Change Windows 7 browser downloads location
On 2012/05/07
Did you ever want to change the default location where files you download in your browser go? Here’s how to do that for Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 9.
These instructions work with Windows Vista, too. The instructions for Google Chrome and Firefox work with Windows XP, with [...]
Simple way to make website pop-over objects disappear
On 2011/05/01
Who doesn’t love freshly baked, warm-from-the oven popovers? I don’t bear the same good feeling towards web pop-overs. Although the web variety are non-fattening, they are another irritant to working with our computers. These days they appear more frequently than application and operating system updates and patches. They show up when we click to open [...]
Google Chrome 104 error
On 2010/07/11
I ran into an unresolvable problem with Google Chrome on a client’s XP machine this week. They use Chrome as their browser, on my recommendation. The computer was an underpowered eMachines T3120 model. Chrome is faster and less of a memory hog than other options so it made sense [...]
Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome, which is better?
On 2010/05/04
Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) has fallen on hard times. Once it ruled the Internet, accounting for over 90% of all web page views. Those heady times are now history. The latest statistics for April 2010 from NetApplications show it with less than 60%. Mozilla Firefox is the second most widely [...]
Google abandoning IE 6 support
On 2010/01/30
I received the following email from the Google Apps team:
Dear Google Apps admin,
In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some of the latest improvements in web browser technology. This includes faster JavaScript processing and new standards like HTML5. As a [...]
Firefox and Safari – turn on spell check in OS X
On 2009/09/10
If you run Mac OS X, Leopard or Snow Leopard, here is how to turn on automatic spell checking.
Firefox 3.5.x
1. Go to the menu Firefox —> Preferences…
2. Select the Advanced tab
3. Check the box Check my spelling as I type
4. Close the window
[...]
SmarterFox 2.1.2 screws up Google Reader
On 2009/08/15
SmarterFox is a Firefox add-on that has some remarkable features. It adds useful functionality to Firefox. I liked SmarterFox until today. The current version has changed the way that Google Reader displays, adding its “endless page” feature to the Reader and in so doing, obscures [...]
Get Firefox 3.5 for Internet browsing
On 2009/06/28
I have been a fan of Firefox, the free web browser from the Mozilla Corporation, since before the original 1.0 version was released in November 2004. The current release is version 3.0.11. A new version 3.5 is scheduled for release by end of June 2009. It may already be out when you read this. I [...]
Reopen a closed tab
On 2009/04/22
We live in our browsers today. Well, I do. Sometimes we close a tab and wish we hadn’t.
Here are keyboard and mouse shortcuts to reopen a closed tab for popular browsers. Sorry Safari fans, no shortcuts.
Browser
Keyboard shortcut
Mouse action
Firefox 3
Ctrl+Shift+T
Right [...]
Readability, a better way to read web pages
On 2009/03/17
Sometimes all we want to do is read the content on a web page. This can be frustrating when the page is cluttered with images, text, navigation tools and flash objects.
The Readability bookmarklet is a way to deal with this clutter. …
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