{"id":1470,"date":"2011-04-21T12:53:26","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T16:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=1470"},"modified":"2011-04-21T12:53:26","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T16:53:26","slug":"google-chrome-firefox-and-internet-explorer-shortcuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/google-chrome-firefox-and-internet-explorer-shortcuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer Shortcuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keyboard shortcuts are great for those who don’t like using a mouse. \t\tThey can also save you time. We took a little heat for selecting Google \t\tChrome (browser) as our freeware pick a few weeks ago – but we stand by \t\tour pick. Why? Because, while it has a few bugs, it’s getting better and \t\tbetter. And hey! It’s still in beta testing. It’s already, arguably, the \t\tfastest browser. So it’s only going to get better. It doesn’t hurt to \t\ttry new things. You can still use whatever browser you like best.<\/p>\n

Since many of you have already downloaded and tried Google’s Chrome, we \t\tthought it would be an excellent time to go over some browser keyboard \t\tshortcuts. A few of these are tagged “Chrome only” which means, duh, \t\tthey work in Google’s new Chrome browser only. But most of these \t\tshortcuts work in Firefox, IE, and Chrome. So whether you use Internet \t\tExplorer, Firefox or Chrome, or all three, you’ll find some useful tips \t\tthat will help make your browser easier.<\/p>\n

The following two shortcuts are for Chrome only.<\/p>\n

* (Chrome only) Ctrl+B toggles the bookmarks bar on and off.
\n* (Chrome only) Shift+Escape opens Google Chrome’s Task Manager.<\/p>\n

All of the following shortcuts work in Firefox and Chrome. Most work in \t\tInternet Explorer as well.<\/p>\n

* Ctrl+L to move your cursor to the address bar.
\n* Ctrl+K moves your cursor to the address bar to enter a Google search.
\n* Ctrl+T opens a new tab.
\n* Ctrl+N opens a new window.
\n* Ctrl+Shift+T opens the last closed tab.
\n* (Chrome only) Ctrl+Shift+N opens a new window in “Incognito Mode.”
\n* Ctrl+Tab cycles through open tabs; Ctrl+Shift+Tab reverse cycles \t\tthrough open tabs.
\n* Ctrl+J opens the Downloads tab.
\n* Ctrl+W closes the current tab.
\n* Ctrl+R refreshes the current page.
\n* Ctrl+H opens the History tab.
\n* Alt+Home loads your homepage.
\n* Ctrl+1 through 9 switches to a particular open tab position.
\n* Ctrl++, Ctrl+-, Ctrl+0 Enlarges, reduces, and restores default text \t\tsizes, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

And did ya know…<\/strong><\/span>
\nYou can use the up\/down arrow keys on your keyboard to scroll up or down \t\ta web page when browsing, instead of using your mouse. Indeed, you can \t\tsave your carpal tunnels \ud83d\ude42 by using this little trick. And, if you \t\twant to scroll up and down on a large page you can click the Page Down \t\tbutton on your keyboard, and it will scroll in increments until you get \t\tto the bottom. You can use the Page Up button to go back up. If you want \t\tto go back to the top of the page from anywhere on the page – just hit \t\tthe “Home” key.<\/p>\n

And, if your a bottom feeder, like TC, you can get to the bottom of the \t\tpage quickly from anywhere on the page by pressing the “End” key. Now \t\tdon’t those old carpel tunnels feel better already?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Keyboard shortcuts are great for those who don’t like using a mouse. They can also save you time. We took a little heat for selecting Google Chrome (browser) as our freeware pick a few weeks ago – but we stand by our pick. Why? Because, while it has a few bugs, it’s getting better and better. And hey!\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1470"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1472,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470\/revisions\/1472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}