Help Using Our Site
Private Browsing:
If you don’t want someone to see what you’ve searched for you can use private browsing or incognito mode. This way when you close the window of the web browser the pages viewed in the session including any cookies or logins are cleared automatically.
Using Google Chrome:
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click More and 3 dots -> New Incognito Window.
- A new window appears. In the top corner, check for the Incognito icon.
Using Firefox:
Open a new Private Window from the Firefox menu
Click the menu button (3 bars) and then click New private window.
The Private Browsing home page will open in a new window.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/private-browsing-use-firefox-without-history
Using Microsoft Edge:
In Microsoft Edge, select the Settings and More icon, and then New InPrivate window.
To clear your Browsing Data
To delete your browser history if you have not used a private or incognito window follow these instructions, pay attention to what you are clearing here so you only clear the time range needed.
Using Google Chrome:
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click More Delete browsing data.
- Choose a time range, like Last hour or All time.
- Select the types of information you want to remove.
- Click Delete data.
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2392709?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop
Using Firefox:
- Click the menu button to open the menu panel.
- Click History and select Clear Recent History… (See image below)
- Select how much history you want to clear:
- Click the drop-down menu next to When: to choose how much of your history Firefox will clear (the last hour, the last two hours, the last four hours, the current day or everything).
- Use the check boxes to select what information you want to clear from your history. Your choices are described in the What information is included in my history? section above. Checking Cookies clears both cookies and site data with non-persistent storage. (is this phrase necessary, means nothing to a layperson? If it needs to stay in there, retain it; if it doesn’t would delete)
- Click the Clear button. The window will close and the items you’ve selected will be cleared from your history.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-browsing-search-download-history-firefox
Using Microsoft Edge:
- In Microsoft Edge, select Settings and more > Settings > Privacy, search, and services .
- Under Clear browsing data, select Choose what to clear.
- Under Time range, choose a time range.
- Select the check box next to each data type you’d like to clear, and then select Clear now.
- If you’d like, you can select Choose what to clear every time you close the browser and choose which data types should be cleared.
Other Useful Tools While Using the Site
Hide / Exit Button:
By pressing the Hide / Exit Button the website updates the current tab to rte.ie and also opens a new tab displaying the weather page on rte.ie.
If you don’t want someone to be able to see your activity online make sure you clear your browsing data when you are finished on this site.
Screen Reader:
If you need a screenreader to assist with using the site this can be downloaded with Google Chrome:
Google Translate:
A useful addon to translate the site here for google Chrome:
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/google-translate/aapbdbdomjkkjkaonfhkkikfgjllcleb
Font Size Changer:
You can change Font size using Ctrl (Command on Mac) and + / – buttons but this addon can be used to assist font sizes on Chrome too:
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/a+-fontsize-changer/ckihgechpahhpompcinglebkgcdgpkil
