Merits (Advantages) Of Mozilla Firefox Browser

Mozilla firefox is an open source browser.It holds 23.81% of worldwide usage share of web browsers, and is just behind internet explorer(IE).IE has managed to stay ahead over firefox due to the fact that IE has been pre installed on the microsoft windows and most users even do not bother to search for some better web browser.In this post we will be analysing the merits and demerits of the firefox browser.

MEIRTS OF FIREFOX BROWSER:


Customizable:Firefox is best known for the freedom it provides to its user for the customization of the browser.User can apply themes of their own taste to the browser.The availability of themes is not at all a problem for firefox users.

Availability Of Plugins:Firefox has the maximum number of plugins as compared to other well known browsers such as google chrome and Internet Explorer.Plugins are easy to install and recieves updates frequently.It has a wide range of plugins like for web development,Search Engine Optimisation (SEO),User Interface etc available for downloads.

Browsing And Downloading Speed: Frefox claims itself to be fastest browser available in the market.We have found this fact to be completely true.With every new version of the browser we have found a significant increase in the speed of the browsing.The Inbuilt download manager of the browser is also capable of downloading at high speeds as compared to the inbuilt download managers of chrome and internet explorer which provides very slow speeds.But we certainly reccomend you to use some special download manager.

Open Source :Firefox is an open source browser.So its code is available to you.If you are a good programmer then you will be able to completely customize according to your needs and certainly this is a huge advantage over internet explorer.

Security:It is the most secure browser currently available in the market.The number of security bugs are far less in firefox browser as compared to other browser.

Trick To Decrease Firefox Startup Time

Firefox is the indeed one of the best browser.Due to its large plugin base it has been preferred over internet explorer and google chrome.But if you have too many plugins or themes it will increase your firefox startup time and it becomes too annoying to wait for the firefox browser to startup.

There are two solutions to resolve this issue

1.Remove your plugins and themes from your browser

2 Use the freeware small utility we are providing here.

The name of the software that we will be using is firefox preloader.The system resources that it uses is minimal and it wont affect your computer speed.Here is the system resources that it requires

1.It requires 4mb of ram.

2.It uses 0 % of cpu.

So in no way its will hurt your system performance.

The free download link for the software is given at the end of this post.

The firefox preloader loads at tthe system startup and loads some parts of the firefox browser into your memory so that when you open the firefox browser then it will load immediately.It will reside into your system tray.

Every Time You Have To Open Firefox Quickly Just Right Click On the Tray Icon And click on Open My Homepage.It will open immediately.

Click Here To Download Firefox PreLoader

Firefox Tips And tricks To Increase Internet Speed

Firefox is one of the fastest browser available in the market.But A lot of user are not satisfied by its speed as they want more and more.The Internet speed in firefox browser can be increased by using a few easy tips and tricks.We have given a complete step by step tutorial for implementing these tips and tricks in your firefox browser.The reason behind the slow Internet speed in firefox browser is that it uses a less number connection to retrieve data for a website and by implementing simple tricks we can make the firefox browser to make multiple connections to a website and retrieve data simultaneously.This will decrease the load time of a website and make your surfing experience on firefox browser a lot smoother.This trick will work for both broadband connections as well as dial up connections.Now here is the step by step tutorial with simple tips and tricks to increase Internet speed in firefox browser.

1.Type “about:config” in the address bar of your firefox browser and press enter.
2You will see a warning.Click on “ I’ll be care full,i promise! “.This will allow you to edit the settings.
3.Look for “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests “ .
4.Now right click on this and click on modify.
5.Change this number to something like 15-30.This will increase your number of simultaneous connection in firefox browser.
6.Now Right click in blank space and click on new->integer.
7.Name it as “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “ 0 “.This is the waiting time that firefox takes to act on the data before processing.
8.Now search for “network.dns.disableIPv6” and set this to true.This will help you stop the delay which occurs when to an ipv6 capable dns server an ipv4 address is given instead of the requested ipv6 address.
9. Content Interrupt Parsing:-This option controls whether firefox should interrupt rendering of a page in order to respond to Ui events.By default this option is not present and it needs to be created in the “ about:config ” window.
• Right click in free space.Select new->Boolean.
• Name it as “ content.interrupt.parsing ”.
• Now press enter and select its value to “ true “.

These tricks has been tested by a lot of people and they have reported a decent amount of increase in the Internet speed of their firefox browser.

Trick to Decrypt Passwords Stored in Firefox With FirePasswordViewer

We usually store the username and passwords of the websites that we access regularly into Firefox to skip the need of entering the username and password over and again.Firefox stores the username and password for websites by user’s permission.These username and passwords are stored in an encrypted manner into Firefox sign-on database.
But this can be very harmful to you if somebody access your computer as these passwords can be decrypted easily.So,your accounts may get hacked.I will also show you the method to protect yourself from getting hacked .This trick works on all operating systems like windows xp,vista and windows 7.It also supports all Firefox browser versions.
Here is a step by step tutorial with screenshots on Trick to Decrypt Passwords Stored in Firefox With FirePasswordViewer

1. Download FirePasswordViewer.This is freeware utility and is also available in portable version.
2. After downloading run the portable version of the software.
3. It will automatically find the path of your Firefox user profile.
4. Now click on Start Recovery button.It will list all the stored website with username and password.

5. The passwords are hidden.To unhide them Click on the Show Password button

6. You can also store the results in HTML format by clicking on the button Save as HTML

Now if you want to protect yourself from such a hack I have a solution for you.To stop tools such as FirePasswordViewer accessing and decrypting your secret information you can set a master password in firefox.To set a master password goto Tools >> Options >> Security and now check the Master password checkbox.Enter your password and now your information is secure.
Note:The aim of this tutorial is to help you recover your passwords stored in your firefox browser  and to protect you from getting hacked.

Trick on How to Convert Firefox into keylogger

Do you want create your own working undectable keylogger and without any programming knowledge.The keylogger can store all the usernames and passwords of mozilla firefox without the user’s consent.

How this Keylogger Works?

Whenever you login into any website using mozilla firefox browser it always ask’s you whether you want to Save password or not for that website.

We will be using a script that will not give the user option to save the password instead it will automatically save the passwords without user’s consent and we will retrieve them later.

Can this be detected by antivirus?

I have scanned it with Mcafee,Norton and Avast and it is totally undetectable.

Does It work on all websites?

It is working on almost all websites like facebook,hotmail,reddit and digg.But this trick somehow failed on Gmail.

Now I will give you the step by step tutorial on how to use this trick

1. Download this script here
2. Now go to the following address

If you are Windows user then goto

C:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/Components

If you are MAC user then goto

Applications > Right click Firefox > Show Package Contents > Contents/MacOS/Components

1. Now find a file nsLoginManagerPrompter.js and copy it to somewhere safe location because we will be replacing this file in next step.
2. Extract the script folder that you have downloaded in first step and copy and paste the nsLoginManagerPrompter.js from the folder to the folder mentioned in step 2.
3. So now your firefox keylogger is ready.Now Each and every username and password will be automatically saved.

The next step is to retrieve the username and passwords that have been stored in your firefox browser.

It is very easy to retrieve the password from firefox using firepasswordviewer.You can read the complete tutorial here.

7 Coolest Tricks for firefox browser

Firefox is one of the favourite browser of many of us.We have been using it from years.Firefox 1.0 was released in November 2004.But still most of us are not aware of some of the coolest firefox tricks that will really enhance the browsing experience with this wonderful browser.I have collected my favourite and Coolest 7 Firefox tricks.

So here are the best 7 Tricks for firefox browser

1. More space on the screen: Using smaller icons will get more space on the screen within the browser. To do this go to: View>Toolbars>Customize>Click on “Use small icons.

1. Use keywords : You can make your search a bit faster by customizing the Firefox search bar.It is best to use for frequently visited sites, such as Wikipedia.com

Open wikipedia.com and Right click search bar of wikipedia. Now you will see a option to Add keyword for this search click on it and enter  an easy keyword that you can remember, for example, “wiki“

Now,When you want something on wikipedia, type Wiki in Firefox address Bar followed by your search term.

Like :wiki human history

When you press Enter key it will search wikipedia for human history and show you the results.

You can do this for any search box on any website.

1. Keyboard shortcuts: Firefox has several shortcuts to make more practical use:

• Spacebar (scroll down the page)
• Shift + Spacebar (scroll up the page)
• Ctrl + F (find words on the page)
• Alt + N (find next word)
• Ctrl + D (bookmark)
• Ctrl + T (new tab)
• Ctrl + K (go to the search bar)
• Ctrl + L (go to address bar)
• Ctrl + = (increase text size)
• Ctrl + – (decrease text size)
• Ctrl + W (close tab)
• F5 (refresh)
• Alt + Home (go to the home page)

1. AutoComplete:We can access web pages just by putting the name without having to put  ”www” or “.com / net / org / ….” Just putting for example “pctipstricks” and pressing shift + Enter will add the “.net” at the end automatically.For”.com“  press Ctrl + Enter for “.Org” press Ctrl + Shift + Enter.

1. Navigation between tabs, you can also use the Keyboard keys to navigate between tabs.

• Ctrl + Tab (move tab)
• Ctrl + Shft + Tab (back tab)
• Ctrl +1-9 (skip to the tab number x)

1. Mouse Shortcuts: Besides keyboard shortcuts exist, there are also using the mouse:

• Central-click on a link (open a new tab)
• Shift + Wheel up (previous page)
• Shift + Wheel down (next page)
• Ctrl-Wheel up (decrease text size)
• Ctrl-wheel down (increase text size)
• Central-click on a tab (closes tab)

1. Delete history items from the address bar: Just choose by selecting the page you want to delete and press the Delete button

Autofill Forms In Firefox,Chrome And Internet Explorer:Roboform

If you register regularly on a lot of websites or perform any other task that requires you to fill form with similar information over and again then you can save a lot of effort and time by using roboform.Roboform has two versions available.Roboform is a freeware whereas Roboform Pro is a paid version.

The freeware version of roboform is sufficient for normal user.It allows you to create three customizable entries.Customizable enteries are those fields which are not present in roboform by defualt but you require them for your form filling like there may be a field in your form’s for your father’s age(or something like that).You can specify in the customizable fields that what information to entered when this type of field occurs.By defualt roboform has a lot of categories like Personal Details,Banking,Contact information which are are sufficent for all normal forms.

When you install Roboform its addon gets automatically installed in firefox,Internet explorer and google chrome browser.You can also sepreate identities and each identity will contain different information.

To create a new Identity in firefox you need to follow the following steps

1. Click on the Roboform icon in firefox

2. Goto Identities>New

3. Enter a name for identity and click ok

4. Now you will have a popup box with various tabs like bussiness,address,credit card etc

5. Enter the fields you require and then click on the Save and Exit Button.

6. Everytime you have to fill a form just click on the identity name in the roboform toolbar and your fields will get automatically filled.

7. You can also automate the process of form filling by going to Roboform>Options>Autofill and check the box Autofill Without Asking

Similarly the roboform toolbar can also be configured in Internet explorer and google chrome browser.

Download Roboform

Trick on How To Enable Right Click on Websites

You probably may have come across some websites that doesn’t allow you to copy any content from there websites by blocking right click.When you press right click on these websites either you will get a prompt with some message or nothing will happen.Sometimes this is very annoying as you may need that content for your college project or some other urgent purpose.There are several workarounds to bypass this.

I will tell you the best and the most simple trick.You don’t require any software or addon for this trick.Website that block the right click do it using a javascript code.If you block javascript code in your browser then your right click cannot be blocked. Here is the tutorial on How To Enable Right Click on Websites

If you are Using Internet Explorer Browser

1. Goto Tools>Internet options>Security
2. Now Click on Custom Level
3. Now find Scripting Section it will be around the end.
4. Now disable Active Scripting.This will disable JavaScript and vbscript in your browser.
5. Click on OK.
6. Now restart your browser

If you are Using Mozilla Firefox Browser

1. Goto Tools>Options>Content
2. Uncheck the box Enable JavaScript
3. Click Ok
4. Open the website that have blocked your right click.

If you are Using Google Chrome Browser

1. Click on the Wrench Icon on the top right side on your browser.
2. Click on Options
3. Now goto Under the Hood tab
4. Click on Content Setings and then on JavaScript
5. Disable java script and open the website.

There are a lot of other tricks to bypass blocked right click.I have discussed the most basic trick that you can use anywhere without any special software.If you also want to share your trick then do comment.

Download Internet Explorer 9 Final Offline/Standalone Installer

Microsoft has finally released its RTM version of Internet Explorer.The new internet explorer is available for only windows 7,windows server 2008 and windows vista user and sadly not for windows xp .But still it has created such a hype that it was downloaded 2.3 million time within 24 hours of release even though it is far behind the 8 million downloads of firefox 3 but as we know firefox is available for all versions of  windows.

Microsoft Internet explorer 9 Offers significant Improvements over the Internet explorer 8 like support for HTML5,Faster speeds and better graphics rendering.I have also noticed improvements in cache of Internet explorer 9.Unnecessary menu bars have also been removed for better space management in the browser.

It is by far the best ever browser released by Microsoft and it has started to give a stiff competition to Firefox  and google chrome.

It is faster,better and Cooler than Internet Explorer 8

We have to wait a little for Firefox 4 release to see how will firefox 4 beats Internet explorer 9.

For those who haven’t got their hands on Internet explorer 9 installer below are the official download links for Offline/Standalone installer of the Internet explorer 9 browser

Windows Internet Explorer 9 for Windows 7 32-bit Edition

Windows Internet Explorer 9 for Windows 7 64-bit Edition and Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit Edition

Windows Internet Explorer 9 for Windows Vista 64-bit Edition and Windows Server 2008 64-bit Edition

Windows Internet Explorer 9 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 32-bit Edition

Top 10 Improvements/Features Of Firefox 4.0

The Highly anticipated Firefox 4.0 has been released and it had 4.7 million downloads in first 24 hours which are more then double to that of Internet Explorer 9.Internet explorer 9 had 2.3 million downloads in first 24 hours of its release.

Those who haven’t downloaded Internet Explorer 9 can download the offline Internet Explorer 9 here.

Top 10 Improvements/Features Of Firefox 4.0

Design:-Firefox 4 has undergone a major design change.It has borrowed the looks from Google chrome.The Tabs are now placed above the Address bar providing a good and clean look.

Synchronization:-Firefox now allows you to synchronise your browser with other firefox browser running on another device like between Firefox on Computer And Android.You can even Synchronise the opened tabs of your browser.

Addon Gallery:-The Addons gallery has also been redesigned and now opens in a tab instead of a popup window and provides better interface addon management.

Html 5 Support:-As Internet Explorer 9 has provided support for html 5 similarly firefox 4.0 also supports the html 5.

Stability:-If one of your Tab crashes due to flash or any other application then firefox tries to protect other tabs from getting crashed.

Hardware Acceleration:-As Internet explorer 9 provided better graphics rendering support by using the computer processor(Hardware Acceleration) similarly Firefox 4.0 also uses hardware acceleration

Speed:-There has been an approximate 6 times increase in speed of firefox as compared to its older version due to new javascript Engine.

Tab Switching:-You can easily switch between tabs if you have lot of tabs open.Just start typing the tittle of the website and you will automatically get the option to switch to that tab.

Panorama:-You create groups of similar tabs using Firefox new feature Panorama.

App Tabs:-You can create small tabs using the App Tabs feature of firefox 4.You can pin your favourite website into App Tabs

Best Funny Firefox Tricks

Firefox is one of best browser and there are some funny tricks that you can do with your firefox browser.These will not harm your browser and they are tested in the latest version of firefox i.e firefox 4.0

I will also recommend you to read Funny Google Tricks (Part 1) and Funny Google Tricks (Part 2) to explore the funny side of google

Here are Some Funny Firefox Tricks

To perform these tricks open your firefox browser and copy/paste the following in your address bar

• chrome://global/content/alerts/alert.xul

This will show you dancing firefox.Your firefox window will automatically popup anywhere at screen.

• · chrome://browser/content/browser.xul

This will open another firefox within in a new tab.So you will have firefox within firefox.

• · chrome://browser/content/preferences/preferences.xul

This will open firefox options dialog box in new tab.

• · chrome://browser/content/bookmarks/bookmarksPanel.xul

This will open your firefox bookmark manager in new tab.

• · chrome://browser/content/history/history-panel.xul

This will open your history in new tab.

• · chrome://mozapps/content/extensions/extensions.xul?type=extensions

This will open your extensions tab in your current window .

• · chrome://browser/content/preferences/cookies.xul

This will Open the “cookies window” inside a tab in the Firefox window.

• · chrome://browser/content/preferences/sanitize.xul

This will Open the “Clear Private Data” window inside the current tab.

• · chrome://browser/content/aboutDialog.xul

This will Open the “About Firefox” Dialog box inside the tab.

• · chrome://browser/content/credits.xhtml

This will Open a scrolling list of names. The one’s who we must thank for creating Firefox

Trick To Disable Automatic Update of Google Chrome

Google chrome has very quickly gained popularity thanks to its speed,minimal design,nice interface.The development of the browser is also taking place at rapid speed.After every few weeks there is a new version of chrome that is launched.

Most of you are not even aware when your google chrome gets updated with its silent updater.For heavy computer user’s this can be a waste of memory as google updater stays in the memory silently.This can also be annoying for those which have slow dial-up connections or have limited data plans.I will give you trick to disable automatic updates of chrome but you will be still able to update it manually whenever you want it.

Follow the steps below to learn the Trick To Disable Automatic Update of Google Chrome

For Window 7 and Window  Vista  Users

1. Click on Start button, type msconfig.exe and press Enter Key

2. Now go to Startup tab and uncheck the box Google Update

For Window Xp Users

1. Click on Start button and goto Run
2. Type msconfig.exe and press Enter Key
3. Now go to Startup tab and uncheck the box Google Update

We have stopped google updater from launching at the startup.Now we have to stop the automatic Execution of the updater.

Follow the Trick below to Stop Automatic Execution of Google Updater.

For Window 7 and Window  Vista  Users

1. Click on Start button, type Task Scheduler and press Enter Key
2. Now go to Task Scheduler Library

3. Now you will see two GoogleUpdateTaskUser Process.Delete both of them.

For Window Xp Users

1. Open Control Panel
2. Go into Scheduled Tasks
3. If a task called “GoogleUpdateTaskUser” exists, delete it.

This trick should be used only if you have slow Internet connection,Limited data plans because google silent updater will keep your browser updated  and secure.