Internet-How to have multiple tabs open as your home page

CHANGING HOME PAGE "TABS":

Your home page is the first page/website that comes up as soon as you have "activated/opened" your Browser for internet access.

Today, Browsers use a TAB to indicate the websites you have opened, including your Home Page..And most browsers allow you to have "Multiple Home Page Tabs" open when you initially open your Browser...

 

TO CHANGE HOME PAGE TABS IN (I.E.) INTERNET EXPLORER:

 · Open I.E., now open the websites you want to open each time you open I.E.

· Once they are all open, go to the Menu Bar, Tools, Internet Options

· You will see your current home page listed in the "display box"

· Click on the USE CURRENT button

· Now click APPLY and OK

· Close your browser and when you reopen it, all tabs will open

 

TO CHANGE HOME PAGE TABS IN GOOGLE CHROME: 

· Open Chrome, now open the websites you want to open when you open Chrome

· Click the wrench icon in the upper right corner and select Options

· Under the Basics tab on the left, in the On startup box, click the radio button beside Open the following pages

· Then click the Use current pages button.

· The list that appears will reflect your new home page(s)

 

TO CHANGE HOME PAGE TABS IN FIREFOX

· Open Firefox, now open the websites you want to open when you open Firefox

· Once they are all open, go the Menu Bar, Options (Preferences on a MAC)

· Under the General Panel - choose "Use Current Pages"

· Close your browser and when you reopen it, all tabs will open 

TO CHANGE HOME PAGE TABS IN SAFARI

· First, create a Bookmarks folder

· Add a bookmark to the folder for every page you want to have open as a tab

· Now in your general preferences in Safari, go "New windows open with > Choose tabs folder".

· Browse/Find the bookmarks folder you set up and select it

· New windows should now open with a tab for each page you've got a bookmark for in that chosen folder.

Enjoy your 4th of July Holiday

Here are a few great links/websites to help you find more information about what’s happening around the area for 4^th of July fireworks and celebrations.    

On behalf of Jean McCarty, Bob Donovan, Jack Bowes, Kevin Bachelder and myself we want to wish you and yours a wonderful, safe and enjoyable holiday…  Although we usually have blog postings every few days, note that our next blog posting will be in one week on July 8^th..  So hopefully you can get outside, try something new and enjoy this wonderful weather…

Remember – to keep your email open and “open a new tab” for one of the following websites, put your mouse over the web address below, hold the CTRL key down and left click on the web address…  this always leave the current web page you are viewing “open” and opens a “new tab” for the web address you are left clicking on…

This website is an alphabetical list of towns & cities and when the dates and times their fireworks will be held:

http://www.bostoncentral.com/events/massachusetts_fireworks/p21018.php

This website is a listing by date, of when towns & cities will be hosting their fireworks:

http://www.bostoncentral.com/events/massachusetts_fireworks_2010/p5389.php

This website is the office Boston 4^th of July celebration website:

http://www.july4th.org/

Some other wonderful websites to visit about what’s happening all over New Engalnd – jot only this 4^th of July holiday but throughout the summer and fall..

http://www.travel-new-england.com

http://www.visitnewengland.com/

http://www.discovernewengland.org/

And the official website for the War of 1812 Bicentennial Commemoration Celebration in Boston July 30^th-July 5^th, 2012

http://www.opsailboston.com/

How To Add a Link In Your Email To A Popular Video

Whether you are visiting “YouTube.com” or “HuLu.com” or a local media stations, there may be times that you will see a video that you think someone you know would like to see. It is easy to copy that video location and paste it into your email. Here’s how:

If you have just watched a video on Youtube, look up at the address bar. You will see something that looks like this in the “address bar” of the internet browser (Internet Explorer, Chrome or Firefox) that you are u sing.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-6dQvOSYmI

• Highlight the letters in the address bar, by hovering your mouse over the highlighted area and right click.
• When the action list appears, choose “copy”
• If you email account isn’t open it, then by using your Tabbed Browsing, open another Internet connection and open your email account (Hotmail, Gmail, AOL…).
• Add the addressee and subject fields.
• Type your letter. (Something like “I thought you’d enjoy this.”) and once you have written what you’d like, be sure to come down to an empty line, then right click and when the action menu appears, Choose paste.
• The link will now be in your email. Notice it is normally a different color than your regular font because it is an active “hyperlink”
• Click send.
• Now, all the receiver has to do is “click on the link” and they will be taken to the website and see the video.

Surf the Internet and use some favorite shortcuts

Just a few reminders to use some of the "basic" keystrokes & keyboard shortcuts so that when you are surfing the Internet - it will be easier and more enjoyable.....

• "F5" REFRESH KEY – using this function key will “reconnect" you to a website to update all the information


• "F11” FUNCTION KEY – (or Menu Bar, View, FULL SCREEN)- This is a “toggle button/key” so you can go back and forth for Full Screen which CONDENSES your toolbar at the top OR Normal Screen with All Toolbars at top and Task Bar at bottom…


• CTRL AND + OR – KEYS – Allow you to quickly and easily enlarge the screen when you are on the Internet OR use the Zoom Icon/drop down menu on the status bar at the bottom of your screen or go to your Command Bar, Page and Zoom-and change the size there - remember this doesn't change text size, it simply magnifies whats on your monitor when you are on the Internet so that it is easier to read..


• CTRL PLUS LEFT CLICKING THE “HYPERLINK” YOU WANT TO OPEN – this allows you to leave the page you are on open and it forces open another new tab so you toggle between both websites


• TABBING & FAVORITES/BOOKMARKS – these features allow you to easily multi-task and toggle from one website to another without having to “sign in” repeatedly and to visit websites you visit often

What is tabbed internet browsing?

What is tabbed Internet browsing that I keep hearing about?

Most Internet Browsers use TABS so you can open one connection to he Internet and then open multiple tabs vs. having to open your browser several times…

First of all if you aren’t sure what is an Internet Browser is – a Browser is the free software that allows us to search the Internet – the major ones are: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox – Safari for Apple Computers an Opera for hand held devices… Most of us have 3 or 4 browsers on our computers so different users have their choice of which to use..

Take full advantage of tabbed browsing on your Internet Browsers. While reading any web page if you come across a link you may be interested in open that link in a new tab so it can be viewed later. A new tab can be opened any of these (3) different ways:

• Going to the new tab and left clicking on it to open a new tab & type in the web address



• Hold down the Ctrl key and left click on the web address hyperlink (my favorite way t do it)



• If you have a mouse with a wheel click the link with the middle mouse button