While some do not enjoy the most recent enhancements to the classic Foxmarks Firefox add-on, there is a way you can get the new Xmarks to act a ‘bit more like it’s predecessor.
Turn off Smarter Search in Xmarks
The first thing you want to do is go to Tools > Add-ons and then click [...]

It has been a long time since I have taken a look at Tab Mix Plus.  I know a lot of people who use it, and it continues to be one of the most popular Firefox add-ons out there.  So the first question to ask is, what makes it so darn special?
Well, the main [...]

I got an e-mail from a reader of Firefox Facts, and they wanted to know  how can you re-organize your search engines in Firefox’s search box that lives in most people upper-right hand corner of Firefox. 
This can easily be done via the built in search engine manager.

Click on Firefox’s search box, as if [...]

Need a few more options for your Firefox tabs?  Twanno’s Tab Clicking Options extension for Firefox should do the trick.  With the Tab Clicking Options extension it is possible to set various actions to different clicking events on the tab bar or a tab in the Firefox browser.
The events you can assign an action [...]

Here is an interesting update that seems to be drawing a little heat from the Web at large.  Depending on your Internet settings (from Control Panel > Internet Options) you might have issues with some downloads being blocked.

Here is what Mozilla has to say about the issue.
Starting in Firefox 3, downloads of executable files [...]

Not every web site does that best job when it comes to giving you a printer friendly version of the web page. Lets say for example, you want to print out a story on CNN.com about the war in Iraq or your favorite celebrity.
Now you could just print the page that is [...]

So how do you make Firefox show those foreign characters? You know – the ones that show up as “???” when your looking at a Web site from a different country? Amy sent me in this question last week.
I’ve added many languages under Firefox options. And yet when I view a site [...]

I like to download all of my stuff that I find via the Web into a folder in My Documents called “Downloads”. It is an easy way for me to keep track of stuff I have downloaded so I can save it for later if I need to do so.
How can you tell Firefox [...]

Want to tweak how Firefox’s default search options react to you in the browser? The SearchLoad Options extension should do the trick then.
Options include clearing the searchbar and resetting the search engine after each search. A time delay can be set in order to reuse search strings or search engines before changing the state [...]

Have you been looking for a new way of editing or tweaking your search results?

The SearchLoad Options extension is what you need then. It allows you to clear the searchbar after each search; reset the selected search engine after each search; load search in active tab, new tab, or new background tab and [...]