Category Archives: Browser Tips

Find out why Internet Explorer loads so slowly

If Internet Explorer seems to be taking forever to load, it might not be Internet Explorer, it might be all those add-ons you have. Here’s how to tell. Click on Tools / Manage Add-ons, check the Load Time in the right-hand column, you will be able to see which browser add-ons maybe slowing down Internet Explorer. If you… Read More »

Add DuckDuckGo Search to your favorite browser

We’ve touted DuckDuckGo before. It’s the private search engine that keeps your searches private and respects your privacy rights. With computers taking over almost everything in our lives, we can all be tracked, collated, assessed, reviewed, and used by advertisers and others to whom information equals money. So it only makes sense to do as much as you… Read More »

Fun with Chrome

Google Chrome is constantly changing. And sometimes in the version Google has released, they’ve disabled certain functions that might not be quite ready yet. But if you’re curious and want to see what they are, (and if you’re really brave are want to dare to enable them), type Chrome://flags in the address bar and press Enter. Before you… Read More »

What’s the safest browser?

It all depends on who you ask. We prefer to go with facts. So here are the facts according to a study done by Accuvant. “A recent Accuvant study ( http://www.accuvant.com/capability/accuvant-labs/security-research/browser-security-comparison-quantitative-approach ) revealed that Chrome (the second most popular browser) ranks as the most secure web browser when compared to Internet Explorer (the most popular) and Firefox. Interestingly, this month… Read More »

No menu bar in Google Chrome

Joyce says “Help! There’s no menu bar on Google Chrome” Thank you for the awesome job on my computer and in such a short time. I do have a problem that I hope you can resolve. You told me on Google Chrome, which I am using as my default browser, that I should always click File and then… Read More »

DuckDuckGo contest

Zac over at DuckDuckGo.com contacted us about an article which we featured in last week’s Premium newsletter. In that article we talked about DuckDuckGo’s !Bang feature which is certainly as unique as it is useful. If you don’t have a clue what DuckDuckGo is – it’s a fantastic search engine that regards your personal privacy as sacred –… Read More »