Orbit Downloader (www.orbitdownloader.com) promises up to 500 per cent faster downloads. It works by splitting the target file into sections and downloading each piece simultaneously. It also lets you download streaming videos and music from sites such as YouTube, MySpace and RapidShare.
If you hold down the Ctrl key while viewing a web page, you can zoom in and out using the scroll wheel on the mouse in Internet Explorer. You can zoom from 10 to 100 per cent.
All web browsers automatically rememver the size that they were last opened at. To solve the problem, simply load your browser, resize the window (or maximise it) by dragging the bottom right-hand corner with your mouse and then click the X to close it. The next time you open the browser, it should be the size you want. If, for some reason, this doesn’t work, repeat the process but hold down Ctrl when you click the X to close the window.
When you download and save a file using Firefox, it automatically saves it into the Desktop. If you don’t delete these as you go, your Desktop can soon get cluttered. To keep mine tidier, I created a Firefox Downloads folder. To do this just right-click on the Desktop, choose New and then Folder, then rename it Firefox Downloads. Next open Firefox and select Tools, Options and Main. Look for ‘Save Files to’ and click Browse. Then choose the folder you just created. Any downloads you make are stored in this folder and can be easily located, deleted or stored neatly.
Alternatively, in the same Main section of the Options, tick the ‘Always ask me where to save files’ option and you can make a decision for each download.
I have never found it easy to organise the Favourites menu in Internet Explorer, but I recently discovered a simple way. Click Start, Run and enter Favourites. Your Favourites open in an Explorer window and it’s then easy to move them, delete them, and rename them as if they were files.
