Internet Explorer and Firefox shortcuts on your keyboard

1. Ctrl D adds the current page to your Favorites/Bookmarks file.
   
   
2. Alt Home takes you directly to your home page. (IE and Firefox)
   
   
3. Use the Tab key to jump your cursor to the next entry in a form or the next section of a Web page. (IE and Firefox)
   
   
4. Ctrl F launches Find for the page you're on. (IE and Firefox; Firefox's implementation is particularly cool, as it scans the page for the term you want as you type)
   
   
5. F11 shifts between regular and full-screen views of your browser window. (IE and Firefox)
   
   
6. F5 or Ctrl R refreshes the page you're on. (IE and Firefox)
   
   
7. ESC stops downloading a page. (IE and Firefox)
   
   
8. Ctrl T opens up a new tab and puts your cursor in the URL field, in Firefox. Ctrl L puts your cursor in the URL field and highlights the current text, while Ctrl Tab does the same for IE.
   
   
9. Ctrl W closes a tab in Firefox or the current window in IE.