http://www.firefoxmastery.com Firefox Tips, Tricks and Tweaks Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:18:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You might be in for a nice surprise if you are trying to download certain file types with the latest version of Firefox 3. Certain file types, like exe or msi are blocked from being downloaded displaying a red cross and the error message "This download has been blocked by ... http://www.firefoxmastery.com/firefox/this-download-has-been-blocked-by-your-security-zone-policy/ Firefox has been my main browser for a long time. I really loved Firefox 2 and the waves of add-ons that were created by the community. This added tremendous value to the browser and put it on pair with Opera. You'd always find an add-on for something that you needed ... http://www.firefoxmastery.com/firefox/firefox-3-experience/ The Mozilla team is going for the world record with the official release of Firefox 3. They want to be the most downloaded software in the first 24 hours after release ever. I'm saying ever because this record attempt is a first, there is no magic number to beat and ... http://www.firefoxmastery.com/firefox/firefox-world-record-are-you-in/ I usually work with the keyboard in Firefox whenever possible which speeds up many processes in Firefox. I was always a bit irritated that I had to click on a search result after searching on a search engine. This did not feel right and natural. After typing the search phrase and ... http://www.firefoxmastery.com/firefox/the-keyboard-is-mightier-than-the-mouse/ The guys over at Firefox Facts are explaining in an article how to backup the Firefox passwords manually. This is interesting for everyone who needs to quickly move passwords from one computer to another and those who want to backup their passwords regularly without using a Firefox password exporter extension. All ... http://www.firefoxmastery.com/firefox/backup-firefox-passwords-manually/ Let me describe what I would like to do. When I open the bookmarks menu in Firefox I can load one bookmark at a time that is in a folder. I know that I can load all bookmarks in a folder by middle-clicking on the folder directly which loads all ... http://www.firefoxmastery.com/firefox/open-multiple-bookmarks-at-once-in-firefox/ Don't you hate it when you visit websites that divide articles to increase their pageviews and look more appealing to advertisers this way ? While some websites provided a print link that displays the full article others do not have this luxury and if you want to read the full ... http://www.firefoxmastery.com/firefox/firefox-repagination-add-on/ Changing the fonts in Firefox, why would someone want to do that ? Maybe because of the same reason someone changes Windows system fonts, maybe because the fonts that are displayed are not optimal for his display setting, say Clear Type. I recently ran into a problem that Firefox was ... http://www.firefoxmastery.com/firefox/changing-the-fonts-in-firefox/ The usual way to install a new Firefox add-on is by left-clicking on the link on a website which will start the installation. You might be asked to allow the website to install add-ons in Firefox but that's usually it. I have lately experienced some troubles with several installations of ... http://www.firefoxmastery.com/firefox/install-firefox-add-ons-locally/ Plugins are added by third-party applications to Firefox which add some kind of functionality to the browser. While some plugins make good sense, say the Quicktime plugin for instance, some others are not that easily understandable. Why would I need a Microsoft Office plugin for instance ? You can check the ... http://www.firefoxmastery.com/firefox/how-to-remove-unnecessary-firefox-plugins/