How to View Websites Full-Screen

Submitted by schwarz on December 12, 2012 - 3:39pm

Here's a handy trick to remember, especially if you're viewing websites on a small screen, or if you use extra toolbars that take up some of your browser's "real estate." For example, if you want to get the best view of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2012 page, you may need to have your browser go full-screen.

Here's all you need to do:

Wireless Printing Solutions for Your Library

Submitted by schwarz on September 13, 2012 - 4:07pm

In August, Donna Fowler of Frank B, Koller Memorial Library (Manitowish Waters, WI) asked WisPubLib readers for information on providing a wireless print server for laptop users:

Your Cure for TL;DR and Terms of Service Agreements

Submitted by schwarz on August 15, 2012 - 4:32pm

TL; DR — do you know this slang? It's an abbreviation for Too Long; Didn't Read. And it's the way most people feel about reading Terms of Service (TOS) agreements that we agree to abide by in order to use a service or a website like Google.

Oh, you say you didn't know you'd agreed to the TOS for Google? Well, if you've ever used Google, it means you've agreed, albeit tacitly. ("By using our Services, you are agreeing to these terms.")

Most TOS agreements start out by saying "Please read them carefully". Yeah right.

Customize the New Tab Page in Firefox 13 to Suit Your Needs

Submitted by schwarz on June 14, 2012 - 11:51am

If you've updated your computer's copy of Firefox to version 13, you've probably already noticed when you open a new tab, it doesn't look like the blank page you used to see in older versions. Now, every time you open a new tab, you see thumbnail images of your most-recently and most-frequently visited pages.

If you're not in love with the way each of these looks & functions, the good news is you can customize them to fit your needs.

Garbage Text When Printing PDFs? Fix It With This Tip

Submitted by schwarz on March 13, 2012 - 5:52pm

If you ever try printing a PDF from within Adobe Reader but all the text prints as garbage (“greeked” text), use this tip to work around it.

From the Print dialog box in Adobe Reader, click the Advanced button in the bottom left corner of the print window

How to NOT Search for a Word

Submitted by schwarz on December 15, 2011 - 3:15pm

Sometimes a simple search in Google brings up too many results that aren't relevant to what you want. For example, if you're searching for info on the wild cat breed of jaguars, you don't want to wade through search results about Jaguar automobiles too.

Here's the trick for how to NOT search for a word:

The Secret to Reading the One-Page Version of Long Articles

Submitted by schwarz on October 15, 2011 - 8:14pm

printer-friendly version Ever read an article on a website but were annoyed it was spread out on multiple pages, so you had to keep clicking & clicking & clicking to read the next parts? Some websites like the New York Times offer a "single page" icon, but if the website you're at doesn

New Developments Coming to Delicious

Submitted by schwarz on September 15, 2011 - 4:21pm

A recent article in The New York Times provided an update on developments coming later this year for the social bookmarking service Delicious.

According to the interview with Chad Hurley and Steve Chen (the founders of YouTube) who purchased Delicious from Yahoo in May 2011 ...

Use the BadgerLearn Training Portal

Submitted by schwarz on July 14, 2011 - 10:51am

BadgerLearn is a new source of free training materials, archived webinars, and tutorials. Here are the categories of resources you'll find there:

Clear Your Cache in Firefox

Submitted by schwarz on June 15, 2011 - 1:35pm

After making a major update to a website, the staffperson who had requested the change told me the website looked no different than before. I was puzzled by this, because I had tested the website in 4 or 5 different web browser versions to make sure the website looked right & behaved correctly. But as soon as I started talking with her, I suspected the problem was simply that her web browser had "cached" the old version, and wasn't checking the web server for a more recent version.

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