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Love (or Disable) the New Tab Button

Jul/03 in Hacks and Tweaks, Tabbed Browsing

New Tab Button in Firefox

Love it, or hate it – Firefox got one more addition to it’s browser that seems to have gotten a mixed reaction from the fans. The open new tab button rests at the end of your tab bar in Firefox 3.5 giving you an easier user interface to open a new tab.

Clicking on the little “+” icon at the end of your open tabs, opens a new tab.  Seems simple enough, and I do like the fact that it gives one more clean way for new users to instantly figure it out.

How do I remove the new tab button? Well, if you are handy with editing your userChrome.css file – this should be an easy customization to put in place.  Just add this line:

.tabs-newtab-button {display: none;}

To edit your userChrome.css file, you must first locate it inside of your profile folder.  Depending on your operating system of choice, that location might differ.  Check out “where is my Firefox profile folder?” for more information.

So how do you feel, love the new icon or is it in your way?

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Add a Recently Closed Tab Button to Firefox

Mar/04 in Add-ons Reviews

Recently Closed Tab ButtonSure, keyboard shortcuts are handy to have – but sometimes a button is even better.  The Closed Tabs Button add-on for Firefox will give you an easy one button access to all of your recently closed tabs.  If you are tired of going to History > Recently Closed Tabs just to undo a closed tab, then this extension is for you!

Not only does this add-on give you a fancy new button, it also gives you a new keyboard shortcut to access the most recently closed tab (CTRL+SHIFT+Z). 

After installing the extension, to add it to your own browser interface you must add the button by going to View > Toolbars > Customize, then drag and drop the button anywhere on the toolbar.

The Closed Tab Button add-on for Firefox might be a little on the simple side, however when there is just a little problem to be fixed – nice to see an extension that gets the job done right without too much bloat.

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Firefox Power Button

Jan/25 in Settings, Tabbed Browsing

The extEMM extension for Firefox is a power button for your browser. No, it will not give you super strength or flying abilities, I’m not talking about those powers. I mean – well, this is how the developer put it.

This extension adds a menu button to Firefox allowing the user to restart or close Firefox and re-open with the current tabs. The session is even saved through a reboot. This is a small extension that uses Firefox’s internal session save features, light and fast.

The button is small, but the functionality behind it is huge.

+ Download and Install the extEMM Extension for Firefox!

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Change Tab Close Buttons

Nov/04 in Hacks and Tweaks

Firefox 2 handles closing tabs a little differently than the old 1.5 version of Firefox does. With Firefox 2 you are given a close “x” on each tab – instead of having it all the way over at the right hand side of the browser. If this really bugs you or you want to edit around with it – I have found the perfect tweak for you.

+ Change the Tab Close Buttons!

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