Mac 101: Browser tab tricks

I use control-page up/page down to scroll tabs in Firefox.

ok I got one that has driven me crazy in Safari...when I select text on a web page then right click how do I get it to open the results in a new page?

-wC

i have found opera to be even faster on my power book g4 in every way and not just overall browser speed...which it eclipses safari.

in addition, for switching between tabs, all i have to do is hit the number "1" button to move to the tab on the left and "2" to move right. only 1 stroke touched with 1 finger. easier than any other browser by far.

i can even hit the zero key to make the page bigger or "6" to go back to regular size.

i can also do the "g" thing in the address bar for a google search (or use other shortcuts if i want to use different searches). plus, one of my favorites is that i can assign a shortcut key to a bookmark folder and they all come up for me. for instance, i can type "f" and hit enter in the address bar and my (fast stuff) bookmark folder all begin loading...things like facebook, digg, gmail, g reader, and rotoworld. just things i want to check every now and then really quickly.

i could go on but opera just works for me especially when talking about shortcuts. i won't go into detail about the sidebar, full screen mode, and other really cool things.

Dear god i LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE the ability to do super quick searches with OmniWeb, even quicker than can be done with the search box of Safari or Firefox. We're talking from 3.5 seconds to 0.61 seconds. I've set my Search Shortcuts in the browser to "g" for Google, "gi for Google Images, "wi" for Wikipedia etc., and will type into the address bar "g Mac mini" to get the google search results for Mac mini. Or "wi Nintendo Wii" for wikipedia. Great for searching all different search sources, and you can add as many searches as you want; ie "yp Bob's Tacos's" for the listing of a taco stand on Yahoo Yellow Pages set to the city where I work.

Yeah i've always used  + shift ]
but this one is cool too...

I find option+two finger to be the easiest way to go through the history in Firefox.

option+two finger scroll left: back
option+two finger scroll right: forward

Cheers,
Sam
http://etalia.net

Does anybody know how to make links inside gmail documents open in a new tab instead of a new window? Everywhere else links open in a new tab, so it's really annoying having to remember to right-click and chose open in new tab when following links in my emails.

Hey Dave, the expression is "get by" not "get buy".

Command-K in Firefox brings you to the built in google search.
Ctrl-tab and Ctrl-Shift-Tab cycle through the tabs. Command-1 through Command-8 brings you to the 1st through 8th tabs, and command-9 goes to the last tab, no matter how many you have.
The "Search in Google" command to quickly get to a google map of something.
Re-ordering tabs by dragging and dropping (Call me weird, but I keep my google reader in tab 1 and Facebook in tab two, all the time).
The setting to reopen all the tabs in the current location so that you don't lose all your pages if you accidentally close Firefox.

"Safari, unfortunately, is missing a "duh" feature in Firefox: opening 'new window' links in a new tab instead. Anyone know of workaround to make that happen?"

There is a terminal command that enables just this.
defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool true

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My tabby thing would be:
1. You can change the shortcut using the keyboard shortcuts pane so now Ctrl+tab switches tabs for me. (Also Command + [ ]

2. Command+Option+W closes all tabs but the current selected one.