Showing posts with label Mozilla Firefox. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mozilla Firefox. Show all posts

Monday, September 6, 2010

Remove Searchengine from Firefox Searh bar

Do you have some search engines on Firefox search bar which you never used. Keeping them in search bar is of no use, it is better to simplify it by removing search engines. Here are steps to remove searchengine just follow them:




1). Open Firefox and click on a triangle icon on left of search engine toolbar.
2). Click on Manage Search Engines.
3). It will open a window which contains all installed search engines, Select search engine which you want to delete.
4). Click on remove.
5). Click on OK.

Its done.
Close your firefox and reopen it to see the changes.

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Give Firefox a look of Google Chrome- Cool Browser Trick

Google Chrome has an awesome User interface that makes browsing experience amazing as compared to firefox, which has undergone a lot of development, without much attention paid to its look. Due to regular crashes in Chrome, most of us prefer to use firefox, but it would be nice, if you can change the look and feel of firefox, providing it Chrome like interface.



So here is this trick for Firefox addictors, those who can't leave wrking on firefox but wants the look of google chrome. It can be done by using Chromifox.


Chromifox Basic is a coat of chrome for Firefox. It’s a bright and soft blue theme for Firefox on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, inspired by the appearance of the Google Chrome browser.


Its freely available on Internet.. just download it and enjoy!!!

Click here to Download

Use gmail acccount for Photo Sharing - Cool Trick

Now you can store or share your photos by using your gmail account. You can create, upload and share whole photo albums in moments. For this you need to install a firefox extension named GPhotospace.



GPhotospace is the fast way to share photos online. This free photo album builder works with Firefox and Gmail. Allow you to use existing Gmail account or create a new one for GPhotoSpace and create any number of photo albums, store and share them instantly.

It requires Firefox 3 and leverages the 7GB+ of storage space that you currently get with a Gmail account for an online photo storage repository.

Itrs freely available on net, so download it and then installed it. Once installed, you can launch the application from Firefox's Tools menu or by putting a small camera icon on your toolbar.

After that GPhotoSpace prompted to log into Gmail account. Once inside,it provides several links to choose from for creating albums, sending albums to others, deleting albums, maintaining an album inbox and more. All the images are stored by Google as part of your Gmail account. Its really very easy and handy to use, So go guys n download it fast...
enjoy!!!


Click here To Download

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Place facebook chat on Firefox sidebar - Cool Tricks

Facebook Chat allows you to send instant messages to online Facebook contacts. However its chat bar is not so handy, being at the bottom of the page n what if you have left Facebook but still wants to remain chatting with your Facebook contacts? If you are using Firefox, you can place the Facebook Chat at the sidebar.


Just follow these steps:

1). Open Firefox.

2). Go to Bookmarks on the top navigation. Select Organize Bookmarks.



3). Click New Bookmark tab.

4). Enter
Name: Facebook Chat and Location http://www.facebook.com/presence/popout.php.


5). Check
Load this bookmark in sidebar.

6). Click on Add.

7). Now launch Firefox sidebar. To launch firefox go to view and then on sidebar and click on bookmark select Facebook Chat and start chatting with your Facebook contacts within Firefox.

Its done.
Enjoy chatting with facebook contacts from Firefox sidebar....

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Make Firefox faster - Lower the amount of memory it used

If you have old desktop PC of RAM less than 1 GB and have installed firefox. Then may be you noticed that your computer slow down after its installation. Here is trick to make it faster by decrease the amount of memory it used.


If your computer has ram of 1 gb or more than 1 gb, then you need not to do this.
Follow given steps:
1). Open firefox.

2). In your Firefox address bar, enter the following text: about:config.

3). Scroll down to the entry titled browser.cache.memory.enable and make sure the Value is set to true. If it’s not, double-click anywhere in the browser.cache.memory.enable line and the status will change to true.

4). Now Right-click anywhere in the about:config window and select New and then Integer.


5). Enter preference name as browser.cache.memory.capacity in the New integer value window.


6). Click OK.

7). Now you have to enter a number in the Enter integer value, but that number depends on how much memory you have , how much you want to give Firefox. If you have 256MB or less RAM, enter 4096 as the value. If you have 512MB of RAM, enter 6144 or 8192.


8). Click OK.

Its done.

Restart firefox and seee then changes. It must be much faster now..



Friday, May 7, 2010

Use Browser as Calculator:




While surfing if you need to calculate some figure then no need to open calculator in window. You can do simple calculation easily in browser. It is done by simple javascript, which is described below. You just need to write that script in address bar and press enter. answer would display immediately in an dialog box.


javascript: alert(calculation part);
for example 
calculate 6+5 
write javascript: alert(6+5); in address bar and press enter.
answer displyed in dialog box as shown below.

calculate 6*5-2
write javascript: alert(6*5-2); in address bar and press enter.


You can use +, -, *, /, % and can perform calculation easily without open windows calculator.



Saturday, May 1, 2010

Control Music Player from Firefox


If you are music freak and love to listen music while surfing or browsing and tierd of switching back and forth between your browser and media player to control media player, then this post is for you.
Now you can access and control your music player from firefox, for this you just need to install Froxy tunes extensions in firefox.

Once you have installed the extension and restarted Firefox you will see the FoxyTunes Toolbar located in the Status Bar. The default media application is Windows Media Player but it can be easily changed.

It provides various menus,submenus and buttons/items with the default settings. Some of them are Search, FoxyTunes Main Menu, Show Player, Select Player, Previous Track, Play, Next Track, Mute On/Off, Volume, Play File, Twitty Tunes, Foxy Tunes Search/Explore, Open FoxyTunes Planet, & Toggle Visibility/Drag and drop to move.

You can Download Froxy tunes free. Here is link for froxy tune exension..

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Change font type and text size of Mozilla Firefox




Here is trick by using this you can change the font and text size of your browser. You have to just change some settings in mozilla firefox, after that all webpage will open in your choosen font and text size

Here are steps for this:

1). Open Mozilla Firefox web browser.
2). Click on Tools and then Options.

3). Now go to Content Tab and Click on Advanced option in Font and Colors section.


4). Here select the font and size for the text that you want to see.

5). Uncheck the option, allow the web page to choose its own font


6). Click OK.

Its done.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Some Cool N Funny Tricks for Mozilla Firefox


Mozilla firefox is one of the coolest browser, most if us use mozilla. We kno its famous for its addons but here are some cool and funny tricks for mozilla firefox. Some of them are useful and some of them are of no use just for fun. Try them..

Open Firefox inside Firefox
Type "chrome://browser/content/browser.xul" in addressbar and press Enter.


Open Bookmark Manager inside a tab
Type "chrome://browser/content/bookmarks/bookmarksPanel.xul " in address bar and press Enter.



Open Options dialog box inside a tab
Type "chrome://browser/content/preferences/preferences.xul " in address bar and press Enter.

Open History Panel inside a tab
Type "chrome://browser/content/history/history-panel.xul" in address bar and press Enter.



Open Extensions Window inside a tab
Type "chrome://mozapps/content/extensions/extensions.xul?type=extensions" in address bar and press Enter.



Open Private data window inside a tab
Type "chrome://browser/content/preferences/sanitize.xul" in address bar and press Enter.


Try some more
For about firefox write "chrome://browser/content/aboutDialog.xul " and press Enter
For list of names who help in creating firefox write "chrome://browser/content/aboutDialog.xul " and press Enter.

Friday, March 26, 2010

Speed Up Firefox - Cool Tips and Tricks



Having trouble with your firefox speed?? Try this, It will surelyincrease firefox's speed..Just follow these steps:

1). Go to address bar and Type about:config, and then hit enter.

2). Now here Search for network.http.pipelining double click on it, Set it True.

3). Search for network.http.proxy.pipelining, and make it also true.

4). Search for network.http.pipelining.maxrequests, double click on it, I will open window like below, enter some higher value like 30 or 40.


5). Right-click anywhere and select New and then Integer.
6). Name it nglayout.initialpaint.delay, set its value to 0. This value indicates the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.

Its done.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Move Mozilla Firefox Automatically- Cool Computer Tricks

Do you want to have some fun and want to impress your friends?? If yes, then this trick is for you. By using this you can move your Firefox window automatically.
Here are steps:

1). Open firefox browser.

2). Just copy the following javascript and paste it to address bar and hit enter.

javascript:a=0;x=0;y=0;setInterval("a+=.01;x=Math.cos(a*3)*2; y=Math.sin(a*2)*2;moveBy(x,y)",2);void(0)

3). To stop moving, just refreash the window or press f5.
enjoy...

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Delete Items from address bar history in Mozilla Firefox - Cool Computer Tricks

Firefox save URL which you have visited, and it shows them in address bar drop down menu. Now you can delete that URL history. Just follow these steps:

1). Open Mozzila Firefox.Justify Full
2). Go to addressbar and start typing any url.
3) Drop down menu will apppear and display various URLs, Go to address you want to delete.
4) Press delete from keyboard.

Its done.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Display wheather forecasts on status bar of mozilla firefox


If you have habit to go through weather reports of your city daily then you need not to browse websites for it. Now you have better option, you can get instant whether information and forecasts on status bar of Mozilla firefox.
The Forecastfox extension does just that, displaying weather information from AccuWeather. To install follow these steps:


1. Select
Tools - Add-Ons.
2. In Add-Ons dialog box
Click the Get Add-ons button.
3. In the search box, type
forecastfox and press the magnifying glass.
4. The Forecastfox extension is displayed . Click the
Add to Firefox button.
5. Then in Software Installation dialog box click
Install Now.


6. When add-on has installed, click the Restart Firefox button.

Then when you start firefox a Forecastfox Options dialog box appears:


1. In this window click the Find Code button under forecast loction.

2. The Forecastfox Location Search dialog box appears. Enter your city and state/country and press Search.
3. Select the
proper match and click OK.
4. Then in Forecastfox Options dialog box
click OK to accept the standard settings.