How browse faster on the web with your keyboard ?

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Most of people want to use shortcuts at the time of typing to do their work fast. All techies spend a great deal of your time on the internet browsing websites. But how do you do this? Do you use your mouse and keyboard at the same time? If the answer is yes (which it probably is for all of us), keep reading to learn how to browse faster with only your keyboard.

When you are typing on your computer, the need to use the mouse can destroy your productive moment completely. This is because typing, editing or browsing is a creative process, but when you need to use the mouse, you are going into a coordinating process. You are using your hand to guide the mouse to the right spot, instead of being creative with your hands.

This switch in focus slows your browsing speed down, but we are going to cover some tips to make sure you always browse faster by just using your keyboard.

Using Shortcuts

Many services and websites have keyboard shortcuts built into the service. Making sure you know this will keep you productive and quickly moving through the service.

One example of this is using keyboard shortcuts in Gmail. I am able to better manage my inbox by using the following keyboard shortcuts.

O means open.

R means reply.

E means archive.

V means move to folder.

Another trick I do with using shortcuts is whenever I install a new application, I look up a list of shortcuts, write them down and stick it below my screen. This way, I learn all the shortcuts really fast, without having the pain of looking them up all the time.

Browse Chrome with Your Keyboard

Vimium is a wonderful little piece of open source software which enables you to browse all your webpages with your keyboard, instead of your mouse. This will definitely make you browse faster through all of your favorite sites. It is a simple Chrome extension which works immediately after you install it. Some features I personally love (and you will too):

Scrolling through the page with j and k.

Switching tabs with shift+j or shift+k.

Close a tab with x.

Navigating to links with ‘f’. This is the best feature of all. You always had to click on a link to navigate to it, but with Vimium you can do this with your keyboard! If you hit the f key all the links will light up with their key-code

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