Browser Cache Browser cache (or Temporary Internet Files) are files saved locally. When you visit a site your browser will check to see if it already has a copy of the page and all its files (buttons\icons, photos, JavaScript etc) cached already. If so and the file hasn’t been modified, instead of downloading again your […]
What is browser cache?
Your web browser stores a temporary copy of every site you visit on your computer. These temporary Internet files are known as cache. Files that are cached locally include any documents that make up a website: html files, CSS style sheets, JavaScript scripts, as well as graphic images and other multimedia content. When you revisit […]
View Full Screen
Sometimes it’s useful to enlarge your window when viewing websites, photos and videos and go full screen by losing the header bars at the top and the taskbar at the bottom (if the taskbar isn’t locked in place). Open any webpage in a browser, or a photo in Windows Photo Viewer, or open a photo […]
Re-open closed browser tabs
Accidentally closed a browser tab? Instead of trawling through the browser history, get a recently closed browser tab back by using the Ctrl+Shift+T shortcut key. This will quickly re-open that tab. Use the shortcut keystroke again and it’ll open the tab you closed before that, and so on. This should work in IE, Firefox and Chrome, indeed […]
Moving around in your Browser
When browsing the Internet pressing the Space bar will move the page down one page at a time in your browser. If you press Shift+Space bar the page will go up a page at a time.
Private Browsing
Don’t want to leave any trace of your online Christmas shopping (cookies are not saved and browsing and search history is automatically wiped out). Try an InPrivate Browsing session by hitting Ctrl+Shift+P if using either Internet Explorer or Firefox. Google Chrome calls it ‘incognito mode’. You’ll see a small icon in the top-right corner. Select then click “New […]
Amazon Wish List addon
Add to Amazon Wish List is a browser addon that lets you add anything you want to your Amazon wish lists. Useful with Christmas round the corner! http://www.amazon.com/wishlist/universal/ref=wl_eywl_uwl
Parental controls in Internet Explorer
Parental controls – how to restrict Web Browsing using IE. Open Internet Explorer. Go to Tools > Internet options or click the cog in the upper right-hand corner. Click on the Content tab and select the Enable button. Select a filter category. Use the slider to adjust the how much content is to be seen, […]
Copy text to address bar quickly
Found some text or a URL on a webpage that you want to enter into the address bar of your browser quickly? Select the text, use Ctrl+C to copy, Ctrl+T to open a new tab, Ctrl+V to paste and then finally Enter to search. May seem long winded but quicker than your mouse once you […]
Open a new tab quickly
To open a new tab quickly use Ctrl+T
