Back in January we reported that Mozilla Firefox would get faster startup times on Windows. The patch, proposed when Firefox 4 was still in beta, has been implemented in Firefox 7, which is currently available as a beta version for all supported operating systems. Without repeating what has already been said, the patch basically preloads [...]

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If you are using Firefox as a web browser you have probably made some modifications to it. This can be something simple like a different home page or more sophisticated customizations like about:config under the hood changes. Modified parameters in about:config are highlighted in bold, but there is not a way to display only those [...]

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I’m not really sure why extension preferences that are generated during installation are not deleted when the extensions are uninstalled. That’s in my opinion a serious flaw in the browser. Why would someone want to delete those old extension preferences? First to keep the preference file clean and tiny, second to limit privacy implications and [...]

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The start up time of the Firefox web browser ranges from almost instantly to half a minute or even more on some systems. This disparity stems from different hardware configurations, installed add-ons, session restore and other Firefox configuration settings. Add-ons for example can increase the start up of Firefox significantly. Firefox loads slower as well [...]

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Chance is that the web pages that you are connecting to with your web browser load elements from different web servers, and not from one. This is for instance the case if a Facebook Like, Twitter or Google Plus button is displayed on the site. Sometimes though you may want to get an exact list [...]

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Google is supporting its social networking service Google+ with Google Chrome extensions. This includes the Google Translate for Google+ extension for instance that allows users to automatically or manually translate posts on Google Plus. Google+ Manager is a relative new extension for the Firefox web browser that combines access to several handy features in one [...]

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Good news for all Firefox users, especially those running the latest Nightly builds of Firefox 9 or those planning to upgrade to the new version of the web browser once it becomes available in other Firefox release channels. Mozilla developer Brian Hackett worked on a new feature called type inference for over a year. You [...]

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I often make the decision to buy a certain product, a PC game for instance, when it drops below a certain price that I’m willing to pay for it. While I could check for price changes manually on a regular basis, I prefer to use a program for the tracking and monitoring. This has several [...]

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The NoScript add-on blocks the automatic focus of the search field on the Google and Bing search page. That’s a issue for me as I use those search engines regularly throughout the day. While I could whitelist the search engines, I prefer not to do so as it whitelists other services that run on those [...]

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