What are browsers , Some of the most popular browsers as in 2019 are Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox , Internet Explorer and UC browser. If you do not have Google chrome browser we suggest you to download from your current browser available in your machine. Most probably you will be having internet explorer, search for Google Chrome , follow instructions and download.
Let us start with Google chrome, connect your machine to internet,
Now double click the chrome icon on your machine, what you get to see is a screen with an empty address bar on top and a search bar in the centre of the screen- which says “Search google or type URL” in the left and in right side you see a mic symbol used for “ Search by Voice”,
The url stands for Uniform Resource Locator, it typically looks like http://www.example.com/index.html, where http is a protocol, www.example.com is a hostname and index.html is a file name.
Now lets see how it works, type www.abc.com directly in address bar on top …we see that the browser connects us directly to the website,
Now lets try again in a new window this time we use the search box in centre and type only abc.com, this time we get search results from various websites.
Because your protocol is missing , as well your hostname is incomplete it will show up search results apart from the relevant website, lets go to the last page , what it says in order to show you the most relevant results, meaning if you type the url precisely the chrome browser will open the website and if your url is incomplete broken or has a spelling mistake then google will take over as a search engine.
Now lets try Search by Voice, click on the mic and say = “www dot abc dot com “ (www.abc.com),This will again show you the same search results.
If you are using the chrome browser but you want to replace the search engine from google to Bling or yahoo you can click on the three dots on top and select settings, under search engine used in the address bar , select from the options you want lets select bing, now lets open a new tab and now we see the bing search has replaced the google search box. Repeat the same change if you want google as your default search engine.
Come back to settings lets quickly check the auto-fill settings and Manage Passwords.
You can add or edit addresses which are normally required in many of sites to sign up or deliver your online purchases. For example:
Under Manage passwords, you can retrieve passwords if saved when you signed up for the first time in a particular website, so if you have enabled the auto sign-in the chrome browser will feed the password automatically in the site when you login again, or if you haven’t enabled and you forgot the password to login your amazon or paypal or any other website, you can find it here and retrieve it by using password of your computer, Remember it is very important as not to share your computer password with anyone you don’t intent to, else they can easily get your saved passwords.
Why Bookmark, How to Bookmark a webpage or a video and Managing Bookmarks:
Why Bookmark,
There are millions of websites, pages and videos, it is necessary to organize your usefull information which you wish to refer again or share it with someone after some time or in future.
Eg.1 Type or search for themeforest.net, in this website we see thousands of new layouts for websites on diff themes, so if you like them you can bookmark that specific and save
Eg.2 Youtube search for a video on google camera or a food recipe, bookmark this to practice it on a later date.
Let us close all windows and open a fresh window, click on the bookmark manager,
You can edit the title of this website page to your liking, I suggest to keep it short and title it as how you can easily relate to that page when you want.
Eg.1, website layout for my new business
eg.2, recipe of white Pasta
Using Browsing History:
Click the 3 dots in right top next to address bar, and click history,
You will see a list of all the webpages opened in your computer,
to delete on or few webpages select them and click remove from history,
Or else click click browsing data to clear the entire browsing history from your machine,
Searching in History:
if you wish to search a webpage you had viewed a few months back and you have a very long list,
You may first select any one of the relevant webpage and select – More from this site,
the browser will arrange all the pages from that website date wise which makes it easy for you to find the required page.
Private Browsing:
Click 3 dots on right top and select – New Incognito Window
This opens a New Tab for Browsing in Private mode.
all web pages searched and viewed in Private mode will not be visible in browsing History, Nor the cookies and site data stored in your machine, neither information entered in forms will be saved in the auto-fill settings as discussed earlier.
Anyhow the following might know if you have visited their website:
1] The website owner
2] The internet service provider
3] your company or school if your machine is connected to a server
Now lets visit a website and check whether it appears in history or not, type www.bankofamerica.com in address bar in private mode, once the site is completely opened,
now open a new window, and type www.paypal.com, now again open a new window,
And now click on history, we see paypal.com but not bank of America.com
as it was opened in private mode.
It is advised to do Online banking and financial related activities in private mode for a smooth and safe experience.
Browser Extensions and Themes:
We will discuss Developer tools in website section, Now let us Select Extensions,
Find extensions and themes in the Chrome Web Store,
Themes are decorative panels for your screen, while Extensions are Application for the web,
On the left panel click Themes, select By Artists and select a rating,
I am selecting Porsche and click on add to chrome,
Now open a new window and you have a bright new window of your choice. To delete go back to settings, Appearance – Theme – set to default.
Now again select 3 dots – extensions, Web store,
Extensions select if not ,Categories select Developer tools, after selecting one you may read reviews before you decide to download the extension. I will select Font awesome Icon finder../ You.Dj Mix free Music , as it may help us for creating our new website.
this will add an icon on top left, click on it will open the application ,, learn it and use it..Thanks
If you don’t like or are done with that extension, right click and remove.
You may scroll to view various categories and view all for more options,
Select a theme and add to chrome.
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