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To make Firefox your default web browser:1. Select Tools > OptionsEdit > PreferencesFirefox > Preferences and click the “Check Now” button in the General panel.…When setting a computer to use Firefox as the primary browser, it is helpful to disable In...

Since most people use IE, and most sites are written to support it, it’s important to know how to address common issues that can arise when suddenly unable to access a specific website.As with any technical problem, the first step is reboot and confirm that yo...

Safari has a very useful Debug menu for checking Javascript errors, viewing a page’s DOM tree, changing its User Agent string, and much more. Unfortunately, it’s disabled by default, so many users never even know about it.To enable it, open a terminal window a...

Favelets, or bookmarklets, are a quick and easy way to add functionality to your browsing experience. Favelets (as I will refer to them from here on) are bookmarks (i.e. favorites) for your browsers, but instead of storing a web or ftp address as a URL they st...

Firefox’s major asset is its wide variety of user community created and supported extensions.The ability the save all open windows and active tabs was a “cannot live without” feature brought forth, in part by Tab Mix Plus. Firefox 2 now incorporates similar f...

Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) for Windows XP+ only has been released in November 2006. Some have said the “Quick Tabs” is reason alone to use IE7.Firefox already has had such a feature through add-ons:Tab Catalog — https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1937/ Has an ...

Ever wonder about web browser standards support for particular products? The following links attempt to summarize standards support, features, and technical detail comparison between browsers for web developers.Wikipedia Comparison of Web BrowsersWebDevout Br...

Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension that allows user-created Javascripts to tweak Firefox in various ways. Greasemonkey scripts are like Firefox extensions, but much simpler.You can download Greasemonkey from its page on Firefox add-ons.Once you have it instal...

Browsers often have different ways of rendering the same element. For example we expect lists to be left-indented. Firefox does this by applying a left padding of 40 pixels to an unordered list (<ul>). Either Opera or Internet Explorer acheives the sam...

Google’s open-source web browser Chrome now has 40% to 60% of the market.It’s available for download at http://www.google.com/chrome Which Browser is Best? Chrome vs. Firefox vs. Internet Explorer – PC Magazine, Sept. 26, 2014 7 New Google Chrome Features You ...

This is a script that displays a notification message informing the user to upgrade their browser to a newer version of Internet Explorer or alternate browser such as Firefox, Chrome or Safari.All of the necessary files and instructions can be downloaded at: h...

For standardized deployment Google does offer Chrome for enterprises— http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/business/browser/Additional information— FAQ, http://support.google.com/chromeos/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=188447 Google Enterprise Blog, http://g...

Microsoft EMET 5 has now been released to general availability.Could be an interesting addition for those needing Internet Explorer and added protection— http://www.microsoft.com/emet http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2458544TechNet Blogs– http://blogs.technet.c...