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How to Completely Reset Firefox (Passwords, Addons, History, etc.) on Windows, Mac and Linux

Jaber Al Nahian — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 07:45:05 +0000

Like other browsers Firefox stores your browsing data such as history, cookies, cache, form-fills, etc. These information and data help any browser to be more convenient and useful to any user. For example, History lets you access previously visited websites, cookies let you login to sites without entering passwords further, cache lets your browser load […]

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How to Install and Test Firefox OS on Desktop (Windows, Mac and Linux) using Simulator

Jaber Al Nahian — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 19:58:17 +0000

If you are not aware, Firefox OS is Mozilla’s next innovation, an open-source Operating System that is intended to run on smartphones, tablets and TVs as well. It’s built with modern web technologies like HTML5, CSS3, etc. and runs with Linux kernel. The primary purpose of Mozilla was to bring a more open and less […]

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How to Save Web Pages as Single File on Firefox (in MHT or MAFF Format)

Jaber Al Nahian — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:09:40 +0000

Normally when we save a web page in Firefox, if we choose to save the complete page, Firefox creates multiple files for a single page. One is HTML file and another is a folder containing page contents like CSS, JS, images, etc. This is not comfortable to have multiple files for one web page, also […]

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How to Lock Down Firefox Saved Passwords Viewer

Jaber Al Nahian — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 06:28:12 +0000

Like other modern web browsers, Mozilla’s Firefox also lets users save login credentials like usernames and passwords. This feature enables the users sign in to websites without reentering logins. Most browsers that offer to save passwords also comes with password manager which can be used to view or delete stored passwords on the browser. And Firefox is no exception […]

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How to Make Google as Default Search Engine in Firefox

Jaber Al Nahian — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 11:00:02 +0000

On 19th October, 2014, Firefox developer Mozilla corporation ends the long-term 10 years partnership with Google and makes a new 5 years deal with Yahoo. As of this, Yahoo will be the new default search engine on Firefox (for US and international versions) for the next five years at least. You can check the announcement […]

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How to View the Source Code of a Firefox Addon

Jaber Al Nahian — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 09:50:05 +0000

Firefox add-ons/extensions are the greatest Firefox companions that lets it enhance and make it work like the way we want. The usability and huge collection of add-ons made Firefox one of the most popular browsers out there. Firefox add-ons are mostly developed with XML, Java Script, HTML and graphical contents. However, you might wonder what are […]

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2 Firefox Add-ons to Shortener URLs from Context Menu or Toolbar Button Easily

Jaber Al Nahian — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 13:14:53 +0000

Shortening URLs (web links) becomes necessary when you need to share a long URL somewhere. As long links look ugly and take a lot of space, we have to use a web service that produces short forms of the URLs we provide. These services keeps the original URLs in their database and redirects short URLs […]

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Stop Firefox and Chrome from Opening PDF Files

Jaber Al Nahian — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 11:46:08 +0000

As PDF files are directly readable documents just like web pages, some modern browsers implemented the feature of opening them rather than starting download. I personally appreciate this feature as you don’t need to do extra clicks just to open and read PDFs on web. Because, if a browser just downloads PDFs like other files, you have […]

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5 Steps to Make Your Firefox Look and Feel like Google Chrome

Jaber Al Nahian — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 19:20:20 +0000

Many users prefer Chrome over Firefox in choice of primary browser just because of its simplicity and clean interface. But still Firefox has a big dominated user base with being second most popular web browser on desktop. Other than Chrome, Firefox has bigger collection of addons and personalization ability. However, some Firefox lovers out there […]

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Combine Firefox Address Bar and Search Bar into One Like Chrome

Jaber Al Nahian — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 09:43:59 +0000

When Google released Chrome, its own in-house web browser in 2008, everyone noticed a big new thing for a browser, which is, a combined address bar and search bar. That means, chrome users could able to type web addresses and search as well in one unified toolbar. Chrome named it “Omnibox”. For years, noticeably, only […]

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