How to debug the media print view set by @media print {} in CSS of Web pages in Firefox? In firefox, after opening the Web page, First, hit “Shift + F2” to open the “Developer Toolbar” at the bottom. Second, in the “Developer Toobar”, input media emulate print and Firefox will show the print view […]
Posts tagged firefox
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How to add Google as the search engine in Firefox on Linux Mint?
In Firefox on Linux Mint, Google is not in the list of search engines supported. How to add Google in Firefox on Linux Mint? Check this tutorials to add Google in Firefox on Linux Mint: How to Add Google to Firefox in Linux Mint as Default Search Engine Answered by Eric Z Ma.
Firefox: how to sync bookmarks saved on iOS devices to Firefox on PC?
Firefox on iOS can view bookmarks from PC. But how to sync the bookmarks made on iOS to PC? It seems the bookmarks made in Firefox on iPhone is local only. No, you can’t yet. Bookmarks saved on your iOS devices will not sync to your PC at current (by Nov. 25, 2015) version of […]
Is Firefox Sync safe, that is, could someone else read my password saved in Firefox without my password?
Firefox needs an email address and a password to login and sync. Is Firefox Sync safe, that is, could someone else read my password saved in Firefox without my password? In short, only you with your password can see your data. Others, even Mozilla’s servers, without your password, can not see your decrypted data. In […]
How to run firefox under different profiles simultaniusly?
Firefox has multiple profiles and I am aware of choosing them by invoking firefox with the -P option. But I find that after one firefox instance under one profile is running, even I choose another profile during starting with -P, the new instance is still running under the existing profile. How to run firefox with […]
How to set up Firefox Sync?
How to set up Firefox Sync? The online Firefox help provides a very good tutorial on setting up Firefox sync across computers and other devides: http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-set-up-firefox-sync Answered by anonymous.
Run Firefox on Remote Host over SSH
How to run Firefox on Remote Host over SSH ? After $ ssh -X remotehost Run this script on remote host: #!/bin/bash export $(dbus-launch) export NSS_USE_SHARED_DB=ENABLED firefox -no-remote & This script credits to Waxborg: http://waxborg.servepics.com/opensuse/remote-administration/running-firefox-remotely-over-ssh. Answered by SA.
How to Add Google to Firefox in Linux Mint as Default Search Engine
In Firefox on Linux Mint, Google is not in the default list of search engines. Linux Mint has its criteria for adding search engines while Google seems not in those suggested by Linux Mint because “Amongst commercial search engines, only the ones which share with Linux Mint the revenue Linux Mint users generate for them […]
How to Configure the Latest Version of Flash on Firefox for Linux: by the Fresh Player Plugin
As you may know, Adobe stopped supporting the NPAPI version of Flash on Linux and the latest NPAPI version of Flash player at version 11.2 released back in 2012 will only receive security fixes. Even the security fixes to the 11.2 version of the Flash Plugin your Firefox is using will end on May 4, […]
Keep Firefox Open After Closing the Last Tab
Firefox should always be ready there for us, right? Even after we closing the last tab, we would like firefox to be still open. At least I like to treat it in this way. But unfortunately, Firefox will close after we closing the last tab as default in version 3.5. But the good news is […]
Essential Firefox Add-ons to Make Firefox Better
Firefox is highly configurable and there are lots add-ons for it. Addons make Firefox to be good. In this post, I list a set of the best add-ons that I use daily and make my life easier and happier. Essential Firefox addons ∞ FireGestures – Control Firefox with mouse gestures/ A customizable mouse gestures extension […]
Installing the Flash Plugin for 64-bit Firefox in Linux x86-64
This post introduces how to install flash plugin to 64-bit firefox on a x86-64 Linux (Fedora as the example). Both 64-bit and 32-bit plugin are available. 64-bit flash plugin for Firefox on Linux First, download Flash Player Release for 64-bit Linux from Adobe Labs. Then, unpack the package: $ tar xf flashplayer.tar.gz Check whether all […]
Installing and Configuring 32-bit Firefox on 64-bit Linux (Fedora)
On a x86-64 64 bit Linux system, sometimes we may want to use the 32 bit Firefox, although the support to 64 bit Firefox is getting much better. Just for needed ones, this post introduces how to install 32 bit Firefox on 64 bit Linux (Fedora as the example). Install 32-bit firefox First, install firfox.i686 […]
Speeding Up Firefox in Linux
Firefox can be much faster on Linux! Let’s speed up Firefox on Linux system. Part 1 and 2 only config firefox, so it can also be used on other platform such as Windows. 1. Pipe-lining network connection Most of us use a broad band width network, then why not pip line the connection from Firefox? […]
Minimizes Thunderbird Windows into the System Tray
I usually keep Thunderbird open when my computer is open. But Thunderbird is minimized to the taskbar. It will be more convenient if it is minimized or closed to the system tray as an icon.It will be better if it can display the number of unread messages. Mozilla’s software’s addon system give the method to […]
Speed Up Firefox DNS Lookup
Speed Up Firefox DNS Lookup: 1. Close IPV6 support ∞ # echo "alias net-pf-10 off" >> /etc/modprobe.conf # echo "alias ipv6 off" >> /etc/modprobe.conf Type “about:config” into the address line and enter. Set “network.dns.disableIPv6” to “true” 2. Some other tweaks ∞ Type “about:config” into the address line and enter. Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true” Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” […]
