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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.

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PDF file opened natively in Firefox 19 beta

Firefox 19 will Come with built-in PDF Viewer enabled by Default

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
PDF file opened natively in Firefox 19 beta

PDF.js, Mozilla’s project to render PDFs natively and securely inside the browser without any plugins has been finally turned on by default in Firefox 19 beta which is available for Windows, Linux and Mac. PDF.js works even on other browsers

Posted in: Firefox, News
Firefox
Download Panel Firefox 20

Firefox 20: Download Panel, Plugin Hang UI and Per-Window Private Browsing

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Download Panel Firefox 20

Firefox 20 to offer -long awaited  per-window private browsing feature, new panel-based download manager and also UI for the user to end unresponsive plugins and there‘re other improvements on performance wise too and developers will welcome new features such as

Posted in: Firefox, News
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Firefox 21 Nightly Gets Health Report Feature

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Firefox Health Report which we’ve reported back on September has now been part of Firefox 21 nightly build and this feature is enabled by default, under “Data Choices” tab for Advanced tab of Options. This feature “helps you understand your

Posted in: Firefox, News
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How to Set Firefox as Default PDF Reader

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Recently Firefox 19 Beta has been released with pdf.js, built-in PDF viewer enabled by default, since its not a plugin like to Chrome PDF Viewer that’s why this JavaScript based PDF Viewer is more secure. In fact you can set

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks
Firefox
Firefox add-on blocklist file

Mozilla adds Malicious Codec add-ons to Blocklist

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Firefox add-on blocklist file

Mozilla now blocklisting malicious add-ons aggressively, till now you may’ve heard news about Firefox developer blocklisting Java, Silverlight and other plugins because of vulnerabilities, now they’ve added some Codec add-ons available with different names such as Codec, Codec-C and Codec-M

Posted in: Firefox, News, Security
Firefox
Resume videos playback from where they stopped last time

Automatically Resume YouTube Videos from Where You Paused or Left

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Resume videos playback from where they stopped last time

If you’re looking for Firefox extension that resumes previously seen videos from where you saw last time without playing from the beginning, look no further install Video Resumer without any second thoughts. YouTube hasn’t got the built-in ability to resume

Posted in: Firefox
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View History Menu for a Selected Tab with a Click in Firefox

January 1, 2013 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

To view tab history for a particular tab in Firefox browser you need to hover mouse pointer over back button and need to right click on it or you can pull down back button as history shown in drop-down manner,

Posted in: Firefox
Browser News
Firefox settings, about:config and browser fixes on a laptop

Firefox 19 plugin hang UI lets you stop unresponsive plugins

November 27, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu
Firefox settings, about:config and browser fixes on a laptop

Mozilla is adding a plugin hang UI to Firefox for Windows. When a plugin such as Adobe Flash stops responding, Firefox will show a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Browser News, Firefox
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Enable WebRTC Support in Firefox 18/19

October 13, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

WebRTC is short for Web Real-time communications, by using WebRTC websites/apps in browser able to share, stream video, audio and data without any plugins. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Tips and Tricks Tagged: enable, Firefox 18, Firefox 19, WebRTC
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Security Vulnerability Found in Firefox 16, Mozilla Promises The Patch

October 11, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

One day back Mozilla has released Firefox 16 with new developer toolbar, memory improvements and it comes with fixing 14 security vulnerabilities found in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News Tagged: Firefox 16, mozilla, Secuirty, vulnerability
Firefox

Test Firefox OS from Desktop Firefox via r2d2b2g Add-on

October 3, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

Two months back for developers to test B2G apps on desktop Mozilla made available B2G nightly build for Firefox OS formerly known as Boot … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News Tagged: Boot2Gecko Desktop, Firefox OS, mozilla
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Firefox 18: PDF.js gets Printing Support

September 29, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

Do you remember PDF.js? Firefox built in PDF reader based on JavaScript and HTML5 progressing well so far, to the latest PDF.JS got Printing … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News Tagged: PDf.js
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