Firefox is not able to remember where you left off the last time you were using it. This is normally not a big deal if you are able to close firefox after you´ve done what you wanted to do. The problem begins when Firefox crashes or when you have to turn off your computer in a hurry. Session Saver is able to save the current state and restore it at a later time. Session Saver saves tabs, window positions, text in websites and cookies for example

This is not only great to prevent data loss through crashes but also nice if you have websites that you visit together.  Say you have a set of three websites that you visit once a day regulary. Save the session when all three websites are open in their own tab and restore them the next day right where you left oft.

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This update is interesting for those of you who are still running the 1.5.x line of firefox. Firefox 1.5.0.5 is mainly a update that fixes several security vulnerabilities as well as improvements to product stability. The website with the changes has unfortunatly not been updated as of now which means I can´t get into detail which vulnerabilities have been fixed.

The new version will be available as an update pretty soon, maybe the more convenient way for those who can wait a few hours. Everyone else should be heading to the ftp and grab the latest firefox version, it is always a good idea to stay on the safe side.

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Some Firefox extensions seem to cause problems when enabling them, like making firefox slower or even crash the browser. This is of course not intended behaviour but it still occurs rather frequently when new extensions are released. The problematic extensions web site lists known bugs and workaround for many firefox extensions.

The table that is displayed has five columns. The first names the extension, the second lists the versions that are effected, the third provides a description of the problem, the fourth contains the workaround and the final column has reference links. Listed are many well known firefox extensions such as FasterFox, Adblock, NoScript and Greasemonkey.

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Mozilla Firefox comes preinstalled with seven search engines which are Google, Yahoo, Amazon, Answers, Creative Commons, Ebay and Furl. Those are probably not the best selections, most probably missed that there are more search engines than Google preinstalled. Adding new search engines that might prove more useful can be easily added by going to the mozilla search engine page.

Take a guess how many search engines or specialized sites can be added to firefox. The answer is more than 8000 ! All search engines are categorized for easier access. Categories include Computer, Games, Reference, Dictionaries and Arts & Media. You can also access the top 10 searches on that site for popular search engines.

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Sometimes sites are not accessible maybe because they are moving to a new webserver, have problems with their hardware or simply get slashdotted / digged and can´t handle that many requests which leads to timeouts for the user. This happens of course most of the time when you desperately need the information on that website.

There could be a way to see the contents of the website even though it is not reachable at the moment or dead forever. Some services, mainly search engines, store cached versions of a webpage. You can check a cached version by searching for the website on google, yahoo or msn and select the cached version of the website instead of clicking the link to the homepage.

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