The ‘Browsers’ Archives
Posted September 24, 2010 by

IE9: How Do I Fix Web Pages that Do Not Render Correctly?

Some sites may not render correctly when viewed with Internet Explorer 9. Many websites were designed for earlier versions of the browser and have not yet been updated. This tutorial demonstrates how to improve the look of these websites by enabling Compatibility View. Directions are also included for viewing all sites in Compatibility View.

Category Browsers

Posted September 23, 2010 by

IE9: Change default download location

By default, IE9 will save your downloaded files to %windir%/Users/Your username/Downloads. If you want to save your files to somewhere else, this tweak for you!

Category Browsers

Posted September 22, 2010 by

IE9: How Do I Add or Change Search Engines?

Internet Explorer 9 defaults to Bing as the search provider. However, many users want to use Google, Yahoo, or an alternative search engine instead. This tutorial shows how to add/remove search providers in IE9.

Category Browsers

Posted September 19, 2010 by

IE9: Display the Stop and Refresh Buttons Before the Address Bar

By default, Internet Explorer 9 has the Stop and Refresh buttons after the address bar. If you would like them to be next to the Back and Forward buttons, you can move them to display to the left of the Address Bar and keep your control buttons grouped together.

Category Browsers

Posted September 18, 2010 by

IE9: Disable GPU Rendering to Improve Performance on Low End Computers and Laptops

By default, Internet Explorer has accelerated graphics (GPU rendering) enabled. If you are using a low end/low power computer or laptop, you may experience some performance issues. By disabling hardware acceleration and using software rendering instead, your IE9 performance will be dramatically increased.

Category Browsers

Posted September 18, 2010 by

IE9: How to Turn Any Website into a Web Application

Internet Explorer 9 takes a page out of Google Chrome’s book and allows you to turn websites such as Twitter, Facebook, and others into their own web application. It does this by creating a site specific browser that transforms the site into a standalone web app that will be unaffected by actions that take place in the regular IE9 window.

Category Browsers

Posted September 15, 2010 by

IE9: How to Uninstall Internet Explorer 9

With each new version of IE, people flock to download it. However, with each new version is a whole slew of new bugs as well. If you have installed IE9 and regret it, this tutorial will show how to remove IE9 and roll back to your prior version of Internet Explorer.

Category Browsers

Posted July 20, 2010 by

How to Log into Multiple Gmail Accounts Simultaneously in Firefox

Typically, one can only log into one Gmail account at a time. However, frequently it is useful to log into multiple accounts without conflicting with each other. This tech-recipe will show you how.

Category Mozilla Firefox

Posted July 15, 2010 by

How to Make Incompatible Extensions Work with FireFox 4 (beta)

Every time a new version of Firefox comes out, I hate seeing this error when installing extensions: “…could not be installed because it is not compatible with with Firefox.” With the newest releases of firefox and firefox betas, your favorite extensions may not work. This tutorial will show you how to force them to work.

Category Mozilla Firefox

Posted July 11, 2010 by

Firefox 4: How to Replace the Firefox Button with the Familiar Menu Bar

If you don’t like the Firefox Button and would rather use the Menu Bar that was in previous versions, you can easily accomplish this in just a few clicks.

Category Mozilla Firefox