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As more and more people become frustrated with Internet Explorer, they begin to move towards alternative browser choices such Mozilla’s Firefox or Opera’s Opera Web Browser. Personally, I use Firefox as my main browser and it is the only browser that I encourage all of my family and friends to use. In addition, I have noticed that my own blog looks slightly different under Firefox and Internet Explorer.

However, using Firefox or Internet Explorer allows you to use keyboard commands to speed up your browsing time. I found this cheat sheet for Firefox that shows you many of the keyboard commands you can use for Firefox. I don’t have one handy for IE users, but you shouldn’t be using IE anyways. From my browsing experience, keyboard commands are much more efficient and do not require you to move your hand away from the keyboard as much. My personal favorite command is CTRL + ENTER when typing in URLs. For example, if I want to go to MSNBC’s website, all I have to do is type msnbc and then hold down the CTRL key and hit the ENTER or RETURN key and the browser URL will now display: http://www.msnbc.com and will automatically go to the site.

Try it out sometime and see how you like it.

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