Firefox 4 users can make a much better use of the status-bar (or new “add-on bar” as they call it) by installing some extension that shows useful information in this area. As in new Firefox 4.o add-on bar is supposed to be used by the Firefox extension developers to show some useful information to it’s users. One of the extremely useful extensions that I have come across recently is called StatusbarEx. After installation it adds some useful information to the Firefox add-on bar like Memory/CPU ...

Firefox has a long history of being one of the slower internet browsers around. I mean, most of us has a general impression that Firefox boots slow (particularly from a cold start), and after start becomes “laggy” when you open too many tabs or use it for extended periods of time without a reboot. Sounds familiar right? But on the other hand we also know that Mozilla has made substantial optimizations to speedup and optimize the memory usage in recently released Firefox 4.0. However, one thing ...

Most people that are in the loop for the development status of the Firefox 4.0 know that Mozilla has made major changes to our beloved Internet browser, including both underlying and upfront GUI changes. While for the most part these changes are welcome, there are some GUI related choices that many users are not particularly happy about. Talk for example about the Panorama feature, Bing Orange Menu button at the top, removal of the statusbar and among some others. But today I am talking about an ...

Many of us using the Firefox for their routine Internet surfing  love the find as you type feature of Firefox that opens a Find pane at the bottom of the Firefox interface and allows to perform interactive (type ahead) search. Now contrast this innovative search feature with the crude Find popup that Internet Explorer throws at your face when you press the Ctr+F shortcut or select Find from the Edit menu. This is not really the most convenient way to perform a search in a webpage and surprisingly ...