Questions tagged [browser]
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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Clear browsing history from specific site on chrome
I am using Chrome version 114.0.5735.110. I am trying to remove the history, cache, and cookies of a particular website. Google gives the following instructions:
However, there is no longer such an ...
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How to record browsers when not in focus
I'm on Windows 10 and I use OBS to record the window of browsers. I record online class sessions for later user, a lot of the times I have to switch windows or desktops, and when the browser is not in ...
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Site gives PR_CONNECT_RESET_ERROR in Librewolf but not Chromium
When I login to my bank's website, it redirects to https://auth.securebanklogin.com/ (and a bunch of other places in that domain).
On Librewolf, this eventually ends in a PR_CONNECT_RESET_ERROR page.
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DNS for websites not updating in some browsers like brave/chrome/edge but works fine in opera/firefox
I recently moved my sites from digitalocean to vpsdime. So I had to point to a different dns server. But for some reason Brave/Chrome/Edge don't want to update the dns. Everything works just fine in ...
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Can't click buttons on websites in any web browser
I am using samsung.com website trying to order something but when I add product to cart and then try clicking anything:
the cursor doesn't change to the 'hand' in Windows and I can't click.
I am ...
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How to hide HTTPS URL scheme in Firefox title bar
Right now Firefox shows the full URL in the title bar for visited sites. There is a browser.urlbar.trimURLs preference in about:config which hides the http:// prefix but not https://. Other browsers ...
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Using Editorial Manager webpage & a password manager (and similar pages with logins that have multipled accounts)
Editorial Manager (EM) is common software that academic journals use to manage submission, review and judgements on manuscripts.
You don't have one EM login, however. You have (at least) one login per ...
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How can I change the width of a webpage?
The zoom feature of the browser changes both height and width of a web page. I find some webpages hard to read because of how wide they are onmy screen. See eg. How would I resize width to be less, so ...
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How to refresh (or force refresh) your browser tabs after internet is restored?
I'm using Whereby (whereby.com) meetings web app to stay connected to my remote office. I use it on Chrome browser and the PC that it's running on stays on 24/7, so that I could open the link anytime ...
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How to do i allow media in edge browser in kiosk mode
How do i allow media once in kiosk mode, browser wont play the media, i know once in kiosk mode you cannot access settings to "allow".I have tried both the public browser and digital signage ...
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How can I get my browser to persist its cache forever? [duplicate]
When I visit a web page, it is often cached by my web browser (Chrome). If I click on a link and then click "back" then the cached version is shown.
But if I close the tab or browser and ...
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How to migrate many custom google-chrome user-data-dir from a Windows 10 to a new Windows 11 pc without google profiles or google sync [duplicate]
I'm on Windows 10 and am using a lot of google-chrome instances with --user-data-dir and have to transfer all of them to a new Windows 11 PC (settings, open tabs, saved passwords, cookies, history, ......
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Find out what user account was used to download a file
I'm on Windows 11.
I downloaded several PDF files last week from a web application and I want to know exactly how I got them (i.e.: all the possible metadata and information about the whole process).
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Form Fillable PDF in browser - typing in text box returns to top of page
We have created form fillable PDFs for test/essay purposes, however some students are experiencing a bug(?) where they will scroll down the page to where they are typing in a multi-line, word/line-...
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Problems with file upload in chrome-based browser on KDE
After a recent Manjaro update, I cannot upload any file to any site (such as Gmail) using any chromium-based browser from a folder containing non-Latin characters, while uploading from a folder ...
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How to have 2 Edge browser windows in a kiosk account?
In our workplace, we are running into a scenario where the best option would be to run 2 webpages in a kiosk account, with a fullscreen Edge window on each of 2 monitors. I have already tested and you ...
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To tell browser to set the key Overwrite/Insert mode
How, on Linux, can we set back and forth between key Overwrite/Insert mode in web browser preferably chromium one ?
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Chrome: Override autocomplete=off for text field on web form
I regularly need to fill in a form on our intranet but the devs for an unknown reason have disabled autocomplete on some of the text fields. This means I have to repeatedly type in entries.
I have ...
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How do I auto refresh Google Chrome page on error?
Is it possible to auto reload the page, when there is a network error?
For example when the server is down, ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT page is visible. Can I automatize the reload in these cases?
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Save password or type every time: which way is safer? [closed]
Now most browsers support remembering passwords for sites. But I always have prefered to typing them every time, since I thought it was safer, until today when I start to contemplate if it's really ...
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Sync doesn't appear to be working on Firefox
Asked on the Mozilla forum about a week ago and no response there. So I'll try here:
I just made the switch from Chrome to Firefox on desktop and mobile. But either Firefox syncing isn’t working or I ...
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Move sensitive browsing data to an _encrypted_ location
Where and exactly what files/directories do Google Chrome/IronSrware save with my sensitive private data?
I want to move them to the encrypted partition E: (Bitlocker(Windows 11/ I use Google account ...
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Keep Firefox find bar and search term open on all tabs, and persisting on session restart
I regularly across many search tabs (and using multiple tab rows on a 23" desktop monitor then I have many) for a certain text, such as in doing research, and want the findbar persisting open on ...
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How to restore favorite in Edge from OneDrive favorites folder?
I use to keep all my Bookmarks on Windows 10 on IE11 and backed them on the OneDrive Favorites folder.
But since IE11 had been discontinued I was maintaining the Favorites manually in the OneDrive ...
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Website logs me in then immediately logs me out
I have an issue where I can log into a website that I have used all the time and then randomly it just stopped letting me stay logged in. You'd hit login, then immediately it will log me out. I tested ...
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How to sync chrome *logged in* sessions across devices?
Is there a way to sync not only passwords, cookies, bookmarks,but also the website logged in sessions themselves?
I'm a developer that travels a lot but does not currently have a laptop (long story), ...
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Chrome page crashes "Aw, Snap" after loading too many elements in a page. Increasing the cache would fix the issue? [duplicate]
I am scrolling through a lot of elements in a web page. To be more specific, I am scrolling through a lot of Facebook profiles and I've noticed that after a while the page crashes saying "Aw, ...
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How to programmatically change viewport dimensions (like DevTools can?)
When viewing a website in Devtools with the Responsive Viewport, you can customize the screen dimensions in pixels. Is this accomplished on the browser end according to CSS/JS rules? , or are the ...
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In Firefox, how can I switch between always asking to save files, and automatically saving files to a download directory?
I find myself switching between two setups a lot. During normal use I like to have Firefox ask me where to save all files and then I manually save them.
However when I need to download things in bulk (...
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How do websites detect my browser
There are several discussions on how to code a website that is able to detect my browser (e.g., here). I wonder, how websites such as whatismybrowser.com achieve to even detect it, if I spoof my user ...
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How to open a program/webbrowser without frames?
I would like to open a browser window with no remaining content. I would like to see only the browser tab window without the menus and navigation bars. Is it possible? Is it possible to extract a ...
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Google Chrome - Bookmarked pages don't show URLs anymore on dropdown. Just the bookmark folder. That's very annoying! Is there anyway to restore URLs?
Chrome and other Chromium based browsers (e.g. Microsoft Edge) have a new annoying "feature" that hides the URLs of bookmarked pages on the Address Bar dropdown. Incredibly annoying! This is ...
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SVGs looking broken across sites (FB, LinkedIn, S.O etc)
So out of nowhere, I turned on my monitor and SVGs across sites in Google Chrome (up-to-date) look broken. Sometimes they're normal until hover, sometimes they're fine after a system restart. I can't ...
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How to enable dark mode toggle button on any web browser without the help of a fancy (and possibly intrusive) extension?
I'm using different web browsers on different OSs and I enjoy using dark mode wherever I can, through the OS level and the rest of native applications.
For web browsing experience, I always find ...
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Terminal continues to open chrome, even though firefox is default browser
I recently updated my default browser from Chrome to Firefox. I am working on a MacBook Pro.
If I run a local app(ex: localhost:8000), such as a react app, iTerm2 will open Chrome, instead of Firefox. ...
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How can one detect an active WebRTC connection on the Mac programmatically?
What would be the cleanest way to infer that a WebRTC connection is either being established or is active.
e.g. maybe there is a way to query the browser, or can one tell by actively monitoring ...
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Force Brave Browser to use system DNS on Linux
I have the following problem:
In my network exists a DNS server (network-pi; 192.168.28.77) which can resolve locally hosted pages in addition to the normal name resolution for the "Internet"...
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Using FFMPEG to stream desktop, screen, and applications over http
As described in this post for Windows, I already know how to stream desktop to a player like ffplay or vlc. To access the stream in any browser, I would like to be able to stream my desktop or a ...
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Windows blocks program to summon browser
Recently I have been facing some issues with some of my installed programs. Custom programs to access and program microcontrollers.
Some of these programs have kind of internet guides, which you would ...
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Windows opens links in new browser window, instead of switching to existing browser window in other virtual desktop
I use Windows 10 virtual desktops to separate my activities. I have Chrome open on desktop 1 and MS Teams open on desktop 2.
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Opening Links from Other Apps (Firefox Containers)
I have the Firefox Multi-Account Containers extension installed.
When I click on links in other applications, for example email, is there a way to choose which container it opens on?
Right now, it ...
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Unable to reach specific sites
Recently I've tried to setup a modded minecraft server and I ran into the isue that I can't reach minecraftforge.net. All I get is that the site is unreachable and that it took to long for the site to ...
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How can I have iOS Safari-style page zooming and scrolling on my Windows desktop?
Safari on iOS has, ever since the beginning, rendered webpages in a virtual window/viewport that's much larger than the built-in display's native resolution, and allows users to pinch-zoom and pan ...
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Block specific URLs / URIs in browser, like the file:// protocol and other from being visited - How to set Browser policies
How to block specific Uris or Urls in a browser? For example I don't want the file:// protocol can be visited or other specific locations by the user. Can I also add other policies and if so, how?
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What protocols do I need to read along to make sure I don't miss any traffic and cover all the communication from the web browser?
For a university project, I need to record all the traffic that a web browser sends to a server. The goal is to find the input that the user made on the website in the resulting traffic. The project ...
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Browser windows in the background are not getting RAM/CPU to work properly
I use an extension I developed to automate some tasks on certain websites. I need to run at least 40 browsers with the automation extension enabled.
Now the problem is only the browser thats open in ...
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How can I "un-cache" my memory? Or perhaps, stop the virtual memory leakage?
Or, how can I free up all of my cached memory?
So, after just two, three days of uptime, my system's 32 GB memory is reduced to 3 GB, because the rest is all cached, AFAIK, due to my extensive browser ...
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How can I filter out sites which had been automatically translated? [closed]
often I stumble upon websites which had been automatically translated by some associated or built-in application and badly so. I assume those websites get my language from the browser identification ...
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Printing of a web page doesn’t look like what is expected from the browser
I would like to print web page. But looks like something is trying to hide right side of page from printing.
Besides that I can't find page orientation selection in order to set page landscape. This ...
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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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