How to Use Your Browser’s Address Bar to Stay Safe Online We have featured this information before, but it’s important enough to revisit it. Why? Because it’s all about your safety. The information in this article can protect you from identity theft and/or from having your bank account cleaned out, our your credit cards abused by… Read More »
The Stars On Thars (or how to quickly add a webpage to your Favorites or bookmarks) *** My apologies to Dr. Seuss…*** Over the course of years and after doing thousands of Cloudeight Direct Computer Care sessions, it just occurred to me that most people, it seems, have never noticed the little star in (or near)… Read More »
3 + 1 Equals 4 Great Browser Tips We both use Chrome as our default browser. But we also use Edge and Firefox occasionally. And we’re slowly warming up to Edge Dev – but it is still a work in progress. If you use Chrome as your default browser – or even if you just use… Read More »
How to Make a Shortcut to Launch Chrome in Incognito Mode If you use Chrome’s Incognito mode often, you can make a shortcut to launch Chrome in Incognito mode with just a click. Here’s how you do it. Open Chrome’s installation directory: “C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe” Right-click on chrome.exe, and from the right-click menu choose: Send to… Read More »
Newest Version of Chrome Nixes Flash; Foreshadows Things to Come The newest version of Chrome – Chrome version 76 – was recently released. Chrome version 76 takes the next step in preparing users for the end of Adobe Flash coming in December 2020. Any site that requires Flash will show the infamous “missing puzzle piece” symbol.… Read More »
About:Chrome Here are some easy commands you can type into Chrome’s address bar … err Omnibox… that you may not know about. We’re going to show you the easy way, not the geek’s way. But just so you know, typing About:Flags is the same as typing chrome://flags . No need for all that typing. Chrome has a… Read More »