Web Browser Basics

Web browsing software programs keep a log of each website a person visits while using that browser. Websites will then be listed in the URL or address bar that is positioned at the top of the...

An Internet address (also known as a URL) can sometimes be too long to remember, especially if it consists of several designations separated by slashes. Fortunately, you can easily save such...

Internet Explorer has features that make surfing the Web more productive and enjoyable. One of these features is the address bar history. If you click the down arrow to the right of your address...

When navigating the Internet, you are using a browser to view various websites. There are many tools and options within Internet browsers that enable a user to navigate the Internet in a...

In order to maintain your privacy while browsing the Internet, especially in a public domain like a library, where a line of people wait to use the computer after you, you should clear the history...

Web browsers maintain a record of the pages you view as you browse the Internet. The record allows the browser to load the page more rapidly if you visit the page again. Most Internet...

The Safari Web browser application, which is available as a free download for both Mac and PC computers, includes a feature called Autofill that automatically fills in a user's address or login...

Copying a Web address is one of the simplest things you'll ever do while surfing the Internet. You can do it the long way, which is amazingly short, or you can use a shortcut on the keyboard to...

The home page is the site that your browser will take you to when you first open it. Your home page (such as MSN) should be a site that you frequent often; email services, work and management...

People all over the globe type web addresses into their Internet browsers every day. You may not give a second thought to what you are typing. It's not a big deal, right? Actually, the web address...

You've just sat down at your computer after a hard day's work to check the performance of your stocks. This should only take a couple of minutes, because you were smart enough to save your stock...

An Internet bookmark is when the user stores the address of useful and frequently used Web sites inside the computer so that they can be visited quickly by clicking on the bookmark rather than...

The Uniform Resources Locator, also known as the "URL" is the address of a website. The "URL" is used to link websites pages to each other through Hyper Text Mark-Up language, better known as...

Tired of looking at the same old home page every time you turn on your computer and click on your firefox icon ? Or are you just in the mood for a change of scenery, but do not know how to change...

This article includes a video and walks you through using the Address Bar in your browser. Too many people use the Search Bar when they should be using the Address Bar!

Save yourself some time. Instead of typing those e-mail addresses over and over, put them in your WebTV address book.

You can get the URL for a Web page or a picture you're viewing with your WebTV. You may not be able to get all the pictures like you can on a PC, but you can get any that are clickable with WebTV.