Please DO NOT use the address bar as a repository to return to sites you use all the time…eventually they will get lost. The address bar history maintains a small amount of your recently visited site and can easily be wiped out via an update or disk cleaning and maintenance tools.
Instead, use the Favorites (Internet Explorer) or Bookmarks (Firefox and every other browser). Favorites/Bookmarks are designed to save and give you quick access to your most used sites and sites you just want to keep track of for later use. Also, you can back them up easily.
If you are like me, you visit a handful of web sites every single day and sometimes multiple times per day. Having bookmarks to these sites works fine, but that requires a minimum of three clicks to reach your favorite sites.
In this video, I describe how to get 1-click access to your favorites using the extremely underutilized Links toolbar (Internet Explorer) and the Bookmarks toolbar (Mozilla Firefox).
This tip requires no downloading and no installation of extra software. Everything is built-in to the browser and available to you right now. So watch the video and learn how to take charge of these extremely useful tools you never knew how to use!
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Backup Your Favorites (Bookmarks) – Video Tip
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Say Rick, what’s that nice little pointer highlighter thingy you used for this video?
Must be the first video you’ve watched. It is the same pointer and software I’ve used since Day 1. Watch more of our videos. Wink
Hi Rick,
Thanks for the helpful tip!
I have been using the computer on a regular basis since 1996 and I didn’t know about dragging links to the Bookmark toolbar.
Don