Let's talk about browser extensions. You need to know what they are and why you might want to use them. With this in mind, let's dig in. What Are They? You know what browers are, of course. Whether you use Safari, Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox or Opera, there are extensions available for each of …
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Pin A Tab Or Group Tabs
Pin A Tab Did you know you can pin a tab in your browser? What does that mean? It means if you have a webpage that you use often but you don't want to make it your Home Page, you can pin it to the left of all of your tabs. (In the picture above, …
How To Delete And Control Cookies In Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera and Vivaldi
I promised you in my post "What Is The Cookie Pop-up I Keep Seeing On Websites? GDPR Cookie Consent?" that I would create a video showing you how to delete and control cookies in Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Opera and Vivaldi. Well, this is it! First Party and Third Party Cookies When I told …
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A Vertical Edge
If you use Microsoft Edge as one of your browsers, you might want to know about a recently updated feature - vertical tabs. You're already aware of tabs - all browsers have them now. Tabs allow you to have multiple websites open in one window. You might recall that, in the old days, we used …
Ignore Microsoft and Google
In my recent post, "Delete Now!," I explained through verbiage and a video the importance of NOT saving passwords in your browsers. I based my narrative on my own experiences; those opinions of well-known hackers and cybersecurity analysists; and the NZ Bankers Association which said in a post: "A common mistake that users make is …
Delete Now!
In my final Question of the Week email, I addressed the issue of saving passwords in a browser. Is that safe to do? I explained that I used to say "Yes." to that question but that answer is no longer correct. Why have I changed my mind? Because I recently attended several webinars conducted by …
Why You Need More Than One
Granted, you don't need as many browsers as I have but you definitely should have more than one and, in particular, you might make sure you have an extra browser that isn't based on Chromium. Currently, the only popular browser used on a Windows machine that is not based on Chromium is Firefox (FF). (On …
Zoom In, Zoom Out…
Not The Meeting Software When you first saw the title of this post, you might have thought I was going to talk about the online meeting app, Zoom. However, that app is not the subject of this writing. Instead, I'm going to talk about zooming the display in and out when using certain programs and …