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Google retires Ctrl-Shift-Q in Chrome to exit web browser

Google Chrome users who use the decade-old keyboard shortcut Ctrl-Shift-Q to exit the web browser are greeted with an onscreen notification in recent versions of Chrome that reveals to them that Google […]

Google wants to make Chrome Extensions more secure

Google announced a number of changes to Google Chrome's extensions system designed to make the use of extensions more secure. The company has been in a constant battle against misuse of extensions […]

Chrome 70 features option to restrict extension access

Extensions can be really useful for a huge number of things. From blocking unwanted content to changing websites, improving the usability of the browser or improving your shopping experience. Chrome extensions are […]

Opera 56.0 Stable released

Big browser update day today. Vivaldi Technologies AS released Vivaldi 2.0 to the Stable channel earlier today and now it is Opera Software's turn to release a new stable version of the […]

Windows 7 to Linux: Preparations

This is the first part of a series of articles that describes how to migrate from a Windows 7 device to a device running Linux. The main motivation behind the series of […]

Chrome's stripping of trivial domain parts is broken

Google Chrome 69 landed recently and with it came a change that hides information in the browser's address bar on the desktop. Chrome 68 and earlier displayed the full web address all […]

Vivaldi 2.0 is just around the corner

If you pay attention to the development progress of the Vivaldi web browser you may have noticed that the most recent development snapshot made a jump to version 2.0 from the previous […]

Save any webpage as a single file in Chrome or Firefox

SingleFile is a cross-browser open source extension for Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera to save any webpage you come across as a single HTML file. All modern web browsers come with options […]

Chrome 69 makes Flash use annoying

Google Chrome 69, the next Stable version of the popular desktop web browser, will make Flash usage highly annoying for users that require it. The company revealed that it will change the […]

How to delete autocomplete entries in Firefox and Chrome

Firefox and Chrome record what users type in the address bar, search bar, and in web forms to a local database of autocomplete entries by default. When a user uses the same […]

Stop websites from reloading pages automatically

Webmasters have a number of techniques at their disposal to create auto-refreshing or reloading websites. From the basic meta refresh to more advanced options that rely on JavaScript. While it may be […]

Waterfox for Android update brings huge privacy improvements

A new version of the Waterfox web browser for Google's Android operating system has been released. The developer of Waterfox released a first public version of Waterfox for Android in 2017. The […]

Browsers have cookie and anti-tracking enforcement issues

A team of Belgian researchers from KU Leuven analyzed third-party cookie policies of seven major web browsers, 31 ad-blockers and 14 anti-tracking extensions and discovered major and minor issues in all of […]

Remove anything that is sticky on websites

Websites may throw a large number of different sticky things at your browser on load, from "we use cookies" and "please disable your ad-blocker" to "sign-up for our newsletter" or ads that […]

Opera 55 Stable is out

Opera Software released a new version of the company's Opera Browser to the Stable channel today. Opera 55 is a usability update for the browser for the most part that improves usability […]

Psiphon anti-censorship tool review

Psiphon is an open source project designed to assist users across the globe to circumvent censorship and other access restrictions. The project maintains clients for Microsoft Windows, Android, and iOS, and supports […]

YouTube modifies player size on desktop; reception is mixed

If you have been to YouTube in the past couple of hours  using a desktop computer you may have noticed that the player size and interface looked different to before. Google has […]

An Interview with Vivaldi's CEO Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner

We had a chance to ask Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, CEO of Vivaldi Technologies AS, some questions about the current state of the company and the browser, and its future. Jon Stephenson […]

Vivaldi update integrates Qwant Search Engine

Vivaldi Technologies AS released a new version of the company's web browser Vivaldi today that integrates the privacy focused search engine Qwant in the browser. Vivaldi Technologies AS pushed out an update […]

Google tests heavy page warning feature in Chrome

Not all web pages are created equal. Some are heavier than others and if you dig down more, you will notice differences in size, script execution, use of resources, or cookies that […]

A look at Ubuntu 18.04 Budgie

I’ve been really wanting to like Budgie, but haven’t had the best experiences with using it on various systems, as you can read in my look at Solus and an attempt at […]

Tech Support Scammers exploit downloads trick again

Tech support scammers exploit a known issue once again that throws a massive number of downloads at browsers to freeze them according to a report on Bleeping Computer. The exploit affects Google […]

Brave browser gets private tab with Tor option

The makers of the Brave web browser announced a new feature today that introduces an option to open private browsing tabs with Tor for that added bit of privacy. You cannot really […]

Here is what is new in Opera 54

Opera Software released a new version of the Opera web browser yesterday that brings the version to 54 on the browser's stable channel. The two features of Opera 54 that Opera highlights […]

Brave starts opt-in Ads trial that rewards users and publishers

Brave, the Chromium-based web browser by former Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich, just entered the next stage of the master plan to change how websites and publishers earn money on the Internet. One […]

Google working on Customize Background option in Chrome

Google Chrome engineers are working on a new customization feature that may introduce options to Chrome to set custom background images in the browser. The feature is hidden behind a flag currently […]

Add WebP support to Microsoft Edge

Microsoft published a new application for Windows 10 that adds support for Google's WebP media format to Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge. WebP is an image format developed by Google that supports […]

Google retires Chrome extension inline installations

Google announced yesterday that it will retire inline installations of Google Chrome extensions starting with Chrome 71 in December 2018. Chrome extension developers are required to add their extensions to the Chrome […]

Add domain and icon to Gmail's email listings

Gmail Sender Icons is a browser extension for the Google Chrome web browser that adds domain information and icons to Gmail's email listings. Gmail does not display any information about the sender […]

Iridium gives you more control on YouTube

Iridium is an open source browser extension for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox that gives you more control on YouTube. YouTube gives users only a handful of customization options and many of […]

Google tests new position for New Tab button in Chrome

If you run a developer version of Google's Chrome web browser you may have noticed for some time now that Google moved the New Tab button of the browser to a new […]

Open archived and cached webpages in Firefox and Chrome

View Page Archive & Cache is a browser extension for the Firefox, Chrome and Opera web browsers to load cached or archived copies of any web page in the browser. The extension […]

Chrome 67: wider Site Isolation roll out

Google started the roll out of Google Chrome 67, a new version of the company's web browser, today. The new version of Chrome is a security release first and foremost. Google Chrome […]

Opera 55: Chrome-like Settings page

Opera Software, maker of the popular Opera web browser for desktop and mobile operating systems, launched a new Developer version of Opera 55 recently that includes a redesigned Settings page. The Opera […]

Google Chrome: removal of Secure and HTTPS indicators

The Google Chrome web browser displays a "secure" indicator in green in the browser's address bar when you open a site that supports the HTTPS protocol. For sites with extended certificates, Chrome […]

Configure Gmail offline mail

Gmail users who wanted to access emails offline had two options up until now. They could use a third-party client like Thunderbird for that to gain offline access, or use a browser […]

Trace blocks multiple tracking techniques in Firefox and Chrome

Trace is a privacy add-on for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome web browsers designed to block several tracking techniques used to track Internet user activity. The extension is available for Chrome and […]

Opera 53.0 Stable release information

Opera Software released a new version of the stable version of the company's Opera web browser, Opera 53.0, to the public on May 10, 2018. The new version of the browser is […]

Apply video effects to YouTube Videos in Chrome or Firefox

YouTube Video Effects is a free browser extension for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome which you may install and use to apply filter effects to YouTube videos. The browser extension supports other […]

Vivaldi 1.15 update information

Vivaldi Technologies released a new version of the company's web browser Vivaldi to the public today. Vivaldi 1.15 improves several features of the browser; it adds more options to full-screen mode, improves […]