If you are anything like me, or a large portion of general populace, the majority of your computer usage time is spent in a web browser. There are many to choose from, most of you have probably used or at least heard of a few of them: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera.
Whichever you have installed, most of these tips will apply (unless you are running IE6, then it is time to upgrade.) I'm not suggesting anyone change, but I use Chrome, and have every day since it was released. I dumped my long-term relationship with Firefox because Chrome can't be beat in the speed department.
Thanks to the advent of tabs, we no longer need to clutter our desktop with a bunch of windows. We can stay in the same window and more easily keep track of what we are reading/watching/listening. The fastest way to open a new tab is with the keyboard:
A new tab should pop up at the end of your tab bar, bring it to the forefront and be ready for typing of a url or search query. Go ahead and give it a try, but come back for more when you are done.
Note: You can also open a new tab from a link by Middle-Clicking with your mouse wheel, or holding the Ctrl key while clicking.
Now that you have opened up a new tab, what do you do when you are finished with it? Close it, of course. You can either press the red X on the tab, or middle click the tab with your mouse.
If you want to use the keyboard, like a pro:
Note: Ctrl+F4 works as well, though it is not as elegant.
What do you do if you accidentally close a tab? You could always open a new tab and navigate back to where you were, or, you could use a handy keyboard shortcut to open a recently closed tab
Back to normal, all is right in the world. You can press that same key combination for as many times as you have closed a browser tab (within each session, once you close the entire browser the tabs are lost forever, generally speaking).
If you happen to have a bunch of tabs open, you can cycle through them much like you cycle through program with Alt + Tab. You can use Ctrl + Tab (Mac people, is this the same for you?) or Ctrl + Shift + Tab to go in reverse order.
Have fun tabbing!
Whichever you have installed, most of these tips will apply (unless you are running IE6, then it is time to upgrade.) I'm not suggesting anyone change, but I use Chrome, and have every day since it was released. I dumped my long-term relationship with Firefox because Chrome can't be beat in the speed department.
Thanks to the advent of tabs, we no longer need to clutter our desktop with a bunch of windows. We can stay in the same window and more easily keep track of what we are reading/watching/listening. The fastest way to open a new tab is with the keyboard:
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| Ctrl + T (Command + T) |
Note: You can also open a new tab from a link by Middle-Clicking with your mouse wheel, or holding the Ctrl key while clicking.
Now that you have opened up a new tab, what do you do when you are finished with it? Close it, of course. You can either press the red X on the tab, or middle click the tab with your mouse.
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| Google Chrome - Close Tab |
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| Ctrl + W (Command + W) |
What do you do if you accidentally close a tab? You could always open a new tab and navigate back to where you were, or, you could use a handy keyboard shortcut to open a recently closed tab
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| Ctrl + Shift + T (Command + Z) |
If you happen to have a bunch of tabs open, you can cycle through them much like you cycle through program with Alt + Tab. You can use Ctrl + Tab (Mac people, is this the same for you?) or Ctrl + Shift + Tab to go in reverse order.
Have fun tabbing!
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