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Posts tagged ‘Mozilla’

Jul 25

Use What’s That Preference To Lookup Firefox About:Config Preferences

Although Google’s Chrome now seems to get all the attention, Firefox is still a tried and true favorite for millions of people around the world. One of the unique features the browser offers over its competitors is the extensive amount of granular control you can exercise over how the app is configured (i.e., its about:config preferences). On the downside, this level of customizability can be overwhelming.

In conjunction with Mozilla’s MozillaZine database, What’s That Preference aims to help you become more educated on Firefox’s myriad configuration settings. Read more

Jul 20

Identify Which Add-Ons Are Slowing Down Firefox

Add-ons are a great way to customize your web browser and introduce new functionality to your default installation, yet, installing them may have a drawback: speed. Particularly a problem for Firefox, many users find that installing too many extensions results in noticeable drops in performance.

Upon close inspection, it turns out that not all add-ons are created equal, and some will have a more deleterious impact than others on Firefox’s day-to-day speed. Mozilla has gone the extra mile and has collected enough data to help you identify which add-ons are the worst offenders. Read more

May 16

Create Backups Of Your Web-based Email With Mozilla Thunderbird

For many of us, email remains one of our primary means of correspondence. More importantly, we have years of conversations stored on a server somewhere out in the ether. Whether you use your ISP’s web-based service or popular offerings from Google or Microsoft, it is a good idea to create local backups of your web-based email in case the third party you rely on suffers serious technical difficulties, or worse, permanently loses your data. Read more

Aug 7

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Optimizing Your Web Browsing Experience: Extensions

In my previous post, I mentioned that one of the great features of modern web browsers is the availability of extensions. Today, I would like to elaborate on these useful add-ons, explain how to manage them and identify some of the more useful offerings.

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