May 18, 2011
Many people swear by either Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, but there are a myriad of other web browsers that are definitely worth a look. Truly, neither Chrome nor Firefox are perfect. A lot of the following browsers ship with addons that you would otherwise have to obtain yourself, so they may make for a fresh breath of air.
May 17, 2011
Reading a webpage is very different (and difficult) than reading a book. When it comes to improving readability on the web, the browser hasn’t been much of help. It gives us a full screen view and zoom but nothing else. For that we have to fall back on the little pals we call add-ons or extensions.
May 16, 2011
Firefox’s “Awesome Bar” is known to save you time on typing the URL: just start typing any part of the domain, URL path or page title and Firefox will “guess” where you are heading. It’s been working wonders for me for ages. But even using it for ages, I wasn’t aware of the following Firefox Awesome Bar tips which make it even more awesome!
May 10, 2011
One of the new features of Firefox 4 which is incredibly useful is the idea of App Tabs. Basically, this lets you add the websites you visit all the time to a permanent position in your browser. So you don’t need to create special bookmarks or re-open these sites anymore. They will just sit there ready for your attention when required which is fantastic.
May 10, 2011
Firefox has matured over the years. This means great new features, but every change has the chance of causing a bug that degrades performance. Firefox shouldn’t feel slow, particularly when compared to Opera and Internet Explorer. If it does, try these tips and see if you can restore it to its full glory.
May 9, 2011
We’ve seen quite a few interesting tools that could allow us to make the most of and get more productive with our browsing history: here are 4 Firefox addons to search and record browsing history and here’s another guide on how to record and print out browsing history on Firefox and Internet Explorer.
FromWhereToWhere is another way to dig into your browsing history and structure it in some way.
May 3, 2011
It’s very easy to lose yourself amidst stacks of open tabs. The more tabs you open, the more difficult it is to keep track of them and to move between opened sites. Mozilla has tried to solve the tabs problem by adding a new feature called “Tab Groups” to the latest version of its popular Firefox browser.
May 2, 2011
The ability to quickly scroll down to any word on a page is enormously helpful. While the option in itself is awesome, there’s always some room for improvements. This post lists 3 tools that will let you have even more fun with FireFox CTRL+F command.
April 30, 2011
We’ve been featuring Firefox search bar tips and tricks quite a lot. I’ve said many times why I love the simplistic yet functional search bar so much and why I like playing with it. If you love the search bar as much as I do, you’ll find the following three tips just awesome – they will let you quickly switch between search plugins.
April 27, 2011
While a dedicated desktop Craigslist client is something I like to use when I’m trying to do a deep query of Craigslist, I also don’t want to keep extra software running all the time for scheduled Craigslist searches. So I was pleased to discover CraigZilla, a Craigslist search tool that runs embedded right inside Firefox.
