Sunday, November 18, 2007

How to change title in IE?

VCommentHow to change title in IE?
Follow the steps to append some text to your IE:
1. Open up Regedit (Start>Run>Regedit).
2. Navigate to this string: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
3. Create a new string value (Right-click "Main" key folder, select New>String Value).
4. Rename the value "Window Title" without the quotes (Right-click value, choose Rename).
5. Right-click "Window Title" and choose Modify. In the value data section, type your title of choice. Mine says "Varun's last experiment at college!"
6. Now, launch a new instance of IE and enjoy the changes!

Friday, November 16, 2007

About "about:"!

VCommentAbout "about:"!
You might have noticed in most of the browsers that about:blank is the default home page. Have you ever wondered what this page is? Its a blank html page created by the browser. Read this article to know more about "about:".

"about:URI" is a protocol used by browsers to maintain its internal pages. The most common URI used is "blank". The implementation of this protocol is upto the browser. Each browser has its own set of URIs. Some URIs are helpful in knowing some info about the broswer itself.

"about:" - Displays version info in Mozilla firefox, Opera, Konqueror
"about:plugins" - Shows the filename, MIME type, description, suffix, and status of all installed plug-ins in Mozilla firefox
"about:help" - Displays help file in Opera.

For more, read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/About:_URI_scheme