Speed up your web browsing with Vimium's keyboard shortcuts

December 27, 2013

Here's a little secret: I can't stand taking my hands off the keyboard. Mice and trackpads are great tools, but they aren't always an ideal (or speedy) solution for navigating the Web. That's where keyboard shortcuts come in. Of course, memorizing a list of keyboard commands can be just as painful as repeatedly shifting your hands from your keyboard to your mouse and back again. So what's a smart PC user to do? My suggestion: Use a small number of keyboard shortcuts and only those that make life easier. Two useful keyboard shortcuts can be yours courtesy of Vimium, a browser extension for Chrome that lets you control most of your web browsing from the keyboard. Vimium was inspired by 'vi,' an arcane text editor created at a time when the mouse didn't exist and the only way to navigate a document was with your keyboard. Getting started The first thing you'll need to do is download and install Vimium from the Chrome Web Store. (A non-official copycat add-on is also available in Firefox's add-on repository.) Once you're all set, open CNN.com or any other website and check out the following shortcuts: To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2082962/speed-up-your-web-browsing-with-vimiums-keyboard-shortcuts.html#tk.rss_howto