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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Skip-the-server-cache feature in browsers
Years ago, I used Lynx (the Web browser). And it had a neat feature: you could follow a link normally, or you could specify that you wanted a non-cached copy. Regular link loading, or link reloading. ...
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Google Search Results Hijacking in OS X
I'm noticing an occasional browser hijack for search results when I first click on a session in Google Search. I'm taken to a website not intended that's only in an ip address format that's another ...
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Mozilla 10: Add on Compatible
Recently Mozilla team launched firefox 10. Apart from bug fixes and other improvements, one improvement that browser launched was Add-On Compatible. Previously, everytime a new version was launched, ...
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Linux networking forces browsers to crash across all distros
I am really starting to think this is a MB issue seeing as I replicate the problem with all distros, all browsers and using usb and pci wireless and ethernet cable.
The net connection behaves very ...
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How to do web searches in text-only web browsers
I usually use google but whenever I load it in a text browser I have to press down several times to go to the field where you enter the search string. This is redundant. How do people use text-only ...
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Viewing images in a web browser
I'd like to view large images from my local filesystem through a web browser. The problem I'm having is that the images are only displayed at "fit to screen" or "100%"
Is there good way (Firefox ...
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Can I set a default browser per program in Windows 7?
Is there a way to set a default browser per program in Windows 7? For instance clicking a link in Outlook 2010 would open a page in Firefox and clicking a link in Skype would open in chrome.
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how can I set only a specific browser like chrome, to use all the 100% bandwidth? windows xp
how can I set only a specific browser like chrome, to use all the 100% bandwidth? windows xp.
Is there any method to direct the internet only for a specific browser or application?
I also want to ...
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How can I zoom in on Flash applications?
I often use applications made in Flash. Due to my high resolution the standard browser zoom means that everything in these applications is too small.
Using the default zoom function in all major ...
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Override webpage doctype in my browser?
My CIS class' webpages seem to be using the shorthand HTML4 Doctype (as in, not with the full W3C URL) and improperly formed HTML. I'm having trouble seeing the pages although several professors seems ...
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How to override Access-Control-Allow-Origin restriction in google chrome?
I make ajax calls to URIs which belong to a different website domain. Normally in IE I am able to do this via jQuery cors support. But this fails in google chrome browser irrespective where cors ...
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Flash Player (e.g. plugin) crashes when play a video?
Not sure where to put this, but Chrome, Firefox and IE crashes (the flash player) when I try to watch a video like on youtube.
The screen goes green then a few seconds later it freezes.
Same goes ...
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specific browser for specific links
Does any one know how to open a specific browser for specific links. I have two links that I want to open in IE and others in Chrome? is this even possible or any software that helps in doing this?
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Why does IE sometimes return multiple “MSIE X.0” versions in the User Agent field?
We're running into a User Agent that I've never seen before. Since we're trying to reproduce a problem this user is experiencing, I'd like to mirror his setup as much as possible, but am stumped as to ...
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How To Drag & Drop Image From Browser Into Image Editor?
Sometimes i am able to drag & drop image from browsers right into any image editing software but not always. Such method allows me to circumvent image saving to hard drive and directly place it ...
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Auto-synch browser tabs on two PCs?
How can I have the same browser open on two different PCs and always have the same tabs open on both, no matter which one I change?
Any browser. I don't care so long as I get the desried ...
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Dynamically adjust browser fonts not to overflow the width
I use Iceweasel at the moment since I'm on a Debian system, but I have no problem changing browser to whatever would work on my system. So, feel free to answer my question for any browser, plugin ...
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Upload bandwidth limitation
Are there any options how do I limit the upload bandwidth used to say 25% or 50% of the full upload bandwidth? While uploading files:
in the web-browser,
in the email client like outlook,
FTP ...
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How can I be totally invisible to Facebook?
I don't trust Facebook. I deleted my account, but I don't want them getting information from me from other sites, either; for instance, those with "Like" buttons cause my browser to request assets ...
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Web pages display unicode characters but not Notepad, why?
I am running Windows XP. Although notepad, Office etc show boxes, proper text is displayed in Firefox. If the system doesn't have the font for a language, how can the web browser manage to circumvent ...
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Why is the right side of the cell not also highlighted?
I have a link on my website that, when I click on it in Chrome v16.0.912.75 or Safari v5.0.6 (5533.22.3) becomes highlighted by a blue border.
The link html is as follows:
<li><a ...
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Gmail compose window size [closed]
I'm using gmail's web interface, and I find the compose window really small - is there a way around this - something like wordpress's full screen ability?
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Gmail loses browser encryption after a while
I'm using the latest version of Firefox on the latest version of OS X for reference. I've noticed that sometimes when I go back to my email tab and look in the location bar, Firefox says gmail is no ...
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How do I stop Chrome from activating a link on right or middle click? [closed]
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Are there any addons that allow us to middle click any link and open the link in a new background tab in Chrome?
I started browsing the NYT site this afternoon and found ...
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Is there a way to disable custom webkit scrollbars?
Is there an extension, custom user stylesheet, etc. that will disable or revert the customization of scrollbars in Webkit based browsers like Google Chrome? I like the plain, native scrollbars but I ...
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Keeping the vertical scrollbars on permenantly in Firefox and Chrome
When Firefox and Chrome are maximized they automatically turn off the vertical scrollbar if a mouse with a wheel is attached. Is there an option, in either browser, to keep the vertical scroll bar on ...
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How to use surf browser
I stumbled upon the surf browser which is light weight. But i could not find the shortcut keys for the same (Going back, open multiple tabs if possible).
I could not find shortcuts page in the ...
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How do I block javascript for all subdomains of example.com?
Hi all I have set my browser to disable javascript for http://en.wikipedia.org.
I was wondering How do I block javascript for all sub-domains of the host wikipedia.org ?
(I would like to block ...
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How can I get the URL of the bare audio stream played by a browser?
I have some internet radio stations which I can listen to inside a browser; but to play them in media players like VLC I need the URL of the actual audio stream. How can I get my browser (chrome or ...
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How to catch “action” link after submitting web form?
There is a login panel on bank site, and I'm trying to fetch/catch "action link" after (button press) submitting a form.
Site is using https and some js scripts, that makes effort to read all of them ...
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Firefox add-on to record all web browsing
I am looking for an add-on for Firefox that would record all my browsing online and create an index, perhaps only the text of the main body of the page, so that I can later go through everything I've ...
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Strange text-box placeholders in Chrome
I see following placeholders on every html form, in Google Chrome (my chrome version is 18 dev channel). What is that and how can I disable it?
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How force Chrome to use google.com search engine without https
Chrome's default search engine is https://google.com.
how we can force chrome to use http://google.com without https?
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Opening every links standing on a webpage at once
I have to proofread every single page of a website. This website is quite hierarchically build.
Is there a way to open every links that stands on a page, each on a different tabs (one tab for each ...
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Do you know of a browser that won't hog bandwidth?
Every time I use a browser when I'm on Skype, my Skype connection loses power and it's hard to hear the person on the other end of the call.
Do you know of a Mac browser that won't hog up bandwidth ...
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What is 500 server error “cache fill open file” in browsers and how to resolve it?
Sometimes, in Firefox (7.0.1) on WinXP, I encounter following error for some websites:
Server Error
The following error occurred:
[code=CACHE_FILL_OPEN_FILE] An internal error prevented the ...
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Arial font missing — browsers showing most text as italic or bold
Today I opened up my browser (Opera 11.60) and noticed that all of the font was italicized. There are still some text that isn't italicized, but most of the text is italicized. I then opened up ...
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Debian (squeeze): cannot open text/html from gnome desktop with default browser
Using Debian 6.0.3, Gnome 2.30.2, and cannot force Iceweasel to be used as default browser.
I set Iceweasel as default browser with:
default-alternatives --config gnome-www-browser and
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Why am I always redirected to ad websites?
I am always getting redirected to some page that shows ads, on several webpages (Microsoft, Linkedin, Yahoo). However, Facebook and Gmail are working fine. I deleted all cookies, but I am facing the ...
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How can I change the homepage of all my browsers with a single click?
I want to change all of my browsers' home pages with a single click. Are there any programs capable of doing this for me?
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how to refresh bookmark favicons in chrome
I updated favicons for a bunch of my websites.
Refreshing the website does indeed show the updated favicon in the browser tab, however the bookmarks for those websites still have the old favicon.
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What browsers support favicons for JavaScript bookmarklets?
What browsers support favicons for JavaScript bookmarklets (either natively or via an extension)? I have quite a few and would like to add the relevant service icons to them.
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All my sons's browsers freeze on Facebook when doing status update
When my son tries to update his status on Facebook the browsers (Safari and Chrome) freeze (spinning beachball of death). He has been doing a hard restart to stop it. As this is not a good practice on ...
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Where does Chrome store its bookmarks in Ubuntu 11.10?
I looked at all the other posts on this but can't find the directories mentioned (~/.config/google-chrome/Default/Bookmarks, it's a JSON file.). Being a 2 day Newbie to Ubuntu/Linux I would like to ...
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Methods to save data when browsing the internet with a desktop-based browser?
I'm sometimes in situations where I have a 200MB data limit on internet usage with my laptop. I was wondering what tips and tricks might exist to use very low data from a desktop browser like Chrome ...
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Download Videos that FlashGot and Download Helper will not see
I am trying to download this video for offline viewing. I usually just use download helper, but it cannot see the video.
I tried FlashGot but could not seem to get the video with that either.
Is ...
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FireFox continues to redirect based on outdated httpd.conf rules (other browsers dont)
This is really odd, because it shouldn't be happening at all.
When I access wellness.learnitlive.com on FireFox, I see it redirected to: ...
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How to succeed in submitting an application on a high-traffic website
I'm curious:
Sometimes there are different events, when websites cannot handle their traffic. (usually starts at precise time until sold/booked/etc.)
For example:
Class registration at schools,
Sale ...
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What could be causing this browser display issue inside a user account?
LinkedIn support has hit a wall on this problem which has been affecting me for a couple months, and is starting to impact my business. When I am logged in most pages (groups, jobs, contacts, etc) do ...
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What happens if my ISP's DNS server isn't available?
Just curious, if my ISP's DNS server was actually unavailable (as opposed to a DNS attack like poisoning) does the DNS architecture have a way of traversing up the DNS hierarchy until it finds a ...
