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In my day-to-day website operations, I often encounter files such as PNGs and JPGs that need to be converted to WebP format to speed up page loading. Converting them one by one is very tedious, so I developed a simple tool that allows for convenient batch conversion between PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, and other common image formats while preserving the original folder structure. For those who need an online tool to convert PNG to WebP
As a website administrator, I often come into contact with all kinds of file resources. Due to the nature of my work, I frequently encounter problems caused by different file formats: for example, documents downloaded from websites have strange file extensions I’ve never seen before, and I simply can’t open them on my computer. In addition, I enjoy taking photos in my spare time. When importing these photos into different image-editing software, they may also fail to open due to incompatibility—for example, it’s very difficult to open We in Photoshop.
To be honest, I’ve pretty much lost patience with those big search engines. I don’t even know when it started, but whenever I try to find some clean content, my screen is flooded with ads; whenever I want to read real-life experiences, I have to scroll through several pages of nothing but the same old clichés. A while back, I spent quite a bit of time digging around and actually unearthed a few niche yet user-friendly search tools—each one perfectly addressing my pain points. West Blog: Finally, a place where I can safely download software Website URL
When I’m searching for information online, I’ve found that regular search engines often fall short of my needs. For example, when looking for free e-books or specific videos on Bilibili, using Baidu or Google usually requires scrolling through many pages before I can find what I’m looking for. That’s why I frequently use various search aggregator websites. These sites integrate multiple search engines, allowing users to search across various platforms from a single page. Below, I’ll share four search aggregator sites I use frequently in my daily life, which significantly improve
When using traditional search engines, we often encounter cluttered information and are frequently bombarded with irrelevant paid ads. The emergence of AI tools, however, can help us get more precise search results. Recently, I’ve spent quite a bit of time trying out two AI search engines: Mitta AI Search from China and Perplexity from abroad. Both of these tools can help us find more precise information, but their operation...
I recently developed a website icon download tool that can automatically retrieve and download website icons. It’s ideal for use as a local image resource when building navigation websites. This is a tool for batch downloading website icons (favicons), supporting both command-line and graphical user interface operations. Project URL: https://github.com/cheng01
I often tinker with browser extensions, and I’ve run into a problem: it’s not easy to find Chrome extensions in China, so I’ve bookmarked a few useful download sites myself. In this article, I’ll share with you five Chrome-based browser extension stores that I use regularly. I’ll briefly introduce the features of each site, then focus on what everyone cares about most: how to install and uninstall CRX files. Whether you use Chrome or