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Firefox

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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.

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

Mozilla retires the Firefox Add-on Collector

March 8, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu
Firefox settings, about:config and browser fixes on a laptop

Mozilla is retiring the Add-on Collector, the Firefox extension that let you build and manage add-on collections from inside the browser. The announcement came … [Read more…]

Posted in: Browser News, Firefox, Firefox extensions
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Firefox 10.0.2 Released

February 17, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

We’ve another Firefox release!, Firefox 10.0.2 now available via update.  Two weeks back Mozilla released Firefox 10 after that they followed it with Firefox … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News Tagged: Firefox 10.0.2
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McAfee Site Advisor Add-on Raises Firefox Memory Consumption, Disable It Now

February 17, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

If you’re using Firefox with McAfee security product installed in your Computer and if you ‘re experiencing slow browsing in Firefox 10.0.1 – blame … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News Tagged: blocklist, McAfee Site Advisor, memory consumption, mozilla
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Firefox settings, about:config and browser fixes on a laptop

Add Desktop Notifications to Firefox with HTML Desktop Notifications Add-on

November 11, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu
Firefox settings, about:config and browser fixes on a laptop

We all know Chrome supports desktop notifications for Chrome extensions and for apps like Gmail, let’s talk about Gmail notification system in Chrome: whenever … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox Tagged: Firefox extensions, HTML5
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What is PDF.js? Will it be Integrated into Firefox?

October 18, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

Mozilla currently developing PDF.js, a native HTML5-based PDF Renderer for Firefox and plans to offer for their users in future, Web browsers capable of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Tips and Tricks Tagged: HTML5, HTML5 based PDF Renderer, PDF
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Firefox settings, about:config and browser fixes on a laptop

Enable/Show “http://” URL Prefix in Firefox 7 Location Bar

September 25, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu
Firefox settings, about:config and browser fixes on a laptop

It’s all set for Firefox 7 final release on September 27th of this month, Mozilla follows Chrome and Opera, removes http:// protocol and trailing … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Tips and Tricks
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How to Remove Orange Firefox (4) Button

March 30, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

Do you like Firefox 4? If you upgraded from Firefox 3.6.x to Firefox 4 one element you may not like in Firefox UI is … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Firefox 4, Orange Firefox button, remove
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Turn off or Disable Avast’s WebRep Safety Ratings for Websites and Search Results

February 5, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

We’ve covered about Avast WebRep module which shows safety ratings for websites and search results in Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers. WebRep installs as … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Internet Explorer, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Avast, Avast 6, Avast WebRep, disable, turn off
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Memory Restart, allows to Restart Firefox if It’s Memory Usage is too High

January 18, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

Firefox known famous as a resource hog, not talking about Firefox 4 but talking about Firefox 3.6 and its earlier versions. Firefox sometimes eats … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox Tagged: add-on, Firefox 3.6, Firefox extensions, Memory, Memory Restart, memory usage, Restart, Restart Firefox, usage
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How to enable or disable WebGL in Firefox in 2022

December 23, 2010 by Venkat Eswarlu

Mozilla has released Firefox 4 Beta 8 with WebGL activated by default. WebGL brings 3D graphics to Firefox 4 opening the door for developers … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks Tagged: disable, Firefox 4, WebGL
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Enable WebSockets in Firefox 4

December 14, 2010 by Venkat Eswarlu

Due to security issues in WebSockets protocol, Firefox and Opera turned off support for WebSockets for their next releases Firefox 4 and Opera 11.  … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Beta, enable, Firefox 4, WebSockets
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How to Disable Direct2D in Firefox?

October 19, 2010 by Venkat Eswarlu

Direct2D is enabled by default in latest Firefox 4 beta as well as in its final version also, but there will be problems faced … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, How to, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Direct2D, disable, disable Direct2D, Firefox 4, GPU hardware acceleration, hardware acceleration, turn off
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