2. Browsing the Web

2. Browsing the Web
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Choose Internet → Web Browser from the main menu to launch Konqueror. The home page opens. Type in an URL in the Location bar to open a different page.

2.1. Browser Interface

Figure 1.6. Konqueror Web Browser Interface

Toolbar. Contains all buttons used to navigate and perform common actions (see Table 1.2, “Konqueror's Toolbar Buttons”).

Location Bar. Where you enter a site's URL (or a local file using file:// as the protocol part of the URL).

Bookmarks Bar. Contains buttons which give you quick access to your favorite sites.

Tabbed Browsing. Allows you to open many sites in the same window instead of opening new windows, which makes browsing much simpler.

Display Area. Where the contents of the web sites and local files you browse are displayed.

2.2. Surfing the Web

Table 1.2. Konqueror's Toolbar Buttons

Button	Keyboard Shortcut	Function
	Alt-left_arrow	Go back. Returns to the page you visited before the current one. Keep this button pressed to display the list of all URLs you can access.
	Alt-right_arrow	Go forward. Returns to the page you visited after the current one. The same back-button considerations apply.
	F5	Reload. Refreshes the current page. By default, Konqueror first looks in the browser's cache (on-disk temporary storage space) and uses the local copy. Press the Shift key while clicking on the reload button to force Konqueror to fetch the page from the Internet.
	Esc	Stop. Aborts the transfer of the currently requested object and cancels the page-loading operation.

Konqueror's browser allows you to browse many web pages at a time by using tabbed browsing.

Creates and opens a new tab (Ctrl-Shift-N). Just type an URL on the location bar to open a new page on this tab.

	Tip
	You can also press the Ctrl-Shift-D keys to duplicate the current tab, that is to open the same page you are currently browsing, but on a different tab. This is handy for example with long pages allowing you to browse the same page in two different positions at the same time.

Closes the currently displayed tab (Ctrl-W).

For bookmark management it is recommended you use social bookmark sites, such as Del.Icio.Us, so you always have bookmarks with you on the go.

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