Quick Overview of Firefox Startup Options

Most Firefox users know that they can start Firefox so that it automatically displays one website which is also known as the homepage. Readers of my blog also know that it is possible to load multiple homepages by separating every website with the | char. To load Ghacks and Google whenever Firefox starts users would add the line http://www.ghacks.net/ | http://www.google.com/ to the Home Page option in Firefox.

Far more interesting than this well known feature is another option that is quite hidden in the same menu. Let me first explain how you open it. The Firefox options open in a new window and are located in the Tools > Options menu. The Main tab of those options define the Startup options which includes setting the homepage.

It is furthermore possible to configure Firefox to open the tabs and windows from the last Firefox session.

As you can see that option can be configured in the same menu. It does come in handy if you regularly continue your work from the last session and do not want to open the websites over and over again. I think that’s a pretty interesting option that gets overlooked quite often.

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3 Responses to “Quick Overview of Firefox Startup Options”

1. David Bradley says:

   July 10, 2008 at 12:42 pm

   If you enable this feature and share your computer with your partner just make sure you shut down all the pr0n shopping tabs before you close the browser. I covered this in an item on covering your tracks recently.
2. Steve T says:

   July 11, 2008 at 2:59 pm

   In Opera for years now you have been able to save a snapshot of your browser as a session & if you select show startup dialog when starting Opera you can choose to start a saved session or continue from last time or start with a blank page or your home page.

   How does Firefox 3 compare to Opera on the speed front i tried Ffox2 & Opera was the fastest
3. Roman ShaRP says:

   July 20, 2008 at 7:33 pm

   I use Tab Mix Plus for that, but in Tab Mix Plus it should be turned on separately.

   Steve T
   How does Firefox 3 compare to Opera on the speed front i tried Ffox2 & Opera was the fastest

   Firefox 2 was slower, but FF 3 is much faster, and for me it is close to Opera 9.