Light is a slimmed down Firefox third-party build optimized for performance
I have updated the custom Firefox build list today and stumbled upon a new third-party build that I had not heard about before.
Firefox - Latest Posts
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NoTrace for Firefox protects users against privacy threats on the Internet
Chance is, that if you are using the Internet, that you are tracked on it to a certain degree.
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Who is going to use the Metro version of Firefox anyway?
News broke today that Mozilla has -- once again -- delayed the delivery of the so called Metro version of the Firefox web browser on Windows 8.
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Chrome vs. Firefox: where Firefox beats the Google browser
If you look at desktop computers, you will notice that there are three core Internet browsers left for those systems.
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Everything you need to know about 64-bit versions of Firefox for Windows
The stock Firefox browser, with that I mean the releases that are available for download on the Mozilla website directly, can be run on 32-bit and 64-bit Window
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Block Firefox's address bar search feature
If you are using the Firefox web browser, you have two options to search the Internet.
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Fit any site to the Firefox browser window with a single click
I run two Firefox windows next to each other often when I'm using my main PC, and the resolution of my main screen is usually large enough to display a website
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Mozilla's Australis Survey gives you the chance to tell them what you think of it
The Australis redesign of the Firefox web browser is the most controversial change since the removal of the status bar in Firefox 4.
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Mozilla fixes text rendering issues for Windows users with AMD cards
Windows 7 or newer users who run Firefox may have noticed text rendering issues in the web browser for some time now.
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Supertab for Firefox: switch tabs with Ctrl-Tab in the browser
Most of the tab browsing related features of the Firefox web browser have been supported since the very beginning.
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Firefox 29: save and fill out autocomplete="off" passwords
Update: The feature has been implemented natively in Firefox and is enabled by default in all versions of the browser.
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Restore the Firefox Bookmarks Star Button in the address bar
Firefox users who are using a stable, beta or aurora channel version of the web browser do not necessarily know that a major layout and functionality change is
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Mozilla backpedals on Firefox release schedule, in favor of a holiday break
We've mostly grown accustomed to the rather quick update cycles that web browsers utilize these days.
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Quickly jump between Tabs or Windows in Firefox with WorkspaceHopper
I often have two Firefox windows open when I'm using the web browser, for instance one window with the WordPress admin dashboard where I'm writing an article, a
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Total Bookmarks for Firefox: better bookmark sorting
Anyone still using bookmarks actively in Firefox? While I do add bookmarks to the Firefox browser regularly, I'm not doing it as often anymore as I did a couple
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Firefox to support Google's VP9 Codec from version 28 on
Mozilla improved Firefox's support for select audio and video formats in recent time.
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Firefox 26: broken download extensions left and right
Firefox 26 has been out for some days now, a rather unspectacular update for many users as it does not really ship with that many new or improved features.
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Firefox 26: Find out what is new
Later today, Mozilla will release an update that will bring the stable channel of the Firefox browser to version 26.
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Fixing Firefox's Couldn't load XPCOM error message on start
When I tried to start the Firefox web browser today I received two error messages instead of the web browser.
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What's the Firefox Touch entry doing in the Firefox Nightly bookmarks?
If you are running a nightly channel build of the Firefox web browser currently, and it does not matter if it is the official "with" Australis build, the "witho
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Remove Firefox menu items that you never use
The Firefox web browser's interface has changed a lot in the past two or three years.
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Multi-process Firefox is a go
Firefox has been a single-process web browser for all of its life.
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How to reset custom pdf configurations in Firefox
If you are using Firefox's built-in pdf reader pdf.
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Mozilla's Browser Toolbar makes Firefox interface customizations easier
If you are a regular here on Ghacks Technology News you probably know that it is possible to customize the Firefox user interface in many different ways.
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Australis Slimmr slims down the new Firefox interface
It did not take long before first extensions appeared in the Mozilla Add-ons store that changed various aspects of Firefox's new interface Australis.
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Noia 4 update makes it one of the first Firefox Australis compatible full themes
If you do not like where Mozilla is headed with Firefox's interface re-design Australis, you have a couple of options at hand to resolve it.
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Mozilla plans tour to guide Firefox users when Australis comes around
The Firefox Australis re-design will land on April 29th in the stable channel of the web browser if last-minute bugs do not prevent this from happening.
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KillSpinners makes sure that pages do not load indefinitely in Firefox
Web browsers stop loading a page after all resources have been downloaded and rendered.
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How to import extensions after a Firefox Reset (from Old Firefox Data folder)
Sometimes, resetting the Firefox web browser may seem like the only option available to resolve issues that you could not fix otherwise.
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More than 80% are unhappy with Firefox's Australis interface, Mozilla report states
Even though the Australis interface has been launched in the Firefox Nightly channel, it is still a work in progress.
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Display detailed information about the strength of SSL connections in Firefox
Web browsers like Firefox display all kinds of information about SSL connections (when you are connecting to https websites).
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Why you may want to clear the Firefox cache from time to time
I recently noticed a big drop in available disk space on my computer's main hard drive.
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Firefox's Holly Branch, a temporary escape from Australis
I apologize for the increase in Firefox Australis related posts in the last couple of weeks.
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How to restore Firefox's classic theme after the Australis interface update
The Australis interface redesign landed in the Nightly channel today.
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It's happening: Firefox interface redesign landing in Nightly channel
Mozilla has been working on an interface redesign of its Firefox web browser for a very long time.
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Improve Firefox's Save Page functionality with Shelve
When you want to save a web page in the Firefox web browser, you simply hit the Ctrl-S shortcut while it is active to do so.
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Prepare yourself: Australis landing on Firefox Nightly on Monday
If things go as planned, Mozilla will move the controversial interface update for its Firefox browser to the browser's Nightly channel on Monday, November 18th.
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How to reload in Firefox now that View Reload (Alt-v-r) is gone
Removing an option from one of Firefox's menus may seem like a straightforward thing to do if you believe that no one is using it anymore, or if you think it is
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Firefox Preferences Monitor gets pref cleaning capabilities
The Firefox web browser would not be where it stands today without its add-ons and the community behind it.
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MozCleaner for Firefox cleans up some harder to delete information
All you have to do to clear the browsing data in Firefox is to press Ctrl-Shift-Del to bring up the cleaning dialog, select the items that you want deleted, and
