If you have visited one of the add-on repositories on the Mozilla.org website lately you must have noticed that the design and layout has changed significantly. I thought for a moment on my first visit that I was in the Chrome web store, before I realized that this was the new layout of the add-on [...]
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Mozilla Firefox 6.0 And 3.6.20 Pushed To Release FTP Server
The official release date for the next stable version of the Firefox web browser is August 16. This is also the day when all other channels move a version up, so to speak. Beta users will move to version 7 of the browser, Aurora users to 8 and Nightly users likely to version 9. The [...]
Browser Sign In Firefox Add-on
Mozilla announced a new sign-in system technology back in July. With the help of this new technology, Mozilla promised to make log ins easier and more secure. Instead of having to remember and type in log ins for different web services and sites, users can utilize the Browser ID to sign in just with their [...]
Firefox 8 With New Add-On Compatibility Checks
Good news for Firefox users who think that the current add-on compatibility assistant during browser updates is not giving them enough control over their add-ons. Mozilla has uploaded a test nightly build to the official ftp server that demonstrates a new add-on compatibility check that gives users full process control. Firefox still runs a compatibility [...]
Firefox OneLiner Add-On, Merge Address Bar And Tabs
Most web browsers are using two toolbars for the address and tabs that are open in the browser. Most developers in their quest to minimize the browser interface have thought about merging the address bar and tab bar. Microsoft for instance has done that to Internet Explorer 9 with an option to revert that change [...]
HTTPS Everywhere 1.0 For Firefox Released
I reviewed one of the first versions of HTTPS Everywhere for the Firefox web browser back in the middle of 2010. The Firefox extension, which forced https connections to a handful of supported web pages, has come a long way since then. The developers today have announced the release of HTTPS Everywhere 1.0 which includes [...]
Firefox Profile Data Storage: How to Hack it
Like all browsers, Firefox stores your browsing history, saved passwords, form data, and preference values. Where exactly does it store it? It certainly isn’t on that ordered list in the Browsing History. All of this information is specifically stored in the SQLite databases in the Firefox profile folder. By using an open-source program called SQLite [...]
How To Create Multiple Firefox Profiles For Specific Tasks
It is likely that the majority of Firefox users are using only one profile in the browser. Profiles are basically separate identities with their own sets of bookmarks, settings and customizations. This makes them very interesting for users who use the browser for unrelated tasks, for instance for work and free time, or for SEO [...]
Firefox To Get Better Third Party Add-On Security
Good news for Firefox users who like me think that Mozilla needs to do something against third party add-on installations in the browser. Third party add-ons are browser extensions that are installed from third party programs on the system. It is for instance very common for security software to install toolbars and other add-ons in [...]
Good news, IE users aren’t stupid after all
Last week we reported, somewhat sceptically I’m happy to say, about a piece of research by a company called AptiQuant Psychometric Consulting, that said that people who used Internet Explorer had lower IQs than people who used other browsers. The research “measuring the effects of cognitive ability on the choice of web browser” was apparently [...]
Firefox Appears To Handle Lots Of Tabs Better Than Chrome
Which web browser handles 150 open tabs better, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome? That’s what Gregor Wagner wanted to find out in a scalability test. The test setup was the following: Open the 150 most popular web sites in both web browsers and see which performs better memory and performance wise. Gregor automated the process [...]
How To Go Back Multiple Pages In Firefox
It is sometimes the little things that can make a big difference. A friend of mine called me the other day about a problem she had with the Firefox web browser. Her problem was that she could not figure out how to go back multiple pages in Firefox. While she did know that it is [...]
Focus Keyboard, Activate UrlBar, Forms On KeyPress In Firefox
How do you type in a new web address in the Firefox web browser? Do you click with your mouse in the urlbar and start typing? Do you use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl-L instead to activate the urlbar? Whatever you do, you first need to activate the urlbar before you can start typing in the [...]
This Could Be The New Default Firefox Theme
The last major changes to the Firefox default theme data a while back to the Firefox 4 release. You may remember that Mozilla overhauled the browser interface, for instance by removing the status bar, replacing the menu bar with a single menu button or moving tabs by default on top of the url bar. Mockup [...]
Firefox, Focus Last Selected Tab Add-On
I like to limit the open tabs in the Firefox browser, actually in every browser, to the visible space. While it is sometimes unavoidable to add more tabs to the browser than can be displayed without scrolling, it is an unpleasant experience that I try to avoid as best as I can. Why? First, it [...]
Firefox Snaporama, Save All Open Tabs
Mozilla is still trying to integrate the tab groups feature, formerly known as Panorama, more effectively into the web browser. You may remember that Mozilla originally planned to integrate Panorama into Firefox 4, but several issues prevented this from happening. Mozilla up until now has been working on fixes to resolve the existing Tab Groups [...]
Mozilla enter the Tablet OS race
Mozilla have announced that they’re the latest contender for the tablet operating system crown, and have begun work on their own operating system for mobile devices and tablets. The OS will be based on Google’s Android operating system but will have much of the code freshly written. The project, which was announced on a Mozilla [...]
Googlebar, Google Toolbar Alternative for Firefox
We have discussed Google’s decision to stop updating its Google Toolbar extension for the Firefox web browser. The most recent version of the Firefox web browser, Firefox 5, is not supported anymore. The same is true for future versions of the Internet browser. The last version officially supported is Firefox 4. What can Firefox users [...]
YouTube Video Quality Manager
Is it possible to set a different default YouTube video quality for all videos hosted on the video hosting site? YouTube plays videos in 360p by default. Users who want a different video quality need to click on the 360p link on the video page to switch to another quality setting. And that needs to [...]
Selectively Block Cookies on Internet Explorer and Firefox In Realtime
Cookies are practical when you are able to block the ones you don’t want and allow the useful cookies. Cookies are tiny files that store information. These can come in handy if you want them but they are simply irritating if you don’t. Tracking cookies that record private information are the ones that most people [...]