are browsing and downloading histories and cookies are deleted after you close the window.To turn On this feature Incognito mode you just have to press Ctrl+Shift+N or otherwise just press setting which is like (wrench) .It is at the top right side of browser and select New incognito window . This allows you to use Multiple Account options on your Browser.

Enjoy !

Want to add video on orkut profile ? you can have video profile in orkut using the following steps as under:-

* First Log On to Yours Orkut Profile.
* Click On Video available on Left side of orkut profile.

Copy the url of your Favourite Video From any video site, this will allow users to add uploaded videos from Google Video and YouTube to their Orkut Profiles. The feature seems rich in the sense that Orkut users can gain more social experience now by sharing their daily life videos or videos that interest them.Now the You tube and other sites gives options of sharing .You can share your favorite sites only by clicking share on it.

Orkut can now be accessed from Android OS enabled mobile phones with launch of ‘Orkut for Android’ application. With the help of this application, you can stay connected to your orkut friends wherever you go and anytime of the day via scrap notifications, direct photo uploads to your orkut albums, and a phonebook synced to your orkut friends’ phone numbers and status messages.

Orkut For Android offers :

* Orkut Friends Live Folders : Simply add the list of your orkut friends as a live folder on your home screen, and you’ll be able to browse through your friends list even when not under data network coverage. The live folder also lets you communicate (via call, scrap or SMS) with your friends in a single click. To install a live folder, click “Menu > Add > Folders > Orkut” on your Android device’s homescreen after installing the orkut for Android application.
* Photo Uploads To Your Orkut Albums : Gone are the days when you needed to download photos from your Android phone to your computer and then upload them to your orkut albums. Now you can simply upload photos from your Android Photo Gallery. Just click “Menu > Share > Orkut” while browsing your photos in the Android Photo Gallery to get started.
* Scrap Notification : You will get notifications on your Android device when you have new scraps on orkut. The notifications will appear on your Android device notification bar; clicking on notifications will take you to your scrapbook page.

Compatibility/Requirements :
* Android mobile devices running version 1.6 or higher

How To Get This App?
You have 2 options :

1. go to Android Market from your Android powered phone device, search for Orkut under social application category.
2. Alternatively, you can directly scan the QR code available here to install this application.

So, what are you waiting for? Quickly grab this Orkut app for Android device to stay connected with Orkut friends while on the move.

Want to Get Invitation for New Orkut Design ? Below are the 2 ways you can get new orkut design :

1. Join Poppy and Shashi on the official community(www.orkut.co.in/neworkut) for insights into the new version of orkut and participate in one of the many activities that will be taking place there. Be sure to check back often as the owners will be regularly announcing new ways to get access.
2. Find a friend who’s already using the new version of orkut and ask for an invite. You can see who’s already gotten access via your activity stream or by this icon that will appear on your friends’ profile pages, next to their names

The first trick will be little late, so you might like to find a friend in your friend list who are using new orkut design and you can get new orkut from him.

Orkut Keyboard Shortcuts For Firefox Browser to help you navigate better and help you get better orkutting experience.

• Home: Ctrl + Shift + H
• Scrapbook: Ctrl + Shift + S
• Communities: Ctrl + Shift + C
• Friends: Ctrl + Shift + F
• Edit Profile: Ctrl + Shift + E