#SENDS ADDRESS BAR KEYSTROKES TO MOZILLA WINDOWS#

I spend more time in my browser than any other single application on my computer. Launching such a commonly used application should be completely frictionless.

#SENDS ADDRESS BAR KEYSTROKES TO MOZILLA WINDOWS#

I use the built in Windows Vista quick launch shortcuts. My web browser is the first item on my quick launch bar, so all I need to do is tap Windows+1 to bring up a new browser instance. Have you set up a keyboard shortcut to launch your preferred web browser? If not, why not? Once the browser is up, I usually want to be in one of two places: the address bar, or the search box. To navigate to the address bar, press Alt+ D. To navigate to the search box, press Ctrl+ E.Īnother nifty thing about these two shortcuts is that, if you're running Windows Vista, they work identically in Vista's File Explorer.

Some keyboard conventions can follow you from the web back to your desktop, too. Once you've entered the URL or search term, normally you'd press Enter, right? Wait a second. If you press enter, whatever's currently displayed in your browser will be replaced with a different website. Rather than pressing enter, press Alt+ Enter to open the website or search in a new tab. These four key sequences probably constitute 99% of the typing I do while browsing the web. If you want to get extra fancy you can use Ctrl+Tab to iterate through all those tabs you now have open in your browser, but it's not required. I promote fully two-handed computer usage, whether those two hands are tapping away on the keyboard or split between the keyboard and the mouse.

I'm often mousing away while I use these shortcuts. The final shortcut is obvious, once you know it.

Sends address bar keystrokes to mozilla