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March 9, 2010

More Fun with Firefox Tabs

This post is partially instructional and partially a look into how my brain works. (Be afraid... :)

A bit of history. A few months ago, a friend of mine posted something on Facebook about how frustrating it was to click a link in her news feed, get taken to a new page, then hit the Back button and find herself back at the top of the page (forcing her to scroll back down to try to find where she was before hitting the link). That prompted me to write a post on how to work around that problem: QuickTip: Open Web Links in a New Tab.
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Working with Tabs in Firefox

Tabs were one of the best features ever added to browsers (remember when you had to have multiple browsers open on your computer to have access to several websites at a time?). Here are just a few tips on ways to work with them in Firefox.

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QuickTip: Zooming In and Out of Web Pages

I'm not exactly sure in what version of Firefox and Internet Explorer this feature first appeared--I only stumbled on it recently. But it's definitely a nice addition.

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QuickTip: Override Migraine-Inducing Website Colors

I will never understand why anybody thinks that white text on a black background is a good idea.

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QuickTip: Open Web Links in a New Tab

This came up last week as my friends and I were complaining about Facebook's latest changes. However, this isn't specifically a Facebook issue--it can happen on other websites as well, depending on how they're coded.

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