(Ed note: JD is a new writer for DCT. Welcome!) Browser extensions are great for adding features and functions to a browser and enhancing the browser experience. But what if a website is misbehaving? What happens if your browser is crashing? Perhaps your browser is […]
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Chromium-based browsers Edge, Chrome, and Brave already include an Extensions button in their toolbar and Mozilla has recently followed suit with its Firefox browser. However, the Extensions button in Firefox is disabled by default and cannot be enabled via the normal Settings menu because it
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The Chromium-based Edge browser is an excellent browser but, as is the case with most browsers, it does have its weaknesses. Here then are four extensions I use and recommend to enhance Edge. Enhance Privacy In Edge Privacy Badger from the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation):
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Every file stored on the computer is named. That name consists of two parts. The left portion is the actual file name. It ends with a dot or period and is followed by what is called an extension. [Almost] every file has one. That extension
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The past week or so, Facebook on my system was really lagging and slow to respond. I cleared out the cache, thinking it might help but didn’t. After a few minutes on Facebook, the page becomes more and more unusable. Response times are slowed down.
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I wanted to install an extension in my Opera browser but it was developed for the Chrome browser. To run it in Opera, it’s simple enough. All you have to do is install an extension in Opera called Install Chrome Extensions. Just go to this
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Yes folks, with the advent of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft has finally fulfilled its earlier promise to provide an extensions platform for the new default Edge browser. So, if you’ve installed the Anniversary Update, you can now install extensions for Edge. If you’re
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This is the third installment in the Using Browser Extensions series. Reminder: As always, please be sure to have virus and malware protection prior to downloading unknown software. Google and Firefox vet their extensions, but there is always the chance that a piece of malware
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Internet Safety Continued This is Part 2 of Using Browser Extensions – Internet Safety. We will be covering the two types of programs that probably have the ability to keep you safer than all the others combined: Password Generators/Managers, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and Proxies.
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Why Use Extensions? If you are on the internet a lot, and most people are, then why not do it with the right tools available. Now that Microsoft Edge will be introducing extensions, that means that every major browser out there has extensions that can
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A recent analysis of Chrome browser extensions performed by USENIX, The Advanced Computer Systems Association, has revealed a relatively high number of malicious and suspicious extensions, many of which have been downloaded by millions of users. In a PDF document issued by USENIX detailing their
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I’ve recently installed three new add-ons (new to me anyway) in my Firefox browser which are specifically designed to help with security and or privacy. I haven’t been using these add-ons long enough to form a definitive opinion yet, but I thought many of you
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