Internet\'s secrets, cheats, curiosities...

\'windowskey\' + M does not restore every window, it minimizes them all.

\'windowskey\' + E opens Windows Explorer.

Alt+F4 will close any open window (unless the developer has disabled this feature such as in games).

Hitting spacebar in IE/Mozilla scrolls the browser one page equivalent to hitting PageDown.  Home will take you to the top.  End will take you to the bottom.

Ctrl+F in most Windows text apps is a shortcut for "Find Text"

If you don\'t have a \'windowskey\' on your keyboard you can simulate it by pressing \'Ctrl+Esc\'

Inside IE, pressing tab changes the focus of your cursor.  Shift+Tab will reverse the focus order.


BEOTCH!

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Windows-shift-M restores them all


Cntrl + arrow doesn\'t do jack for me.

It looks like CTRL + arrows font size change is a Netcaptor exclusive.  I should have tested it in regular IE before posting it.  Sorry.

Press Alt, space, then "n" to minimize your currect window.

In IE, Alt+left or right arrow takes you back or forward.

Originally posted by IronFist

In IE, Alt+left or right arrow takes you back or forward.

as mm would say;

i swear noone reads my posts!

Ctrl+F5 does a \'hard\' refresh. Useful when you have cached an image and then changed it, but it won\'t refresh properly.

ooooo, I likey the ctrl up/down mouse button thing. I just used it.

An oldie but a goodie!
Hitting backspace when using IE will do the same as clicking the back button!

Samwise I didn\'t get it very well, can you explain it again? I\'m very interested in all these cheats.

Originally posted by Adan
Samwise I didn\'t get it very well, can you explain it again? I\'m very interested in all these cheats.

It\'s not a \'cheat\' per say, it\'s just a shortcut. I can\'t really explain it well - but it empties the IE cache and refreshes the page.

Yes, but what\'s the main difference between refresh the page with only F5 and refresh it with Ctrl+F5?

I don\'t know the details; it\'s just better. I guess it\'s because a normal refresh doesn\'t reload the cached pictures, whereas CTRL+F5 does.

ah! I understand... something similar to load a webpage without using temporary inet files... cool.

Thanx Samwise

a little thing for the n00bs

if your trying to copy a shortcut from a picture, but when you right click on it, you get a message about concerving bandwidth.  Just click show source in your browser, and find the link.  Everyone probably knows this, but oh well.

Hardly any of this stuff works with an AOL browser =]

PS2, anybody will post some of them, don\'t worry

And some hints for those who use Netscape:

Type the following in the address (Location) field for special information: (Do not type the quotes)

"about:cache" gives a list of all files in the disk cache.
"about:global" lists all the places you\'ve visited and when.
"about:image-cache" lists all image files in the cache.
"about:memory-cache" lists all files in the memory cache.