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Easy way to open the link in new tab

July 27th, 2010 Vijay No comments

This is a quick tip to open the links in new tab. This tip works in all major browsers Chrome, Firefox and IE.

Formal way of right clicking the menu to get the link in new tab is relatively slow.

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Fast and smart way is…

If you have a Mouse with Scroll Button, then just click the link with the scroll button. This opens the link in new tab.

If you don’t have a Mouse with Scroll Button, then use Ctrl + Click on the link to open in new tab.

How to open the links far right in Firefox tab bar?

January 26th, 2010 Vijay 1 comment

The behaviour of opening the web links in new tab has been changed in Firefox 3.6

Links opened in new tab will now open in the immediate next tab to the current page. This behaviour is not something new for Google Chrome users.

If you don’t want to have the new behaviour and revert it back to the old one, then given below are the steps to be  followed.

1. Open a new tab and type about:config

about_config_page_Firefox

2. Click on the promise button to go next stage.

3. Search for the Preference Name browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent

Preference_Name_Firefox

4. Double-click on the resulted row to change the Value to false.

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5. All done. Close the tab.

All the new tab windows will be opened in far right in the tab bar.

What is new in Firefox 3.6?

January 23rd, 2010 Vijay 2 comments

Firefox 3.6 released on 21 Jan.

This video will give you an introduction on what is new in Firefox 3.6.

Firefox 3.6 Released

January 21st, 2010 Vijay No comments

Firefox 3.6Mozilla rolled out the new edition of Firefox today.

Firefox 3.6, the new version, has some cool features that include Personas,  HTML5 Support, One click theme update and a lot more.

Visit Firefox Features to konw more details about the cool features included in the new  edition.

Download the new Firefox 3.6.

Happy Birthday Firefox – 5th Birthday

November 9th, 2009 Vijay 2 comments

09 Nov 2004, an important day in the Internet era. Firefox 1.0 was released. Today Firefox is quietly celebrating its 5th birthday.

Pictorial explanation of Firefox performance

September 13th, 2009 Vijay No comments

There is no doubt that Firefox is a leading web browser in Browser Wars. Firefox’s latest version (Firefox 3.5.3) gives dramatically better performance than ever before. Picture given below is the result of a SunSpider test on a Windows XP machine.

Firefox-performance-chart

Click here to understand about more new features in the latest Firefox release.

You can download the latest version of Firefox here

Firefox download counter hits One Billion – Recap

July 31st, 2009 Vijay 6 comments

Firefox - One Billion Downloads

Firefox download counter hits One Billion at 3:46 pm GMT.

If you missed the opportunity to see the One billionth hit here you go for the recap.