UW-RF IT Services Tips

Internet browsing, second in a four part series on browsers that will prepare you for rich user experiences on the Internet.

Internet Explorer and Firefox, two commonly used browsers on campus offer tabbed browsing. What's a tab? Think of it as your file cabinet...when you open the drawer, you see your files nice and neatly organized with marked tabs in order to find items quickly. Tabs in a browser allow you to view multiple pages easily in organized tabs. If you are like most, when browsing the Internet, you may have multiple pages opened up which creates many little tasks on your windows task bar. It's awkward to change between windows to the site you want to see. So, tabs were developed. With tabs you need only one browser window open with different tabs. Then to navigate to the site you want, just click on the tab. The tabs are easy to see and part of the name of each web site is displayed.
You can even save the top 5 web sites you use each day as your start page. When you open your browser in the morning all 5 web sites come up in tabs and you don't have to type them in! Start using tabs today for a richer browsing experience!
Check out our website for more information: http://its.uwrf.edu/support/ie/tabs.php

Thanks, Dan
IT Services