One of the little things I use the most on the computer, and one that most people ask me about when they see me do it, is to open a web page in a new window. Instead of just clicking on a link, right-click the link and you will see a dropdown box. Choose Open in New Window or Open Link in New Window (depending on your browser) and that web page will open in a new window. Now you still have your original browser window open and when you finish reading the new page, just close it. For me, when I surf the Net, I find someting interesting, click on it, go to that page and there’s something interesting there so I click again and so on and so on and so on. Before I know it, I’ve lost where I started and wish I could find my way back. That’s why I love opening in new windows. You may have noticed that most of the links I put on here open in new windows and that’s why, so you can always return to where you started. Now you can do it on any web page.
You can also open in new tabs, both in Firefox and recent versions of Internet Explorer. Again, just right-click the link and the dropdown box will give you an option to open in a new tab. That’s not my preference but maybe you’d like to try that as another way of making your tech life easier.
