Press Ctrl + Tab (or Shift + Ctrl + Tab) and you are presented with tab thumbnails and titles with the most recently visited ones first so you can more easily determine which tab you want to go, have the one you most probably want to go closer, and as a result get to it faster. Hold Ctrl pressed and keep pressing Tab to see the thumbnails smoothly scroll to the left while the status bar displays the tab web address.
4 comments July 20th, 2008
As part of Mozilla Corporation’s ongoing stability and security update process, Firefox 3.0.1 is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux for free download.
We strongly recommend that all Firefox users upgrade to this latest release.
Add comment July 17th, 2008
1. To duplicate tabs press Ctrl (Cmd on Mac) while dragging a tab to create a duplicate of the dragged tab including its history.
2. To move tabs to another window just drag a tab and drop it on another window to move it. If the dragged tab is the last one in its window, it will be closed.
3. To resize the search bar you can drag the handler between them (invisible on Windows and Linux) to resize it.
4. To add keyword search select Manage Search Engines… in the search engines menu to open the Search Engines Manager, select a search engine, press Edit Keyword… and enter a few characters to define one. Now you can enter the keyword followed by your search terms in the location bar to search with that plugin.
5. For discontinuous selections make a selection with the mouse, press Ctrl (Cmd on Mac) and make additional selections to copy or print just what you want.may
6. For integrated add-ons there is no need to visit Mozilla Add-ons because Firefox 3 brings it to you directly from the Add-ons Manager new Get Add-ons page: search, find and install with a single click.
8. To check your crashes enter about:crashes in the location bar to get a list of crashes submitted by Breakpad (Mozilla’s crash reporter). Click on a crash report to get details provided by Socorro, Mozilla’s crash reports server.
44 comments July 8th, 2008
First, you will have to enable registration of protocol web handlers from different domains.
* Enter about:config in the location bar and press Enter to access the advanced preferences.
* Look for gecko.handlerService.allowRegisterFromDifferentHost and double click it to set it to true.
Now click in the link below to add Gmail as a mailto: links handler.
You will be prompted with a confirmation info bar. Press Add Application.
You can now select Gmail as your mailto links handler from the Application page in the Options dialog.
Now when you click on mailto: links a new tab with a Gmail compose window will open. You can also or click on Send Link… in the File menu to send the current page address and title.
Add comment July 5th, 2008
The Firefox community is the proud new owner of a Guinness World Record — each and every one of you! Mozilla today received confirmation from Guinness World Records that we’ve officially achieved the record for the “largest number of software downloads in 24 hours.” From 18:16 UTC on June 17, 2008 to 18:16 UTC on June 18, 2008, 8,002,530 people downloaded Firefox 3!
Don’t forget to get your very own personalized Download Day certificate.
Add comment July 2nd, 2008
While users are still downloading the final version of Firefox 3.0 the developers are already working on 3.1, the final of which is expected in the end of the year. The first 3.1 alpha, called Shiretoko, can be downloaded from Mozilla servers.
In this version, based ot 1.9.1 core, are included some functions that were developed for Firefox 3 but later it was decided not to include them. These are tags autocompletion, tab preview by ctrl+tab, advanced search, download history, advanced update system. Firefox 3.1 will support XMLHttpRequest (XHR) too. This is an API which uses JavaScript and other script languages to transfer XML and other data between clients and servers.
Add comment June 19th, 2008
1. Make the autocomplete menu show only typed addresses and not visited or bookmarked
* Enter about:config in the location bar to access the advanced preferences. Accept the “This may void your warranty message”.
* Look for browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped and double click it to set it to false.
2. To set the autocomplete menu to single line suggestions, Install the oldbar extension, developed by Seth Spitzer. Together with the previous tweak pretty much restores Firefox 2 behavior, except typed characters are searched in all the address instead of just the beginning.
3. Change the number of suggestions displayed in the autocomplete menu
* Enter about:config in the location bar to access the advanced preferences.
* Look for browser.urlbar.maxRichResults and set it to the number of results you want to get.
* Restart Firefox for the change to take effect.
4. Hide the star button if you prefer to use the Bookmarks menu or a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl + D)
* Open your userChrome.css file located in your profile folder.
* Add this line to the end of the file: #star-button { width: 0px !important; }
* Restart Firefox for the change to take effect.
5. Always show the Go button. By default it is only displayed when you are editing the current web address.
* Open your userChrome.css file located in your profile folder.
* Add this line to the end of the file: #go-button { visibility: visible !important; }
* Restart Firefox for the change to take effect.
6. If you enter firfox in the location bar and you try to correct it, the autocomplete menu won’t suggest anything because it only keeps working as you edit the last characters. Install the Edit Middle extension, developed by harikaried, to make it work with edits anywhere.
7. To auto select the first suggestion in the autocomplete menu, install the Enter Selects extension, developed by harikaried. You will need to logon to Mozilla Add-ons to install it as it’s still experimental.
8. To tweak title and addresses size and colors by adding these lines to your userChrome.css file. Check for the specific hexadecimal color code to use at WebMonkey.
.ac-comment {font-size: 100%! important; color: #444444 ! important; }
.ac-comment[selected=”true”] { color: #FFFFFF !important; }
.ac-url-text {font-size: 100% ! important; color: #000077 ! important; }
.ac-url-text[selected=”true”] { color: #FFFFFF !important; }
9. To include Google and Amazon search results in the autocomplete menu install the Searchery extension, developed by Ian McKellar. You will need to logon to Mozilla Add-ons to install it as it’s still experimental.
Happy tweaking!
Add comment June 19th, 2008
As the clock passed 18:16 GMT on June 18, marked the end of the 24 hours period for counting the number of downloads Firefox 3.
8,290,908 is the number of Firefox 3 downloads, give or take a few thousands, with a strong 12 thousand downloads per minute rate at the time the mark was crossed.
In fact, the push was so hard that NetApplications reports it moved the market share needle by about 2% for Firefox 3: from around 1% early in the morning to about 3% by late at night.
The number has yet to be validated by Guinness officials and hopefullly it will be included in the next printed edition of the Guinness World Records.
Add comment June 18th, 2008
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team has sent a fancy cake to Mozilla’s Mountain View headquarters to join the celebration of the Firefox 3 release.
17 comments June 18th, 2008
The Best Firefox Yet
With more than 15,000 improvements, Firefox 3 is faster, safer and smarter than ever before.
What’s So Great About Firefox 3?
The Web is all about innovation, and Firefox 3 sets the pace with dozens of new features, including the smart location bar, one-click bookmarking and blindingly fast performance.
Simply put, your online security is our top priority. Firefox includes strict anti-phishing and anti-malware measures, plus easy ways to tell the good guys from the bad like our new one-click site ID info. And, thanks to our open source process we have thousands of security experts around the globe working around the clock to keep you (and your personal information) safe.
In the end, it’s all about you being able to do what you need to do on the Web. And with features like built-in spell checking, session restore and full zoom, nobody makes it easier, helps you work better or saves you more time than Firefox.
Everybody uses the Web differently, so why should your browser be exactly like the next guy’s? Whether you’re into chatting, cooking or coding, Firefox has more than 5,000 add-ons to help you customize it to fit your exact needs.
Download Firefox 3 . System requirements . Release notes
Add comment June 17th, 2008