The New WWW FAQFrequently asked questions about the World Wide Web, including security, viruses, privacy, creating web sites, and more. By the longtime editor of the original WWW FAQ.How do I share my Internet connection with more than one computer- January 30, 2007 2007-01-30: If you have a broadband connection to the Internet (DSL service or a cable modem), then you already have a fast enough connection to share with multiple computers... You can share your Internet connection with more than one computer by using a device called a "router." The router forwards traffic from the Internet to the computers "behind" it on your private home network or Intranet... How does this work... Wireless Versus Wired Routers ...http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/browser/multiplepcs.html How do I set the user's home page with JavaScript- January 29, 2007 2007-01-29: In Internet Explorer 6.0 and earlier, it was possible to change the user's home page with JavaScript... How It Used To Work ... Until Internet Explorer 7.0, it was possible to do it via JavaScript code, like this: But this is no longer permitted in Internet Explorer 7.0... The Best Workaround Today ... The best workaround is to give your users instructions on how to manually set the home page...http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/sethomepage.html How do I keep my song from starting automatically on my myspace profile- January 26, 2007 2007-01-26: You have a song on your MySpace profile, but you don't want it to play automatically... Log into MySpace ... Click "Account Settings" ... Look for "Music Settings," click "Change Settings" to the right of that ...http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/sitespecific/myspaceautoplay.html How does Google make money- January 17, 2007 2007-01-17: Google "gives away" a great search engine, among other features... In a nutshell: advertising revenue... Google is a major player in the online advertising industry... In addition, you may have noticed columns or boxes containing similar text-link ads on other websites - such as this one - which say "Ads by Google" at the top...http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/sitespecific/googlemoney.html How do I open a browser window with no menu bar- January 16, 2007 2007-01-16: For the answer to this question and related questions about limiting what the user can do in a web browser window, see the article which features of the browser window can I control from JavaScript, and when...http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/stopmenubar.html How do I open a browser window that cannot be resized- January 16, 2007 2007-01-16: For the answer to this question and related questions about limiting what the user can do in a web browser window, see the article which features of the browser window can I control from JavaScript, and when...http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/stopresize.html How do I open a browser window with no toolbar buttons- January 16, 2007 2007-01-16: For the answer to this question and related questions about limiting what the user can do in a web browser window, see the article which features of the browser window can I control from JavaScript, and when...http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/stoptoolbar.html How do I open a browser window with no address bar- January 16, 2007 2007-01-16: For the answer to this question and related questions about limiting what the user can do in a web browser window, see the article which features of the browser window can I control from JavaScript, and when...http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/stopaddressbar.html Which features of the browser window can I control from JavaScript, and when- January 16, 2007 2007-01-16: Many designers of useful web applications (and, yes, non-useful things like popup ads) want to know how to control the browser window's behavior... Over the years, however, the major web browsers have added security rules that limit what you can do with window.open... Other browser behavior changes, such as disabling the "close" button of the browser or preventing the user from following a bookmark or typing in another URL, can also be influenced by the programmer... So.http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/windowfeatures.html Does my boss know what I'm doing on the Internet- January 10, 2007 2007-01-10: In most cases, yes - when you are using a computer at work... In all but a few cases, your boss doesn't know what you look at on the Internet when you are at home, and probably doesn't want to know... The best way to protect your job: don't talk about your job on the Internet, and don't use your real name on the Internet... But if you must express yourself online under your real name, or talk about what's happening at work, what can you do... LiveJournal posts that are...http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/privacy/privacyatwork.html |