I have one more Firefox 3.6 about:config tip up my sleeve. By toggling one setting, you can go from having a drop down list of tabs to a thumb-nailed view of each tab that is open. Here is how you too can enable this secret Firefox 3.6 feature.
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Firefox 3.6 Fix – Open New Tabs in Far Right
New to Firefox 3.6, when you are on a page, and you want to open a link in a new tab – rather than opening the link in the far right of the tab bar, Firefox will now open the link right next to the tab you are in. Now, while this might be convenient [...]
Enable Visual Tab Switcher in Firefox 3.6
With Firefox 3.6’s release, we can all do a quick about:config tweak that will enable the prettier tab switching. By default, when you hit the keyboard keys Ctrl + Tab you just rotate through your tabs. By making some quick adjustments though, you can pull up the new tab switcher that you see in the [...]
Best Firefox Tips and Add-ons of 2009
All in all, 2009 was a great year for Firefox. It grew by leaps and bounds, and continues to be the best alternative browser out there. Firefox Facts did pretty well in it’s own right too – surpassing the 7,000+ RSS subscriber mark. So with today being the last day of 2009, let us all [...]
Move the Close Tab Button in Firefox
In an effort to simplify the Firefox interface, did you know you can make a few changes in the about:config page to move the close tab buttons around? I’ll show you how to move it to the far right of the browser, in just six easy steps. Before the tweak (notice the close tab button [...]
Speed Up Flash Videos in Firefox
Want to speed up your flash video watching? By default, Firefox takes a sort of “snapshot” of whatever you are doing every ten seconds. Why? It is so that the browser can restore itself, just in case of a crash. Now you might ask, what does this have to do with flash videos? Well, the [...]
Easy Access to Hidden Firefox Settings
If you need to edit some of the advanced preferences of Firefox, and you need a neater way to get that done, gui:config is right for you. This extension of Firefox will give you a lot of the “about:config” preferences, in an easy to navigate menu box. It displays the options, included in the current [...]
Faster Refreshing for Live Bookmarks
How do you get Firefox’s live bookmarks to refresh faster? By default, the Live Bookmarks are set to refresh every 60 minutes to check for new headlines. However, if you want to get your news a little quicker, there is a tweak you can do to make the process go a little faster. In the [...]
Spell Check All Text Fields in Firefox
What do you do about misspelling words in text boxes? Well, you use the built-in Firefox spell check feature. However, by default it does not work with ALL text fields. That can simply be rectified though your about:config settings. Just type in about:config into your address bar to get started. Next, into the filter text [...]
