Tag Archives: cookies
Block Internet Explorer 8 Delete Browsing History
A client recently told me about an employee of theirs who routinely deletes the browsing history in Internet Explorer 8, and the owner wanted to know how to block this ability. It wasn’t immediately known whether the owner wanted the ability to track the employee’s browsing history or if the owner just didn’t want his own browsing history deleted too. Fortunately, there are solutions to both scenarios. Using InPrivate Browsing If you don’t want your [...]
Posted in: Web Browsers
Tagged: cookies, delete, disable, Group Policy, history, inPrivate, Internet Explorer, web, web browser
Permanently Disable Google Instant
Google Instant is a feature added to the Google search engine on September 8, 2010 which produces search results as you type your query. It is supposed to save you time because it anticipates your query. Here’s what the Google Instant page has to say: Our key technical insight was that people type slowly, but read quickly, typically taking 300 milliseconds between keystrokes, but only 30 milliseconds (a tenth of the time!) to glance at [...]
Posted in: Web Browsers
Tagged: Adblock Plus, add-on, Chrome, cookies, Firefox, Google, Instant, JavaScript, search, web