3 most useful Browser Shortcuts
The help file in Firefox lists about 58 common shortcuts (I guess the total number must be much bigger). I am pretty sure IE has a similar number of shortcuts. But who wants to learn all these shortcuts. I use 3 shortcuts and that is all I need:
- Alt + D - This takes you to the address bar to type a new address to go to (of course, you can combine it with Ctrl+Enter to save 15 key strokes).
- Ctrl + E - This takes you the search box where you can type what you need to look for and search for it in whichever search engine you have got configured there.
- Ctrl + T - This opens a new tab (which i usually follow up by either of the first two on this list).
I don’t need anything else. This is what i use 90% of the times when I am browsing.
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January 23rd, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Hi Vaibhav
Thank u for sharing with us. you have removed u r recent comment widget ???
January 23rd, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Yes, I removed that widget. I didn’t think that it was adding too much value there.
January 24th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
I hav lost more thn 250 backlink from this move
January 24th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Well actually not Rohit, because all external links are set to nofollow… so you were not gaining them anyway.
May 2nd, 2008 at 2:08 am
Ctrl+L will provide same functionality as ALT+D
Also
Ctrl+K will take you to search box (same as Ctrl+E)
May 2nd, 2008 at 2:32 am
@Ajit… true, but only in Firefox, not in IE (at least not in IE7).
The Alt+D and Ctrl+E work in both browsers…