Firefox add-ons can add many different features to the web browser. Some add new menus to the browser, for instance to the context menu when clicking on elements in the browser or the menu toolbar. It may sometimes be a little bit inconvenient to access some of the new toolbar options added by add-ons, especially [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Why Firefox is Not Scoring 100 In The Acid3 Test
Have you ever asked yourself why the Firefox web browser is not scoring a perfect score in the Acid3 test? The test checks a web browser’s compliance with web standards. Developed in 2007 and first released in 2008, the Acid3 test has become a standard in testing new web browser versions. When you run the [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Disable Firefox’s What’s New Page After Updates
I just noticed that two Ghacks readers have problems with Firefox’s What’s New page after updating their browser to Firefox 3.6.20. The intention of the What’s New page is to provide Firefox users with information about new features and changes. The page will be displayed instead of the homepage currently configured by the user. The [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Firefox 7 May Ship With New Graphics Component Azure
The Firefox rapid release cycle is up and in full swing. The very nature of it resulted in two Firefox versions with barely any new and exciting features. Both Firefox 5 and Firefox 6, which has been released recently, suffered from lack of time to implement features in the browser. This is now going to [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Mozilla Plans To Hide Firefox Version
One “by-product” of the rapid release cycle of the Firefox web browser is the version number increase that goes along with every new release of the web browser. Firefox this year jumped from Firefox 3 all the way to the latest version Firefox 8, and we are not even at the end of the year. [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Mozilla Modernizes Its Add-On Repository
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 [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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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 [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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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 [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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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 [...]