Firefox - the fastest and safest web browser ever
Firefox is without a doubt the best web browser for Mac OS X, it is fast, stable, and secure. Try it, you'll
never go back. So download
now! For those who don't know, Google Toolbar adds increased functionality to Firefox, allowing for easy
access and browser integration to all your Google apps. Another bonus to Firefox is that it is cross platform, so even if you're using Windows or Linux, you'll
be using the same browser with the same interface, and the same plugins. Check out the articles below for some
great tips on using Firefox.
We highly recommend Firefox
Fast, stable, & secure
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November 10th, 2009 - Firefox, How to, Mac OS X, OS X Apps, Tips & Tricks
The web browsers most commonly used in Mac OS X are Safari and Firefox, here’s how to delete cookies in both.
Delete Cookies in Safari on Mac
* Open the ‘Safari’ menu in the upper left
* Click on ‘Preferences’
* Click the ‘Security’ tab with the lock icon
* Click ‘Show Cookies’ button
* Now click “Remove All” and ‘Done’
* [...]
September 20th, 2009 - Firefox
MouseOver popups, self-starting blasting audio, auto-refreshing webpages, random sound effects, obnoxious flash ads, resizing of your browser window… oh the web is filled with all sorts of things that are sure to annoy web browsers a world over. Lifehacker came up witha great list of fixes that you can implement in Firefox to [...]
August 6th, 2009 - Customize, Firefox, Tips & Tricks
I like Safari but find myself in Firefox nearly always because of a multitude of reasons. One thing I’ve long missed though is the ability to view PDF’s within the browser within Firefox, which Safari does wonderfully. If you’re tired of Firefox launching the Preview app (or even worse if you’re settings are different: [...]
June 21st, 2008 - Firefox, Mac OS X, Utilities
Life is officially easier for front-end web developers, you can now easily test browser compatibility by running Firefox 2 and Firefox 3 concurrently with a great utility called MultiFirefox. Simply install MultiFirefox, then rename one of the Firefox applications (to say, Firefox 3), and upon launch you can select either application version to run. [...]
December 16th, 2007 - Firefox, Mac OS X, Tips & Tricks
Here’s a really cool Firefox tip that was just passed along to me. You can instantly search for any text on a web page by hitting the forward slash and typing that word. So for example, you want to find “Firefox” on this page, you would type /firefox – that’s it! The first instance [...]
June 6th, 2007 - Firefox, How to, Mac OS X, OS X Apps, Tips & Tricks
Here’s a tip that I think you’ll appreciate as much as I do. By editing an entry within the about:config configuration menu of Firefox, you can enable spell checking in text input fields, meaning as you type into Google, your search term will be spell checked client-side! I type pretty fast so I frequently end [...]
May 24th, 2007 - Firefox, Mac OS X, OS X Apps, Tips & Tricks
I can’t count the number of times I have been closing windows or tabs and have accidentally a tab that I wanted kept open. In the past, it has been annoying at best and disastrous at worst, but now I no longer have any issues… why you may ask? Because I know a keyboard [...]
May 18th, 2007 - Firefox, Mac OS X, Tips & Tricks
For many years I was a die-hard Safari fan, you couldn’t have pulled me away from it… that is, until Firefox came along. Firefox is speedy, secure, and entirely cross platform compatible, and is now my primary web browser of choice. One of the better ways to improve the user experience with any application [...]
April 19th, 2007 - Firefox, How to, Mac OS X, Tips & Tricks
One of my biggest peeves with Firefox 2 is how the tab system works with the scroll bar. Prior to version 2, tabs would squish in size to accommodate more. Being a tab heavy user I found this to be perfectly adequate and I got used to how it works. Enter Firefox 2; instead [...]
April 11th, 2007 - Firefox, How to, Mac OS X, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting
Development etiquette has generally made web browsing a more pleasant experience over the years, removing such horrors as blinking text and the background midi. Unfortunately, there are a few annoyances still left on web sites, and one of the worst is the forced resizing of your web browser. Nothing peeves me more than having [...]