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Internet Explorer has gotten a lot better with version 7, but most of the time, Firefox is still my browser of choice. I ran across an article with a few tips to working more efficiently with Firefox which are worth trying. |
| 1. | Drag selected text Select a word, phrase or URL and drag the selection to the address bar or the Google search bar to quickly fill in the selected text. |
| 2. | Delete visited URLs Pull down the history of visited URLs in the address box, select the one that you want to remove and press delete to get rid of it. |
| 3. | Keyboard shortcuts for selecting browser tabs Ctrl+Tab will cycle through the open tabs when the Firefox window is active. Ctrl+1 will select the first tab in the list, Ctrl+5 will select the fifth tab from the left, etc. |
| 4. | Download a link with a single click I often want to download a pdf file or an audio file instead of having it appear or play in my browser directly. Instead of right-clicking on that link and selecting download, you can drag the link directly to the downloads icon in the toolbar to initialize the download immediately. |
| 5. | Get any image off of a web page Sometimes I see an image I like on a website, but it doesn’t allow me to right-click on it to download it. Pull up the page and go to [Tools] -> [Page Info] and choose the [Media] tab. That will allow you to see and download all of the images, even if you can’t select them directly. |
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