Viewing webpages via a web browser, such as Safari or Firefox, using the http or https protocol
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Why do text on some websites appear scrambled in Safari?
Safari has started display scrambled text on some websites. This only happens on certain site and in Safari. I've also noticed that the problem may appear in certain spots on the website, like the ...
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Can I reduce how Mobile Safari refreshes web pages when multi-tasking or browsing in multiple tabs?
Whenever i visit a page using the web browser, then i simply jump to other applications, when i come back to the page again, the web browser will reload the url.
Is there anyway to make it such that ...
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Temporary files listed by lsof don't exist
I like copying flash videos for offline viewing later. I used to do this by loading the video in the browser (Firefox or Google Chrome), then running this command to see where the flash file was being ...
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Change Firefox tab-switching keyboard shortcut
To move to the next tab in most browsers, you use ctrl+⇥.
Then, to close it, you have to reach over to ⌘+W.
I don't like switching modifier keys like that; I'd prefer to just use ctrl ...
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Cookie for domain can't be saved
I'm having an issue with a website. On one machine (10.6.8) it is not possible anymore to save the login cookie of a particular website. The site does not work with any user account on that Mac ...
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Bookmark a POST request
Certain online shops I use don't easily allow you to bookmark an Order Status page.
That's because they use a POST request to access that info. So, the order number is not encoded in the URL. Which ...
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How can I swipe with three fingers to go back and forth in my history while browsing?
I just recently started using Mac OS X Lion.
Everything is working very well but I do miss the swipe of three fingers which made me go back and forward when I was browsing.
There is a new feature ...
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CNET on Mac - page not found
I've been having this problem for some time now - first I thought it was some temporary thing with CNET servers, but it doesn't seem so.
I can see the index pages of CNET sites (download.cnet.com, ...
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Browsers won't load css/js files with https URL
Firefox, Safari and Chrome won't load any CSS or JS files when I open an HTTPS url, for example on Twitter, it will only load the HTML.
When I look at firebug in Firefox I get the following errors:
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Browse website developed in BootCamp via OS X/Safari
If I develop a website in BootCamp under something like http://localhost:3458 can I browse that web site from within OS X?
I was thinking maybe using Parallels/Virtual Box to point to the BootCamp ...
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How to open a HTML file of my PC in iphone's browser?
I make mobile optimized websites and I develop websites on my Windows 7 Desktop. Whenever I want to see any .html file on iphone to check compatibility I upload the file to an online FTP then I open ...
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Does Safari 2 support tabbed browsing?
Does Safari 2 support tabbed browsing? What is the first version that supports this feature?
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Copying web page content in Safari to HTML
Is there an easier way to copy and paste website content in HTML?
What I want to copy looks like this:
Product Information:
Length: S / M / L
Material: Polyester and Elasthane
Brand: Roxana ...
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Changing Chrome's User Agent?
Is it possible to change Chrome (or Chrome based browsers) user agents on OSX? I dont see a menu or preference option for doing so.
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How to make Chrome open a new window for external Links
As some people might know, the default behavior for external links of Google Chrome is quite bad. I'm using Spaces, and opening a link in some application outside of Google Chrome while being on a ...
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OS X Downloaded File Warning
Example at bottom.
How does OS X apply this warning and what's the best way to disable it?
I'm a Web Developer and more than understand the risks of teh interwebs.
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Launch default browser spotlight shortcut?
I often switch my default browser between Safari and Chrome. I would like to create a shortcut that will launch the default browser, whatever that may be. This way I don't have to remember what my ...
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Finer grained control over the default browser?
My default browser is Chromium. I tend to use different browsers and nail them to a Space. So for example Chromium is space 1 along with item, Firefox space 2 with terminal, Safari 3 with ...
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Are There Any Text Browsers for iOS?
I want a text-only browser on my iPod. It is not jailbroken (nor do I wish to do so), and it is running iOS 4.2.1. Does anyone know of a way to install any text browser on iOS without jailbreaking? ...
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What's a good IE tester for Macs?
I just moved to the Mac after years and permanently moved my PC out of my life at home. I am a graphic designer who builds web pages. I code pure XHTML pages with div layouts. But whenever you keep to ...
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How do I “copy image address” in iOS?
On desktops, when web browsing you typically right click on an image and choose an item from a contextual menu to display/copy the image URL. In iOS, when you tap and hold down an image, an action ...
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Setting the default browser
Is there any way to set the default web browser from within Mac OS?
I currently run Firefox 4 Beta, and haven't been able to find anywhere within the browser to set it as the default - possibly ...
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Conkeror as default browser on Mac OS 10.6
I'd like to use Conkeror as default browser in Mac OS 10.6. Selecting conkeror.app as default browser with Safari does not work. While it is possible to start Conkeror via Firefox command line ...
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Why are Firefox and Safari having problems with certain PDF files on the web?
I'm having fits with a certain web PDF document using both Firefox and Safari. Basically the document in question doesn't consist of one big pdf file; rather it consists of a bunch (20 or so) smaller ...
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Can I control how frequently Safari refreshes when switching between pages?
Frequently when I'm using Safari on the iPad and loading multiple web sites at the same time and switching between them, Safari starts to reload a page when I switch back to it, even if it's been only ...
