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By: Orange Jackass » Save Space on Firefox with Personal Menu Add-on

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By: ShiftBrowse » firefox extensions for multi-tasking and organizing tabs

ShiftBrowse » firefox extensions for multi-tasking and organizing tabs — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:28:54 +0000

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By: RanMan

RanMan — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:11:09 +0000

Raman, I agree. Autohide is the way to go. My setup basically has the tabs-only showing until I hover over the toolbar that I can have as many items (toolbars) as I like. It doesn’t matter how thick the toolbars are because they are unseen until you want to see them This is especially helpful when using a laptop with 15 screen.

By: Raman

Raman — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:15:46 +0000

I use the autohide extension found at this site for saving my screenspace http://www.krickelkrackel.de/autohide/autohide.htm

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4 Tools to Update the Status Messages the Easy Way | MakeUseOf.com — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:08:50 +0000

[...] I was slightly suspicious when I found Mingll as free toolbars are pretty much synonymous with ’spyware’ and although users are a little more savvy these days it can still be a problem. I must admit I’m pretty against filling up my browser screen real estate more then I have to, but for what it does Mingll is actually very good. If you’re like me and prefer minimalistic approach then check out Aibek’s article on how to keep your browser functional and save as much as space as possible. [...]

By: Me

Me — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:55:55 +0000

Well, I can’t speak for others, but my issue is that I window things because I don’t have a panel and my clock and system monitor are there [in the bottom right corner] so I want them visible.

Also, it’s obvious that I’m a bit minimalistic (no panel/tray/etc) and these are great hints.

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Firefox : Make it better/faster » www.crankup.net — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:36:36 +0000

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By: huckle

huckle — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:29:55 +0000

Your firefox is positively cluttered compared to mine – I have removed EVERYTHING except the address bar, and moved that onto the menu bar. I have hidden the navigation bar and the bookmarks toolbar. I use tiny menu to hide all the menus themselves.

I hide my statusbar with stylish and http://userstyles.org/styles/1515

I do use the stumbleupon toolbar but that can’t be hidden or anything so yeah, I am as minimal as it gets. Oh, and tabs i leave in the default tab bar – it’s pretty slisk already.

By: Grant

Grant — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:49:46 +0000

I simple tip that I use every time with a new firefox installation is to move the “bookmarks toolbar items” from the bookmarks toolbar to above the address bar, then hide the bookmarks toolbar.

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By: Tối ưu không gian làm việc của Firefox at VT2 Blog

Tối ưu không gian làm việc của Firefox at VT2 Blog — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:02:20 +0000

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Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:24:58 +0000

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Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:03:36 +0000

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By: Thanh Tùng Blog » Tối ưu không gian làm việc của Firefox

Thanh Tùng Blog » Tối ưu không gian làm việc của Firefox — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:41:34 +0000

By: VT2 Blog » Tối ưu không gian làm việc của Firefox

VT2 Blog » Tối ưu không gian làm việc của Firefox — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:36:14 +0000

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links for 2008-03-18 | JJjunk — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:24:30 +0000

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By: Oscar

Oscar — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:36:50 +0000

I downloaded #4 above, Hide Tab Bar. But there are no directions for how to use it. It says there is a keyboard shortcut, but how do you find out what it is?

By: Manny Hernandez

Manny Hernandez — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:13:21 +0000

Great tips! I shared them with my readers at: http://manuelhp42.blogspot.com/2008/03/useful-firefox-add-ons-to-gain-space.html Also, I thought I'd add Tab Mix Plus to the list of add-ons in here. Very useful for stacked tab browsing, highlighting the current tab, etc.

By: Firefox: 10 addons para aumentar el espacio de navegación | unblogged. A blog about nothing. Yeah, nothing

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:17:55 +0000

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By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:51:36 +0000

Thanks for sharing the great tips. It’s a shame TinyMenu doesn’t work on the Mac, I’d really like a function like that for Firefox on my Macbook Pro.

By: Soumyadip

Soumyadip — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:05:20 +0000

Yup, simply hit F11.

By: Johan

Johan — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:40:37 +0000

Another usefull extension:

autoHideStatusbar
http://caspar.regis.free.fr/ahs/

This (obviously) hides the status bar, except when:
-a page is loading,
-or when you hover a link.

By: Shantanu Oak

Shantanu Oak — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:39:19 +0000

I) I always follow what you have advised in the tip 1.
>> Right-click on navigation buttons, click ‘Customize’ and check ‘Use Small Icons’.

II) I will like to add what Mark O’Neill has mentioned in his fifth point.
>> 5. Try to move everything onto the same bar in the browser. Things can be dragged with the mouse.

a) Right-click on those navigation buttons, click ‘Customize’. Drag and drop the bookmarks toolbar next to menu bar. Click on Done. Right-click on the navigation bar again and uncheck bookmarks toolbar to save space.

b) You can create folders on the bookmarks toolbar by right-clicking and choosing ‘New Folder…’ option. I can now group my favorites in these folders and open them at once using “Open all in tabs” option.

III) The only problem with F11 is that there is no shortcut for the menu View – Style – No Style, the one that I use the most!

By: Kryptos

Kryptos — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:51:31 +0000

I don’t get it. Why bother will all this? Right click the top area, untick the Navigation Toolbar and hit F11. Done, nothing left but a measly scroll bar (which won’t save you much space unless you run on something less than 17 inches.

By: Sumguy21

Sumguy21 — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:04:37 +0000

miniFoxFlat is THE smallest Firefox theme I have found. It’s smaller than littlefox by quite a bit and even smaller than Microfox. It hasn’t been updated in a while though, and isn’t available for Firefox 3.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1202

By: Armenian Eagle » Maximize Your Firefox Viewing Area

Armenian Eagle » Maximize Your Firefox Viewing Area — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:50:09 +0000

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By: FuzzLinks.com » Get Back your Screen Space: Maximize Firefox Viewing Area

FuzzLinks.com » Get Back your Screen Space: Maximize Firefox Viewing Area — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:33:50 +0000

[...] I have a few toolbars and around ten extensions installed whose configurations and buttons seemed to have loaded up the Firefox interface with a lot of junk. So I was hunting around for a few tricks that may help me gain some more web viewing space. Here are a few tweaks and extensions I foundhttp://www.makeuseof.com/tag/get-back-your-screen-space-maximize-firefox-viewing-area/ [...]

By: Rich

Rich — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:01:43 +0000

Nice tips! There are more like them here.

By: K-IntheHouse

K-IntheHouse — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:14:06 +0000

Great tips, Shankar! This is a favorite obsession of mine to get the maximum viewing area out of Firefox. I would like to add FullerScreen, which gives you tab access while in Full screen mode. Very useful when you don't want to get distracted from other tabs or if you are on a web application like Gmail or GReader where you'd hardly need the navigation buttons.