Category: Internet

When you enter login credentials on a web site, Safari prompts you to save the passwords so that next time you do not have to type it in. Next time you visit that site’s login web page, Safari automatically fills in the user name and the password fields from the saved passwords database. But this can be a security problem, as anyone can login to your accounts.

When you download a file in Firefox, a Downloads window pops up which shows the download progress information. Whenever want to see the download progress, you have to switch to this Downloads window. Now you can use the Download Statusbar add-on for Mozilla Firefox, which replaces the Downloads window with a downloads statusbar. All the downloads information is shown in the statusbar.

When you fill in information in forms on a web site, the information is kept by Apple Safari’s AutoFill feature. This feature is good as it automatically fills the data when you revisit that web page. But this feature is vulnerable to web attacks by hackers. You can disable this feature by following these simple steps

When you download a file in Mozilla Firefox, the progress of download can be seen in the Downloads window. When the download is complete the downloaded file entry stays in the Downloads window until you clear the entry manually. This can be a headache if you download lots of files everyday.

Malware has become a big problem in recent years. Malware often starts by hitting your browser and then infects rest of your computer. Now you can use BitDefender QuickScan add-on in Mozilla Firefox to quickly scan your computer for malware.

FileZilla is an excellent open source FTP client. If you own a web site you can use it to upload files to your web server. You can save FTP server login credentials in its Site Manager. You can also export and import the FTP credentials stored in the Site Manager.

How many times you find yourself visiting the IMDB web site just for looking for the movie poster and basic information like cast, rating etc. Now you can use the IMDB preview add-on for a quick preview of IMDB information. Just hover your cursor over an IMDB movie link and you would see an IMDB preview window.

Microsoft Internet Explorer stores all the information you type in any type of form field, whether it is search text box of Google or a form requiring you to fill your name. But this can be a privacy risk as anybody can see what you searched for in Google by just pressing the down arrow key when typing in the Google search text field.

Like other browsers, Opera also stores the login credentials of various web sites so that you do not have to type the user name password again and again. Although, these stored credentials are encrypted yet there is a possibility of them getting stolen. You can remove all the stored passwords from Opera Password Manager.

In Opera, when you hover the mouse cursor over a tab, it shows the thumbnail of the web page in that tab. The thumbnail generation can slow down an older and slower computer. You can disable the showing of thumbnails of tabs by following these steps.