More Firefox Tips. . .

I recently wrote about helpful tips and shortcut keys that I frequently use with Firefox. This article got well over 35,000 views(thank you stumblers).

I hope these tips and tricks help you better understand the software you use.

Open Another Tab
If you already have multiple tabs open, yet you have space between your last tab and the edge of window. You can double click in that ‘empty tab space’ and it will open a new tab. This in case you need a new tab but have a hand on the mouse and not the keyboard.

Quick Searches
Don’t forget about the search box in the top right. And don’t forget you can add more sites than what is there by default. You can also remove them as well.

Configure your Extensions
I do not recommend ‘bloating’ your web browser for useless things. . .but if you have to, at least configure what you’re installing. After you install your extension click ‘tools’ and then ‘add-ons’. Find the extension you just installed and click the ‘preferences’ to see what options you can set.

Tag your Bookmarks
After you set a bookmark click ‘bookmarks’, then right click the one you just set. Click ‘properties’ and here you can assign a keyword to your bookmark, then click ‘ok’. This will allow you to open a tab, type in the keyword only, and it will take you straight to the bookmark.

Increase/Decrease Font Size
Yes you could install the No Squint extension that will allow you to set this. . .or you can not bloat your web browser and use the actual Firefox setting. Click ‘tools’ and then ‘preferences’(Linux users click ‘edit’ instead of ‘tools’). Here click the ‘content’ tab and then change the font size.

Delete Browser Cache
I normally don’t mess with cookies or the cache for Firefox unless YouTube/flash players mess up on me. So if your video freezes on YouTube(and stays stuck after a refresh). . .or even just wish to delete your browsers cache, click ‘tools’ and then ‘preferences’(Linux users click ‘edit’ instead of ‘tools’). Here click ‘advanced’ and then ‘network’, then click the ‘clear now’ button. Here you can also set the cache size limit as well.

Bonus for Linux
If you’re on a Linux machine and know how to compile you can setup ‘Swiftfox’ on your computer. This is Firefox that has been ‘optimized’ to your hardware/Operation System.

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