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3. Bookmark Toolbar - the best thing I discovered in years.

Read, look and learn, any page that is of interest to you bookmark it !

A Story……..

For as long as I can remember, the Internet has always been slow.

I’ve always found myself clicking on a link, then sitting back, tapping my fingers…………… twiddling my thumbs………..flick the TV on….and…..it’s loaded. I read the page and see that I want to know more about something, so I click another link…………… and………wait a minute…….. just a moment……… and …………. ERROR ! Connection Broken, or some words to this affect. Then I notice some small text below the error message that looks like it could help me out. But this ain’t gonna help me. Some technical gobbledygook that leaves me more confused. This is the point where I feel like throwing this evil technology box through the window.

I would usually sulk for a few days, occasionally passing dirty looks towards my lonely computer in the dark corner of my room.

Then I would forgive my computer. Power on and start a fresh.

Then, again ERROR ! Pure frustration and annoyance.

I was in a love hate relationship with my PC, always quick to blame it on my slow internet connection. I then realized that if I cleaned my PC my connection was faster. I did this by deleting old files, then installing various software (security, PC Optimizers etc.) to keep my computer clean and healthy.

I learned 95% of this knowledge through reading guides and downloading all the necessary software, for free from Download.com , always my first stop when I’m stuck on techy stuff.

One day I learned a neat little trick that changed my internet sitting into internet surfing. Opening several browsers at the same time. They’d be all there at the bottom of the screen lined up neatly. Click on the first one, type in a website address, enter. Then click on the next tab, type in a website address, enter, and so on. By the time I’d done this over 4 or 5 tabs the first one would now be loaded, read it, click something, then on to the second tab. Get the idea ?

All this time I was using Internet Explorer, and one day thought I’d give this other browser a try, everyone seems to be talking about it.                               Download Now

Mozilla Firefox, I just loved it. And I love it more every day.

This is what I’ve been leading up to……………

BOOKMARK TOOLBAR it’s Grrrrreat,

Of course many of you guys who are reading this right now, are thinking that this is pretty basic. But, I am constantly shocked when someone’s showing me something on the internet, and I see that they are not using this great feature. Many people even use bookmarks, but do not realize the difference that Bookmark Toolbar makes.

If you would like to know more about Maximizing your Surfing experience by using Bookmarks Toolbar, check out this video tutorial. Or read this excellent guide.