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| Internet
Security & Privacy |
| Address Bar
& Security |
The address bar is where the website address of the page you're
currently viewing is displayed. You can also use the address bar
to select another website you want to visit. To visit a specific
site that you have the website address for, you need to click
once inside the address bar and just type in the website address
of the webpage you want to visit. If the website address begins
with http:// (definition of HTTP) you don't need to type this
in, because the internet browsers knows what you mean and will
save you the typing. If the website address begins with https:,
ftp: or other, then you need to type in the full web page
address at the address bar.
Address Bar History
If you ever want to find a website address that you have typed
into the address bar in the past, you can do this by clicking in
the small down arrow at the end of the address bar. The browser
will then show you a list of addresses you have previously typed
in. You may need to scroll down the list to find the site you
want. When you find the site you want, you can just click on the
address and the browser will take you there. The figure below
shows an example of the address bar history list. The down arrow
you need to click on is circled (at the far right of the address
bar).
Another way you can access sites you have previously visited is
to click on the address bar and start typing the first few
characters of the site address. As you type in characters, the
browser will provide a list of alternatives that it guesses you
want to type in. It is clever enough to allow you to not bother
typing the "http://www" part of the site address.
Internet Explorer caches any URLs that are typed into the
address bar. This may become a privacy issue on a shared
computer, or a nuisance if there is a particular URL you want to
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