Pop-up blockers that stop most of those annoying popping ads are built into the newest versions of the Internet Explorer (Windows Service Pack 2) and Firefox browsers. If your browser doesn’t include pop-up blocking, you can get good pop-up blocking …[Continue]
Close Multiple IE Windows
To close multiple Internet Explorer windows at once (useful for getting rid of dozens of pop-up windows), click on one of the window tags in the XP taskbar. Then hold down the Cntrl key while clicking on each of the …[Continue]
Tracking Cookies
Cookies are small text files saved on your computer by websites. Some are used to remember your website preferences (such as your login username, or local zipcode for weather or movie listings.) Others are used to track your surf patterns …[Continue]
Browser Hijacking
When spyware takes control of your browser by changing the start page and the default search engine, it is called a browser hijacking. To thwart most hijacking attempts, many experts advocate using Mozilla Firefox instead of Internet Explorer. If you …[Continue]
Dictionary.com Toolbar
Online dictionary definitions are just two mouse clicks away with the free Dictionary.com toolbar . Once installed, you can look up any word on any Web page in either Dictionary.com or Theasurus.com by simply highlighting the word in question, and …[Continue]
Browser Status Bar
The status bar is an optional horizontal display at the bottom of your browser window. You can turn it off (look under View) but if you get in the habit of watching it, you’ll find it a useful tool. When …[Continue]
Scrolling Through History
In many browsers, users with a scroll mouse can move forward and backward through their browsing history by holding down the Shift key and rolling the navigation wheel on the mouse. Scroll two clicks, and you are two pages back …[Continue]
Tabbed Browsing
Tabbed browsing is a browser feature that lets you open multiple web pages in a single browser window. It facilitates fast switching between open web pages without all the clutter associated with multiple windows. It is available in Mozilla Firefox, …[Continue]
