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Give Firefox Split Personalities with Multiple Profiles
Though the cost of a new computer has plummeted and a number of us would consider the PC as a commodity, most of us are still left sharing one computer amongst a group. Whether it’s your roommate or family, the communal PC is commonplace. Sharing is acceptable and logical, to the point that every major [...]
Uncover your Website Addictions with Firefox 3
One of the under-the-hood features new to Firefox 3 is it’s usage tracking. Most of us are aware that our browsers keep a running history of the websites we visit but Firefox takes it a step further - it keeps a running tally on the frequency of visits. It is from this collected data that [...]
Changing the Search Engine in Firefox’s Awesome Bar
You are likely aware that searches can be executed directly from Firefox 3’s Awesome Bar - the address bar whose functionality was greatly enhanced in the latest release of the browser. You probably wouldn’t have a reason to be reading this post if you didn’t. To me, it is a curious feature because Firefox already [...]
Why Firefox Caught Fire
Similar to Microsoft’s random program has encountered a problem and needs to close crash dialog, the fine folks at Mozilla have the same idea included within the Firefox browser. These crash reports are vital to the developers who are tasked to fix the bug you just experienced. While the reports rarely make sense to us [...]
Disabling 3rd Party Cookies in Firefox 3
A website cookie is a unique ID that is generated for each visitor to the website. This is an easy way for a site to track your purchases, pages visited within the site, ads you may have clicked on, or account information. Typically, this is an understood and accepted practice. These cookies are considered 1st [...]
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