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Firefox 4 – Organize your tabs with Tab Groups

March 25, 2011 0 comments

Using tabs in browser has become the norm. They are very convenient and easy to use, but if you are a ‘power browser’, you could end up with so many tabs that you find it hard…well…to keep tab on them. But if you have Firefox 4 installed then you can organize a lot of tabs [...]

Tab Sidebar: Make better use of your widescreen monitor

December 6, 2009 2 comments

Tabs have become a ubiquitous part of the web browser and it is hard to imagine using a browser without tabs anymore. However, if you are using a widescreen monitor, then you might have noticed that most of the time when you browsing web sites, a lot of screen estate on the sides is being [...]

How to run Firefox inside Firefox inside Firefox…

November 23, 2009 1 comment

If you are not already aware of this trick, I am sure the title of this post would confuse you but that is exactly what this trick is all about – running Firefox inside Firefox Well, I am not sure if this trick has any practical usage other than that you can show it off [...]

Firefox – Keep your favorite Google doodle all year round

October 29, 2009 0 comments

Google loves to get creative with its logo on holidays and special occasions by customizing their logo for a day. But what if you love one of those logos so much that you want to keep it all through the year. Favorite doodle is a Greasemonkey script, which though developed by a Google employee, is [...]

Browse multi-page articles without clicking on the Next button

October 20, 2009 0 comments

How many times have you come across web pages where you find only a portion of an article on the first page. The remaining portion of the article is spread over several other pages, and you have to click the Next button, sometimes several times, to read the rest of the story. Splitting a long [...]

How to log in to multiple web accounts simultaneously

August 19, 2009 1 comment

Many of us have multiple accounts with one web site. Whether it be several gmail accounts or two separate twitter accounts or any such multiple accounts. But it is always a hassle to have to log out of each account to access another. Internet Explorer The newest version of Internet Explorer, IE8, already includes this [...]

Add Firefox’s Spelling-Check feature to forms

June 16, 2009 0 comments

Firefox 3 comes with a cool built-in spelling checker. If you’ve ever used, say, Google Docs ro posted a message in an online forum, you’ve probably seen it at work in the form of a red line under each misspelled work. You could right-click the word to see spelling suggestions along with the usual context-menu [...]

How to easily capture large maps from google maps

June 12, 2009 7 comments

Google Maps is a great place to find vastly detailed street maps. But it is basically an online tool and Google doesn’t offer a way to save a map. You could use the Print option to save the map as a pdf file but the limitation is that you would be able to print only [...]

Firefox – How to change the session restore interval or disable it

June 8, 2009 0 comments

By default Firefox automatically saves your session every 10 seconds so that it can be easily restored in the even of a crash. But if you think 10 seconds is either too much or is not enough, then you can change it to whatever you think is right for you, with just a little tweak [...]

Firefox – How to increase the number of tabs you can restore after closing

May 14, 2009 0 comments

Firefox has this nifty feature that allows you to open recently closed tabs. It is greatly helpful if you close a tab either accidentally or if you closed a tab on purpose but would like to go back to it. All you need to do is, in the menu, go to History>Recently Closed Tabs and [...]

Uncover the web bugs hidden in web sites

May 3, 2009 0 comments

Did you know that most of the web sites that you visit contain Web bugs? Web bugs are not really bugs in the true sense. They are hidden scripts that track your behaviour and are used by the sites you visit to understand their own audience. Ghostery is a free add-on for Firefox that can [...]

Browsing the web without a mouse

March 13, 2009 0 comments

Imagine that your mouse stops working right now. Do you think you would still enjoy browsing? I suppose not. But if your browser is Firefox and you have the Mouseless Browsing addon installed, then it is an entirely different story.

BitDefender detects novel approach to stealing web passwords

December 5, 2008 2 comments

Researchers at BitDefender have discovered a new type of malicious software that collects passwords for banking sites but targets only Firefox users. The malware, which BitDefender dubbed “Trojan.PWS.ChromeInject.A” sits in Firefox’s add-ons folder. The malware runs when Firefox is started.

6 ways to use your mouse wheel to do more in Firefox

August 13, 2008 25 comments

Did you know that in Firefox, you can do more with your mouse scroll wheel than just scroll a web page up and down? Here are a few tips on using your mouse scroll wheel in Firefox that could save you some time. 1. Closing Tabs To close a tab just place your mouse cursor [...]

Speed up Firefox 3.0 in a flash with Firetune

June 29, 2008 1 comment

Firefox 3.0 is surely faster than its previous version. And with a little tweaking and optimization Firefox 3.0 can be made to perform even faster than it does out of the box. One way is to do the tweaking manually by accessing about:config and editing the parameters. Editing the configuration manually may not be everybody’s [...]

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