Browsers - General
- Disabling Call Waiting
How to disable call waiting for an individual phone call when you use Telstra or Optus.
- Checking that a Site is Secure
How to confirm that a secure site is actually secure and belongs to who you think it does.
- Viewing Someone Else's Source
If you can view a web page then you can view its source, here's how.
- Checking Your Display in Different Window Sizes
(for webmasters)
Not everyone views the web at the same resolution. Here's how to see what it looks like at different resolutions.
- Bypassing or Clearing the Browser Cache
How to reload an updated web page or clear your cache.
- Text Only Browsing (Turning off Images)
How to speed up your web access by not downloading images.
- Some HTTP Codes
A list of some of the error codes that a web server can send to your browser.
- Reading Your Mail Offline
How to read your emails without having to remain online.
- Hits, Views, and Visitors - What's the
Difference? (for webmasters)
Understanding the meaning of some web site statistics.
- Checking Root Certificate Authorities
Working out whether the certificate issuer can be trusted.
- Bypassing No-Right-Click Scripts
How to access the right click menu when the page author has used a no right click script.
- Last Modified Date
How to find out when a page was last updated.
- What Time is it?
What time is displayed on a web page.
- File Downloads and Email Attachments
File formats used to compress files available for download or to be sent as email attachments.
- Linking/Embedding Images in HTML Emails
The advantages/disadvantages of linking versus embedding images in HTML emails.- More on Embedding Images
Multipart MIME encoding to embed images.
- More on Embedding Images
- Blocking Inappropriate Sites
How to stop your children accessing inappropriate web sites.
- Country Specific Top Level Domains
A list of country specific top level domains.
- Clearing Address History
How to remove the list of addresses in the address/location field.
- Unknown Link
What it means when you see a red X in place of an image.
- Blind Copy with AOL
How to blind copy people in an email using AOL.
- Processing Emails Offline with AOL
How to read your emails and reply without going online using AOL.
- Changing your Browser Home Page
How to change which page your browser opens when it first starts up.
- Sending One Email to Many People
The best way to send one email to a big group of people.
- PHTML?
What is a phtml file?
- Cookies
What are cookies and what security settings should we use with them?
- Types of Links
There are three different types of external link that can be used on a site.
- Document Referrer
Disabling document.referer can disable some web pages. It is up to you to decide whether not letting a web page know which page you last visited is worth that loss of functionality.
- Anatomy of a Web Address
The parts of a web address.
- Cleaning up Cookies
Sort out what cookies you want from those you don't.
- Australian Taxation Office Business Portal
This web site requires that you install a digital certificate for access.
- "Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML"
Looking to move from web surfing to web writing. This O'Reilly book may be just what you need to get started.
- No Images
What to do when your browser doesn't display any images.
- Including Web Addresses
How to include web addresses in emails so that they wont be broken across multiple lines.
- The Web Your Way
How to configure your web browser so that it displays web pages the way that you want rather than the way the author suggests.
- Install on a Separate Computer
When can you download files using a browser on one computer and install those files on a different computer?
- Missing Images
Reasons why images may not appear when you visit a web page.
- Connecting from a Different Location
Under what circumstances can you use the same internet connection from more than one place.
- Blocking Sites
Speed web page loads by removing useless third party scripts from the sites you visit.
- Offline Email Programs
Which email programs can you use to read your emails when you are not online?
- Google Tools
Quick Reviews of several tools offered by Google
- Multipart MIME Emails
Emails can contain multiple parts (alternate versions, attachments etc.). Here are how all the different parts are defined.
- Email Certificates
Having an email certificate allows the recipient to confirm who sent it and to encrypt a reply.
- The Back Button
There are several unblockable ways of going back to the previous web page.
- Google's Browser
A few first thoughts on Google's new browser.
- Openid
A good idea for logins which unfortunately doesn't work properly.
- Internet Access and the Browser
Some people mistakenly think that their web browser is the internet.
- Flash Cookies
Not all cookies are handled by your browser. Here's how to control those that aren't.
- Fixing the Marquee Tag
This is a tag that is not part of the standards and which shouldn't really exist. Here's how to get most browsers to stop recognising it.
- user32.dll Error
This error might be generated by the browser but the cause lies elsewhere.
- Web Browsers for Testing
If you are creating web pages then how do you choose which browsers to test them in.
- Create Stunning HTML Emails That Just Work
This book will help you to improve on any emails you send.
- Web Without A Mouse
There are lots of ways to interact with web pages in your browser without needing to have a mouse.
- Alternate Styles
Modern browsers supply a menu option for switching stylesheets. Some even supply additional stylesheets to choose from beyond those the web page provides..
- Private Browsing
Modern browsers all supply a private browsing mode where nothing gets saved to record where you have been.
- Cookies and Security
There is no direct connection between cookies and security. It all depends on just how the cookie is used as to whether it represents a security risk or actually improves security.
- Copying Bookmarks Between Browsers
Not all browsers can import bookmarks from all other browsers. This separate program can make up for the lack.
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