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I was looking through the referral logs for this blog a couple of hours ago and noticed something very interesting. Internet Explorer is no longer the web browser that most people use when they visit RicksDailyTips.com.
The last time I checked my logs (which was the 2nd week of May) I.E. was still well on top with 61% of the visits. Chrome was second with 19% with various other browsers rounding out the remaining 20%.
However, this is what I found this morning… [Read more…]
Question from Jules P: Hi Rick. I stopped using Internet Explorer and switched to Firefox a couple of years ago because IE was crashing all the time. I like Firefox, but after trying Google Chrome I noticed that it loads the pages I visit a lot faster than Firefox.
My question is now that I’ve started using Chrome, how can I transfer my bookmarks and stored passwords from Firefox into Chrome?
Rick’s answer: Chrome is a great browser for sure Jules, and I’ve used it as my primary browser for some time now. It’s easy to import your bookmarks, stored passwords and other settings from Firefox into Chrome. Here’s how: [Read more…]
Mozilla Firefox is one of the best web browsers out there, but the typical Firefox installation isn’t quite as speedy as it could be these days.
To help speed things up a bit, the developers at Mozilla have added a new tweak that can help prevent Firefox from freezing up at times. It’s a nifty HTTP cache, and here’s how you can enable it: [Read more…]
I use the Internet a lot both for work and recreation, and I encounter numerous links throughout the course of a day that interest me for one reason or another. But instead clicking each link to open the underlying page, I simply hover my mouse pointer over the link and hold down the Shift key to display a small preview window.
How do I do it? By using a fantastic Chrome extension called CoolPreviews. [Read more…]
Question from Kenneth O.: I started using Google Chrome instead of Internet Explorer a while back, and I really like it.
But starting last night I can’t get to certain websites in Chrome even though I can get to them just fine in other web browsers.
As far as I know I haven’t changed any settings or anything. What could be the problem?
Rick’s answer: There are a number of possible causes for this problem Kenneth, but the two most common (and most likely) are having your browser set to use a proxy server or corrupted cookies on your hard drive. The following steps will eliminate both possibilities: [Read more…]