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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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Firefox settings, about:config and browser fixes on a laptop

Firefox Health Report Coming Soon

September 22, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu
Firefox settings, about:config and browser fixes on a laptop

Mozilla announced in their blog about new feature called Firefox Health Report which soon to be introduced in nightly build of Firefox. FHR will … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News Tagged: mozilla
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Firefox 18 Gets IonMonkey, A New JIT Compiler for SpiderMonkey

September 12, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

Mozilla always looks to improve JavaScript performance in Firefox browser, you could’ve heard Tracemonkey, JagerMonkey JavaScript engines for Firefox in the past, Mozilla today … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News Tagged: JavaScript, JavaScript engine
Firefox
Firefox settings, about:config and browser fixes on a laptop

Click to Play Switch, Toggle Firefox’s Click_to_Play Preference On or Off From Navigation Bar

September 3, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu
Firefox settings, about:config and browser fixes on a laptop

Mozilla added Click to Play plugins feature to Firefox 14 but not enabled by default, we don’t know which Firefox version gets UI for … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox Tagged: Firefox extensions
Firefox
Firefox settings, about:config and browser fixes on a laptop

What is Facebook Desktop plugin? How to disable or remove it

September 1, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu
Firefox settings, about:config and browser fixes on a laptop

Installed Facebook Messenger for Windows recently? Then check your browser’s plugin list. You will probably find a new entry called Facebook Desktop. It shows … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Google Chrome, How to
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Is Firefox 15 Slow When Compared to Firefox 14?

August 24, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

Since few last betas of Firefox 15 we’re feeling Mozilla browser less snappier than Firefox 14 and it is loading pages slowly, seems the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox Tagged: Firefox 14, Firefox 15
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Firefox to get Per-Window Private Browsing

August 9, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

Chrome and other browsers allows users to open Private browsing window by continuing current session which Firefox doesn’t supports till now, Mozilla working on … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox Tagged: mozilla, Private browsing
Firefox

Firefox 16:Changes in Context Menu

July 24, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

Mozilla continues to tweak its user interface by removing unnecessary UI elements, using  heatmap data they now able to analyze which UI elements are … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News Tagged: context menu, reload, Send Link, stop
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“Tabs on Top” option Removed in Firefox 15 & Here is how to Bring Tabs on Bottom Again

July 19, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

What’s the tab position in your Firefox? are “Tabs on Top” or on bottom? by default from Firefox 4 onwards Mozilla puts Tabs on … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Tabs on Top
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Firefox settings, about:config and browser fixes on a laptop

What’s new in Firefox 14

June 15, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu
Firefox settings, about:config and browser fixes on a laptop

Firefox 14 reached release users as version 14.0.1 on July 17, 2012. It was a security-minded update: Google searches moved to HTTPS, the site … [Read more…]

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

How to disable Flash Player’s protected mode for Firefox

June 15, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu
Firefox settings, about:config and browser fixes on a laptop

Adobe added a sandbox called protected mode to Flash Player for Firefox on Windows in June 2012. It made Flash harder to exploit, but … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Security, Tips and Tricks
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How to Disable URL Autocomplete in Firefox 14 Address bar

June 11, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

Firefox address bar aka awesome bar starts to show suggestions in a drop down menu when you start typing, you can then select any … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Firefox 14, URL Autocomplete
Firefox
Firefox settings, about:config and browser fixes on a laptop

Firefox Nightly gets In-Content Preferences

May 11, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu
Firefox settings, about:config and browser fixes on a laptop

Mozilla today made available In-Content Preferences in nightly build of Firefox 15 which displays preferences with in the content area of the browser instead … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News
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