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Firefox

762 articles

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.

Firefox
Firefox tab groups feature

Mozilla to Remove Panorama feature from Firefox and planning to offer it as add-on

February 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Firefox tab groups feature

Do you remember Panorama or tab groups feature introduced by Mozilla with Firefox 4 which got so much hype then? but majority of users ignored it, currently there is a small user base using this feature. According to a bug

Posted in: Firefox, News
Firefox

Plugin Hang UI Now available on Firefox 20 Aurora and Nightly Builds

February 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

We’ve reviewed Firefox 20 Aurora in the past which currently available for download and brings new features to the table like Downloads panel, separate per-window private browsing and Plugin hang UI (for Windows only) to terminate hanging plugin like Flash.

Posted in: Firefox, News
Firefox
Most Visited smart bookmark folder on bookmarks toolbar

How to get deleted “Most Visited” bookmark Folder back on Firefox Bookmarks Toolbar

February 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Most Visited smart bookmark folder on bookmarks toolbar

After installing Firefox browser on your computer if you add or enable “Bookmarks Toolbar” from Firefox button>options, then you can see two default smart bookmarks folders displaying on Bookmarks toolbar they’re: “Most visited” and “Getting Started”. If you’ve unintentionally deleted

Posted in: Firefox, How to
Firefox

Automatically Close Duplicate Tabs in Firefox

February 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

We’ve covered Deduplicate -tabs extension in the past that alerts you with its icon when duplicate tabs were found and allows to remove them with a single click, how about automating this? meet Duplicate Tabs Closer add-on for Firefox which

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Firefox

Block/load Images on websites in Firefox with a single Click

February 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

If you’re on a slower connection you can make the sites you visit in Firefox to load faster by disabling “Load images automatically”option under “Content” tab of Options window. But what if you always want the browser to load images

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Firefox
Panel based download manager in Firefox

How to disable Panel Based Download Manager in Firefox 20

February 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Panel based download manager in Firefox

First beta for Firefox 20 has been released and available for download which has replaced old download manager UI with Panel-based download manager and has been activated by default. If you’ve downloaded the beta version and don’t like new download

Posted in: Firefox, How to
Firefox
DownloadThemAll 3.0 beta user interface

DownThemAll 3.0 Beta adds Support for HiDPI and Per-window Private browsing

February 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
DownloadThemAll 3.0 beta user interface

First beta for 3.0 version of DownThemAll has been released for Windows, Mac and Linux and is available for download from the developer website. This version will be snappy, more responsive and brings new UI and features. Notable changes are:

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Firefox

Firefox address bar shows “Search or enter address”

February 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

When you open new tab in Firefox address bar shows “Go to a Website” message now nightly showing it as “Search or enter address”. Mozilla has changed go to a website string to Search or enter address because they feel

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Firefox

Mozilla enables WebRTC and H.264 & MP3 support by Default in Firefox 21 Nightly

February 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Mozilla has enabled support for WebRTC and H.264 & MP3 (on Windows 7) by default for Firefox 21 nightly build and for early adopters Firefox for Windows 8 is available for testing. WebRTC enabled by default Till now you need

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Firefox

How to backup and Restore Firefox Extensions

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Do you want to transfer your installed extensions in Firefox to another PC? or planned to format your PC or wants to uninstall Firefox completely along with profile data folder that includes add-ons, or thinking to reset Firefox -all these

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Firefox
Firefox click to play plugin blocks

Mozilla to enable Click to Play for All Plugins to give More Control to Firefox Users

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Firefox click to play plugin blocks

Mozilla has decided to give more control to the user by forcing click to play plugins enabled by default even for all versions of all plugins (those including the current ones) except for current version of Flash. Till now Mozilla

Posted in: Firefox, News, Security
Firefox

Firefox 19 to Alert Users for Awesomebar Search Provider Changes

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 2 Comments

Mozilla started protecting the hidden preference “keyword.URL” of Firefox browser which generally is targeted by third-party programs to change awesome bar search provider with theirs with/without user consent, not any more! as upcoming Firefox version warns if a program or

Posted in: Firefox, News, Security
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