67 Multiple Windows - Getting the Best from the Internet (Information Research)
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This article is from the Information Research FAQ, by David Novak david@spireproject.com with numerous contributions by others.
67 Multiple Windows - Getting the Best from the Internet (Information Research)
Make your browser work for you. All browsers allow you to open multiple
windows panes. Open a few and send them off in different directions
fetching information. You do not have to wait for each page to return
to you before you read. With a little practice, you can juggle four
window panes, collecting information from different tools, following
different trains of thoughts, reading your way through four websites as
they are downloaded.
The technique is a little like reading four books at once. It certainly
keeps your mind nimble. Worked successfully, multiple windows will
double the speed of searching and free you from the speed of your
internet connection.
Three technical tips are involved. Firstly, a second window pane is
opened by selecting File : New : New Window. The shortcut key for this
Control+N. Secondly, in Microsoft Explorer, depressing your shift key
as you click a link will open the distant file in a new window. In
Netscape, depress the control button as you click a link. Thirdly, if
you are running windows, the Alt + Tab button jumps between window
panes.
Taken together you can read down a page, find something interesting,
shift+click a link, continue reading the original page, then flip over
to reading the second page in a new window.
Keep in mind, juggling windows is difficult and requires practice. If
you do this in public, be prepared to lose novice surfers who are not
ready to use more than one window.
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