Questions tagged [browser]
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What is the diffence between web application and web development? [migrated]
What is an example of web application? I know there mobile apps and computer apps also websites that work on mobile and computer, but what is web application? Does it mean an applicagion that runs on ...
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Chromium can't open google meet. It says my browser is uncompatible [closed]
It's not the first time I've had this kind of problem. In the past it was with Firefox as I remember.
Yesterday I had the ugly situation that I could not connect to a meeting. Chromium says that I ...
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Gmail not responsive, errors in console [migrated]
Recently (since around Sep. 2022) I often recognize, that Gmail opened in most recent Chrome browser quite frequently fails to open an e-mail clicked on, or fails to close the e-mail (does not return ...
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How do I automatically clean up the memory used by Chrome, when I have just one tab (which refreshes every minute) but memory usage keeps increasing? [migrated]
I will explain the situation in detail. I have only one open tab in Chrome, and this tab is like a screen showing some readings. There are like 15 “cards” of readings on each page, and there are three ...
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How can I easily merge the tabs of two Chrome windows? [closed]
I have two Chrome windows open with a bunch of tabs. I want to merge the tabs/windows so that all the tabs are in one window. Is there a way to merge them without manually moving each tab from one ...
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How to keep Gmail alias account settings separate?
The company I work for gives us Gmail addresses which are company managed. For a project I am doing, I have to work with an alias address. It wasn't my choice for it to be an alias, rather than a ...
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How to open a link on new tab in GitLab using Ctrl+click
If I use the regular way of opening links on a new tab by Ctrl-clicking in GitLab, then the current window opens the link as well. Why? How should I achieve opening links on a new tab in GitLab? If I ...
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draw.io - how to snap to minor grid on arrow press
Sometimes when I move items on the grid with the arrow keys, I don't want them to move a single pixel, I would like them to move to the minor line of the grid so I can easily and quickly align items.
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What browsers does Shopify support?
On an older MacBook, cannot even install Firefox and the version of Chrome which does install does not allow full functionality for Shopify. Perhaps an alternative browser would allow login and ...
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Sharing java doc on Google Drive [duplicate]
I am working on an API and need to share the java doc with some people. I generated the doc and now it's inside a directory. From my computer if I click on the index.html file, it works as expected ...
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Disable browser creating desktop notifications if site isn't open
When using web versions of chat apps such as WhatsApp, Skype, or Telegram I allow them to send me desktop notifications, which they use for new messages. But it seems that this allows for those sites ...
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What is the best way to download big files form MEGA.nz?
Cloud storage service MEGA.nz has a web interface that can be accessed from a web browser, like Firefox. If a user tries to access his cloud storage through a browser and tries to download a file to ...
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How do I keep using the Google Talk Plugin after it's deprecated? [closed]
Google is deprecating the Google Talk Plugin which is the basis of the legacy soft phone in Gmail, and replacing it with a Hangouts based (HTML5) soft phone. Unfortunately the new phone is garbage (...
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Why does Firefox require a double click to edit Zoho spreadsheet? [closed]
I am using Zoho Spreadsheet, an alternative to Google Spreadsheets, that is an online browser based editor. The problem is when I use Firefox on this computer running Windows 10, it requires me to ...
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How to take backup of all bookmarks in to Google Drive For Firefox and Chrome? [closed]
I want to take all current bookmarks save into my Google Drive. How to possible?
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Making Google Docs into its own application on Mac
I've been trying to figure this out all afternoon...
My dream is that I want to be able to open Google Docs on my Mac as if it's an application. Chrome's setting's has a built-in "Add to ...
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How are pages on different tabs notified when logging out from Google account?
When I logout in my browser (Firefox) from Google account, I can see that some pages in other tabs (not all belong to Google ecosystem) are refreshed and I guess that some logout notification was ...
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Websites are not opening for sometime [closed]
I have some problem with my browsers Chrome and Firefox. Sometimes my websites hosted on godaddy do not open, but after 10 or 15 minutes the sites will open again. This issue is with my sites only. I ...
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What tools can I use to check what sort of information is shared about me with websites? [closed]
Related to What sort of mechanisms are used by Web applications to track my actions? I would like to know:
What tools, scripts or other applications can be used to identify when my online activity is ...
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How to download this webpage? [closed]
I would like to download this webpage http://www.newsmth.net/nForum/#!article/EconForum/396054 . In Firefox, by Ctrl+S, I can choose "Web page, Complete", "Web page, html only", "Text file" or "All ...
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YouTube stops buffering when video is paused
For some reason YouTube isn't buffering videos whilst they are paused.
It started happening two months ago. At first I thought it was just a global change by YouTube, but after venting on Twitter I ...
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Access "old" Google+ Hangout from web browser?
I have started a couple of Google+ Hangouts on my cell phone (Android), and I can access them whenever I want. I've been unable to find these Hangouts in a regular desktop web browser, though. On ...
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Facebook not displaying photos
Currently I have some problems with Facebook as all photos of my friends are not loaded!
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The same error occurs on my Mac with Safari, on Windows with Firefox and on Ubuntu with Chromium!...
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Analyse the packets from server to my machine
I recently read NS2, which is used to simulate the networks. Now I want to see how my packets are sent to the server and received from the server. Though I can make use of ping command, I want a ...
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Opening files directly in Google Chrome [closed]
I'm frequently opening files from websites (e.g. doc files) and is seems Chrome is missing the option to open it directly instead of saving it first (like possible in e.g. IE, FF, Opera). Any hack ...
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How do I open links to a specific website in a non-default browser on a Mac? [closed]
My default browser is the latest Chrome on the latest OS X. I want to open links to pivotaltracker.com (from Skype, email, wherever) in a Fluid browser that is dedicated to Pivotal Tracker. Googling ...
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Web browser usage census map?
Does anyone know of a web application that will display the types/versions of browsers people use overlaid over google maps?
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Text Only Facebook reader?
Is there a way I can read Facebook updates, see events, and view profiles in a text only sans JavaScript format? This is because I often surf from links, and Facebook is unusable in that tool.
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What useful bookmarklets do you use? [closed]
I use:
Remove bloat
Gmail this
Delicious
G-site search
TinyURL
Readability
You?