From time to time, I keep seeing snippets shown by Mozilla regarding updates and for Mozilla and the Firefox web browser, and I would like to stop receiving these. Resolution: Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser that blocks most ad tracking by default now. That means ad networks and publishers can expect a […]
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How to Stop Firefox from Installing and Running Shield Studies [Tutorial]
I would like to opt-out of allowing Firefox to send technical and interaction data to Mozilla. Moreover, I want to opt-out of allowing Firefox to install and run studies on my computer. If I disable these two options combined, I expect to no longer be subscribed to any shield studies in Firefox. Resolution: Shield studies […]
How to Reset Firefox to Its Default Settings [Tutorial]
Mozilla Firefox (or simply Firefox) is a free and open-source web browser developed by The Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, Mozilla Corporation. Firefox is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, illumos and Solaris operating systems. Its sibling, Firefox for Android, is also available. Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine to render web pages, which implements […]
How to Import and Export Bookmarks via HTML in Firefox [Tutorial]
All modern web browsers offer you a way to import and export bookmarks as HTML files, but the way in which you would do it between brands varies. You could argue that Firefox’s perhaps needs some revising even though Quantum is still new. Regardless, you can still get either importing or exporting as HTML files […]
How to Enable/Disable Quick Find in Firefox [Tutorial]
A feature that has gained some hype over the last few years is the ability to find out where certain words are on a webpage. Google Chrome hasn’t added this feature, but you can install extensions developed by third-parties that do offer a solution. In Firefox it’s a bit different, and there is a feature […]
How to Enable/Disable AV1 Video Codec Support in Firefox [Tutorial]
If you thought MPEG was just a file format, you would be wrong. It turns out that MPEG is short for Moving Picture Experts Group, and it means that there is big business behind the use of these MPEG files. There are now some nonprofit groups coming along to offer an alternative to the big name […]
Bypass Paywalls with Anti-Paywall for Chrome and Firefox
Some websites choose to display paywalls so you only get a limited number of articles you can view before the paywall shows up and you’re locked out from seeing any more content until you subscribe. There has long been a trick to get around these paywalls in Google Chrome, and the method probably works for […]
Add Search Box to Firefox 57 Quantum
Firefox 57 looks a treat when you first open it, but it’s also apparent that there is some empty space on both sides of the address bar. Rather than leave it blank with nothing there, it’s probably been done so that you can choose what goes into those areas. The icons you see to the […]
Enable/Disable Drag Space in Firefox 57
One of the neat tricks Firefox 57 has up its sleeve is offering you the chance to add some drag space. When you have the Firefox 57 window set so that it isn’t displaying on the maximum full-screen size, you can click any of the default blue area at the top of the browser to […]
Remove Address Bar White Space in Firefox 57
The new Firefox 57 web browser has some empty white space on either side of the address bar at the top of the browser window. That space can be used up for other icons, plus a little bit of it needs to remain on the right side for when you download files. If you didn’t […]
Add Downloads Button to Firefox 57 Quantum
Firefox 57 Quantum comes with a new Photon design user interface. Photon adds extra design elements that weren’t previously there in earlier Firefox builds. Now when you do a task like copying a webpage URL from the browser toolbar, you’ll get a new animation that says “Copied” inside a green box that also gives you […]
Disable/Enable Library Highlights in Firefox 57 Quantum
Firefox 57 has a new feature called “Highlights.” You’ll see the highlights when you open a new tab page and from within your library. The highlights are an original idea, unbeknownst to all web browsers to date. It’s similar to the Top sites feature that Mozilla has had in Firefox for a while now, but […]
Open Bookmarks Always in New Tab in Firefox 57
While we still recommend doing most of your reading on paper from books instead of using things like eReaders, there’s no doubt about there being a lot of useful stuff to be found on webpages from many a domain name across the World Wide Web. If you found something that looks interesting but didn’t get […]
Disable UI Animations in Firefox 57 Quantum (Photon Design)
Firefox 57 is the fastest version of Firefox ever and it’s also 30% faster than the current version of Google Chrome, which even though we don’t have the official stats on this, should also make it the fastest browser in the world at the moment—or at least the fastest browser out of all the main […]
Disable ‘Activity Stream’ and Get Classic New Tab Page Back in Firefox 57
The older version of the Firefox web browser before Firefox 57 arrived had just the “Top sites” list available from the new tab page and nothing else. The Firefox 57 new tab page, on the other hand, comes with the Top Sites still, plus a bunch of new features, including the search box for searching […]
Enable/Disable Title Bar in Firefox 57
The Firefox 57 web browser is one of the finest portals to the internet one can use, partly thanks to its groundbreaking features and partly because it borrows all the existing best ideas from other browsers. If you go back a decade or so, the average web browser wasn’t very intelligently put together. The user […]
How to Turn off/on Highlights on New Tab Page in Firefox
One of the new features you get with Firefox 57, aka Firefox Quantum, is the “Highlights” that show up on a blank page when you open up a new tab. If you were to open up another tab from Google Chrome, you would see some of the websites that you frequently visit so you can […]
Here’s What’s New in Firefox Quantum, and Why You Ought to Think About Installing It
Web browsers are fun, really fun. They are your portal to the World Wide Web after all, so it’s important you pick a good one. I, like many others over multiple decades ago now, started my journey using Internet Explorer just because it was the default web browser that came with my Windows operating system—all […]
How to Do Private Browsing in Any Browser
Everyone loves privacy, and nobody wants for their browsing history to be seen by the next person using their computer. If you happen to browse sites whose history you would not like to be saved, then what you can do is browse your websites in the private mode of the browser that you use on […]
How to Make Mozilla Firefox Look Like Microsoft Edge with Firefox Edge
Microsoft has historically done lots of things right, and that is what catapulted it into the first place as the leading operating system to use right around the world with its Windows operating system. To this day it remains by far the most popular operating system for people to use around the home and for […]
How to Turn off Firefox Hello and Pocket in Mozilla Firefox Browser
When we view the World Wide Web, we all do it through a browser. Often when we view the web and have the sluggish performance, we assume that it comes down to our computers hardware not doing its part, or we have not cleaned the system in a while, and it is becoming full of […]
How to Block Ads in Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Opera on Windows
Advertisement, let it be in print or when it auto-plays when you’re trying to watch a cat doing rope skips on YouTube, is the bone and soul of the modern business. That goes for online businesses, blogs and websites as well. But not all people are a fan of these ads. Some times they don’t […]
How to Restyle Google, Facebook, YouTube with Stylish for Mozilla Firefox
The web is full of digital contents, be it text content, images or videos. Sites like Google, Facebook, and YouTube provide you various features. Google offers search engine using which you can reach to millions of web pages. Facebook helps to connect with your friends, and the YouTube lets you share your videos on the […]
How to Take Full Site Screenshot in Firefox
Taking Screenshots in the Windows is very easy, just press a keyboard button and get the screenshot in the clipboard. This way, you can take screenshots of both the web pages and in Windows OS. However, one problem is still in this way. You cannot take full site screenshots with this. If the site is […]
How to Create Backup of Bookmarks in Firefox Web Browser
Regardless of what you are having on your PC, you must take the regular backup of the important (sometimes unnecessary) files backup to keep yourself on the safe side. However, I am not saying to generate a full backup of your entire hard disk, but you should consider taking the backup of the things you […]
Download Mozilla Firefox 11 for Your Windows, Mac or Linux Computer
Our most loved Mozilla Firefox browser’s version 11 is out now, and you can download it from the official Mozilla website. With every new release of the browser, Mozilla has brought new features as well as fixed the bugs which were reported by the users. There are some revamped features, too, and new capabilities have […]
ZTE Open C & Open II Are Two New Mozilla Firefox OS Based Smartphones
This is the time of year when we get to see a wide-range of new mobile phones come out, generally thanks to the CES convention that always takes place now. We have blogged about the first coming of this phone last year, but after its release, we honestly forgot all about it its venture was […]
Download Firefox 25.0.1 To Patch The Security Exploit Found In The Previous Version
There’s nothing more that makes you want to build the motivation to download the latest of something than when you hear there’s a security exploit in your current one. This is the current situation of the Firefox browser for Android. It’s just been updated to Firefox 25.0.1 and will now offer a patch for the […]
