Southern writes:  

I found myself staring at the “about:blank” parameter for an IE installation today, and that got me thinking if it works in other browsers too. It did. I’m using Firefox, and that cleared the address bar to a blank. And then I figured the developers HAD to include some more address bar commands and started looking them up. Here’s what I found:

about: A simple prompt without any parameter will display the Mozilla “about” information. Since it’s accessible from the top menus as well, it’s not quite a hidden feature.

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Southern writes:  

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Firefox is a great browser, and has been one of the most popular for years. When it was first released a great deal of the praise it received came courtesy of the browser’s speed and great standards compliance. At the time Internet Explorer was virtually unopposed, and it caused Microsoft’s development to stagnate.

Time doesn’t stand still however, and Firefox has matured over the years. This means great new features, but every change has the chance of causing a bug that degrades performance. Firefox shouldn’t feel slow, particularly when compared to Opera and Internet Explorer. If it does, try these tips and see if you can restore it to its full glory.

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WHAT IS FOXTAB?
FoxTab is a popular free 3D tab management add-on for the Firefox browser.
FoxTab powers Firefox with the following features:
– Top Sites (aka Speed Dial) for quickly accessing your favorite web sites
– Tab Flipper – to easily flip between opened tabs using mouse or keyboard gestures
– Recently Closed Tabs – for reopening a tab that was recently closed


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You may have installed countless add-on in Firefox to enhance your using experience, but if you want to get the most out of Firefox, you really have to hack your way into the about:config.

The about:config page contains most (if not, all) of Firefox configuration options. It is so far the most effective, and the most powerful way to tweak and enhance your Firefox performance. Here are 28 of the popular tweaks.

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Security and privacy are some of the major concerns these days while choosing a web browser to use. So much so that all the major players in the “browser wars” are providing or developing a private browsing mode.

Firefox with the myraid of add-ons that it has to offer is never far from action. Here are some of the top Firefox security and privacy addons that you should install for safer browsing.

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