Typically this tag refers to web browsers such as Firefox, Chromium or Opera. However, other types of browsers such as Nautilus or a network browser may use this tag as well.
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How do I open links in one browser automatically in another?
I'd like links I click on in Midori to automatically open in another web browser, Firefox. How do I do this?
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Kiosk Mode Coding in Chromium [closed]
I don't know how easy this would be, since I don't know anything about it, but I need an Ubuntu setup where the machine boots up, displays the login for a few seconds allowing a chance to log in as an ...
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Web browser locks up [closed]
I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 and fairly often (about once an hour) my web browser will lock up after clicking on something and then the whole computer will lock up to the point that I have to reset the ...
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Thunderbird uses the wrong browser
I'm unable to make Thunderbird open the default browser.
In the browser preferences, Chromium is selected as the default browser. It's also selected in "Default Applications" in System Settings.
In ...
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Youtube videos are displayed oddly [closed]
I would show you all a picture of how the Youtube window looks, but I do not have enough reputation. The video is displayed as a small player to the top right of the designated area. A very large ...
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CPU spikes cause audio stuttering in Audacious when browsing? (Lubuntu)
My default audio player is Audacious, browser Google Chrome. I tried Firefox, and while I love it, the CPU load spikes when doing something as simple and small and switching a tab, which causes the ...
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Ubuntu 10.04 web browsers do not render some fonts [closed]
I tried opening page which uses this font http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Poiret+One however my web-browser whether it's chrome or firefox doesn't render it and just shows simple font (I thinks ...
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Open tabs at startup in Konqueror
When starting Chrome I can set up that it opens previously used tabs, last time when closing the browser window.
Can I do the same in Konqueror? When I open Konqueror doesn't reopen last opened tabs, ...
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flash videoplayer not working properly
Flashs on websites are shown without any problem on both Firefox and Chrome. However, flash video players are not working properly; just background color and nothing at all. Interestingly youtube ...
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can't download file of which size is bigger than 2GB
I can use a simple C program to generate 2GB+ file. But when I try to download a 3GB file through browser, it stops at 2GB.
I tried Chrome, Firefox and Opera. No one can download the file of which ...
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Unable to load pages in web browsers
Using Ubuntu 11.10, I am having a problem browsing web pages. I tested my connection by pinging different sites. All of them reply to me, but my browsers do not work. The problem is not specific to ...
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How do I go back in the browser?
I use the browser full screen.
Every-time I try to press the back button, the Ubuntu side menu pops up.
Some people told me I need to do it very very fast, and it will work, but I am somewhat ...
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Is there a way to open a page in the browser in the background, UNFOCUSED, from the command line?
For those familiar with OSX, the behavior I'm looking for is open -g http://google.com, which will open a google webpage in the default browser in the background, without switching focus to it at all.
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Why is Firefox not rendering “long” images correctly? [closed]
When I visit webpages that have long images firefox is not rendering them correctly. It seems to be the very long pictures the cause this problem. I don't know where the breaking point is for this.
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Midori crashes before pages load [closed]
I have installed Midori both from the repositories and from the PPA, but with both installations Midori crashes before pages load. I noticed this in the Midori FAQ:
Midori crashes shortly before ...
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Flash debug player installation problem
Standard Version:
When I download the player without the debugger from here and place the libflashplayer.so file into the ~/.mozzila/plugins/ directory the player works fine.
Debugger version:
But ...
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Some websites are not opening in any web browser (firefox/chrome). What should I do? [closed]
Some websites are not opening in my system. I am using Ubuntu 12.10. Earlier, when I was using Ubuntu 10.10,11.10 there was no such issue.
The problem was started in ubuntu 12.04, but it remained the ...
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My internet connection shows connected but i am not able to browse [closed]
I am using Sony E-series laptop, and recently installed Ubuntu 11.10 through the WUBI installer, dual booting Windows 7. My Internet connection doesn't seem to work fine as it shows connected but I ...
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How can I cache specific web pages for offline viewing?
I occassionally need to work offline by accident or design. I'd like to maintain a flexible list of web pages that I can cache for easy offline access.
Notes:
I'd like to simulate online browsing ...
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Why does myPhpAdmin open in a different browser to the one that is set as default?
I have 3 browsers installed on my Ubuntu 11.10, Chrome, Firefox and Opera.
First I had the problem that Software Center did not respect my default browser choice. I fixed that by running:
sudo ...
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Why does Ubuntu install incompatible versions of Seamonkey?
Seamonkey (Netscape) 2.0.13 does not work with Ubuntu. Ubuntu keeps installing it. The system won't allow 2.0.14. Version 2.1 has been installable but are no longer Netscape nor are file compatible. ...
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sun-java6-plugin installed but does not work in Maverick 10.10
I would like to use the proprietary Java browser plugin instead of IcedTea in Ubuntu Maverick 10.10. So I have removed icedtea6-plugin and installed sun-java6-plugin but neither Firefox nor Chromium ...
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How do I open Youtube content in an app instead of my browser, while clicking on a link?
Now when I follow a link in my browser to Youtube, it opens in a new page of my browser, in my case Firefox.
I would have liked that it provokes the launch of another app, for example Minitube, VLC ...
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How to findout web history in ubuntu?
I have gifted my 15yrs son a Dell laptop in which Ubuntu 10.10 has pre installed,
wanna trace what whether he is using the net in proper way or not.
Please suggest me how to findout what he browsing ...
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Xubuntu 11.10 won't save my settings
I am using Xubuntu 11.10, and every time i reboot my computer, my settings are erased.
Namely my default Browser, Preferred Applications settings and my Touchpad settings.
Does anyone know how to ...
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How to use the Chromium Spellchecker with other languages than English
I would like to know how to select other languages than English when using the chromium spell checker. When I right click the text-boxes and select other language (e.g. Portuguese), English remains ...
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Why do I have poor video performance in browsers with a ATI HD3650 GPU? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix Flash issues?
I'm experiencing poor video performance on Youtube, both in Firefox and in Opera - Flash and HTML5 (all of the combinations). HTML5 is ...
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Why aren't my animated .gif images animated?
OS Version : Ubuntu 11.10 x64
Browser tested :
Firefox - Not working
Nightly - Not working
Google Chrome - Not working
Midori - Works
Currently, i'm using 64 bit version of Ubuntu and i've ...
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Web browsing extremely slow sometimes using firefox or chromium [closed]
Web browsing slow randomly since doing a clean load of 11.10. Using an HP Pavillion dv6000. Tried firefox, chromium, unity, unity 2d, gnome. No difference. Sometimes it flies, sometimes it takes ...
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Installing acroread without browser plugin
The acroread packages includes both the standalone viewer and the browser plugin. I need acroread for some annoying javascript-laced pdfs, but as an everyday viewer I prefer evince. Does anyone know ...
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Command line open browser window at size?
Is it possible to open a browser window at a given size/location on screen via a shell script ?
I've seen examples of launching Firefox, setting the window size via command line. I've also seen it ...
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What is your favorite browser for Unity, and why? [closed]
This is a more open-ended question. I currently use Chrome on Unity, but need a second browser and am wary of just accepting Firefox (I removed it previously because it's a resource hog).
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web browsing vs. torrent traffic, and bandwidth priority?
recently i did download big torrent files. (120 Gb). and i need to seed them back to at least 1.5 ratio. my upload speed is 130 Kb/s max.
the problem is that i need to seed them as fast as possible. ...
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cannot execute iexplore.exe when I create a symbolic link to it
I do something like:
$ ln -s '/home/deostroll/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe' /usr/bin/iexplore
I am expecting that at the shell I can just type the following and ...
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Chromium disappears when minimized [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Chromium disappears from the launcher when minimised
I use Ubuntu 11.10. When I use chromium and minimise the window, the window does not appear in the tray. Instead it ...
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Can I make Epiphany identify itself as another browser?
I want to use the web browser Epiphany as a secondary browser, but Windows Live Mail won't let me log in using this web browser. For that reason, I want Epiphany to identify itself as another browser, ...
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Browser's back button hidden by unity launcher
Usually when i try to reach a back button on my browser, I end up with a launcher popping over it. So instead of simply pushing "back" button I have to deal with a launcher.
I think this is unity's ...
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Authenticate as root to view a folder?
Is there a way to setup nautilus so that when my user attempts to view a folder owned / locked by root, it asks for the root password?
Kind of like running a nautilus browser using sudo, from the ...
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Firefox freezes on various sites, what to do? [closed]
On Ubuntu 11.10, my Firefox freezes on Sites like Blogspot, Google, Ubuntu Support or Mozilla... I don't know why it happens, but it happens every time and I don't know if I should reinstall the whole ...
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Cannot Install Google Chrome
I am having trouble installing Google Chrome on my Ubuntu 11.10 system. After downloading it from http://www.google.com/chrome I am trying to open it with a double click. Software Center pops up, I ...
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Mozzplugger not working in Lubuntu 11.10
I'd like to open a PDF in a Firefox tab. I've been able to do it with MozPlugger before updating to 11.10.
preferences -> applications
now scroll down, then I see always ask next to file.
I ...
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Filetype icon not being displayed when downloading something in Chrome
Whenever I download something in Chrome, the little icon in the center of the download that shows the file type icon, around which there's the download progress bar, isn't displayed. If that sounds ...
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Where does my browser store temporary data?
How can one look at content of temporary cache of his computer ?
After something not actually downloaded ( just pressing the button to open data not download) to any directory, this data ...
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How to automatically trust our own ssl certificate in all browsers? [closed]
I have created my own certificate and installed the thawte trial certificate as well.I got 'Intermediate CA' & 'Test CA Root certificate' for installation through email.But I dont know,how to ...
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How to install MS Internet Explorer 7, 8 or 9? [duplicate]
I recently started using Ubuntu 11.4 as my primary OS. I’m trying to find a way to run Internet Explorer on it.
Is there a way to install on Linux/wine IE7 or higher versions? I saw only ie4linux ...
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Can't browse the internet although I can ping www.google.com
I have a PC running Ubuntu 11.04 with 2 nics. eth0 is internet and eth1 in Internal Lan.
eth0 is connected to the internet talks and receives the correct DHCP addresses from ISP.
I can from this ...
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How to manage the dynamic ip in squid? [closed]
My ip address is dynamic IP and I was using squid while I'm reading there is things that must be forwarding to the some port to make everything locked and can be keep checking in the same way. Any ...
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Which of all console web browsers is the most practical? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Browse internet inside terminal
There are a lot of console browsers, links2, Lynx, w3m and Elinks (I only know these). I want to know which one of all console browsers ...
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What's the default serif font in firefox?
I'm trying to come up with a solid font stack that incorporates fonts typically found on an ubuntu install.
font-family=serif looks great, but for obvious reasons, this isn't appropriate for other ...
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Automatically Refreshes Chrome/Firefox multiple times!
Can someone let me know why sometimes Ubuntu Automatically refreshes browser and types some weird characters on shell prompt is opened.
Is it because of memory leak! Correct me if I'm wrong. Because ...
