I have already talked about Google Verbatim, a new search tool that is currently rolled out for all users of the Google Search engine. With Verbatim, users can search for contents that match their search query exactly. This means no interpretations by Google, no adding of synonyms, removal of words or personalization of the search [...]

Categories: Browsing, Google, Search Engines

YouTube videos can be posted as links or as embedded media contents on websites. It depends largely on the technology powering the website if it is possible to embed videos directly. If you look at sites like Facebook or Google Plus for instance, you will notice that they convert YouTube links directly to embedded videos. [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Google Chrome

The photos that users upload to eBay are used to populate the search results and category listings. The eBay auction platform automatically displays thumbnail versions of the uploaded photos on search and category pages instead of the, often larger, versions of the photo uploaded by the eBay user. While that may not be a problem [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Google Chrome

Google’s customizable start page iGoogle is nice and all, as it gives users options to create their own unique homepage on the Internet. It is a module driven system where users can add modules like news, weather reports or applications to their page. The layout is however less than optimal for low screen resolution systems [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

I sometimes miss to look at a link destination before I click on the link in question. That is usually not a problem unless it does not point to a website but a file. Depending on the configuration, this may open or execute the file right away on the computer, or display a prompt. PDF [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera

Firefox 4 users who want to work with userscripts, small JavaScript programs that change a website’s functionality or add features to it, can install the very popular Greasemonkey extension, or the lesser known Scriptish. Scriptish promises several advantages over Greasemonkey, among them a better performance, upgradable user scripts, introduction of functions that are only supported [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

What’s the main difference between reading comics online and reading physical comic books? Flipping pages usually takes more time online, the speed depends largely on the user’s computer and Internet connection speed. The userscript Webcomic Reader offers a partial solution for the problem. Partial? Yes, it is only compatible with site’s specified b the developer. [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera

When I search on the Internet in search engines like Google or Bing I tend to favor results from domains that I trust. If I had to chose between a post on Windows7news.com and a Blogger domain I would open the Windows 7 site first since I know it and use it regularly. Locate Multiple [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Google Chrome

Many companies seem to add information to specific pages on their websites. A prime example is Google Search which turned from a minimalistic page into a complex page with lots of elements on the page. Another example is Amazon and its product pages. These pages are filled with information, ads and other information related to [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox