More Browser Basics, Tips & Tricks – Talk 2sequel to

Web Browser Basics, Tips & Tricks - 10/14/14

Mark S. Zinzow3/10/2015

Slides online at:http://www.slideshare.net/msz

More Browser Basics, Tips & Tricks – Talk 2

Tweak Display Scaling for Big Screens“The layout.css.devPixelsPerPx pref is a String value parsed to a float and allows to fine tune the dimensions of all elements (user interface and web pages) more precisely (resolution 0.1 or 0.05). You can use values between 0.05 and 1.0 to reduce elements in size or use values greater than 1.0 to magnify and make elements larger (percentage divided by DPI, % / DPI).” https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/962588

How to Make the Windows Desktop Work Well on High-DPI Displays and Fix Blurry Fonts http://www.howtogeek.com/175664/

Tweak Display Scaling for Big ScreensA similar feature is being developed in Google Chrome, but at the time of this writing, it is not working fully. https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=400837http://www.ubergizmo.com/how-to/how-to-google-chrome-hidpi-support-windows/https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/0eSSJK9heeg

In some updates of Google Chrome there was an experimental setting at: chrome://flags/#force-device-scale-factor

Tweak Display Scaling for Big Screenshttp://www.ubergizmo.com/how-to/how-to-google-chrome-hidpi-support-windows/Indicates adding the command line argument “/high-dpi-support=1 /force-device-scale-factor=1” works in Chrome 37.0.2062.94+.

Another thing to try, would be checking out the latest Google Chrome Beta:https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/beta.html

OS Level Display ScalingWindows 7 - Enter dpiscaling at a command prompt, using the Windows-R run shortcut, or in the Search box on the Start menu. This will open the Display page directly, allowing you to then reset the scaling setting. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff629368.aspx

Save Memory – Use Built in Features that Obsolete Old Extensions

“Flashblock is an extension for the Mozilla, Firefox, and Netscape browsers that takes a pessimistic approach to dealing with Macromedia Flash content on a webpage and blocks ALL Flash content from loading. It then leaves placeholders on the webpage that allow you to click to download and then view the Flash content.”

As of Firefox version 15 the "click-to-play" plugins option can disable plugins like Adobe Flash by default but you can still play them with a single click. This prevents Flash and other plugins from loading automatically. To enable 'click-to-play plugins' in Firefox 15, type "about:config" in the address bar, search for "plugins.click_to_play" and set it to "true". This option will save memory, help avoid obnoxious video ads, and it can be configured on a per site basis.

http://www.howtogeek.com/123986/how-to-enable-click-to-play-plugins-in-firefox/

Ghostery – Tracker Blockerhttps://www.ghostery.com/en/

How might you find Web pages you've lost?

● Bookmarks – Web browser stored links to URLs● Bookmarks Toolbar – Bookmarks on the browser menu bar● Bookmark Manager – Bookmark organizer tool● History – Browser stored, and search engine tracking● New Tab Tiles – Thumbnail representation of web pages & ads● Search Suggestions – Autocompletion prediction algorithm● Wayback Machine - http://archive.org/web/web.php

What is a Bookmark?In the context of the World Wide Web, a bookmark is a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that is stored for later retrieval in any of various storage formats. All modern web browsers include bookmark features. Bookmarks are called favorites or Internet shortcuts in Internet Explorer, and by virtue of that browser's large market share, these terms have been synonymous with bookmark since the first browser war.[1] Bookmarks are normally accessed through a menu in the user's web browser, and folders are commonly used for organization. In addition to bookmarking methods within most browsers, many external applications offer bookmark management.

Bookmarks have been incorporated in browsers since the Mosaic browser in 1993.[2] Bookmark lists were called Hotlists in Mosaic[3] and in previous versions of Opera; this term has faded from common use. Other early web browsers such as ViolaWWW and Cello also had bookmarking features.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookmark_(World_Wide_Web)

How do I bookmark a web page?

“It's easy — just click the star!” (or type Ctrl-D)https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/use-bookmarks-to-save-and-organize-websites

http://mzl.la/1xKrM7c

Go to the Chrome menu > Bookmarks > Bookmark This Page. Drag the lock or page icon icon from the URL into the bookmarks bar. Press Ctrl+D (Mac: -D).⌘

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95739?hl=en

How do I go back to a bookmarked page?

● Type the name in the Address bar

(aka Awesome Bar, Omnibox) http://mzl.la/1xKrM7c#w_where-can-i-find-my-bookmarks

● Select bookmark from the Bookmarks bar or bookmarks section of the main menu.

Why bother organizing bookmarks into folders?● After creating bookmarks, the list will no longer fit in one

window, requiring scrolling down your list.● With out categories, it will be hard to find some, so you might as

well just search the web!● So check out your bookmark manager: Ctrl-Shift-B (Firefox) or

Ctrl-Shift-O (Chrome), Ctrl-B (IE Organize Favorites)

More Bookmark stuff...

Import/Export Backup/Restore http://mzl.la/1BAQB3f

Search, Merge: sourceforge.net/projects/bookmark-merger/

Sync – Now you can log in to your browser, before your web site.

Share – social bookmarking. What sites are my friends surfing?

Bookmark add-ons (e.g. Xmarks) for cross-browser syncing, tile editing, etc.

Store bookmarks in the cloud – e.g. bookmarks.google.com

URL Shorteners for sharing – e.g. tinyurl.com, bit.ly, v.gd, short.ie, goo.gl

How to find your Browser's History

● Ctrl-H, Ctrl-Shift-H (Firefox new window)● History under the Menu button

Major search engines remember your searches. e.g.https://www.bing.com/profile/historyhttps://history.google.com/

Private search engines like DuckDuckGo, and IxQuick do not do this.

How to find your search engine history

TilesFirefox New Tab Experience https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/tiles/

A new way to avoid Chrome's new 'New Tab' pagehttp://www.computerworld.com/article/2475945/

Updates & Version/Release NotesChrome Release Channels: Stable, Beta, Dev, Canaryhttp://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel

Chrome Release Update descriptions:http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/

Download Chrome/Chromium Snapshotshttp://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium

Install Chrome for all user accountshttps://support.google.com/chrome/answer/118663

Firefox Release Notes:https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/releases/

Release, Beta, & Aurora stub installers:https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/

Full Installer (not downloader stub)https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/

“Microsoft, which is expected to release the Windows 10 operating system in fall 2015, has confirmed it would release a newer version of the Windows 10 Preview, which will be integrated with its web browser called Project Spartan.”

Firefox ProfilesHow to Set Up and Use Multiple Profiles (User Accounts) in Firefox

http://www.howtogeek.com/209320/

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/internet/firefox/use-multiple-firefox-profiles-at-the-same-time/

Customizing FirefoxWhat happened to the File, Edit, and View menus?http://mzl.la/1xKrXPZ

How can I restore the search bar drop down list and current search engine icon as it was in FF version 33? A: about:config, set browser.search.showOneOffButtons to False. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1033968

Tab preferences and settings: http://mzl.la/1xKrPA7http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.tabs.closeButtons Worked in Firefox 2 through 30.

Themes: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/themes/

Backup: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/966133http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-to-make-new-firefox-look-like-old-firefox

Why Did Firefox 36 trigger a Firewall Alert?Firefox 36 introduced a new feature (video device discovery) to mirror tabs/videos to Roku and Chromecast devices on the network. As of this writing, discussion continues on how to address security and avoid this alert in the next release (37).

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?

id=1136772Id=1054959id=1086278

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/choosing-network-location#1TC=windows-7

Get Paid to Search with Bing Rewardsoptimally at least about $7.50 a month

Bing Rewards Helper (15 PC search credits per day + bonus searches which vary)“At the click of a button, your daily reward searches and extra tasks are performed for you.”https://github.com/benwa/Bing-Rewards-Helper

Rewards Automator for Bing (10 Mobile search credits/day on Android devices)https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.crockettc.brb

Please sign up for Bing Rewards as my Friend:

http://v.gd/bingMark

Chrome Tablet/Phone EmulationGoogle Chrome Developer Tool: Device Mode & Mobile Emulationhttps://developer.chrome.com/devtools/docs/device-mode

Chrome Developer Tools are most useful for web page authors, but they can have end user uses too. For example, I can get my mobile Bing Rewards search credits on my desktop, by emulating a phone browser in Chrome!

More Fun with JavascriptBookmarklet to rename tab title: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=3151639javascript:(function() {document.title=prompt("Enter Page Title",document.title);})();

Some websites do not give each of their pages a meaningful title. This bookmarklet can make it easy to mark such a page to make it easier to find again in the window list or a row of tabs.

What Topics would you like to see next talk?

More keyboard shortcuts http://mzl.la/16NAhwzManaging cookies in Firefox & Chrome (demo)Setting Do Not Track in Firefox & Chrome (demo)Cookie Law e.g http://www.aboutcookies.org/Default.aspx?page=3Customizing a broswerHow to change your default search engine (demonstration)How to change your default home page (demonstration)Introduction to more online protection tools like WOT.Maybe some random ramblings around the importance of online privacy?Browser History search tool demo.Maybe a demo of a more secure or private browser?User Profile managementBrowser families, e.g. Mozilla/Gecko based https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Gecko-based_software https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/mozilla-based/ http://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/ Read about new features in Firefox etc.Tip: http://mzl.la/Mp9V9v https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/what-happened-to-the-file-edit-and-view-menus?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Menu+bar+is+missing