-: Today's lesson is on Phind.com.
Phind.com is a revolutionary new browser tool
that takes Google or Yahoo or Opera or any of those browsers
and basically puts them in the dust.
Phind is for statistical research purposes,
technical data developers and coders.
And you'll see exactly why when we dive into this lesson
on using the Phind browser
to get information in a whole new way.
It'll take you to the Phind homepage
once you type in Phind.com.
It gives you the vision, what they're about,
what Phind is, and how to get in touch.
There's not much to do on this page.
So to actually access the browser, you'll make sure
to click the Phind logo at the top here.
You can see it pulls up the browser.
On the left, we've got different chats,
which you can sign in to save your chats.
You can create a new thread.
Here, you can toggle best model.
Hover over it and it'll show you.
Best model is powered by GPT-4.
You'll have to log in
and you only get 30 uses every six hours.
But if you spread this around,
you've got 25 ChatGPT uses, 30 Phind uses,
unlimited cloud uses and unlimited barred usage.
So no matter which AI tool you're looking for,
you can ensure that you'll have enough prompts
and requests to get all the information you need.
Over on the right side, we see the toggle for basic search.
Basic search mode answers your questions directly
and is less conversational.
Now before we dive in, Phind as a browser, it's mixed
with an AI chat personal assistant.
So it's very important
to actually ask questions when using Phind.
So if I just say, tell me about mice,
it's not gonna respond in the same way as it would
if I say, what is a mouse.
The first prompt that we've chosen
for today is describe how it can make a dark and moody theme
from an iPhone photo.
And you see here that I've got the word describe in front.
Now I'm gonna take that out
because this is not the same as a normal chat bot assistant.
This is a browser, so it's important to make sure
that I'm asking a question,
and I just did this so I could show you exactly what I mean.
Now, how can I make a dark
and moody theme from an iPhone photo?
This is gonna make sure
that Phind can gimme the answer that I want.
Here you can see, I type in my response.
Phind always responds
by reflecting your response back to you.
And here we go. It's writing out its answer.
Here, you can see what I mean by,
this is meant for research.
It's meant for developers.
It's meant for a technical question.
How does it actually deliver this?
It's giving me a beautiful six step outline
on exactly what I need to do,
and it's described all of the details
that I need to know in order to actually accomplish my time.
I've gotten the answers one to six.
Choose the right lighting, adjust the exposure,
consider composition, use post-processing apps
and convert to black and white or choose a dark background.
Now you see here in the description with this, I get a full,
full, full fledged description
and the link of where it got the information from.
So these browsers, these AI assistants,
they're getting a lot better at citing their sources.
Let's see what it says for choosing the right lighting.
In the correct order,
it does suggest to choose the right lighting.
Why?
Because lighting is everything
when you're choosing and taking photos.
Dark and moody photos often rely on low light conditions
or specific light sources.
Experiment with different lighting setups
to achieve the desired atmosphere.
Consider using a natural light from a window
or a dimly lit room, and that's from photododo.com.
How does it come in as a regular browser?
So on top of giving me the normal AI generated answer, here,
it comes in as a browser and still gives me web links.
I've got photododo.com, I've got makeuseof.com,
shutterstock.com, and a couple other websites.
If I wanted to, I could jump right into these
and get more information from each source
and make sure that my answer is being answered to the best
of its abilities by this AI tool.
Another thing I like about Phind is you see at the bottom,
have you tried adjusting the exposure
and using post-processing apps to enhance the dark
and moody look of your iPhone photo?
Now, I could respond to this or I could simply press skip,
but Phind usually generates a response that allows you
to go even deeper into your craft,
into your prompts, into your questions.
And I think that's excellent
because critical thinking is super important
and it allows us to maximize on whatever we're doing.
So let's check out another prompt.
We're gonna go over here to new thread
and it takes us back to the beginning.
So describe your technical task
in detail, what are you stuck on.
Now this new prompt is a lot more technical.
How do I embed an audio into my website
and allow free listening,
but not free downloading of that audio?
What are code examples?
I've given it two questions within one prompt
and I've made sure that I'm asking questions,
and I would consider this a technical question.
Maybe there's more technical,
but I'm gonna show you here how Phind handles this
and I guarantee it's gonna do a great job.
So the first thing I searched, how to embed audio
in a website and prevent downloading.
It pulls this up just in case I wanna reword my question
and make sure Phind search is, actually,
what I'm seeking to find.
Now you can see the response here, to embed an audio file
into your website and prevent downloading,
you can use this element in HTML
and it gives me the code example here.
On top of that, it explains the code example,
and then it gives me another example
at the bottom, using a different type of code.
Here we see by default,
the audio file can still be downloaded by right clicking
on the audio player and selecting save audio as.
To prevent downloading, you can use server side techniques
or additional measurements.
Here are a few approaches.
So one is telling me how to implement the audio.
Second is telling me how to protect
that audio from being downloaded,
and it gives a lot more information down
below on different routing methods that I can take.
And at the end, it says it's important to note
that preventing downloading audio files is not foolproof,
as there are always ways for determined users
to bypass these measures.
However, these techniques can make it more difficult
for a casual user to find and download the files.
That's all that really mattered for me
because as someone who can't code, for example,
but knows how to use AI, now I'm able
to move forward on my website.
And even though this is just for audio files, I guarantee
and I hope that you experiment with Phind.com on creating
or answering all of the technical questions
that you could possibly wanna ask.