Browser is the term used for a program that's used to display web pages. It comes from the phrase "browse the Internet".
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RegEdit on Windows XP [closed]
HK_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\IEXPLORE.EXE in regedit will always have path of IE when it is not am default browser.
Please help.
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Registry edit on Windows 7 [closed]
I have PC with only Internet Explorer. I removed it as a default browser.
In this Path "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\http\UserChoice" will have key progid always ...
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How do I edit the name of a custom search engine?
I've added a custom search engine in Firefox, but then realized that its name/title was too long.
How do I edit a custom search engine's name in Firefox?
I tried going to 'Manage Search ...
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firefox adblocker that downloads but doesn't display ads
I'm searching for an adblocker for firefox that doesn't prevent the ads from downloading but prevents them from being shown. This has the following two use cases:
I want to support an ad driven site ...
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Web browser with memory management [closed]
Is there any web browser with manual memory management exist?
So I can limit memory consumption, also it would be nice if can handle 'infinite' number of tabs.
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Is there any GUI or Windowing system providing just a web browser?
I am looking for a GUI / Windowing System, or anything like that, which can be installed on a linux box, providing a web browser as the only User Interface.
For example, a GNOME like Desktop ...
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Is there a way to display the tab number on Firefox or Google Chrome?
I often cycle through tabs with the keyboard shortcut CTRL-ALT or CTRL {number} however find it difficult to select a particular tab seeing I don't know the tab number. Is there a way to number these?
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Assign keyboard shortcut to pause music in website
I use saavn.com for listening to bollywood music. It's a great service but they don't have native mac app so I can't control it using keyboard media keys.
There must be a way to use keyboard media ...
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Internet Explorer 10 immediately closes after opening
I decided on a whim to give IE10 a try. I'm not terribly sad to lose all access to IE, however I would like to get it working.
As soon as I hit the shortcut it opens and then immediately closes.
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How can I see the structure of a webpage inline?
How can I see a webpage's structure "inline" with the visual representation of the actual page, all at once?
I'm trying to understand HTML layout better, but it's hard to get a feel for it, even ...
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Do I have to keep the web browser open to share folders in Tonido?
Using Tonido to share folders, it opens the web browser, which acts like a file manager. After sharing, must I keep the browser open in order to keep the share link alive, or is the Tonido active tray ...
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Is it possible to enable javascript for a specific URL?
There are many users who have JavaScript disabled and deny to enable it even for some business applications. Is there any way to allow a user to enable a JavaScript for a specific URL in order to use ...
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How to open a new tab on the left end of the existing tabs in Firefox
Do you know how to make Mozilla Firefox to open new tabs (using the command Ctrl+T) at the near left end of the tabs?
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Browser downloading after virus?
I have cleaned several windows 7 computers from Exploit:Java/CVE-2013-0431.
Everything is back to normal on the computers except for one thing... User downloads using any internet browser (port 80 ...
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Can a putty terminal window be made viewable in a web browser?
I often remotely connect via putty to client computers over ssh.
I would like to share my putty session so the client can see the commands I'm running from a web browser.
Is this possible to do?
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Is it possible to start a “Private Tab” vs a “Privat Window” in Firefox 20?
I use Firefox 20 on my Nexus 7 tablet and under Linux. This is my desktop browser string:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0
On the tablet, it is possible to open ...
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Why don't browser cache common JS files? [closed]
One of the big tradeoffs in web development is on reducing the total size of your JS files to maintain page load times low.
My reasonable guess is that most websites include a similar subset of JS ...
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Video in Google's Home Page [duplicate]
On Special Ocasions , like today being Mother's day , Google puts a video like animation in its webpage. The concept of the animation is intriguing. I wish to know more details about it.
So far i am ...
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The quickest way to change text font when browsing web?
I often want to set the text on my screen to some of my favourite fonts (e.g. Candara, Century Gothic, ...). To do that I use inspect element in the browser to change the css font of the element as ...
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How typical proxy works on network level?
When I use a proxy for web browsing for example, if I use firefox for common web browsing, on network level after you input a URL and click 'return', the process is:
DNS query for the URL
establish ...
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Force Firefox to start a private session in the current window
I noticed that in the latest versions of Firefox when I open a private browsing session, it is always started in a new window, rather than in the current one.
I don't use this feature extensively ...
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Open some links in IE automatically when IE is not the default browser
I've set Firefox as my default browser instead of IE. But there are some URLs (Share-point portals), which I would wish to open in IE automatically. These URLs may be clicked from some word documents, ...
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Convert responsive web page to PDF
Couldn't decide if this is a question better for Stack Overflow or Superuser, but I'll start here.
I have Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Pro, and with that, the Convert Web Page to PDF button that displays in IE. ...
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Which version of Internet Explorer does this screenshot display [closed]
I have a client whose browser renders my webpage really badly (and slowly).
The image below is cut out from a screenshot he sent me. I know it is IE, but can anyone see which version? And if it is ...
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Certificate issue when browsing from office. But never at home
This issue keeps on popping when I am browsing from office but never at home.
What could be the root cause and how can I fix it?
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Why do all Windows 8 Metro browsers require they have Default Browser status? [duplicate]
In order to use IE 10, FF Nightly, or Chrome in Metro mode (As a Windows 8 fullscreen, pinnable app), I have to set it as the default, immediately forcing all other browsers to only run on the ...
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How to build a password protected, web-based, proxy server?
Yesterday, I took advantage of a deal offered by a web hosting company, FatCow, to buy a year's worth of "unlimited" hosting for $1. So now I want to take advantage of that by deploying a password ...
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Confine Chrome to One website for Kiosk [duplicate]
I'm setting up a giving kiosk for the foodbank I direct to allow patrons to contribute. I have created a website in a subdirectory of my hosting account that is strictly for this purpose. There are ...
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Raspberry Pi: open browser using bash and crontab
I'm trying to setup a simple bash script. I want to open the browser.
chromium-browser <url> works if I do it in the cli or in the bash script if I run the script by ./scrpt.
But if I put ...
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Service for logging web browsing activity? (To make sure a contractor does the job.) [closed]
We hired a contractor and her job is basically to write mails and read web posts. Is there any browser, extension or software that can log browsing history and time spent on sites for this kind of ...
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Thumbnails in Chrome does not show up
This is my Chrome's homepage. Whenever I start Chrome or open a new tab, this page appears.
The page thumbnails just does not show up. Although the page icons and titles are proper. I figured that ...
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Chrome extension or Firefox addons that replaces text on page? [closed]
There is a web form with a submit button labeled "submit", and it will be much better that if I can change the text to something like "buy" or "order now". Sadly the site is not mine so I cannot ...
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Basic DOS terminal browser partition manager?
Last time I met some problems with my hard drive. I found the Repair your computer mode, you know, when you press F8 and you have admin rights, you can enter terminal with SYSTEM rights. So I can copy ...
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Saving themes/personas to disk for Firefox and/or Chrome-browser?
Are there any tools/plug-ins that will allow me to save themes/personas locally to disk - preferably without installing them? Alternatively, is there a good way to "copy" the currently installed ...
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All invalid hostnames resolve to localhost in my browser. What is going on?
Update: jump to the end of this question for the happy conclusion to this epic tale.
Note: I have IIS7 installed locally for web development.
This is what happens in my browser for random sites:
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Is it possible to perform offline testing on my Web Browser on which features under HTML5 it support
I notice this website - http://html5test.com/ that I can test my web browser on which HTML5 features it support.
However, this mean that I will need to be online in order to test my web browser.
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Assign console errors to a variable [closed]
I am looking to assign console errors in Chrome to a variable. For example, if I have a misplaced semi-colon in my js file and the console prints: "Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ;" I would ...
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I want to transfer chrome and IE files
How can I manually transfer (without third party software), all the original files in my Google chrome, Firefox and IE9 (I want them to feel exactly the same): History, Bookmarks, Cookies, Passwords ...
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My Java applets won't run in HTML
My Java applet runs fine when I open the HTML in AppletViewer, but when I open the html in like Chrome, it just says "Error, click for more details" and the details say that my security options ...
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Youtube Video Page not loading
The Youtube website is working fine for me, i.e, I can browse the site fine and search videos. But when I click on any videos, I just get blank page.
For example, let's say i open youtube and search ...
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Why are browsers passive - or: Why do browser developers not prioritize tab management? [closed]
What surprises and utterly confuses me about browser development, are the priorities that seem to be involved with browser development. Stability and security is important, yes. Speed is too.
But ...
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Are there tutorials or forums explaining Firefox complete themes? [closed]
I want to create a complete Firefox theme. I found one.... pretty mediocre guide, but besides that I haven't been able to find anything. The last complete theme post on the official Mozilla forums was ...
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Bizarre domain/host file/browser issues. A real chin-scratcher
I was working on a dev site yesterday (of which I have a modified host file to view) when all of the sudden Chrome stopped being able to load the site. Or the production site (no host file mods ...
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Intercept windows browser system messages
I appear to have a process or application that sends messages to the OS which cause the browser to pop up with the default page. This can happen dozens of times in a few seconds, but otherwise seems ...
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How to open different hyperlinks with different applications?
In windows, all hyperlinks in web pages, e-mails or office documents are opened with the default web browser registered to the system.
Is there any way to open different hyperlinks with different ...
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Very slow site lookups in Google Chrome [duplicate]
I have a perplexing problem running my Chrome browser...
When I open a new tab, and type in a website address, the lookup is very, very slow.
There can be a delay of about 20-30 seconds before the ...
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Opening Browser in remote machine through ssh
I need to open browser with specific url using ssh through a remote machine, i have enabled password less connection, i am able to get command o/p which run on remote machine using ssh, but how can i ...
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Command for close firefox browser tab or firefox browser from ubuntu terminal [duplicate]
Can I close firefox browser tab or firefox browser from ubuntu terminal command?
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Google Chrome resolution nonoptimal for monitor
I use Windows XP, and my monitor resolution is 1024x768 pixels, but in Chrome, the sites look too big.
I tried lowering the zoom of the browser with Ctrl-, but doesn't work well because the sites ...
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How can I get the latest N posts from blogger RSS feed?
How can I get the latest N posts from blogger RSS feed, using the URL in a browser, or some javascript? Which parameter do I have to use?
