Learn Best Internet Tips & Tricks

We are trying to explain about the top 10 internet tips & tricks one by one given below:

Get the advantage of tabbed browsing

Whenever you browsing a website or reading an article, you may find a link that interests you. It can be opened in a new tab so it does not disrupt your reading. To follow this action, hold down the Ctrl Key and left-click the link. If you have mice with the wheel, click the link by depressing the wheel in the place of rolling it. Anyone in this method will open the link in new tab. So get full advantage of tabbed browsing by doing this.

Otherwise press Ctrl + T to open a new blank tab.

No need to type http:// or www. Portion of a web page

If you want to browse an internet address you no need to type http:// or www. in the address. For example if you want to open Wikimonks you might just type Wikimonks.com then press enter. To visit even quicker you can type Wikimonks and then press Ctrl + Enter instead of typing http://www.Wikimonks.com address if you are visiting a .com address only.

Move Quickly Between the Fields of A Webpage

Whenever you are filling out an online form, e-mail or other text fields you can either rapidly move between each of the fields by pressing the Tab key or Shift + Tab to move back a field. For instance, in the below example form you can hit in the First Name field type anything and then press tab to open the next field.

In the drop-down box, it gives dozens of options for that you can type first letter to scroll down to that letter.

You could also use the autofill feature to add the common field feature.

Know Your Internet Browser Shortcuts

When we are browsing internet we may use number of shortcut keys. Here top suggested internet browser shortcuts are given below.

  • 10 Internet TipsPress Alt + D or Ctrl + L to move the cursor into the address bar.
  • Hold down the Ctrl key and press the + or – to increase and the size of text. Ctrl + 0 will reset the text.
  • Press the backspace Key or press Alt Key + left arrow to go back a page.
  • Press F5 or Ctrl + R to refresh or reload a web page.
  • Press F11 to make the internet browser screen full screen. Press F11 again to return to the normal view.
  • Press Ctrl + B to open your internet bookmarks.
  • Press Ctrl + F to open the find box to search for text within the webpage you are reading.

Protect yourself and avoid bad websites

  • Avoid Internet phishing.
  • Protecting children from harmful material and people on the Internet.

Use Internet search engines to their full potential

Get the most out of all search result. If you are not come across what you want try surrounding the text in quotes. For instance, searching for ‘computer help‘ without quotes again come results with “computer” and “help” wherever on the page. but, if you look for “computer help” with the quotes it only return pages with “computer” and “help” next to each other.

In every search box you can press enter in the place of using the mouse to click the Search button.

Use alternative browsers

There are so many browsers but most of the computer users use the default browser that built in computer. In Microsoft Windows there is internet Explorer and likewise, there are few browsers with more features which are not in your current browser; also these are free to download. Here few more browsers are mentioned below;

  • Google chrome
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • opera

Install plugins and add-ons

The above-mentioned browsers also have a great community of volunteers. They can expand add-ons and plugins that can be added into the browser and these also have hundreds of add-ons that can do such things like the present weather in your browser window, changing its colour, and adding additional functionality.

Make sure your browser and its plugins are up-to-date

An Internet browser can have a lot of plugins that give it extra functionality. For example, Adobe Flash is a good way to bring movies and other animated content to the Internet. Keeping these plugins up-to-date is very important for your computer stability also for security.

 Use online services

There are so many free online services, they will make you use computer easier and more productive, more enjoyable.

This is all about Top 10 Internet Tips & Tricks.

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