Mozilla Firefox - Page 2 - Tech-Recipes

Mozilla Firefox tutorials

Firefox 4: Enable Save Tabs Upon Exit

contributed by sourojit on March 25, 2011 under Mozilla Firefox

Prior versions of Firefox would ask “Do you want Firefox to save your tabs for the next time it starts?” when exiting the program. FF4 no longer has this feature enabled by default. Here is how to turn it back on.

Firefox 4: How to Disable Location Aware Browsing

contributed by Rob Rogers on under Mozilla Firefox

By default, Firefox has location aware browsing enabled, allowing sites to request your geographical location and display content accordingly. If you do not want your physical location set to any site, you easily disable this functionality by following these steps.

Firefox: Prevent Automatic Image Resizing and View Actual Size

contributed by MickeyMouse on October 6, 2010 under Mozilla Firefox

Firefox will attempt to resize images automatically. I don’t particularly like it, so here is how to revert to the previous style of image handling. Post is updated as this continues to work in Firefox 2, Firefox 3, and Firefox version 4.

Firefox: How do I Block Cookies of a Specific Website?

contributed by Lê Hoàng on October 5, 2010 under Mozilla Firefox

Cookies are a valuable way to improve the web browsing experience. They do important things such as remembering preferences and login information. However, other sites may use cookie to track you or to record your browsing habits. This tech-recipe describes how to block or allow cookies for one specific page or website.

Firefox: Recover Lost, Deleted or Corrupted Bookmarks

contributed by Lê Hoàng on October 2, 2010 under Mozilla Firefox

Firefox bookmarks can be lost for multiple reasons. Accidental deletion or file corruption are two common causes. However, if this occurs, you still have a chance to recover them using Firefox’s auto backups. This tutorial also describes how to manually backup and restore your bookmarks as well.

How to Log into Multiple Gmail Accounts Simultaneously in Firefox

contributed by Lê Hoàng on July 20, 2010 under Mozilla Firefox

Typically, one can only log into one Gmail account at a time. However, frequently it is useful to log into multiple accounts without conflicting with each other. This tech-recipe will show you how.

How to Make Incompatible Extensions Work with FireFox 4 (beta)

contributed by Lê Hoàng on July 15, 2010 under Mozilla Firefox

Every time a new version of Firefox comes out, I hate seeing this error when installing extensions: “…could not be installed because it is not compatible with with Firefox.” With the newest releases of firefox and firefox betas, your favorite extensions may not work. This tutorial will show you how to force them to work.

Firefox 4: How to Replace the Firefox Button with the Familiar Menu Bar

contributed by Rob Rogers on July 11, 2010 under Mozilla Firefox

If you don’t like the Firefox Button and would rather use the Menu Bar that was in previous versions, you can easily accomplish this in just a few clicks.

—