Articles Tagged “firefox tips”

  • Installing DNS cache add-on in Mozilla Firefox

    How To Quickly Flush DNS Cache Using Mozilla Firefox

    by admin on Apr 26, 2013 | No Comments">No Comments

    DNS cache is a record of mapping website addresses to their IP addresses so that after visiting them for the first time, subsequent look-ups become quicker as these records are stored locally. However, after a while stale DNS cache can cause browsing issues and clearing this DNS cache can fix them quickly. DNS Cache is [...]

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  • Memory usage details

    How To Reduce Memory Usage When Using Mozilla Firefox

    by admin on Aug 03, 2012 | No Comments">No Comments

    Mozilla Firefox can get sluggish after a while and often lock up. This can be because it takes up a lot of memory when in use and then not free it up (called a memory leak). Memory Fox is a useful add-on that reduces the memory usage of Firefox and in turn helps improve browsing [...]

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  • Resetting Firefox option

    Quickly Fix Mozilla Firefox Problems By Resetting

    by admin on Jun 14, 2012 | No Comments">No Comments

    One of the quickest way to fix Mozilla Firefox performance issues like slowness or some broken add-on is by resetting it to a default state. Here is how to do that : 1. Open Firefox and select Help > Troubleshooting Information (or type about:support in the address bar). 2. Click the button “Reset Firefox”. What [...]

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  • How To Quickly Check And Update Your Firefox Plugins Selectively

    How To Quickly Check And Update Your Firefox Plugins Selectively

    by admin on Feb 11, 2012 | No Comments">No Comments

    Here’s how to quickly check and update your Firefox plugins selectively: 1. Go to www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/ using your Firefox browser. Firefox will automatically be scanned for installed plugins and you will see which plugins are not updated. Now you can selectively click ‘Update’ to update only the plugins that you wish to update. The above method [...]

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  • How To Save Web Pages As MHT Files Using Firefox

    How To Save Web Pages As MHT Files Using Firefox

    by admin on Feb 07, 2012 | No Comments">No Comments

    Here’s how to save web pages as MHT files using Firefox: 1. Go to addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/unmht/?src=cb-dl-rating and click on ‘Add to Firefox’. 2. When prompted, click ‘Allow’ to permit the installation of UnMHT extension. 3. Wait while the UnMHT extension is downloaded. 4. Click ‘Install Now’. 5. Click ‘Restart Now’ to restart Firefox when prompted. 6. [...]

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  • How To Enable Google Search For Firefox In Linux Mint 12

    How To Enable Google Search For Firefox In Linux Mint 12

    by admin on Jan 17, 2012 | 1 Comment">1 Comment

    Here’s how to enable google search for Firefox in Linux Mint 12: 1. Go to mycroft.mozdev.org and click on ‘Google*’. 2. Now click ‘Google (No country redirect)’ or Google search specific to your country. 3. When prompted, check ‘Start using it right away’ and click ‘Add’. 4. Enjoy Google search for Firefox in Linux Mint [...]

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