One piece of information that may or may not get passed to web sites you visit is where you came from prior to getting to their site. This is something that you may or may not want them to know. Let’s take a look at what sites might use this for and how you can [...]

One visitor asked for information about cookies and so on this page I both explain just exactly what cookies are and what they are for as well as where to find the settings in various browsers to allow you to choose what cookies to accept and what to reject. Cookies

HTML 5 has taken a different approach to that of earlier versions of HTML. Most people creating web pages ignore the standards and simply use what works and so HTML 5 simply specifies that browsers are to continue to support all the tags marked as obsolete over fifteen years ago. In some instances HTML 5 [...]

One option available in browsers that doesn’t see as much use as it ought to is the one in the view menu that allows you to swap which stylesheet the page is using. This may be due to older versions of Internet Explorer not supporting it but a small amount of JavaScript can fix that. [...]

When you have children who need access to the internet then there is the worry that they may accidentally or deliberately access sites of an inappropriate nature. You can’t stand and watch them the whole time and so a software solution on your computer is needed. For younger children I recommend a solution where you [...]

I don’t know why some sites are concerned about people making typos in their email address. Most browsers can be set to remember your email address for you and those that can’t have an autocomplete option that can also make sure that you enter it correctly. Remembering Your Email Address

With version 12, Opera has finally implemented a feature that has been available in Internet Explorer and Firefox for a long time – you can not set the browser’s useragent to anything at all and are not limited to the three options available in earlier versions of Opera. Use Any Useragent in Opera 12

There are thousands of web browsers out there but only a few that are used by a lot of people. When you create web pages you will want them to work for as many people as possible but will not have time to test thousands of browsers. Here’s how to select which browsers you are [...]

If you visit web sites and the images don’t display then there are a number of possible reasons why. Missing Images

The three types of cookies your browser support are not the only types of cookies that there are. If you have Flash installed in your browser then the sites you visit can also use Flash cookies which are not able to be controlled from your browser settings. They can be controlled though and here’s how [...]

One reason why some people never update their browser to patch security holes and to provide better compatibility with modern web pages is that they don’t know what a web browser is. To some people the internet is the big blue E on their desktop and they can’t see why they’d need to update the [...]

While few keyboards actually have a button on them labelled “Back” and not all pages provide a “Back” link, there are in fact several ways that you can go back to the previous web page that you are looking at. Some of these ways are easier to use while others are more obvious. The Back [...]