7 Sneaky Features You Didn't Know Existed In Firefox 3
Do you think you have already seen all the news in Firefox 3? Here are seven quick and cool hack that you have not heard of before.
Firefox 3 offers some interesting news we have written about before. However, there is news which might not be as clear and as it is not sentence you to know. RegCure Registry Cleaner Blog gives you seven quick little hack that you were not aware of Firefox 3.
Some of these hacks require you to go into a secret setting menu. By entering about: config in the address bar in Firefox and you get up the secret settings. You will first meet with a joke and the message saying that the guarantee will be repealed if you make changes in this menu.
However, please be careful that you do not change things that should not be changed. It may end up with Firefox ceases to function or will behave strangely. The only solution is to uninstall and then reinstall your browser.
1. Easter Egg
Many Windows programs have a so-called Easter eggs hidden somewhere. An "easter egg" is usually a jocular presentation of the people who created the program. In Firefox case is as a matter Easter egg about the browser's own mascot in the form of a robot. To find the Easter egg, enter the following into the address bar: about: robots
2. Valuable information about sites
One of the coolest innovations in Firefox 3 is a button that we can call the site identification. It is the key you see to the left of the address bar. Click on it and you get up a lot of interesting information on the Web site you visit. Among other things, you can see how many times you visited the site, on the use of cookies, and if you have any password associated with the site.
You can also choose to list all the photos or other media available on the current page and then select whether you want to save any of the images. Smart little finesse.
3. Shrink the back button
A new feature in Firefox 3 is the back button the top of the page looks like it goes on steroids. The reason for this is that most use the back button more frequently than the forward button so that it will be easier to discern.
Would you like to have back after all the same buttons as in previous versions of Firefox, so it is easily fixed. Take your cursor to an empty spot on the toolbar and right click. Then select Customize. Then click on option and use small icons.
4. Find all your passwords
You have probably like most people with a variety of user name and password for different web sites. Probably you have forgotten most of these passwords, too.
Do you want to find out what the password is to a certain Web site that is easily arranged. Do as follows:
1. Select Tools, then Options.
2. Click Security
3. In the section named password, click on saved passwords. Then click the View password and you see all the passwords you use on different sites.
5. The number of address proposals
The address bar in Firefox has been given a whole new look that is much nicer and more convenient. When you type the first letter of a site you visited before so it will pop out 12 proposals for sites containing the word you started to write.
If you want you can change the number of proposals listed from 12 to any number. Do as follows:
1. Write about: config in the address bar.
2. In the filter line type the following: browser.urlbar.maxRichResults
3. Then double-click the result and you can change from 12 results to what you want, more or less.
6. No bookmarks in the address proposals
If you don't want your bookmarks to be displayed in the address of publishers which we described above, it is easy to do.
1. Write about: config in the address bar.
2. Enter the following test of filters row: browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped
3. Double-click the line that appears, and it will change the value to "true". Now your bookmarks will not appear in the address proposals.
7. Rushing older plugins
Have you upgraded from Firefox 2 to Firefox 3 so you may have noticed that some plug or plugins are no longer active. This is because Firefox disable them if they are not suited for Firefox 3.
Some of these programs are not compatible with the new version and you should first check if the author behind the plugin is an update tailored for Firefox 3.
After all if you want to live dangerously and force the plugin to work in Firefox 3 you can perform the following trick:
1. Write about: config in the address bar.
2. On the filter line, enter: extensions.checkCompatibility
3. Double-click the line to change the value to "true".
4. On the filter line, type now in: extensions.checkUpdateSecurity
5. Double-click the line to change the value to "true".
6. Now, your old plug-activated, but be aware that they may not function as they should.
Firefox 3 offers some interesting news we have written about before. However, there is news which might not be as clear and as it is not sentence you to know. RegCure Registry Cleaner Blog gives you seven quick little hack that you were not aware of Firefox 3.
Some of these hacks require you to go into a secret setting menu. By entering about: config in the address bar in Firefox and you get up the secret settings. You will first meet with a joke and the message saying that the guarantee will be repealed if you make changes in this menu.
However, please be careful that you do not change things that should not be changed. It may end up with Firefox ceases to function or will behave strangely. The only solution is to uninstall and then reinstall your browser.
1. Easter Egg
Many Windows programs have a so-called Easter eggs hidden somewhere. An "easter egg" is usually a jocular presentation of the people who created the program. In Firefox case is as a matter Easter egg about the browser's own mascot in the form of a robot. To find the Easter egg, enter the following into the address bar: about: robots
2. Valuable information about sites
One of the coolest innovations in Firefox 3 is a button that we can call the site identification. It is the key you see to the left of the address bar. Click on it and you get up a lot of interesting information on the Web site you visit. Among other things, you can see how many times you visited the site, on the use of cookies, and if you have any password associated with the site.
You can also choose to list all the photos or other media available on the current page and then select whether you want to save any of the images. Smart little finesse.
3. Shrink the back button
A new feature in Firefox 3 is the back button the top of the page looks like it goes on steroids. The reason for this is that most use the back button more frequently than the forward button so that it will be easier to discern.
Would you like to have back after all the same buttons as in previous versions of Firefox, so it is easily fixed. Take your cursor to an empty spot on the toolbar and right click. Then select Customize. Then click on option and use small icons.
4. Find all your passwords
You have probably like most people with a variety of user name and password for different web sites. Probably you have forgotten most of these passwords, too.
Do you want to find out what the password is to a certain Web site that is easily arranged. Do as follows:
1. Select Tools, then Options.
2. Click Security
3. In the section named password, click on saved passwords. Then click the View password and you see all the passwords you use on different sites.
5. The number of address proposals
The address bar in Firefox has been given a whole new look that is much nicer and more convenient. When you type the first letter of a site you visited before so it will pop out 12 proposals for sites containing the word you started to write.
If you want you can change the number of proposals listed from 12 to any number. Do as follows:
1. Write about: config in the address bar.
2. In the filter line type the following: browser.urlbar.maxRichResults
3. Then double-click the result and you can change from 12 results to what you want, more or less.
6. No bookmarks in the address proposals
If you don't want your bookmarks to be displayed in the address of publishers which we described above, it is easy to do.
1. Write about: config in the address bar.
2. Enter the following test of filters row: browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped
3. Double-click the line that appears, and it will change the value to "true". Now your bookmarks will not appear in the address proposals.
7. Rushing older plugins
Have you upgraded from Firefox 2 to Firefox 3 so you may have noticed that some plug or plugins are no longer active. This is because Firefox disable them if they are not suited for Firefox 3.
Some of these programs are not compatible with the new version and you should first check if the author behind the plugin is an update tailored for Firefox 3.
After all if you want to live dangerously and force the plugin to work in Firefox 3 you can perform the following trick:
1. Write about: config in the address bar.
2. On the filter line, enter: extensions.checkCompatibility
3. Double-click the line to change the value to "true".
4. On the filter line, type now in: extensions.checkUpdateSecurity
5. Double-click the line to change the value to "true".
6. Now, your old plug-activated, but be aware that they may not function as they should.
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