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Mozilla Firefox coverage from Techdows: what is new in each release, useful settings and about:config tweaks, extension tips, and fixes for common Firefox problems on Windows, Mac, and Android. Guides are updated as new Firefox versions ship.
With Firefox 4, Mozilla has introduced new user interface where tabs always remained on top by default, but they offered the option at that time till Firefox 15 on Options sub menu to bring them to bottom, that option was […]
When you open Firefox it may show error below navigation toolbar with the message’ The bookmarks and history system will not be functional because one of Firefox’s files is in use by another application. Some security software can cause this […]
When you try to start Firefox from its shortcut on desktop or on Start Menu you can get Firefox.exe – System Error dialog with message “The program can’t start because pgort100.DLL is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program […]
Mozilla has introduced panel based download manager with Firefox 13, but till Firefox 26 they’ve offered preference in about:config to restore old download manager UI that shows downloads in a separate window, now the code for it has been removed […]
With Firefox 4, Mozilla has introduced Add-on Bar, new menu and ditched Status bar. While Add-on Bar that appears at bottom of Firefox window if enabled by you is for the placement of Add-on icons. It has been removed in […]
It takes more time for us to have plugin-free web, plugins are never safe and secure-especially from Java are often suggested by security researchers to disable or remove. Mozilla already made plugins in Firefox to click to play except for […]
Visual design overhaul for Firefox or new theme for Mozilla browser, Australis has been landed on Nightly and available for testing since few days. New design ships with curved tabs similar to Chrome. If you don’t like these curved tabs […]
Mozilla has made first beta of Firefox 26 available for Windows, Mac and Linux with Click to Play Plugins which means this browser version and future versions of Firefox won’t activate all plugins by default except for latest version of […]
Mozilla is offering new HTTP cache for Firefox from version 27 onwards -currently in Aurora but disabled by default – you can enable this backend cache feature by switching value of preference ‘browser.cache.use_new_backend’ to in ’1′ about:config, you don’t need […]
Till now when you reset Firefox -available when you select Troubleshooting Information on Help menu or visit about:support page- to its initial state it leaves Old Firefox Data folder on desktop which is your old profile contains important browser data […]
Till now Firefox in Windows 8-Mozilla calling as “Metro Firefox” – used a separate profile from Desktop Firefox. Things to change and news is both to share same single profile but with some exceptions, Mozilla has detailed advantages and issues […]
If you still don’t know the news: Firefox with new UI, Australis is available on Nightly build and we’ve covered Classic Theme Restorer add-on that restores its interface to classic one which also includes Menu button. But do you know […]