You can customize the Firefox browser from its about:config page shown in the shot directly below. Enter about:config in Firefox’s address bar to open that page. However, the about:config option titles don’t make it en...
Internet Explorer doesn’t have a huge number of extensions compared to alternative browsers. However, one notable extension you can to IE is Diff-IE that highlights website updates. That highlights any new text added to the ...
If you want to play local music files in Chrome, you can just open a new tab and then drag the file from your local folder. The thing is you can only play one file at a time. You cannot load the entire music album or folder. You c...
In a previous post, you have already learned how to create creative pop art photos without downloading any third-party software. You can just do it online and right within your web browser. Speaking of which, did you know that you...
If you often search with a variety of search engines, check out the Bookolio extension for Google Chrome. That’s an extension which adds 21 search engines shortcuts to the New Tab page. In addition, it also adds your bookmarks, ap...
If you often copy and paste text from website pages to take notes, consider adding the DashNotes extension to Google Chrome. With that extension you can not only copy selected text directly from a website page to the brower’s New ...
With the recent Chrome update, you can notice that the profile switcher has been changed and moved to the upper-right section of your browser. Instead of the usual profile icons (the icons for cat, dog, horse, pizza, etc.), you ge...
Copying snippets of text from a website page with the Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V hotkeys is one way you can take notes when browsing. For that you would usually open a word processor, copy text into it and then save the notes. However,...
The foremost browsers such as Chrome and Firefox have a variety of extensions that enable you to open multiple page tabs within the same window, but don’t have any built-in options for that. Consequently, it’s worth no...
There are online tools that you can use to resize, compress and zip photos. The thing is you must do each task separately. You can’t do it all in one place. Fortunately, there’s a way to reduce the file size and zip photos at the ...
You’ve already learned how to turn off the “Last Seen” reports in Hangouts for Android. This time, you are going to learn how to do it in Hangouts for Gmail and Chrome. If you are using Hangouts, the “Last Seen” notification...
This article told you about the Speed Dials extension that adds speed dials to the Google Chrome New Tab page. However, that adds two dimensional speed dials to the page. With Speed Dial [FVD] you can add 3D speed dials and an app...
In Chrome, the Google Search landing page will usually greet you every time you open a tab. However, this is something that you can change and customize. For example, you can opt to show random images instead with a minimalist des...
Running lots of add-ons can slow your browser down. Each of those add-ons hog their own amount of RAM, and so one of the best ways to speed up a browser is to close them. To find details for Firefox’s add-on RAM consumption,...
The Firefox browser loads Macromedia Flash and other content when you open a website page. However, with click-and-play settings selected browsers load placeholder images instead. Even though Firefox has an about:config click-to-p...
