Windows XP Notes

You can open multiple tabs when starting IE or Firefox as shown below:

In Internet Explorer

Open the General tab from the menu item Tools…Internet options and simply enter the address of each page you want to open in a separate tab as separate lines in the Home page listbox, as indicated.

In Firefox

Open the Main tab from the menu item Tools…Options and add the address of each page required separated by a vertical bar ‘|‘ character as shown.

Multiple tabs in Firefox

Why is the Font rendering in IE so much better than Firefox?

Here’s a sample from Internet Explorer

Sample from Internet Explorer

and the equivalent from Firefox

Sample from Firefox

Although this may not seem to be substantially different, believe me it does make a big difference.

There’s actually a simple fix for all fonts that Windows XP displays, simply enable Cleartype.

Enable Cleartype

1. Right click on the Desktop and select Properties.
2. Click on the Appearance tab and choose the Effects button
3. In the option “use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts” choose ClearType