Concept of plugins in browser will die soon. Few of its signs are already visible in the form of Chrome’s built in pdf reader or new browsers with HTML5 support. Plugins undoubtedly are useful but at the same time they also hamper performance as far as Firefox is concerned. To avoid such scenarios, developers are integrating features within the browser packages. Just like Chrome, Mozilla has now integrated the native PDF reader into its version 14.
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Mozilla Firefox is trying to catch up with heat of browser war. To do this, they are bringing a lot of changes to their browser interface. We have seen in past the speedy release of versions but now with the Aurora channel we found that the latest change involves new home page. Aurora Channel has already got the new Firefox home page which will be visible in next two versions.
Firefox is rushing daily towards its next release. This time we have Firefox 9 which will be released tomorrow. After several beta versions of Firefox 9, users can have full version at last. This time one can download Firefox 9 directly from the official website. No more Nightly FTP server this time.
We all what bookmarks are and what are they meant for? Bookmarks at times contain our most important links which we don’t like to share it with anyone else. Bookmarks become easily accessible when your computer is accessed by other people. In such case, you can encrypt your bookmarks. Today we will tell you how to encrypt Firefox bookmarks.
We all know that earlier this year Google dropped its support for Google Toolbar on Firefox 5 and higher versions. Many of the features of Google Toolbar were very useful and that’s why many users miss using it in new versions. We previously told you how to enable Google Toolbar on Firefox 5 & Firefox [...]
Mozilla will soon release Firefox 7 for its users. Earlier Mozilla used to release final builds after long time gaps but after Firefox 4 the company has started following a faster release cycle. This was done while keeping in mind the fast development of Google Chrome. Today they have released Firefox 7 after release of 6 beta versions. Currently it is available via their FTP site and soon they will make official announcement for it.
Firefox startup has always been a big point of discussion. Usually the start up time of Firefox varies from almost an instant to half a minute and even sometimes more than that. The variation is seen due to installed add-ons, different hardware configurations, Firefox configuration setting and session restore. Delay is also visible when there are many tabs loading at the startup. So, what’s the solution for this problem?
Firefox offers a lot of features. Out of them there is one feature i.e. creating Firefox profile. While surfing on internet, we all create some private data like bookmarks, surfing history, plugins and even the specific interface customized for our personal use. Since, it’s an advanced feature, so it is not directly accessible. To get to this feature you have to apply some tricks. That’s what we are going to tell you; How to create a new profile in Firefox 6.
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