How-To Tweak Your Firefox Through “About:Config” Page

11 novembre 2009 - Fonte: http://www.universefirefox.com

You have to know that “About:config” page lets you change almost every aspect of how Firefox functions. Going through and explaining what every preference does would not only be an impossible task, but also unnecessary since most people are happy with the default settings. There are, however, a few settings that we think are essential to change. Make these tweaks first when you encounter a fresh install of Firefox.

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Here the list:

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How-To Use Gmail As Your Default Mail Application

11 novembre 2009 - Fonte: http://www.universefirefox.com

When Firefox 3 was first released, one of the new features was the option to associate html protocols with web applications, such as launching a webmail service when clicking a “mailto:” link.

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Unfortunately, at the time of launch, only Yahoo’s mail client was officially supported, and users had to either use extensions or manipulate some javascript code to enable Gmail as the primary mail handler.

The current iteration of Firefox has included Gmail in the...

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Speed Up Firefox: How To Reduce RAM Usage

10 novembre 2009 - Fonte: http://www.universefirefox.com

If you are tired to see how your computer starts to slow down after you’ve been using Firefox for a while, I’m going to teach you how to reduce the amount of memory that Firefox is allowed to use for caching.

You can also set Firefox to ensure that when you minimize it, Firefox will move to your hard drive, and as a result it will take up less than 10MB of memory while minimized.

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Photo Credit: Marin Myftiu – Edited By Nicolo’ Canali De Rossi

Here’s...

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Web Browsers Video Comparison

10 novembre 2009 - Fonte: http://www.universefirefox.com

Every medium or advanced user has asked himself this question more than once: “which is the best web browser to use?”

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This morning I was watching videos on YouTube, when I ran into this one by Sydus93, a young American geek who posts video tutorials online.

This particular video, even if a bit dated, shows you in simple words all the differences between all the major...

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Enhance The Way You Interact With Content: KwiClick

10 settembre 2009 - Fonte: http://www.universefirefox.com

Tired of searching for an address opening Google Maps in a new tab? Want to get things done a little bit faster, without losing the quality of the services you normally use?

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KwiClick is a fantastic Firefox add-on that allows you to browse multiple pages simultaneously, so that you don’t need to waste any time browsing search results, maps, or anything that concerns Google, YouTube, Amazon, Wikipedia, FriendFeed and more.

With KwiClick, you don’t need to go back and forth between pages to find the right search results:...

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The Best Translation Tools for Firefox

7 maggio 2009 - Fonte: http://www.universefirefox.com


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I want to suggest you some tool that you can use to translate some words or an entire web page without downloading any software. I will not share with you an Add-on, I will share with you three so you can choose the one you prefer.

Here are the tools:

gTranslate: With gTranslate you can translate any text in a webpage just by selecting and right-clicking over it. The extension uses the Google translation services to translate the text.

Translator:...

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Download an Entire Facebook Photo Album: FacePAD

7 maggio 2009 - Fonte: http://www.universefirefox.com

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I just want to share with you a new extension i found on the net

You can click on every single photo and download it. But with FacePAD it’s so easier because this extension will let you grab all the photos from any album you need on Facebook.

Better known as the Facebook Photo Album Downloader, FacePAD will not only let you grab your own photo album, but will also let you download your friends’ photo album, event albums, and group albums with the click of a button.

Here is the video:

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FTP Client For Firefox: Fire FTP

13 febbraio 2009 - Fonte: http://www.universefirefox.com

Everyone who runs a blog or has created a website in his life knows how important it is to have an FTP client in order to transfer files to a web server. Many are the choice available on the web, free and not, but today I want to show you what my personal pick was.

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Photo Credit: Sachin Ghodke - Edited By Nicolo’ Canali De Rossi

FireFTP is a Firefox extension that integrates a full featured FTP client right into your browser, so that you do not have to install any other software apart...

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Restore Firefox Default Settings Without Uninstalling It

12 febbraio 2009 - Fonte: http://www.universefirefox.com

I have been asked in comments to other articles, but also in person, whether it is possible to restore Firefox default settings: if you have tweaked your about:config page to speed your browser up, or simply installed an add-on that messed up your configuration, Firefox 3 has a simple method to restore all default settings back without uninstalling the software.

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Photo Credit: Nicolo’ Canali De Rossi

Here’s how:

  1. Open Firefox in ...

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Check Google Reader In Firefox: Google Reader Notifier

29 gennaio 2009 - Fonte: http://www.universefirefox.com

Yesterday I presented a cool extension that allowed you to immediately check your Gmail inbox on your Firefox status bar, but now you might be wondering: “what about Google Reader?”

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Photo Credit: Nicolo’ Canali De Rossi

Google Reader Notifier is a Firefox extension that easily enables you monitor all your unread feeds directly on your Firefox status bar.

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