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Internet Speed Tip

The Internet’s prowess for finding almost any type of information continues to grow. 

Today’s tip focuses on how to get back to where we have been on the Internet. There are many times that I need to get back to a web page that I was viewing earlier in my Internet session and pushing the Back button a gazillion times seems silly and slow. 

Internet Explorer (version 4.0 and greater) users note that there is a little upside down triangle next to the Back button. Click on it and viola there is a list of all the sites you have visited so far. Just scroll through the list and click on any item to be instantly transported there!

Netscape users (version 4 and greater), the method is similar. Simply click and HOLD your mouse button down on the Back button and you will see a list of all the sites you have visited in the current session and can click on any one of them to leap frog to it.

Note also that the same technique can be used for the forward button as well. Sorry AOL users, this is yet another feature not currently supported by AOL.

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