For people who do not prefer addons: If you are looking for slashing the firefox tab size down to just the favicon,FaviconizeTab will be the solution.But as a guy who hates to use too many addons on my browser for reasons you can guess,i prefer modifying the about:config entry to change the tab size.And doing so just takes 5 seconds and needless to say,your browser does not have to endure another addon. Changing... Read more →
Have you wondered if its possible to view just the main content in a website or webpage?Fortunately,it is possible and i sincerly wish i had known this while i was on a dial-up connectivity.Viewing just the main content will loadup the web page darn faster than you can imagine. How to view just the content in a webpage: Suppose,say are taken to a URL by yourself clicking it.Now just stop the loading of webpage,copy the... Read more →
My firefox browser,after running for about 8 or nine hours,at the end of the day,takes about 2 to 3 minutes to close.Yeah,you read that right.Or more appropriately,i typed that right!Needless to say,sometimes,i really get annoyed by that.I mean,when i am trying to just shut down the system,the browser takes minutes to close. So what did i do? Now,this is not some ground breaking solution that i invented.Yeah,but what i... Read more →
For a very long time,alexa had been the service that used to be called up when i entered a keyword in my firefox address bar.Unsurprisingly,that did not sit well with me.So,finally,i came to the conclusion that its time to kill it in my browser.If you are going through the same now and thinking of doing it as well,follow these simple steps: 1.type "about:config",click "i will be careful" 2.type "keyword.url" in the... Read more →
Many times,i like to think about certain stuff associated with me and upgrade myself.That sounds a little complicated,huh?But it ain't.Well,to give an example,i was wondering today,why the hell was i keeping my palm on the mouse while i was reading an article.An article that spans about 800 or 900 words is definitely gonna take few minutes.But still i keep my hand on the mouse.That is not needed at all. Secondly,why am i... Read more →
There are a lot of shortcuts in Firefox that could you increase your productivity during browsing sessions.But let's face it-who can memorize all those shortcuts?On the other hand,in my case,i at least try to make sure i remember the most important ones that i think will be helpful to me frequently.Because that could mean i could save literally hours of time every year.Yes,i am serious when i said that.With my crazy amount of... Read more →
Do you ever see Firefox browser taking about 500 or 600 Mb of memory?Well,i do not know about you,but that is not an uncommon thing for me at all.The point of this blog post is that you can do something about it.Just do not let Firefox suck up majority of your RAM,leaving no memory to other applications. Do you do long hours of research? Suppose say,you have come across the concept of "m-theory" in Physics and you get... Read more →
I know that there is a feature called "Pin tab" in Opera.The weird thing is that although i knew it existed,i never ever bothered to check that out.One of the reasons for that is that i already knew how pin tabs worked in Chrome.So,why do that in Opera? But today,when i checked that out,i realized that pin tabs in Chrome is not the same as that in Opera.They are two different features.So,that means Opera and Firefox are... Read more →
Wanting to hide a particular firefox bookmark or an entire bookmarks folder is common.If you had googled earlier about a solution for that,i am sure you were disappointed.The truth is i searched a lot too but could not find a way or at least an addon to do that. But wait .. Ok,i know that this would quite dumb for people who know about exporting bookmarks.But for others who had no idea you could do that,you could at... Read more →
Do you delete the history,cookies and more of that stuff every time you finish visiting *those* sites.Well,not everyone would be comfortable with that because i know that browsing history helps immensely especially when giving suggestions on the address bar.Fortunately,there is an alternative to that. You do not have to delete the history and all the other stuff if you have the following addon: stealther addon What... Read more →