Some websites have location-aware features that can help you find local shops, restaurants, deals, and direction. Firefox 4 is capable of working with these websites, and it will always ask for permission before sharing your location. However, Firefox continuously determines your location by sending information about nearby wireless access points and your IP address to [...]
By default Firefox 4 will keep track of your 10 most recently closed tabs. This feature comes in handy when you accidently close tabs, crash your browser, or restart your computer. Should Firefox completely close or crash, sometimes the Restore Session button will work –but that still requires you to completely shut down Firefox, which [...]
In Firefox 4 Mozilla changed the way update notifications appear. They are now small, and show up briefly in the bottom-right corner of the screen. When you ignore them or just don’t see them, they will continue to periodically appear and eventually display a large software update dialog. If you don’t like the new update [...]
Firefox has always done things a little bit differently when it comes to managing downloads. Via the Downloads window, you can see your entire history of downloads and easily open them as well. But, this isn’t always useful and if the list becomes too long, it is easily confusing. Mozilla thought ahead on this one [...]
Tabs are the greatest thing to come to web browser since the invention of add-ons. However, that doesn’t mean that everyone uses them. Sometimes it works better to open a new window, or sometimes it is easier to focus if you only have 1 tab open at a time. No matter the case, with this [...]
One of my favorite features about Firefox is the new sync option. We’ve been testing this out for a while now and it has proven really useful for jumping between devices without losing data. If you are constantly on the go, or if you own multiple computers – Firefox sync is a must-have. It even [...]
Here’s some good news for all of you Firefox fans out there using an Android device. The Android version of the latest version of Mozilla’s browser is finally here. And it promises a lot of interesting features. First of all, I must tell you that it’s already available on the Android Market here, so just [...]
If you frequently find yourself using Firefox 4’s “Private” mode, you could save yourself a lot of time and trouble by making Firefox behave just like it is in Private Browsing mode all the time. This fix doesn’t require any plugins or installations, and it can be applied quickly through the normal Firefox options menu [...]
When you login to a website using Firefox 4, a pop-up prompt will often appear that asks you if you would like to “remember the password” for the site. If you’re the type of person who doesn’t like to save your passwords, this is extremely annoying. Sure, you could select the “Never remember passwords for [...]
If you are using the new Firefox 4, wouldn’t it be nice to completely customize it to match your style? For many Chrome is the browser of choice simply because of it’s minimalistic theme, but you can now set Firefox 4 to be just like it. Stratiform is a free extension for Firefox that will [...]
The new Firefox 4 has turned the address bar into an omnibar that works just like Chrome’s. In previous versions of Firefox the address bar would return results using Google’s “I’m Feeling Lucky” when you typed in certain keywords. If you prefer the way Firefox previously handled searches made in the address bar, there are [...]
For some strange and annoying reason, Bing is set to be the default search provider for Firefox 4. Normally this wouldn’t be so bad –if there were an easy way to change it (to Google). Additionally, Firefox 4 has two input boxes at the top, the address bar and the search bar. Both boxes are capable of [...]
Firefox 4 has definitely got both Chrome and Internet Explorer 9 beat in one thing, and that is customizability. When I first downloaded Firefox 4, I wasn’t sure I liked the new interface. But after some tweaking, it might be enough to make Firefox my new default browser. Customizing the Firefox interface is easy, and [...]
Firefox 4 handles downloads roughly the same as Firefox 3.6, but the interface has seen a face-lift. You can still change up your default download location in Firefox 4, or just make it ask you for a location with each individual download. This is always the first setting that I adjust when using Firefox, so [...]
