Posts Tagged ‘Firefox’

Firefox: Protect saved passwords with a Master Password

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If you are not using a dedicated password manager like Roboform or the like to take care of your passwords, then you would either have to remember the passwords to all the sites you log into, or let your browser save your passwords. Of course, you wouldn’t want the browser to save your passwords in [...]

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Backing up Firefox’s ‘about:config’ settings

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If you have ever used the ‘about:config‘ screen in Firefox, then you would know that it is quite similar to the Windows’ Registry, for, it contains important information and settings. Fiddling with about:config, without knowing what you are doing could adversely affect Firefox. Of course, it may not be as catastrophic as when you mess [...]

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Add any Search Engine to the Firefox search bar with ease

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The search bar in the Firefox browser is pretty useful when it comes to searching the web without having to first go to the search engine page.
The default search engine in Firefox is Google but you can change it to an engine of your preference by using the ‘Manage Search Engines’. If it is not [...]

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Group your tabs in Firefox with Tab Groups

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It is common for most people to have number of tabs open at the same time while browsing. However, Firefox only displays 10 tabs on the tabs bar. The other tabs are hidden and has to be scrolled by clicking on the small arrow on the right of the tabs bar. The idea is that [...]

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Make your browsing more secure with McAfee SiteAdvisor

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If you are a Firefox user, you might already know that Firefox has good security features in itself. But when you are on the Wild Wild Web,you can never be too careful. Any extra bit of security is most welcome, especially when it comes Free.
McAfee SiteAdvisor is a plugin for Firefox which will help you [...]

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Firefox Smart Keywords - Search a web site the easy way

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Smart Keywords are an easy way to search Web sites right from the location bar (aka Address bar).
Suppose you visit wikipedia.com often to look up things. You go to wikipedia.com and click in the search box and enter whatever you are searching for and click ‘Search’. Nothing wrong with this. But there is a much [...]

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How to view cached files in Firefox.

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Firefox does not have a menu command for viewing the cached files though you can clear the cache through the menu. But what if you wanted to view the cached files? For instance, you may want to locate a flash file which you saw on a recently browsed webpage. The .swf would be cached, but [...]

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