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Open a Website Without Typing .Com

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Like Descapa the mystery Microsoftie, you’re a busy person with an active lifestyle. You don’t have time to type “www.” or “.com”.

In either Internet Explorer or Firefox, just type the name of the website (ie., “Vistaclues” or “Cnn”). Then, press Ctrl+Enter. Your Web browser will add the www. and .com automatically.

If you type a word in the address bar and just press Enter, Internet Explorer will search for the phrase in your default search engine, while Firefox will take you to the website you’re most likely looking for.

For more information, read the Windows Vista Resource Kit (co-authored by your very own Tony Northrup). Got a question for Tony? Send an e-mail to qa@vistaclues.com.

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Pingback from Steve Clayton: Geek In Disguise : Open a Website Without Typing .Com
Time: January 14, 2007, 5:04 pm

[...]  One of my absolute favourite shortcuts in Internet Explorer that I use probably 50 times a day and VistaClues reminded me to blog about it. [...]

Comment from Michael
Time: January 16, 2007, 2:21 am

Actually, you don’t have to press CTRL and Enter in Firefox. Just Enter.

Comment from srinivas
Time: September 7, 2007, 9:09 am

i want to typing fast

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