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How to Keep Your Search History Private

by Barbara J. Feldman January 15, 2008

Two ways to keep your browser’s search history private are to turn off auto-complete (also called auto-fill) and to clear your search history. Google provides step-by-step instructions for three popular browsers, and Leo Notenboom tackles the problem with plenty of screenshots.

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Campus Edition of Firefox

by Barbara J. Feldman September 12, 2007

For the back-to-school season, Mozilla has created a Campus Edition of Firefox bundled with three pre-installed plugins aimed at students. FoxyTunes lets you control your music player within the browser. Zotero collects and manages research citations. StumbleUpon introduces you to new websites based on your interests. If, you already have Firefox, you should download the [...]

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Resizing Firefox Popup Windows

by Barbara J. Feldman August 21, 2007

Although it is my favorite browser, when left in its default configuration, Firefox often mangles the size of popup windows (so that some of the content is hidden) and disables manual resizing of the offending window. To change this, type “about:config” in the Firefox address bar. Then filter the results to “dom.disable” and scroll down [...]

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Browser Spell Check

by Barbara J. Feldman June 28, 2007

Many browsers offer dynamic as-you-type spell check on any text you enter. In Firefox 2.0, misspellings are underlined in red, and right-clicking on them will pop-up suggestions. In Safari, dynamic spell checking can be activated by placing your cursor in any text field, then selecting Edit/Spelling/Check Spelling as You Type. Internet Explorer does not include [...]

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Scroll Wheel Clicking

by Barbara J. Feldman December 19, 2006

Clicking on a link with the scroll wheel (or middle button) of your mouse will open the link in a new tab in both Firefox and Internet Explorer 7. In the same browsers, a click of the scroll wheel (or middle mouse button) on any tab, will close that tab. For more short cuts, try [...]

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Open Links in New Window

by Barbara J. Feldman November 14, 2006

When surfing the Web from a list of links, it is often handy to view each site in a new tab or browser window. Most browsers let you specify this behavior as the default. In Firefox, go to Tools/Options/Tabs. In Internet Explorer, look in Tools/Internet Options/Advanced. For more detailed instructions, read this tip from Oregon [...]

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