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[...] 23, 2008 by Byron Even long-time web users may find a trick or two in Clint’s list of tips for web surfing. Tapping the spacebar will move down one page in most browsers. That’s handy. And Google does [...]

By: Clint

Clint — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:40:14 +0000

The .com tip is great, Kate. Thanks for adding it.

By: Paul Beaufait

Paul Beaufait — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:25:35 +0000

Great to know, Clint. I love item four, the (shift) space bar one! I going to start sharing these tips today.

By: Kate Britt

Kate Britt — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:44:19 +0000

Thanks Clint.

In IE7, here are a couple I always use:
- Ctrl-click a link to open it in a new tab (different from Sylvia’s Ctrl-click above, so must be a different OS or browser?)
- Shift-click a link to open it in a new window
- Alt-Home to get to IE’s homepage (I use iGoogle for homebase)

Further to your #3, if the URL you want is a .com website, you don’t have to type .com either. Just type the main word and then Ctrl-Enter. So for example, in the address bar, type google then Ctrl-Enter and it opens http://www.google.com

By: Clint

Clint — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:22:20 +0000

Thanks Sylvia.

Google has a whole whack of simple search features. Being a soccer fan, I like the sports scores and schedules. Type your favorite sports team in Google and get the results of their last game and the next scheduled game. No educational value, but fun.

By: Sylvia Currie

Sylvia Currie — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:08:42 +0000

What! I didn’t know Google would do my math. Thanks for the list. It’s going in the “blog post of the month” section of the next ETUG newsletter!

Also I have one to add that I use all the time. Cntrl click on a link to see a list of options for opening page in a new browser or window.

By: Dominic

Dominic — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:23:32 +0000

Very, very useful! I did not know about the CTRL (+) or (-)….and did not know about the space bar!

Thanks again Clint for a very useful article!