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Browser Quick Tip #2: Private browsing in different web browsers

vikrant — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:50:26 +0000

Are you always worried when it comes to security of your bank, credit card and other online accounts? Are you always concerned about the browsing history saved by all the browsers? All major browsers have come up with private browsing feature which comes as a relief to all these worries. In these private session browser won’t save any history, cookies, temporary internet files. Features of these are:

Websites that collect or share information about you
Internet service providers or employers that track the pages you visit
Malicious software that tracks your keystrokes in exchange for free smileys
Surveillance by secret agents
People standing behind you

These are called as Incognito window in Google chrome, InPrivate browsing in IE 8, Private browsing in Firefox. To access this feature in Google chrome use the settings section, for IE 8 click on the safety drop down on the toolbar and for Firefox use the Tools section in the tool bar.

So from now on always use these private browsing sessions when you use your bank accounts.

Remove recent Google searches from Firefox

saurabh — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:44:32 +0000

I have been using the built-in search box which came preinstalled in my Firefox browser and I mostly use it for my search needs. I recently found that when I just start typing something in the same search box, the previously searched keywords directly show up there, revealing all my previous searches. But the search history can be very easily cleaned.

Removing Search History from Mozilla Firefox :

Right Click in the Search Box
Click Clear Search History

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Change Ctrl+Enter Behavior in Firefox

saurabh — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:11:56 +0000

Did you ever observe that when you enter ‘google’ in the address bar and press ‘Ctrl+Enter’, Firefox takes you to ‘www.google.com

You can change this default setting and instruct Firefox to take you to ‘www.google.co.in’ when you hit ‘Ctrl+Enter’.

Open ‘Firefox’
Type ‘about:config’ in the address bar and hit ‘Enter’
Enter ‘browser.fixup’ in Filter.
The following values are related to the setting. Right click on the values to modify.

browser.fixup.alternate.enabled – You can use this to turn the Ctrl+Enter behavior off entirely.
browser.fixup.alternate.prefix – This value sets the prefix assigned before the keyword you type.
browser.fixup.alternate.suffix – This value sets what is assigned after the keyword. For instance, you could use this to change the default suffix to your country code, like ‘.co.in’

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