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Browser Shortcuts – Speed Up Your Surfing

17 July 2008 434 views 2 Comments



Ctrl + Enter

When you type something into the address bar and press Ctrl + Enter, you will be automatically taken to http://www.something.com.

This is a very useful shortcut, you’ll thank it from saving you from typing in all those www.’s and .com’s when you just want to get to somewhere. Fast.

Alt + Ctrl + Enter will open the site you want in a new tab.

But what if you want to get to a .org? Such as Wikipedia? Well, the answer is imple. Press Shift + Ctrl + Enter.

A Shift + Enter will take you to a .net, like xptricks.net! So the next time you want to visit, just type xptricks and press the magic keys. Bookmarking me will also do just fine ;) (Press Ctrl + D to bookmark)

Ctrl + W

This is quite a handy shortcut. It lets you close a browser tab without reaching for the tiny red x with your mouse.

So, the next time you’re surfing in Firefox and need to close something fast, remember – Ctrl + W !

(Note: to close the whole browser or any other window, press Alt + F4.)

Change text size

Tap Ctrl and + to make text larger or Ctrl and – to make text smaller.

Searching

Press Ctrl + F to search for a specific word in the site.

If you can’t find what you’re looking for on google and yahoo, try a metasearch engine such as dogpile, that compiles results from most popular search engines.

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