When typing name of websites in location bar in Firefox, by default it will show a list of similar named websites from history as well as from the bookmarks list. To prevent these sites from showing up : 1. Click on Edit > Preferences in Linux based Firefox (or Tools > Options in Windows based [...]
Click&Clean is a really cool Firefox add-on which will delete entire browsing history and other private data all with a single click. To install it, download it from here. Once installed, it doesn’t automatically show up in Firefox so it needs to be added to the browser window. To do this : 1. Select View [...]
Firefox by default checks for updates and downloads them automatically if they are available. This may often slow down overall web browsing because of downloading the updates in background at times without knowing about it. One way to avoid this is to change the update settings so that you are prompted whenever new Firefox updates [...]
Firefox comes with the useful option of remembering previously opened windows and tabs when it was closed. So say instead of using a home page that shows up every time Firefox is launched, it is possible to load the regular previously visited websites directly. This is done by configuring session restore. To do this : [...]
Web caching in general refers to temporarily storing of web pages, images and other web elements on local computer for a faster user experience when these elements are accessed again. Hence all browsers keep cache files which often tend to grow to a large size if not properly cleaned or managed. For Firefox 5, it [...]