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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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Can't access localhost from computer running on same network

I'm working on two computers on the same network. Computer A has an app working on localhost:4444. However, I can't access it from the browser of Computer B. Here is my situation: I pinged it's IP ...
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Why does Chrome use a font where I and l look the same?

In Chrome (and most other browsers from what I can tell) the font used has the issue that the glyph used for I (uppercase i) is identical to the one used for l (lowercase L) This is something I have ...
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How do I print with the screen stylesheet?

A number of websites that I use have really bad stylesheets for the print media, but their screen stylesheets are quite good. Is there any way to tell my browser to ignore the print stylesheet and ...
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W11Ent_x64: restore sequencing file names when downloading pictures from the internet

In W7, and maybe W8 was a feature that allowed downloading pictures with the same name, by adding a sequential number attached to it. Example: Stellated Dodecahedron in 4D.Gif: when 5 such files were ...
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Is there such a thing as truly plain HTML?

I am just learning about HTML basics and browser styling and I was struck by the question in the title: even for HTML written (as, I think, the HTML5 standard asks) purely with semantic elements, does ...
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Which microphone does the respondus lockdown browser use?

I disabled the microphone of my laptop and there are many virtual microphones. I'd like to know which microphone the respondus lockdown browser uses. In Google Chrome I selected the virtual microphone ...
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How to select multiple non-contiguous text lines in browsers

Is it possible to select multiple lines of text and be able to copy them? If I hold Ctrl I expect the previous selection to remain while I add another selection from somewhere, and while I hold ...
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This site crashes every single browser on my PC

I'm trying to access this site, and it crashes every single browser that I've tested: Chrome, Brave, Edge, and Opera. plotly.com/python/plotly-express Windows 10 Pro (22H2 19045.3930). Someone can ...
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Programmatically change settings

With Firefox, you can change browser settings with the Browser Console: Services.prefs.setInfPref('browser.startup.page', 3); Note that this does not work with the Web Console: > Services ...
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How to block browser from using?

I have some exams coming ahead, but I have an addiction to YouTube. Due to this I have Customized many things in my settings like I have installed extensions like StayFocusd and StayFree which are ...
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Tor browser not opening

Tor browser is not opening in my kali VM even though I am not logged on as root. I also commented the code in 'Start tor browser' which displays an error if you enter as a root As such no error is ...
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How to create "IE-like" new session window in Chrome?

Like we can open a New Session Window in IE 8 or greater, can do the same in Google Chrome? I know that Google Chrome has New incognito Window feature but by using it, we can open Max 2 sessions at a ...
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Delete all cookies except those from certain sites with Firefox

With Firefox, how to delete all cookies except those from a custom list of whitelisted sites? (eg. google.com, stackoverflow.com... – I want to stay logged-in) I know the "Clear all history" ...
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Open Opera without last session tabs open

I am using the following Opera version: Version: 21.0.1432.67 - Opera is up to date Update stream: Stable System: Windows 8.1 64-bit (WoW64) I am aware of this answer but it's not applicable ...
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How to associate file extension in browser?

We have a program that associates with the '.test' file extension. It works fine in Windows, but it will not work if we upload (the clickme.test) to the internet and open it inside the browser (IE/...
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How does browser know which version of HTTP it should use when sending a request?

When a browser sends a request to a server for the first time, how does it decide which version of HTTP it should apply? The HTTP RFC specification says: An HTTP client SHOULD send a request version ...
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Force browser to use cached pages [duplicate]

The move to https effectively killed any meaning for the browser cache. It literary does nothing but waste life on SSD drives now, since every developer thinks all pages in the universe must expire in ...
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Is there any way to disable or adjust request timeout in Chrome or Opera like in Firefox?

In firefox it's easy to disable request timeout in about:config is there anyway to do it in chrome or opera or any chromium based browser? There is an over crowded website I deal with daily in my job....
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Content Security Policy: The page’s settings blocked the loading of a resource at inline (“script-src”) Error on a lot of different websites

Since a couple of days ago, i cannot reach a lot of Well-Known Websites like : Github.com,linkedIn,... . I am using Firefox 81.0.1. when i open console, in found this error line: Content Security ...
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How to disable browser's "sign in as" popup

When I'm using Google Chrome and many other Chromium-based browsers including Vivaldi and even the new Edge, certain websites will show a pop up with "sign in as" if I have password stored ...
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How to prevent a website from hiding its scrollbar?

Some webpages, such as this FAQ or this blog post, do not display a vertical scrollbar even though the content overflows vertically. This makes it impossible to click-and-scroll, or to see how long ...
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Fonts displaying incorrectly in all web browsers (Win 7)

I'm running into an odd issue in Windows 7 in which fonts are displaying incorrectly in IE, Firefox, and Chrome. I haven't made any browser specific changes to fonts, and I've tried restoring the ...
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How can I block the “Sign in with Google” prompt on websites? [duplicate]

On many websites that require login, those annoying Google login prompts appear: There are several tutorials on the Internet on how to avoid this, for example, this one on How-To Geek, which suggest ...
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Surfingkeys browser extension has enabled, disabled, and lurk mode. How do I add a list of websites in surfingkeys to browse in the lurk mode?

Lurk mode is better than disabling suringkeys altogether. For example, Gmail website has list of abundant shortcuts, but still it's better to have surfingkeys' shortcuts as yourbackup. In lurkmode you ...
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All Firefox Traffic routing through SOCKS-Proxy?

I would like to route all my Firefox-browsers traffic through a proxy server. I already setup a Dante-Proxy (SOCKS) and configured the paramters in about:config to use it: "network.proxy.type&...
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Websites not loading correctly since Windows 8.1 upgrade

I finally upgraded my work PC to Window's 8.1 Pro on Monday (from 8 Pro), but since then I have been having problems with websites not loading correctly. This issue is occurring in both Firefox 27.0.1 ...
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Print a webpage as I see it in the Browser window

How do I print a webpage exactly as I see it in my browser. For example, when I try to print the below webpage then the print preview shows the webpage's text in some weird characters instead of ...
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How to stop all web-workers? They're draining my battery

A great many websites leave "web workers" running in the background even after you've left their website and closed the browser tab. I'm told that the only way to kill them all is to clear ...
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How do I completely download a web page, while preserving its functionality? [duplicate]

I've been trying to save this webpage using all of the methods that I know, but none of them have worked so far. The website itself has some great functionality. It is able to render MathJax in ...
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What's the syntax of URL exceptions in Chrome's "Always keep these sites active"?

I want to keep certain tabs from ever being discarded automatically by Chrome. The settings have a section for doing so, but the syntax of the exceptions is not clear. Should I use regexes? Globs? ...
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Prevent/Block slacks default redirect to native app

Whenever I open slack links in my browser, by default, slack redirects the link to open in the native app. I DO NOT WANT THIS. My use case is: Slack link shared in a thread, or manually copied by ...
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Back button of Adobe PDF Reader after clicking a hyperlink whose target is on the same document

PDF documents have hyperlinks to the contents on the same document (analogous to "#section" hrefs for an HTML document). Where's the back button to go back to the page I was on (where I clicked the ...
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Can I force Google Chrome to cache as much as possible?

I'm playing a game in my browser made with Unity. Before it can start, the game has to download everything, which sometimes takes several minutes. Is there a way for me to force Google Chrome to be ...
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Block/Remove/Ignore a specific cookie

I'm using a Chrome add-in to scrape some websites. One of these sites is kucoin.com. In the P2P trading part, the site uses a header filter in which you can select your currency. However, once you've ...
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Stop Chrome ignoring ERR_CONTENT_LENGTH_MISMATCH for downloads?

I sometimes find downloads made using Google Chrome get interrupted, causing files to be truncated. Chrome seems to detect this situation as ERR_CONTENT_LENGTH_MISMATCH, but then ignores the error and ...
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Accesing Opera GX Corner from a different browser

Does anyone have an idea how to access Opera GX's, GX Corner from a different browser? In Opera it's pinned as a tab, or accessed through http://gx-corner.opera.com however through the address, it ...
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How can I quickly clear cookies for a specific site using Safari for Mac?

I know I can "Reset Safari". I know I can go to Cookies from Preferences and search for a site's cookies and delete those. But is there a faster/easier way to just clear cookies for one site (...
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Search multiple words in web page with a regular expression or other means

I want to search in a Chrome page multiple words For example *basket*nike*120* for the line "i buy basket from Nike for 120 dollars" If the words matches it shows me the line. I know it’s ...
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How to make Firefox and Chromium play video in tab instead of downloading?

I am wondering is there special plugin needed? For chrome it is fine as the video immediately play inside the tab (streaming) instead of asking me to download it.
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Initial connection takes too long only on a specific browser/network

I'm having a frustrating issue that I have no idea why it happens or how to fix it. My initial connection (the "SSL handshake") is taking a minute to some websites only on Chrome browser (...
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Why can't I access the Web Telegram website (error NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID)?

Whether I use Firefox or Chrome, I'm not able to access the https://web.telegram.org/ website. I get the following on Chrome: Your connection is not private Attackers might be trying to steal your ...
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WiFi suddenly becomes deadly slow on browsers on Ubuntu 22.03

Today my WiFi connection got very slow apparently with no reason (at least, I can't find one). When I’m only using browser (Firefox standard) stay very low, around 50KiB/s with a few short-raises. ...
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Firefox: how do I configure kiosk mode?

Mozilla's website states: Numerous features of the kiosk mode are configurable through policy or command line parameters when launching the browser. However, other than a single example to run kiosk ...
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Got stuck on a glitch due to downloading same browser from two different Places

I have Brave as my default Browser downloaded long ago from the MS Store. During my browsing, I used to customize some settings from the regedit, PowerShell, browser settings or by adding extensions ...
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How to prevent history syncing across any chrome browser?

I want to disable syncing of browser history for my google account. I want to do this because it seems like the best / safest option given that: I like the other syncing features and want to use them ...
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Does Mozilla Firefox automatically delete old history entries?

I've recently done a little experiment and took a look at the first few websites which I have ever visited with my current Firefox profile and wrote them down. I was also a little bit confused, ...
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Can I set a different preferred language per site?

Is there a way to change the preferred language in the browser (Firefox and/or Chrome) based on the visited site? Most of the time I want websites to be displayed in English, but when I visit a ...
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Delete all autocomplete entries in Google Chrome

I want to remove all autocomplete entries in Google Chrome, and start from scratch. That is, I do not want to turn off autocomplete entirely, but rather: Remove all the existing stored autocomplete ...
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Windows 10 keeps changing default browser to Internet Explorer at reboot

In Windows 10 (Pro, 1511 build 10586.104), default web browser keeps being reset to Internet Explorer at each reboot (settings > system > default). No matter which other browser is set there, as ...
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Why is Internet Explorer the only browser that can open .url links by default?

Why is Internet Explorer the only browser that can open .url links by default? I have tried setting Chrome, Firefox and Edge to be the default browser but none of them have this open .urls by default ...

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