Many users who work in a web browser need to occasionally open another application on their computer system. Webmasters might need to use a screenshot taking tool or sftp client to manage […]
Many Firefox users do not know that they can change the default email client in the web browser easily. What even fewer know is that it is even possible to not only […]
Lazarus Form Recovery is a free add-on for the Firefox web browser that saves form data periodically for recovery purposes. Have you ever experienced a situation where you finished typing text in […]
One of the great annoyances on the Internet are links that are configured to open in new links or tabs. Outbound links, which means links that point to another domain, are usually […]
The Firefox tabbar is always visible in the web browser unless it is permanently deactivated in the View menu (Update: this feature has been removed from Firefox 23). It does not really […]
Update: The browser extension for Firefox has not been updated since 2009. It is not really needed anymore as Google has integrated its Drive service in Gmail that you can use to […]
Firefox 3.5 comes with an annoying problem that I'm not able to solve. The developers - for unknown reasons - have decided to make it possible to drag tabs, which in itself […]
Loading websites on schedule might come in handy in a few situations. The Firefox add-on Tab Timer offers this feature by allowing users to configure websites that should be opened at a […]
Firefox supports the Geolocation HTML API. Sites and applications may use the API to get the location of the user but only if the user gives them permission to do so. Sites […]
The Firefox web browser offers an user several ways of manipulating web sites in realtime. The article discusses several of the possibilities that are available ranging from popular Firefox add-ons to userscripts […]
The Firefox extensions website at Mozilla.org got a long needed overhaul. The design of the website has been changed drastically making it more welcoming and eye pleasing to visiting users. The various […]
There is quite a discussion going on currently about the future of the tab-driven web browser. The Mozilla Firefox team seems to be serious to discover a new way of handling multiple […]
You do not get a blank page whenever you open a new tab in the Google browser. Google Chrome displays thumbnails of the most visited websites together with a search option and […]
Update: Google has removed the Page Speed extension for Firefox from the official web site. A comparable add-on that you may want to try out is Yslow which works with Firebug as […]
The technical world and the advance of the Internet has made it a necessity for many users to speak English. This does leave many users with at least two languages that they […]
Userscripts come in handy in many different situations. They really shine when it comes to adding, changing or removing features on websites. Probably the most popular way to use userscripts is by […]
Mashlogic is a popular Firefox add-on that adds text links to contents on the web that display information when you hovere over them. What makes the add-on interesting is the ability to […]
IMDB, the Internet Movie Database, is the authority website on the Internet when it comes to information about and reviews of movies. It offers an incredible amount of information about past, present […]
Add-ons can increase the security of the Firefox web browser significantly. Popular extensions like NoScript, Safe SSL or Safe Cache add additional security layers to Firefox which protect users outright, or provide […]
Many experienced Windows users have moved the Windows Taskbar from the bottom to the side of the desktop. This offers several advantages, especially on widescreen monitors, as you can display more open […]
Custom Geometry is a Firefox add-on that allows you to resize and position the Firefox window anywhere on the desktop that you like. You can resize a Firefox browser window to any […]
Form History Control is a browser add-on for the Firefox web browser that you may use to manage saved form data in Firefox. There are two methods of removing form history data […]
Littlefox is a very popular full theme for the Firefox web browser that aims to minimize the space Firefox's browser chrome uses. It's main purpose is to make more room for sites […]
Print Friendly is a free online service that you may use to turn any web page into a copy that is optimized for printing. We have covered services and applications before that […]
Users of the Firefox web browser have thousands of add-ons and scripts at their disposal that they can use to extend the functionality of the web browser. It is absolutely impossible to […]
The experimental Firefox add-on AST Add-ons Suggestion Tool offers add-on suggestions based on the already installed add-ons in the Firefox web browser. Update: The browser add-on was pulled from Mozilla's Add-on repository. […]
Ubiquity is an interesting add-on for the Firefox web browser that was covered before here on Ghacks Technology News. Here is a short explanation of what Ubiquity adds to the Firefox browser:. […]
One of the best and most popular features of the Firefox web browser is the browser's extension support. Extensions are additions to the web browser that add new features and options to […]
Favicons are those tiny little icons that are displayed in front of every bookmark and tab in the Mozilla Firefox web browser. They can be used to identify a website next to […]
Custom builds of the Firefox web browser are created by third-parties. They usually optimize Firefox (compiler and code), and sometimes add new features to the web browser, or even remove features from […]
Google's email service Gmail is highly popular. One of the restrictions that many users face is that it only allows you to sign in to one account at a time using the […]
You can use the site: parameter in search engines like Google, Bing or Yahoo to search only a specific website. The site:ghacks.net firefox command for example displays all Ghacks pages that refer […]
If you're into browsers, browser tech and mashups, chances are you know what Mozilla's Ubiquity is. In a nutshell, it's a mashup service which lets you navigate and manipulate the web in […]
Userscripts can be very helpful on the Internet as they may modify functionality on sites you visit; Greasemonkey is one of the most popular extension for Firefox to add userscript support to […]
TidyRead is an add-on for the Firefox web browser that improves the readability of text on websites that you visit in the browser. Note: TidyRead is not compatible with new versions of […]
Safe is a free add-on for the Firefox web browser that improves security by highlighting secure connections in the web browser visually. Note: Safe is no longer available. We suggest you try […]
If you work similarly to how I work, you sometimes open ten or more tabs in Firefox in a very short period of time. It's actually pretty easy to do so especially […]
Identify is a Firefox extension that can be used to retrieve information about individuals on social networking sites. It works by visiting a profile page on a site, and pressing the Alt-I […]
The default way of creating bookmarks in Firefox is to either click on the white star in the address bar (or next to it as is the case in Firefox 29 or […]
Toggle Em All is a free bookmarklet that you can use to toggle all checkboxes an any website you visit with a single click. Ever came across a situation where you had […]
