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Category Archives: Web Browsers

Exploring the world and industry of web browsers, our gateway to the web.

WordPress School: Bookmarklets and User Scripts

April 8, 2015 – 1:32 pm

In the last tutorial in Lorelle’s WordPress School free online course covering the web browser, your gateway to the web and WordPress, we covered bookmarks and how to save a web page for later access and reading. In this tutorial, we take bookmarks a little further by exploring browser bookmarklets and user scripts, small but […]

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WordPress School: Bookmarks

April 5, 2015 – 5:22 pm

This week on Lorelle’s WordPress School free online course we’ve been covering the web browser, your gateway to the web and WordPress. So far in this Web Browser Guide series we’ve covered some web browser history, keyboard and mouse shortcuts, browser tabs, and search operators and shortcuts to help you find WordPress help as well […]

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Go Naked: CSS Naked Day April 9

April 4, 2015 – 11:02 am

In 2006, the First Annual CSS Naked Day was held, a tribute to honor web designers, the painters of our websites. I celebrate the holiday most years on this site. Every year on April 9, web developers, designers, and those honoring web design and programming celebrate by removing the styles on our sites for 24 […]

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WordPress School: Web Browsers and The Search

April 3, 2015 – 12:34 pm

Search is used in WordPress for many different purposes as you prepare, develop, implement, and launch your website, and as you continue to maintain and publish on the site. This tutorial will help you understand how to search within a web page with the web browser, search within a WordPress site, and provide helpful tips […]

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WordPress School: Browser Tabs

April 1, 2015 – 11:51 am

In my WordPress college courses, we make it a habit to have a minimum of four tabs open in the web browser before class starts, ready to start jumping into WordPress. I equate this to having my notebook of paper and pen ready to go when my teachers started teaching in school. The three tabs […]

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WordPress School: Web Browser Shortcuts

March 31, 2015 – 11:56 am

In this section of Lorelle’s WordPress School free online course we are exploring the web browser, our gateway to the web, and how it impacts our use of WordPress. In this tutorial you are going to learn some very basic features and functions of the web browser: The Address and Search Bar The Right Click […]

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WordPress School: Web Browsers

March 30, 2015 – 10:07 am

Do you realize we spend more time talking about the web then understanding how the main tool we use to access the web works? I think we take the web browser for granted. Without it, you wouldn’t be able to watch all those YouTube videos. You wouldn’t be able to let the world know what […]

By Lorelle VanFossen | Also posted in Blogging, blogging tips, Web Design, WordPress, WordPress School | Comments (7)

WordPress School: Two Tab Preview Method

February 11, 2015 – 5:40 am

You will be doing too much tab switching and opening during this year-long Lorelle’s WordPress School free online course, so let’s talk about what that is. Tabs are mini-windows inside of your WordPress browser for holding web pages. Browser tabs were one of the greatest addition to the web browser, allowing the user to open […]

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DuckDuckGo: The Search Engine You Need to Meet

September 19, 2012 – 11:18 am

Recently, DuckDuckGo has been turning up in my referrers list. Curious about the name, and thinking it was a spam site, DuckDuckGo needed investigation. Seems I’ve been missing out on what could be the major competition to Google as a search engine. Here is a quick summary of what I learned about DuckDuckGo. It is […]

By Lorelle VanFossen | Also posted in Blogging, Blogging News, Web Wise | Comments (13)

Firefox 15 Out and Dazzles

September 3, 2012 – 3:56 pm

Firefox 15 is out. According to InformationWeek, the latest version of the Firefox web browser is better than ever. Here is a summary of the new features: Behind-the-Scenes Updates: No longer will you have to fuss over upgrades. It will happen in the background and “seamlessly implement the changes when the browser is next launched.” […]

By Lorelle VanFossen | Also posted in Web Design, Web Wise, WordPress | Comments (11)

Browser Wars: Internet Explorer Falls, Firefox Tables, and Chrome Soars

June 27, 2012 – 5:06 pm

Preparing to teach the HTML Fundamentals class at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, this summer, I did a quick bit of research on web browsers to check the current status of the browser marketplace. While not surprised, I was rather taken aback at the downfall of Internet Explorer and fast rise of Chrome. According to […]

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7 Blogging Steps Even Veteran Bloggers Forget

June 24, 2012 – 11:23 am

Originally published in Blogger and Podcaster Magazine and updated. I write for a variety of online and offline magazines. They’ve graciously permit me to republish my articles. Participating in a recent multiple guest blogger event, I edited and review posts by many top bloggers before publishing. I was rather stunned to find that even veteran […]

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Firefox 5 Crashes: What is Causing Them and How to Fix It

July 12, 2011 – 10:26 am

If you are one of the thousands suffering constant crashes from the June update of Mozilla Firefox 5, realize you are not alone. Literally thousands have reported on Firefox 5 crashing across all platforms, including Windows and Mac. UPDATE: The crashes were clearly not a result of problems with Firefox but with Adobe Flash. Crashes […]

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Power Blogging Tips: Comment on Blogs From Within Google Feed Reader

July 30, 2008 – 5:13 pm

One of the most frustrating aspects of reading blogs through feed readers is the process of commenting on blogs. The typical step-by-step process is: Scan through the blog post titles. Find an interesting title and click on the title to open it and read. Want to respond or read more? Open the post title in […]

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Pushing Internet Explorer 7

January 26, 2008 – 1:56 pm

I don’t like rumors. I don’t like conspiracies. I like facts. And here is one that has me shaking my knees from CNet, “IE7 coming at you (whether you like it or not)” which says: With its February 12, 2008, Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft has decided, for security reasons, to push out Internet Explorer 7, […]

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