Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. 574 Unit 3 Living Online Favorites or Bookmarks. Often while searching for information, several sites may prove to be helpful. Rather than writing down the URLs and reentering them later to return to the sites, it is possible to fl ag the sites as a favorite or bookmark. The browser stores the title and URL of the page. Opening the list of favorites or bookmarks and clicking the link retrieves that page. Most browsers allow a specifi c list of bookmarks to be made that can be shared with other users. This is a useful feature when researching a group project. All of the relevant bookmarks can be kept together and shared with everybody in the group. Plug-ins. A plug-in, or add-on, is a helper fi le that extends the capability of a software application, in this case, a browser. For example, Adobe Flash Player is a browser plug-in. The benefi t of a plug-in is that patches can be sent from the developer to update only that part of the browser. It is not necessary to install a new browser each time an update needs to be made. Most plug-ins will be suggested when a user tries to use a feature that is not native to a browser. Suppose you click a link to play a video. If the browser is not able to play the video, it needs a plug-in that supports the format of the video being played. As a security measure, the browser makes the user choose whether or not to install a plug-in. Once a plug-in is installed, it can be deleted or its confi guration can be changed. In Chrome, enter chrome://plugins in the address bar. Then, click the Disable link for the plug-ins you wish to disable. In its initial release, Microsoft Edge does not support add-ons. GS5 Living Online 1.1.3.13 GS5 Living Online 1.1.3.5, 1.1.3.7 History Pages visited today Goodheart-Willcox Publisher Figure 14-9. The history feature keeps track of visited pages. This is the history feature for Microsoft Edge.