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Firefox 16 with new Address Bar Word Highlighting

July 15, 2012

Sometimes it is the little things that are worth talking about.

What you can expect from Firefox 14 to 17

July 10, 2012

In ten days, Mozilla is going to release Firefox 14 to the release channel, Firefox 15 to the beta channel, Firefox 16 to Aurora, and move the Nightly channel t

Firefox: Skip Addon Compatibility Check and What's New Page

July 9, 2012

I'm running several Firefox versions on my computer.

Can Firefox OS Break the Android and iOS domination?

July 7, 2012

The US smartphone market has seen huge changes in the past six years.

Firefox Up and Coming Add-ons July 2012

July 6, 2012

Every month, we are going to look at some of the up and coming extensions for the Firefox web browser.

Mozilla renames Boot2Gecko to Firefox OS, announces partnerships

July 2, 2012

Up until now I have not really paid much attention to Mozilla's attempt at creating an operating system for mobile devices.

Move Firefox Add-on icons from Status Bar to Address Bar

July 2, 2012

The Firefox status bar has always been the location for add-on icons, even after Mozilla replaced the original bar and hid the new one by default.

INTO, A Sports Add-on from Sony for Firefox

July 2, 2012

Who would have thought that? Sony has created a Firefox add-on, called INTO, which displays sports news directly in the browser.

Fire IE, Run Internet Explorer compatible sites in Firefox

June 29, 2012

If you are working in an environment where some websites or services are only accessible in Microsoft's Internet Explorer, but work with Firefox as your main br

Firefox Mobile 14 for Android is here

June 26, 2012

Mozilla last week announced big things coming to Firefox for Android in a Twitter message without revealing too much about what they meant by that.

How to turn off Firefox's New Tab Page Completely

June 24, 2012

Mozilla is currently in the process of releasing an update for its Firefox browser that brings the version of the stable branch to 13.

New Tab Tools: Customize Firefox's new tab page

June 23, 2012

We looked at two issues of Firefox's new tab page yesterday that some users of the browser may experience when they try to use it.

Firefox's New Tab Page Not Showing Websites or Thumbnails? Fix Inside

June 22, 2012

I have played around with Firefox's new tab page in the past days and you may have already come into contact with as well.

Chrome uses way more memory than Firefox, Opera or Internet Explorer

June 21, 2012

When you ask Internet users about their personal opinions about web browsers, some may tell you that they feel Firefox is using too much memory which is keeping

Get a sneak peek of Firefox's New Design

June 20, 2012

If you are following the development of the Firefox web browser you have probably noticed that some Mozilla designers are currently working on a new design, or

Configure permissions for Firefox bookmarks

June 19, 2012

You may remember that Mozilla introduced a new permissions manager in Firefox 6 which made it easier to define permissions on a site-by-site basis.

Tab Stacking for Firefox introduces better tab overflow handling

June 18, 2012

Tab stacking, originally implemented into the Opera web browser and later on added to Chrome's experimental features in a slightly different fashion seems to be

Firefox 13.0.1 Released

June 16, 2012

Mozilla has just released a new version of Firefox stable, bringing the version of the browser to 13.

Firefox: Send Tabs to Google Chrome

June 15, 2012

The Firefox web browser has been my main Internet browser for the past years.

Shumway: Mozilla-backed Virtual Flash SWF Technology

June 12, 2012

Browser makers have four options to deal with Flash issues.

Highlight unloaded Tabs in Firefox

June 10, 2012

If you are currently working with Firefox 12 or later and making use of the browser's session restore feature, you may have noticed that only the active tab get

Improve your typing with Typing Stats for Firefox

June 9, 2012

If you type a lot on your computer you are probably interested in improving your typing skills further to complete given tasks in a shorter period of time.

Smart Referrer for Firefox Blocks Cross-Domain Referrers

June 6, 2012

Whenever you follow a link on the Internet, the site that you are visiting receives information where you cam from.

Firefox 15, What's New

June 5, 2012

Mozilla is preparing to update all different Firefox channels in the coming days.

How to Backup and Move Firefox Bookmarks to another Computer

June 4, 2012

Looking back at all the tutorials that I wrote about Firefox in the last six years or so, I noticed that I never ran a piece on how to backup and move […

Firefox 13 Stable now available

June 2, 2012

Firefox users who run the stable version of the browser may observe a recurring theme every six weeks or so.

Display more Add-ons in the Firefox Addon Manager

June 1, 2012

One of the things that I have come to dislike in recent versions of the Firefox web browser is the redesigned addon manager that Mozilla implemented some time a

Add-ons keeping you on Firefox 3.6? Try these alternatives

May 28, 2012

Depending on which statistics you look at, about 2.

This is the best smooth scrolling extension for Firefox

May 24, 2012

I rarely use superlatives here on Ghacks, but this smooth scrolling extension for Firefox has fully convinced me that there is nothing better on the market righ

Fix Firefox Nightly Not Updating Automatically

May 24, 2012

The Firefox web browser comes in several flavors.

Change Firefox shortcuts with the Customizable Shortcuts add-on

May 23, 2012

Back when Mozilla introduced the Tab Groups feature I often hit the assigned shortcut accidentally triggering it.

Make Firefox More Responsive With Suspend Background Tabs

May 22, 2012

If you work with many tabs in Firefox, you may have some websites that leech away the computer's processing power or memory even when they are running in the ba

Web Browser System Requirements Overview

May 21, 2012

When you are planning to install a new web browser on your system, or to upgrade one of the browsers to a newer version, you need to make sure that your system

Pop Out Browser Objects Into Their Own Resizable Window in Firefox

May 18, 2012

When you are only interested in a specific object on a web page, like a video player or Flash game, you may sometimes prefer to hide or remove the remaining pag

Reset Firefox Has Landed, And It's Awesome

May 17, 2012

Troubleshooting issues that you experience in the Firefox web browser can be an exhausting experience, especially if you can't pinpoint the issue that you are e

Configure Website Redirect Rules with Redirector for Firefox

May 17, 2012

Don't you hate it when a website automatically redirects you to a localized version? Say you enter google.

How To Remove The PDF.JS PDF Viewer Extension In Firefox

May 15, 2012

Before I take a look at how you can remove the PDF Viewer extension in Firefox, I'd like to spend a moment talking about why it is necessary to write about it.