Browser is the term used for a program that's used to display web pages. It comes from the phrase "browse the Internet". Related tags Some popular browsers are: firefox – Mozilla Firefox, released by the Mozilla Project google-chrome – Google Chrome, based on the Open Source Chromium ...
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Adding programs to WinPE
I'm trying to figure out a way to add an application into WinPE so that I can run it from the command line (specifically, Firefox though I will probably have to add IE as well). I've read through ...
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Minimalist browser with good command line controls
I'm building a minimalist OS (based on linux) which will network boot to provide a system for public display screens; (The kind of thing you see at airports with flight times etc on). Does anyone know ...
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How to disallow redirects to specific sites?
I would like disallow all redirects to specific sites (e.g. loomia.com).
How can I do this?
A browser-independent solution is preferable, of course, but if that's not available, I am looking for a ...
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Google Chrome - Saved Passwords won't work in Incognito
Post version 18 of Google Chrome, the saved passwords are not working in incognito mode,
I have all my passwords saved within Google chrome. When I go to any login page with saved passwords, for ...
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Chromium never stops loading iGoogle
I almost always keep a tab open on google.com/ig. Recently I've noticed that the "loading" animation for that tab never stops spinning, even though the page appears to be fully loaded. Even though ...
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How to set default FTP handler in Windows 7?
In Windows 7, I have installed the Firefox browser, which apparently registers itself as the default FTP handler, but doesn't handle FTP very well. How can I make FTP links open in Internet Explorer, ...
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Cannot browse external website with IE8 but still can with Firefox
Yesterday at my workplace something happened that meant that I could no longer visit any sites apart from from those within the company Intranet with IE8 any more. This also applies to Chrome, which ...
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Flash videos not playing on Mac OS X Lion
I'm unable to play any of online videos (e.g. YouTube) on Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3.
I tried the following:
Searched on the internet googling, and tried most what was suggested in forums, but nothing ...
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Controlling browser while another window is being used
Is there a way to scroll the browser while having another window open. For instance I would like to be able to scroll down the browser while I have a terminal window open which is opaque. So that I ...
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Can't get extensions or scripts to install in Chrome
As the title says, I can't seem to get Chrome to install extensions or scripts. I can seem to get extensions from the webstore to install, but nothing else seems to work. It just downloads a copy of ...
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Lock/disable the zoom on Chrome Browser
Is there a way to disable/lock the mouse/touchpad zoom in the Chrome browser? I find myself accidentally triggering ctrl-wheel or touchpad-two-finger far more often than do intentionally.
As an ...
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All my downloaded files are opening in emacs. How can I fix this?
If I download something in Google Chrome or in Firefox and then click on that file to open it, it opens in Emacs. How can I fix this? Even if I click on "Show in folder", then too, the folder opens up ...
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Only getting 0-9 when I type. Opera Browser [closed]
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Opera browser. Strange 0-9 keyboard
The Opera browser is one of the best out there. It's the only mainstream browser with 1-KEY TAB CYCLING. None of thet Ctrl+Tab stuff. ...
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Opera browser. Strange 0-9 keyboard
The Opera browser is one of the best out there. It's the only mainstream browser with 1-KEY TAB CYCLING. None of thet Ctrl+Tab stuff. Just hit 1 to cycle left and 2 to cycle right. In any case, I am ...
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rotated vertical tabs for chrome or firefox
Is there any way to get vertical tabs in firefox or chrome? And not just tabs on the side (which looks stupid) but to actually have them rotated -90 degrees on the left ( or 90 degrees on the right)? ...
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Enable numbered links on graphic links2
According to the man page for links2 the number link mode is available only for the text-only version, not the graphic. Is there any way I can enable this mode on the graphic mode, short of editing ...
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Is there a regularly updated resource that lists the most used browser versions?
Is there a resource that is regularly updated that lists the most used browsers versions?
I know resources that list browsers by usage but they don't include the browser version.
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When a website takes a long time to come up, why does the “cached page” (by Google) do the same thing?
The title explains it... I don't understand why "cached" web pages take just as long to come up as the pages themselves; why does this happen?
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Hacker News mysteriously blocked on my Mac OS X Lion
When I try to access http://news.ycombinator.com on my computer, I get
502 proxy error:
Proxy Error
The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
The proxy server could not ...
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Which browser does not support unicode in urls? [closed]
One time one guy has come to office and show me that polish characters in website url's path part was percentage-encoded. Currently I'm looking for browser with similar behaviour for test, but every ...
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How i can install Google Toolbar for latest version of Firefox browser?
Is there any way to install Google toolbar for the latest version of Firefox (12.0)? Recently I have reinstalled Firefox and can't seem to be able to install Google Toolbar anymore.
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Your browser does not support charts
I get this message with Opera in Google Analytics and Adsense.
Did Google change something? It worked before when I was able to see the charts just fine in Opera...
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Browsers that support Socks5 user/password authentication
I need a browser that can authenticate itself with the usual user/password combination. Arora and Maxthon does this. However, Arora's source code have been edited 2 years ago. Maxthon? It's an ...
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How can I stop sites from being able to tell when they're visible? AKA How do I disable Page Visibility API?
So there's this relatively new facility provided by most browsers called the Page Visibility API, wherein pages can tell when they're actually visible. Lots of sites have taken advantage of this not ...
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Browser windows automatically go fullscreen when maximized
This problem has been annoying me for quite some time now, and I cannot seem to find any way of fixing it myself. Hopefully you, the internet, will be able to shed some light on this problem.
First, ...
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Is there a modern browser that runs on Windows 3.1?
Ok, so I know what you are thinking: "What on earth are you doing still running Windows 3.1?"
Here's the situation. The computer running 3.1 is also the controller for $150,000 bandsaw made in ...
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My website is redirecting to a porn site on mobile browsers, where to look?
A site that I own is redirecting to a russian porn site on all mobile browsers (Opera, Android Default, Nokia Default) etc. but not when accessed from a non-mobile platform.
Any idea what the problem ...
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are there browser plugins to impose default “single domain per website” policy? or should such feature be implemented in firewall?
suppose I want to have the following web browsing policy. When I navigate to specific domain, I only allow the browser to communicate with that specific domain by default. If the website tries to ...
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How to bypass those annoying surveys before we download files from web? [closed]
As every one knows there are few websites which allows you to upload any kind of files and to share with anyone around the world(to download). But the problem is when I try to download few files which ...
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Why Website Cannot Be Accessed But Can Be Pinged? [closed]
I have this issue sometimes and this time it is with buyincoins.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5v61PM7slM&hd=1
While cannot access it, i can ping or tracert successfully. Also Down For ...
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Why do web browsers (like Firefox and IE) complain of insecure connection issues whenever they visit URLs from sites I link via https?
As an example, click on https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120430140033.htm
Normally, I use Chrome to force all of the sites I visit to go through https, so the links I click are also ...
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How do CDN (Content Distribution Networks) work?
Taking Akamai as CDN. From what I understand, when a client requests a page, the request goes to Akamai central server, which then depending on the location of client, picks up an Akamai edge server ...
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iPad 3, web pages and pixel-specified sizes [migrated]
The iPad 3 is a big step forward in screen resolution from earlier models, which is good.
However, I'm curious about how this interacts with webpages that specify the size of elements in pixels. If ...
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How to access file tree in hg (mercurial) web interface?
There is a hg web browser here: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/jdk7
How Can I access file and folder tree of this repository (most recent version) without downloading gz/bz2/zip?
I want to view ...
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Origin of SSL identification string on certain HTTPS sites
Some SSL protected sites have a fancy identification string in the browser navigation bar. Where does it come from? Is it the "Common Name" field in the CSR?
Here's an example:
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Unable to watch some videos on YouTube
When I try to watch some videos on YouTube, I get the output of the following type:
The behavior persists regardless of the web browser. Is there a solution for this problem?
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Really annoying ads “recommended for you” visible on all tabs of all browser
I'm having this annoying problem: a big ad (named "Recommended for you") that appears on random sites (even here) and remains opened in every tab of all my browsers (Opera, IE).
My OS is Windows 7 ...
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How to highlight a text in pdf opened in web browser
When pdf file is opened in browser, extensions like Diggo cannot highlight the text in the pdf.
Are there any extensions or ways in which this can be achieved?
Or opening a pdf using a application ...
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Can one set up a proxy server to accelerate web browsing?
I'm curious if there is any open source proxy-server-like software out there that I can use to accelerate web surfing. Amazon's Silk browser/platform for the Kindle, and Opera Mini do this for mobile ...
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Safari iOS soft wrap text on zoom in
Is there a way to get Safari/other browsers on iOS device to soft wrap text on zoom in with gestures ?
On iOS devices, I tried Safari, Opera Mini, Mercury Browser, but none soft wraps the page on ...
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Hide tabs for single tab in IE8
I've serached the options menus, and read this question about disabling tabbed browsing, but that's not what I want to do.
When there is only 1 tab open in IE8, it still shows as a tab, instead of ...
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Youtube stops buffering when video is paused [migrated]
For some reason Youtube isn't buffering videos whilst they are paused. (Screenshot)
It started happening two months ago. At first I thought it was just a global change by Youtube, but after venting ...
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Using VPN for some software but not for others?
I sometime need to use a VPN to access some websites (blocked where I live). However, when I do so I need to close uTorrent otherwise the VPN gets extremely slow and eventually cuts the connection.
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How safe is the password manager in browsers?
For example, Opera has a "wand" feature that remembers user names and password you typed across various sites.
Let's say you get a trojan, which steals data from your PC. Can the trojan decrypt ...
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Who can tell me how to change the chromium UI in windows?
I want change the "about chromium" interface, just like change the title and the word “about chromium” to Chinese. I try it again and again,but failed, when I change it to Chinese, the VS2010 will ...
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locahost not working in Chrome and IE with WAMP
I have wamp with php and mysql running, and when i try to access localhost I get:
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.
the weird thing it works fine in Opera while it ...
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Flash content regularly crashing Firefox/Chrome, with 3-second delay when switching to full screen mode?
For months now I have been plagued with issues regarding Flash content in my browsers. Regularly when I try to load (e.g.) a YouTube video, the browser will hang and I have to kill ...
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Browser which can access only one website?
I have a web based back-office application for my company. I am hiring a new employee and want to give them access to the application, but they are not allowed to use a traditional web browser (for ...
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LIFO www bookmarking?
I want my web browser bookmarks to be added in LIFO order (so that in any menu or submenu under Bookmarks the bookmarks are shown in reverse chronological order, rather than in the default ...
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Looking for a site specific browser that can use VPN
I am looking for a site specific browser that can use VPN or SOCKS proxy. I am using OS X Lion.
