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Firefox: Quickly search your favorite site from the address bar

contributed by Lê Hoàng on November 28, 2011 under Mozilla Firefox

If you usually have to search for information in a particular website, it is quite handy to do the search directly from the address bar of your browser instead of going to the site and typing in the search box. This tutorial will show you how to do this in Firefox.

Firefox 7: How to Display the Full URL in Address Bar (URL Bar)

contributed by Rob Rogers on September 29, 2011 under Mozilla Firefox

By default, Firefox 7 hides the http:// in the address bar. Some people don’t like having the protocol trimmed from the URL, so here’s a quick tip to put it back where it belongs.

Firefox 4: How to Customize the Orange Button

contributed by Rob Rogers on May 18, 2011 under Mozilla Firefox

Firefox 4’s infamous orange button can be a real eyesore to an otherwise awesome looking screen. By changing the color to better match your theme, you can improve its looks dramatically. You can also customize it further by changing the text displayed from “Firefox” to something more personal.

Firefox 4: Share Page on Twitter and Facebook at Once

contributed by Siddharth Bose on May 15, 2011 under Browsers, Mozilla Firefox

This tech-recipe demonstrates how to share a page on Twitter and Facebook with a single key stroke.

Firefox 4: Disable Tab Animation

contributed by sourojit on April 18, 2011 under Mozilla Firefox

Tab animations gives Firefox some additional eye candy. However, this can also slow down or degrade overall system performance on slower computer systems. Here is how to disable tab animation if you need to run Firefox as lean as possible.

Firefox 4: Notify Websites That You Don’t Want To Be Tracked

contributed by Rob Rogers on March 31, 2011 under Mozilla Firefox

A lot of websites track their users behavior and then sell or give that info to advertisers. Firefox 4’s Do not track feature tells websites the you don’t want your browsing tracked.

Firefox 4: Disable Hardware Acceleration to Improve Performance on Low End Computers and Laptops

contributed by Rob Rogers on March 29, 2011 under Mozilla Firefox

By default, Firefox has hardware acceleration enbabled. If you are using a low end video card in your system, this can cause performance issues. By disabling hardware acceleration and relying on the software, you can actually increase the performance on your computer. Instruction are now updated for Windows and Mac versions of FF4.

Firefox 4: Set Master Password to Protect Your Saved Passwords

contributed by Chris Luongo on under Mozilla Firefox

You can add another level of security in the new Firefox 4 using the Master Password feature. If you tell Firefox to remember all your passwords, then anybody using your computer can access them. With a Master Password, one would have to enter a password before being able to view your saved passwords.