firefox tips
Using Firefox Without a Mouse
No one would argue the huge importance around the introduction of the mouse and what it meant to interfaces of then and now. The mouse made the computer more approachable and less intimating to unfamiliar users. While I wouldn’t trade away a good set of keyboard shortcuts, I see the value the mouse offers to [...]
Automatically Start IE8, Firefox, Chrome in Private Browsing Mode
Web privacy is quite a hot topic as of late. The idea that most everything we do on the Internet is tracked and then used against us – not necessarily meant to be a negative – is understood by a greater percentage of users, not just the web savvy folks of even a year ago. [...]
One Step Firefox Tab Duplication
Tabbed browsing has changed the way we all consume Internet content and facilitates our ADHD deficiencies. It doesn’t take long into my browser session before I have 7 tabs across the top of my Firefox window. By now you are likely aware that clicking on a link with the middle mouse button – usually your [...]
Put Those Firefox Tabs in the Sidebar
Tabbed browsing really caught on a few years ago with their inclusion in the Firefox browser. While Opera, and perhaps others, did it first – it wasn’t until Firefox featured the functionality that it truly changed the way users browsed the Internet. Along with IE 7, Firefox features tabs across the top of the browsing [...]
Changing the Mouse Click Behavior in Firefox’s Address Bar
Everyone is a usability expert it seems. It seems more and more that as software matures, layouts and organization of tools and components are switched around just for the sake of change. Sure the developers state it’s after hours of research and usability testing that leads to the switcher-roo but I’m not sure I buy [...]
