Private browsing is a helpful feature in a Web browser, when you want to sign into a site with a second account, view search results without any personalization, or visit a site without your stored cookies affecting the browsing session. Typically when you use private browsing, the session is one that you won’t need to […]
How to Enable Night Mode in the Firefox iPhone App
I like to use night mode in any apps that allow it. The darker color scheme makes it easier to read in low-light environments, and I simply prefer the way it looks. Many apps have that option now, including the Firefox app on your iPhone. If you would like to check out Firefox’s night mode […]
How to Stop Websites from Asking to Allow Notifications in Firefox
Many of the websites that you visit will ask you to let them send you notifications in the browser. For sites that you like and visit often, this can be a convenient way to stay up to date on what is going on with their site or company. But, at least in my experience, the […]
How to Get Firefox to Stop Asking to Be the Default Browser in Windows 7
The default Web browser on your windows computer is the one that opens whenever you click on a hyperlink or try to open a file that opens by default in a browser. If you’ve never changed this setting, then it’s possible that your current default browser is Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge. But when you […]
How to Restart Firefox in Safe Mode
For many computer users the Web browser is the most commonly used application on their computer. There are a number of great Web browsers that you can have in Windows, one of which is the Firefox browser from Mozilla. Unfortunately Web browsers can experience a number of performance-issues, so you may need to troubleshoot your […]
How to Add a Print Button to the Toolbar in Firefox
Most modern Web browsers have started to reduce the amount of space that the browser elements consume. This puts more of the window’s focus on the page content, and can show more of a page in the window. But this reduction of space utilization by browser elements comes at a cost, and you may not […]
How to Change the Firefox Downloads Folder
It’s pretty common to download files as you browse the Internet. Whether it’s a file attachment to an email, a PDF from school, or a new application or game that you want to try out, odds are likely that a file from the Internet will make its way to your hard drive. Most Web browsers […]
How to Set the Default Search Engine in Firefox
While you may be accustomed to browsing to a search engine’s page directly to search for something (such as google.com or bing.com) many modern Web browsers will also let you search for something by simply typing the search term into the address bar at the top of the field. But you may find that Firefox […]
How to Enable Automatic Updates in Firefox
Like many of the other applications you use on your phone and computer, your Web browsers will periodically receive updates that add features, improve performance, and fix security issues. Many applications will let you wait for a while to install these updates, and will only force them if something is critical. But some applications can […]
How to Show the Menu Bar in Firefox
There have been a handful or popular ways to navigate in the programs and applications on your computer, one of which involved a series of links at the top of the window. You could click one of those links, which would expand a number of different options that could be useful in that program. Many […]