While video is becoming more main-stream on the Internet, text based articles are still the primary means of communicating to everyday visitors.
But sometimes reading can be a hassle if the author of the article uses an unknown phrase or name of a person, which is not familiar to you (or in another language!).
read more: Make Firefox More Powerful With Hyperwords Add On
How many times have you come across a web site that requires a specific version of Flash Player installed? Or a plug-in for QuickTime, Java or even Microsoft products?
Some software vendors, such as Adobe have a utility that will check for the plugin version (in this case Flash Player) installed in Firefox when you visit their site.
read more: Firefox Tip: Easily Find Version Information For QuickTime Java And Adobe Flash Player
Like many people, you probably have less leisure time in the day to catch up reading your favorite web site or blog posts. What little time you have is mostly spent skimming articles and bookmarking them for later…which usually never arrives.
read more: Firefox Tip: Convert Web Page Text To Speech And Save As MP3 File
After reading the article on Forcing IE To Save Passwords For Web Sites After Answering No, many readers have emailed me saying they now realize, Internet Explorer no longer prompts them to save passwords anymore and how can they enable this feature.
read more: Make Internet Explorer Prompt You To Save Passwords After Being Disabled
The great people over at PortableApps.com have done it again. This time they have made the next major version of Firefox browser, version 3, available as a portable app. This means you can run Firefox 3 without disrupting the current Firefox installation and check out all the new features.
Like many web browsers, out of the box, Internet Explorer lacks a built-in spell checker. With out it, composing messages, filling out forms or just commenting on blogs and forums can make you look foolish if you are not careful with spelling.
read more: Add Spell Checking Functionality To Internet Explorer
No matter how long you have been surfing the Internet, saving one website as a bookmark, instantly makes Internet Explorer a mission critical application on your Computer. Think about it, if you lose your bookmarks (known as Favorites in IE) , you feel helpless and lost in the jungle known as the Internet.
read more: How To Backup Your Favorites (Bookmarks) In Internet Explorer
I just started using Firefox and am having a problem. I went to a site and noticed the warning message that appeared at the top alerting me that Firefox prevented the site from opening a popup window. I clicked on the options tab and by mistake allowed popups for the site. Now every time I go to the site I get those annoying popups.
read more: How To Block Popups In Firefox After Allowing Popups For Sites
