Tag Archives: internet explorer

Internet Explorer (IE) and the Cached .js File

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Craig Lotter

Internet Explorer and pretty much all other modern web browsers make use of silent caching in order to streamline user experience. Of course, caching is a marvellous tool when needed, but also a frustrating one when you don’t want it turned on. Enter the humble .js javascript include file. Now IE likes to cache javascript .js file includes, but unfortunately unlike normal web pages, getting it to refresh its cached copy can sometime prove to be quite difficult to achieve.
Continue reading →

Posted in Tutorials | Tagged .js, cache, force refresh, ie, , | View Comments

Shortcut Keys for Tabbed Browsing

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Craig Lotter

You seriously learn something new every day. I only just found out about keyboard shortcuts to enhance tabbed browsing, something that has been a feature in Firefox (and more recently Internet Explorer) for years already. Continue reading →

Posted in Software & Websites, Tutorials | Tagged , , , , , , | View Comments

How to Turn on Caret Browsing

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Craig Lotter

Instead of just using the mouse to select text and move around within a webpage, you can in fact use the standard navigation (arrow and page-) keys on your keyboard to do this Continue reading →

Posted in Tutorials | Tagged , , , , , | View Comments

Internet Explorer: Restore File Download Dialog

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Craig Lotter

If in the past you’ve accidentally unchecked that little box reading “Always ask before opening this type of file” when trying to save a file in Internet Explorer and now want to change the behaviour that you previously set, these are the steps you need to follow in order to reclaim your File Download dialog box: Continue reading →

Posted in Software & Websites, Tutorials | Tagged , , , , | View Comments