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  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Sep 9th, 2009
  • Comments: 11

Firefox 3.5.3

The Mozilla Firefox have already started spreading the latest Firefox version with the version number of 3.5.3 to the official mirror servers. This usually means that the next Firefox update is imminent which would go along well with the official schedule which suggests a release tomorrow.
The beta release notes which are currently publicly available mention [...]

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Categories: Browsing, firefox

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Sep 8th, 2009
  • Comments: 1

Prioritize Tabs In Firefox

It is possible to load several websites in different tabs or windows at once in Firefox. This can happen after a session restore for example where all websites that had been open before are loaded again, while opening a bookmark folder with all its bookmarks, using add-ons like Snap Links to open multiple websites at [...]

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Categories: Browsing, firefox

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Sep 6th, 2009
  • Comments: 3

Create Custom Firefox And Thunderbird Installations

Silence of the foxes is a lightweight software program that can be used to create custom Firefox installations. Custom installations refers to a Firefox setup that can install custom preferences, extensions, plugins and bookmarks whenever it is installed. This can be very useful for various purposes including distribution of a custom Firefox installation to multiple [...]

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Categories: Browsing, firefox

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Sep 4th, 2009
  • Comments: 14

Mozilla Checks Flash Version After Firefox Updates

Web browser attacks are an increasing threat these days. Attackers not only expoit web browser vulnerabilities but also those of plugins and add-ons that are installed in the web browser. The Adobe Flash plugin is one of the high priority targets of attackers due to its distribution percentage. A recent article at H-Online estimates that [...]

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Categories: Browsing, Security, firefox

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Sep 3rd, 2009
  • Comments: 6

SpeedyFox Optimizes Firefox Databases To Speed Up The Web Browser

The switch to storing data in SQLite databases has caused a problem for Firefox users who use the web browser heavily. The databases grow over time and reduce the startup time and responsiveness of the web browser due to fragmentation. This can be largely attributed to the fact that Firefox will not optimize the databases [...]

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Categories: Browsing, firefox

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Sep 2nd, 2009
  • Comments: 10

Exclude Websites From Appearing In The Firefox Address Bar

The Firefox awesome bar, often also called location bar or address bar, tries to match letters entered by the Firefox user to bookmarks, tags and the Firefox web browsing history. Several settings can be changed so that the awesome bar will ignore some of the locations that it searches for matches.
Firefox does not offer options [...]

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Categories: Browsing, firefox

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Aug 31st, 2009
  • Comments: 10

Greasemonkey To Firefox Add-On Compiler

Some Greasemonkey scripts can really improve the usability on specific websites. We have reviewed several popular scripts before including Greasemonkey scripts for IMDB, Twitter, 4Chan, Youtube or Google Search. Greasemonkey scripts require the Firefox Greasemonkey extension before they can be installed. Users who want to be notified about userscript updates need to install another userscript [...]

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Categories: Browsing, firefox

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