While copying texts to website forms — like your own blog —, the text formatting gets pasted into the textbox as well. This can get annoying. You want to copy texts without formatting?
Until now, deleting Flash cookies was a hard task to solve for many users. Adobe has announced to extend its Flash player so users can control and delete Flash cookies. To achieve this goal, Adobe cooperates with all important browser creators.
Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera or Chrome – there is more than one program to surf the Web. Chances are high that you too have your favorite browser. Or even more than one. Many people don’t know: Each browser is extensible nowadays. You can download small add-ons and customize your personal surfboard. Here is how it works and which extensions are most useful.
This Week’s Thoughts: Choose your favorite browser 
Opera, Firefox, Internet Explorer—everybody may and must decide which program to use for surfing. Professionals are glad, for newbies this can be messy. What now, which program to pick? Let’s talk about the backgrounds—and get some tips.
Soon, Google’s browser Chrome will be available without unique user IDs. Until now, Google sends a unique ID for each installation to its update service.
According to an agreement with the European Commission, Microsoft will give all Windows users in Europe the possibility to choose their favorite browser. From 17 March onwards, an update is delivered showing a ballott screen listing a number of browsers. On an exclusively created website, Microsoft presents all browsers installable for European Windows users. Even exotic browsers have managed to get on the list.
Since yesterday, the Google Chrome Extension Gallery is available. Some weeks ago, Google has integrated an extension system into their web browser Chrome. 300 extensions are ready for installation.
The HTTP protocol does not include any progress displayed to you while you send a file or large form to a webserver. Normally, web masters work around this issue by using a Flash object. But not everybody has Flash.
Wenn es nur um deinen eigenen Computer geht, ist alles normalerweise nicht ganz so tragisch. Doch wenn du nicht zuhause bist, zum Beispiel wenn du das Internet bei einem Freund, in der Schule oder in der Bücherei nutzt, solltest du dir schon Gedanken über SIcherheit und die Privatsphäre deiner Daten machen. Besonders wenn du dich [...]
When it’s all about your own computer, things are normally not that important. But when you are abroad, for example using the Web on your friend’s computer or in a public school or library, you should be concerned about the security and privacy of your data. Especially when you want or have to [...]
