Firefox
is the most used browser by Internet surfers. It is fast, reliable,
constantly updated, safe to use and best of all, it is free. No wonder
that a lot of people are using this incredible Internet browser more and
more, thus abandoning the famous, but alas, full of bugs, Microsoft
browser, Internet Explorer. This section contains a lot of tricks, hacks, How to Firefox
tutorials and the best add-ons for your surfing, red fox! Feel free to
try them all without worrying of messing things up. In fact, especially
for the hacks reported here, if something goes wrong, the worst thing
which will happen to you is that the browser will stop working. This
won’t affect your private data nor your computer or operating system
safety. Restoring the functionality of Firefox is very easy. A
double-click procedure, a swift shift change in the settings ( from true
to false or vice-verse) and you are done! The articles and mini-guides
have been divided int two main categories: “tricks and tips” and
“Add-ons”. Thanks to them you will be able to achieve interesting and
amazing results. You will be able to make Firefox faster, add
interesting extra options, tweaks secrets settings only seasoned
experts know and how to use and improve the way you surf the Web!
Firefox tricks and tips
(This list contains the most useful and known tips, tricks to enhance
your Firefox experience. If what you are looking for is not posted here,
drop me a few lines and ask me whatever you want. I will write an
article about your request.)- Change the Number of Suggestions (Most Visited Websites) in Firefox 7 Address Bar
- How to Display “http://” in Firefox 7 Address Bar
- Install Incompatible, Old Addons on Firefox Recent Versions without Software
- How to Fix Addons Have Stopped Working in Firefox
- How to Restrict Website Access in Firefox
- How to Resize the Address Bar in Firefox 4
- How to Delete and Restore a Master Password in Firefox 4
- How to Lock and Password Protect Firefox 4 Stored Passwords
- How to Change and Fake Geolocation in Firefox
- How to Fix Blurry Text Rendering in Firefox 4
- Download SkyDrive Upload Tool Addon for Firefox
- How to Fix Firefox History is Blank Issue
- Download Megavideo Addon for Firefox to Bypass and Skip Time Limit
- How to Turn On “Do Not Track” Feature in Firefox 4
- How to Move and Change the Toobar Position in Firefox
- How to Secretively Monitor Online Activity in Firefox
- Force Firefox to Remember More Recently Closed Tabs
- How to Turn Off Automatic Image Resizing in Firefox
- How to Open Google Results in a New Tab in Firefox
- How to Change Firefox Buttons
- How to Add Website Shortcuts to Firefox
- How to Solve Google Instant Search Doesn’t Work in Fireox
- How to Create Strong, Encrypted Passwords and Text using Firefox
- Fast and Easy Google Search Commands on Firefox
- How to Restore Internet Sessions in Firefox 4
- How to Add or Replace Firefox Button with Menu Bar in Firefox 4
- How to Move and Change the Position of Firefox 4 Buttons
- How to Turn On and Enable All Tab Preview Feature in Firefox 4
- How to Add Google SSL Search to Firefox Search Bar
- How to Run Old Addons in Firefox 4
- How to Turn On and Enable Tab Preview in Firefox
- How to Get Support from Firefox in One Click
- How to Duplicate a Tab in Firefox
- How to Increse the Scrolling Speed of Websites in Firefox
- How to Turn Off and Disable Google Search Suggestions from Firefox
- How to Restore Closed Tabs in Firefox and Internet Explorer
- How to Enable and Turn on the Cursor on any Website in Firefox
- How to Use Old Add-ons (Extensions) in Firefox
- How to Activate Firefox Autofill Address feature
- How to change the mouse scrolling speed in Firefox
- How to restore default settings in Firefox
- How to modify the address bar in Firefox 3 and get search results
- Boost your Mozilla Firefox
- How to fix Firefox logging you out of websites for no reasons
- How to make your Firefox load faster at startup
- How to prevent Firefox from opening tab saying you “You have been updated to the latest version of Firefox”
- How to close the Download Manager automatically in Firefox
- How to open Firefox 3.x (and further versions) in Private Browsing
- How to add dictionary and enable spell checking in Firefox
- How to watch YouTube videos in Firefox sidebar
- Dirty trick to make your Firefox run at light-speed
- How to force Firefox to display big pictures
- Tricks to improve Firefox Download Manager
- How to make your Firefox faster
- How to change the location where Firefox puts your downloaded files
- How to turn off prefetching feature in Firefox
- Disable “Scanning for Virus” feature in Firefox
- Put Google Chrome feature into your Firefox
- How to export bookmarks from Firefox to Internet Explorer
- Enable spellchecking in Firefox 3
- How to make Firefox faster
- How to write urls in the address bar quickly
- How to shrink back button in Firefox 3
- How to increase the number of tabs Firefox manages to display
- How to set Yahoo mail as Firefox default e-mail client
- How to set Gmail as Firefox default e-mail client
- Change the number of url results in Firefox 3 smart location bar
- Another Firefox egg
- Uninstall/remove or delete Firefox add-ons with uninstall button disabled
- How to remove Windows Genuine WGA plug-in from Firefox
- Easter egg in Firefox
Firefox add-ons
(This list contains the most useful add-ons for Firefox. If what you
are looking for is not posted here, drop me a few lines and ask me
whatever you want. I will write an article about your request.)
- Schedule Gmail Emails to Be Sent Later in Chrome and Firefox
- How to Know How Big a File Is (File Size) Before Downlaoding it in Firefox
- Download Turn Off the Lights Addon for Firefox
- Official Google Shortcuts Add-Ons for Firefox and Chrome
- How to Add Voice Commands Features on Firefox
- Google Shortcuts. How to Place All Google Services in One Place
- How to Save a Video From Facebook Using Firefox
- How to Convert a Website to Mp3
- How to Remove and Turn Off the Chat Features from Facebook
- How to Add a Quick Restart Shortcut in Firefox
- How to Delete “Super Cookies” (Non Deletable Cookies) in Firefox”
- How to Translate Everything in Firefox Using Google Translation
- How to View and Display Lyrics Next to YouTube Videos
- How to Delete and Clean Firefox and Chrome From Your Internet Footprints
- How to Hide Bookmarks in Firefox
- How to import and export saved passwords in Firefox
- How to monitor and spy Internet activity on your computer
- How to create a customized bookmarks in Firefox
- How to skip and avoid the countdown on RapidShare, MegaUpload etc.
- How to find and save documents from any website in Firefox
- How to install a light theme on Firefox
- How to recognize if an e-mail is fake or legit
- How to improve Google and Yahoo! Search
- How to block advertising from websites in Google Chrome and Opera
- How to display Firefox tabs as thumbnails
- How to insert thumbnails in Google and Yahoo! search
- How to load Web pages faster in Firefox
- How to save your browser’s bookmarks online
- How to watch YouTube videos in cinema sytle
- How to open any document on the Web in Google Docs
- How to control your downloads better in Firefox
- How to show unread e-mails in the favicon tab in Firefox
- How to improve your Gmail
- How to create customized themes in Firefox
- How to enhance Gmail Inbox
- How to improve the history sidebar in Firefox
- How to login to different Gmail accounts from Firefox
- How to browse the Internet without mouse
- How to watch a YouTube video in slow motion
- How to open a bunch of links in a matter of seconds in Firefox
- How to download images and links contained in a website
- How to customize your Gmail account
- How to fill out forms and log in automatically
- How to customize Google
- How to add your e-mail signature to Gmail, Yahoo, Aol Mail, Hotmail
- How to add Google Chrome Omnibar to Firefox
- Change Google Gmail theme with Better Gmail
- Add Vista glass effects to Firefox with Add Glass
- How to open links in Google Chrome from Firefox
- Surf faster while using Firefox 3 thanks to Firetune
- Delete and clean Firefox from any surfing data with Close n’Forget
- Change the smart location bar to the classic bar with Oldbar
- Use Google Talk in Firefox 3 and further versions
- Export and save your Firefox passwords with Password Exporter and Mozbackup
- Play with more than 2500 Ninendo games with Firefox
- Web of trust WOT people driven Internet Security
- The best image add-ons for Firefox
- Firefox Preloader
- Speak it
- Gdocs Bar
- Spoken Text
- The best Firefox Add ons
The lists reported here are constantly updated. If you wish to share a trick or add a new How to Firefox tutorial, feel free to contact me by filling out the form reported on this page.
Before starting tweaking Firefox, please read comments other users have
posted at the end of each article and find out what they have
discovered. In this way, if something doesn’t work or if a tutorial
misses some important steps you will know that beforehand thus sparing
you from a lot of work! Keep in mind that Firefox is constantly updated.
New versions come out at a fast pace and new improvement are brought
under its hood. Because of this some guide may not work for you,
depending on what Firefox version you have got. If so, write a comment
at the end of the post and let the community know your findings. Thanks!