For the most efficient web use, Firefox Mozilla is recommended. I've always preferred to use google chrome, but after being in this class I can see that Firefox offers a lot better add-ons for efficient web browsing.
- Delicious.com - A method to store and organize your bookmarks to be able to access them from any computer. This is great because I'm always on different computers wishing I could view a site I bookmarked on another computer. Now view your bookmarks anywhere and share them with other people!
- Make a web page text larger by using ' command + ' for a mac and 'control + ' for a pc
- Use (-) minus to make text smaller
- When you're searching for a specific word on a web page that you searched for and you can't find it use ' command F ' mac or 'control F' pc and at the top right of your browser a search bar will pop up. Enter in that word and it will show you all the occurrences of that word on that page!
- Command G/Control G will go to next occurrance of that word
- Using quotes "" gives you a more accurate google search
- Using (*) gives you more options on a google search
- To search a page that doesn't contain a specific word put a minus (-) in front of it
- Use (~) to find synonyms of a word
- You can search within a site on google! For example enter : (site:youtube.com top music)
- You can find a specific url. For example enter : (inurl: pool "eight ball") this finds a url with pool in it that looks for eight ball on the page so it knows you dont mean swimming pool
- Type " define: WordYouWantDefined " to define a word without going to dictionary.com
FIREFOX ADD-ONS
- Cooliris Previews (addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2207) - allows you to preview a page on a search engine without opening a new page
- Google preview (addons.mozilla.org/firefox/189) - places thumbnail size images of website in search results
- Cache view (addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2323) - allows you to right click to see cached versions not loading
- GDirections (addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1104) - highlight any street address on webpage and right click for google maps to load directions immediately
- Interrupted download - resume a failed download and speed it up with Download Them All (downloadthemall.net)
- Video files - now that you can download faster, you can save videos for offline use with a Video Downloader (addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2390)
I hope my learned tips and tricks of the internet will help you in one way or another! As I learn more, I will be adding them to this post
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