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Do not confuse Firefox's native All Tabs menu with the All Tabs Preview feature that Mozilla removed from the browser in Firefox 21. The All Tabs menu displays a list of all open tabs when clicked on. You can use it to switch to any open tab in the browser but that is about it.It should be displayed on the right side of your browser's tabbar. If it is not, do the following to display it. Press the Alt-key on your keyboard and select View > Toolbars > Customize from the context menu. An overlay window becomes visible on the screen displaying various icons that you can add to Firefox.Locate the List all tabs icon and drag & drop it to a visible toolbar in the browser. You can click on it from that moment on to display all open tabs of that browser window.All Tabs Helper is a browser extension for Firefox that improves the All Tab menu of the browser.Instead of just displaying a list of open tabs, it makes available the following visible options:Close any open tab with the click of the mouse button.Navigate back and forth without leaving the menu.Display all duplicate tabs.Display recent tabs and not all tabs.Display a search form that you can use to find specific websites.Select multiple items and perform actions upon them.Tip: To select multiple tabs hold down Ctrl-Shift to do so.That's however not all of the add-on's functionality. It also makes available features that are not visible right away:Unload tabs by holding down Alt before you left-click on them.Use drag and drop to change the order of tabs in the browser's tabbar.Type automatically to search all open tabs. This feature needs to be activated in the options.Use Page Up /Down and Home/End keys for faster navigation.Hide Firefox items displayed in the menu such as the Tab Groups feature.All Tabs Helper displays unloaded tabs in a lighter gray so that you can distinguish them easily from active tabs.VerdictThe extension is mostly useful to Firefox users who make use of the browser's native implementation anyway, and users who work with dozens of tabs open at the same time as it may improve their handling of tabs in Firefox.The post All Tabs Helper improves Firefox’s All Tabs menu appeared first on gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials.

If you have upgraded the Firefox web browser to version 21, the most recent version at the time of writing, you may have noticed that it is missing the All Tabs preview feature that was included in previous versions of the browser.It displayed a button in the web browser that you could click on to display an overlay window displaying all open tabs of the browser as thumbnail previews.  It furthermore displays a search on top that you could use to quickly find a tab you wanted to open at that time.Mozilla removed the All Tabs panel code from Firefox 21 which means that the feature is no longer available from that browser version on.Let me show you how to fix the issue so that you can get the All Tabs preview feature back in Firefox:Download and install the All Tabs Restorer extensions for the Firefox browser.Once you have done that and restarted the web browser, you have two options to invoke the menu displaying all open tabs in the browser.Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl-Shift-Tab.Through a new menu icon.To add the menu icon to Firefox do the following:Press the Alt-key on your keyboard.Select View > Toolbars > Customize from the top menu.Find the All Tabs icon in the Customize Toolbar window that opens up.Drag and drop the icon to a place in one of the browser's toolbars.You can now display the All Tabs overlay in Firefox either with a tap on the shortcut Ctrl-Shift-Tab, or with a click on the All Tabs button that you have added to a toolbar.The overlay stays in place until you make a selection or click on a location outside of it. A click on a tab focuses the tab in the browser right away.If you have many tabs open, you may find the search helpful as it will filter all open tabs based on what you enter in it. So, if you enter Firefox into the search field, all matching tabs are displayed in the overlay while all others are hidden from view.The post Restore Firefox’s All Tabs preview feature appeared first on gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials.

When it comes to Firefox's add-on bar, you can either display it or not, but that is about it. It is not as useful anymore as the old status bar that it replaced, unless you install add-ons in Firefox that add the missing functionality back to it.If you are just running the add-on bar to display add-on icons in it, you may have noticed that it may take up a lot of space to display only a couple of icons on it. That's of course only true if you have not installed dozens of add-ons that all add icons to it.To display the add-on bar, tap on the Alt-key and select View > Toolbars > Add-on Bar.The Puzzle Piece helps you control the browser's add-on bar in several ways:It cuts the add-on bar automatically so that it only uses as much space as needed to display all extension icons displayed on it.Allows you to automatically hide the add-on bar, or trigger its visibility with a shortcut.Move all icons that it displays into Firefox's location bar on top.Lets take a look at all of its features in detail:Compress the add-on barAs you can see on the screenshot above, the add-on bar has been cut so that it only displays the add-on icons that it contains and nothing else. You can click on the puzzle piece at any time to hide or display the icon list.The main advantage here is that it frees up vertical space that is used to display website contents in Firefox.Move add-on icons to location barThis moves all add-on icons to the location bar and hides the add-on bar by default. Here you can also click on the puzzle icon to hide or show the icons as you see fit.You can use the preferences to modify certain features of the add-on. Besides selecting the location of the add-on icons in the browser window, it also enables you to modify the keyboard shortcut that hides or displays the add-on bar in the browser, select whether you want the add-on bar to hide automatically when not in use, and move the location of the icons in the add-on bar from the rightmost location to the leftmost.TipsNote that the keyboard shortcut can hide and show all add-on icons both in the add-on bar and when they are displayed in the location bar.It is only reasonable to move the add-ons to the location bar if add-ons do not use too much space in it.VerdictLimiting the width of the add-on bar is a great idea to remove interface elements from Firefox without reducing the browser's functionality in any way.  Definitely one that you should try out. (thanks Ken)The post The Puzzle Piece helps you control Firefox’s Add-on Bar appeared first on gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials.

The only element that is currently displayed in Firefox's Title Bar is the one-button menu. While it won't be there for much longer, I always felt that displaying only the menu button there was a colossal waste of space.If you have used Firefox for a while you do know that it is possible to customize what appears on various toolbars, but the title bar is exempt from that cool feature.Personal Titlebar changes that. Once installed in the browser, you will immediately notice that it adds the menubar, that is the menu that is displayed when you hit the Alt-key, to it so that you get direct access to the items here. This in itself can be useful as the single menu button does not list all the items that the menu bar lists.What is probably more interesting than that is the ability to add icons and other elements of the browser to that bar so that they appear in the title bar of the browser.Doing so may be useful for a number of reasons:You can move all icons from the browser's add-on bar to the title bar and hide the add-on bar afterwards.You can move elements to it that you prefer to access and see on the top of the browser.You can use the space to add items that you would not add to the browser UI otherwise.To customize the selection select View > Toolbars > Customize from the menu. A menu appears on the screen displaying icons and elements that are not used currently in the browser. You can drag and drop any element from the menu and most elements that are already displayed in the browser UI to the menu bar so that it is displayed there from that moment on.The extension makes available additional features that you may like:You can use the F10 key to toggle the menu on and offYou can add the new "titlebar text" element to the titlebar so that the title of the active page is always shown in the browser (it is by default only shown in the tab, and often cut because of limited space).The default text style makes the menu items hard to read. To change that do the following:Type about:config into the browser's address bar and hit enter.Search for personaltitle and hit enter.Double-click the preference extensions.personaltitlebar.textcolor to set it to false. This removes the style effect from the text and displays it the same way as you see on the screenshot above.The extensions.personaltitlebar.titletext.align defines the position of text on the bar. The default value 0 aligns it to the left, 1 to the center, and 2 to the right of the bar.Personal Titlebar is a useful add-on for the Firefox web browser even if you only want to add icons to the titlebar and hide the menu all the time.The post Make better use of Firefox’s Title Bar with Personal Titlebar appeared first on gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials.

” … If you have upgraded your Firefox browser to Firefox 21, the version that got released yesterday, you may have noticed that plugins or extensions that were formerly usable in the browser were not anymore after the upgrade.“While you may not even mind that, depending on the plugins or extensions that disappeared, some of you may have noticed that they could not make use of functionality on specific websites or the browser anymore due to the change.“So what happened during the update that caused this? …” Source: Ghacks Technology Newsletter Details Why you may have lost access to plugins or extensions in Firefox 21

Speed & memory: Fixed: 805241 - JS: Merge the new baseline compiler. Fixed: 804676 - JS: Remove dependence of Ion compilation on ScriptAnalysis::analyzeTypes. Fixed: 825928 - Graphics: Layers refactoring. Fixed: 865546 - Graphics: Large scaled images in SVG's cause choppy scrolling. Fixed: 854803 - Graphics: Images on slow network continously use 1 full core. Fixed: 600307 - Rewrite and cleanup DOMStorage code. Fixed: 566746 - Form history should use asynchronous storage API. Fixed: 697377 - Form Autocomplete should use asynchronous storage API. For more, read Taras's Snappy blog and MemShrink blog posts. New web technologies: Fixed: 765780 - Enable plugins and JavaScript in designMode. For more, read Firefox 23 for developers. Security & privacy: Fixed: 838692 - Don't allow navigating named targets from sandboxed iframes. Fixed: 549697 - Add click-to-play plugin UI to the addon manager. Fixed: 834836 - Turn on pref to block mixed active content. Other notable

Mozilla has released Firefox 21 on May 14th, 2013. New in this release include: The Social API now supports multiple providers Enhanced three-state UI for Do Not Track (DNT) Firefox will suggest how to improve your application startup time if needed Preliminary implementation of Firefox Health Report See the Release Notes for more details and complete list of changes. Also released was an update for Firefox 17esr (Firefox for Organization) with 17.0.6esr. The Firefox esr update only contains bug fixes and security/stability updates. Depending on the operating system and update settings (Tools > Options… > Advanced > Update Tab), users will be prompted to update within in the next 48-hours. Windows users can also go to Help > About Firefox and click the Check for Updates button. Users may also manually download and install Firefox via getfirefox.com. The next scheduled releases will be Firefox 22.0 and 17.0.7esr on June 25th, 2013.

Firefox for Android comes with the custom, open source fonts Charis and Open Sans to make the Web more beautiful and easier to read on your small screen. The Web is made up almost entirely of text and sometimes reading text can be difficult on small phone and tablet screens. These new fonts will replace the three available Android default fonts to enable a more visually appealing and clear reading experience on the Web. The difference is subtle, but beautiful. Firefox for Android includes HTML5 compatibility improvements as tested on HTML5test.com, the leading industry HTML5 compliance test. Firefox Firefox scores 421 and 14 bonus points (out of a total of 500). Thanks to the hard work of the many Mozillians who contribute to building the best mobile browser, Firefox for Android now has an average rating of 4.5 stars in the Google Play Store. Whoo-hoo! For more information: Download Firefox for Android Firefox for Android Release Notes

Social sites are a key part of online life and with Firefox we want to make it easier to use the Web the way you want.  Mozilla developed the Social API to enable social providers to integrate directly into Firefox to make your browsing experience more social, customizable and personal. The Social API makes it easy for your favorite social providers to add a sidebar with your content to Firefox or notification buttons directly on the Firefox toolbar. Last year we launched with Facebook as the first social integration partner in Firefox. Today, we are adding multiple new social providers Cliqz, Mixi and msnNOW to Firefox, in addition to Facebook Messenger for Firefox, to help you stay connected to your social networks, no matter where you go on the Web. The new social providers in Firefox make it even easier for you to keep up with friends, family, news and events while you surf the Web. You can get real time updates about news activity, entertainment or your personal network while you browse the Web. New prov

Mozilla’s mission compels us to provide people with an Internet experience that puts them in control of their online lives and that treats them with respect. Respecting someone includes respecting their privacy. We aspire to a “no surprises” principle: the idea that when information is gathered about a person, it is done with their knowledge and is used in ways that benefit that person. People should be made aware of how information is collected and used. Each individual should also be able to decide whether the exchange of personal data for the services received in return feels fair. This can be challenging to achieve, especially when balanced against convenience and ease of use: people expect a fast, streamlined user experience without excessive prompts and confusing choices. But we are always striving toward this ideal. Mozilla is an active participant in the ecosystem of today’s Web economics. Much of the content and information that people enjoy and benefit from is funded by digital mar