Browser Comparisons - Convenience Internet Explorer 8 & 9, Chrome 11 and Firefox 4 Searching, Convenience & Add-ons

Browser Comparisons – Convenience Using your search engines IE 9 – Click magnifying glass to right of address/search bar, choose search engine IE 8 – Click search bar, choose search engine Firefox - Click search engine icon, choose search engine Chrome - Right-click address/search bar, select “Edit search engines” – change default, only default engine is used.

Browser Comparisons – Convenience Controlling your Toolbars IE9, IE8 & Firefox – ALT toggles Menu Bar IE8 & 9– rt-click next to tabs, select Menu, Favorite or Command bar. Firefox – Click Firefox, Options, select Menu, Navigation & Bookmarks bar. Chrome – Wrench, Tools lets you select “Always show bookmark bar”, that’s all.

Browser Comparisons – Convenience Controlling your search engines #1 IE8 - Click down arrow to right of search bar, select “Manage Search Providers”, IE8 & 9 – Turn on Command Bar, click Tools, Manage Add-ons, select Search Providers you can set as default, remove, sort, disable or enable suggestions, or select “Find more providers”.

Browser Comparisons – Convenience Controlling your search engines #2 Firefox - Click search engine icon and “Manage Search Engines” – move them up or down in list, remove or get more - Google is the default. Chrome - Right-click address/search bar, select “Edit search engines” (or Wrench, Options, Search)– make default, remove or add; can also enable “Instant” for fast pages.

Browser Comparisons – Convenience Find in current page IE 9 – Click magnifying glass to right of address/search bar, choose search engine IE 8 – Click search box, click Find Firefox – Click Firefox, Find, box is at bottom of page Chrome – Click Wrench, Find, box is at top right.

Browser Comparisons – Convenience Zooming IE8 & 9 CTRL + zooms in, CTRL – zooms out or click Page, Zoom and choose percent Firefox CTRL + zooms in, CTRL – zooms out Chrome CTRL + zooms in, CTRL – zooms out, or wrench, Zoom and choose percent

Browser Comparisons – Convenience Text search, , map, translate… IE8 & 9 Accelerator Button – highlight text & rt-click to blog, e- mail, search, map, translate may add more functions from Internet Explorer Gallery. Firefox Highlight & right-click to search with Google Add-on “Locator” for map; Google toolbar for translate, , Google Earth lookup. Chrome Highlight & right-click to search with Google Add map or translate add-on from Web Store.

Browser Comparisons – Convenience Whole Page functions – ing IE8 & 9 – Command Toolbar, Page, “Send page by ” or “Send link by ” Firefox – Click Firefox, Send link Chrome – From Web Store, Extensions, try Google Share Button

Browser Comparisons – Convenience Whole Page functions - translating IE8 & 9 – Command Toolbar, Page, Translate with LiveSearch (Bing translator), can specify ‘from language’, works with phrases, too Firefox – use Google toolbar (I did) or from Firefox Collection, get Fox Lingo toolbar (I didn’t) Chrome – Wrench, Options, Under the Hood, check “Offer to translate pages…” e.g. Taiwan Nat’l Palace Museum site or various Flickr.com photo comments

Browser Comparisons – Convenience Permanent tabs outside browser IE9 & Win 7 - Pin tabs to taskbar Drag tab to Win 7 taskbar Chrome – App shortcuts on the desktop For Apps from App Store - Click New Tab, right-click App, select “Create Shortcut”, choose where, click Create For other apps – open site, click wrench, Tools, Create application shortcuts, choose where, click Create e.g. put Google Docs on taskbar or desktop, or a favorite online game or program

Browser Comparisons – Convenience Permanent tabs in browser Firefox Pin tab to tab bar – right-click tab, click “Pin as App Tab” Chrome Pin tab to tab bar – right-click tab, click “Pin tab”

Browser Comparisons – Convenience Useful New Tabs page IE9 includes “Your most popular sites” IE8 Offers closed tabs, InPrivate browsing & Accelerators Chrome Includes installed apps, Web Store, most visited sites and recently closed sites

Browser Comparisons – Synch Chrome Save under your Google account, transfer is encrypted Choose to save bookmarks, passwords, autofill, browser settings, extensions, apps, themes Click wrench, Options, Personal Stuff, Set up Synch Firefox Save encrypted data on Mozilla servers, get Synch account Choose to save bookmarks, preferences, history, passwords, open tabs Click Firefox, Options, Options, Synch tab

Browser Comparisons – Synch Chrome Warning - If someone else signs in to the sync feature with his or her Google Account on your computer, your settings on that computer will be added to their Google Account. (Avoid by using different User Accounts on the computer). Firefox To add PC, need address, password and Synch key on 2 nd device, or enter code from the 2nd device on original PC if it’s available

Browser Comparisons – Convenience Snap & Web slices IE9 & Win 7 – Aero snap vs. Chrome snap View 2 tabs or windows at once drag 2 nd tab to right edge of Win 7 screen Tab-Aero-Snap IE 8 & 9 – Web slices on Favorites bar, click “Web Slice gallery” checks sites for updates at user-set frequency, even when IE is not running

Browser Comparisons – Add-ons, Extensions and Apps – fun & useful IE8 & 9 Click gear, “Manage Add-ons”, “Find more…”, “Internet Explorer Gallery” for Pinned Sites, Add-ons Firefox Click Firefox, Add-ons, Get Add-ons, Firefox 4 Collection of Add-ons & Themes (see bottom right to browse all, check reviews Chrome Click New Tab icon, “Web Store” for Apps, Extensions & Themes

Browser Comparisons – Add-ons, Extensions and Apps – what I tried IE8 & 9 – I’ve installed Define with Wikipedia, an accelerator Chrome – I’ve installed: Google Mail Checker – extension, by Google Google Docs – Apps, Productivity Show on Google Maps Google Dictionary Share Button Firefox – I’ve installed: Flash Video Downloader (YouTube Downloader) Locator - to map selected text

Browser Comparisons – Themes and Personnas IE8 & 9 None Firefox Click Firefox, Add-ons, Get Add-ons, at bottom right, “See all themes and Personnas” Chrome Click New Tab icon, “Web Store”, “Themes”

Browser Comparisons – References PC Mag article: ”Chrome 10, Firefox 4.0, or IE9? The Browser Choice” 217,a=261944,00.asp?hidPrint=true 217,a=261944,00.asp?hidPrint=true

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