Modern versions of the Firefox browser have icons in the context menu for back and forward navigation commands, reload/stop command and for the "bookmark" item. Many users do not like the fact that the context menu has icons, not text labels. Besides the design, they break the user interface flow, as they are aligned horizonally while the rest of the menu items are ordered vertically. In this article, we will see how you can revert to the fully textual context menu of the Firefox browser and remove the icons.
Author: Sergey Tkachenko
How to reduce the size of window buttons in Vivaldi
We continue our coverage of Vivaldi browser customization. In this article, we will see how to reduce the size of the minimize, maximize and close buttons in Vivaldi. This can be useful for people who think that these buttons are too big by default. Read on to find out.
Two secrets of Alt + Tab dialog in Windows 10 you might not be aware of
I would like to share with you two interesting tricks related to the famous Alt + Tab dialog in Windows. Both change the way Alt-Tab works so these additional tweaks might make Alt-Tab far more useful for you.
Use the Forget button in Mozilla Firefox to clean your history quickly
Mozilla Firefox comes with a nice option to keep your privacy by cleaning your browsing history with just one click. This is possible thanks to the Forget button available in the browser. However, by default it is not shown in the sandwich menu, so many users never use it. If you never knew this button existed or never tried it, read the rest of the article.
How to move a window from one Desktop to another in Windows 10
Virtual Desktops is a new feature introduced in Windows 10. You can have several desktops and apps running only on that particular Desktop. Once in a while, you may want to move an opened app window from one desktop to another. Here is how you can do that easily.
Open a new instance of the running app on a separate Desktop in Windows 10
As you might be knowing, Windows 10 features Virtual Desktops, called Task View. It allows you to have more than one desktop without using third party tools. For example, if you have opened your Firefox browser on Desktop 1, you can start another instance of Firefox on Desktop 2. When you click the Firefox icon on the taskbar on Desktop 2, it will take you back to Desktop 1. Here is how to make it remain on Desktop 2.
Remove fast forward and rewind buttons in Vivaldi
We continue our coverage of Vivaldi browser customization. In this article, we will see how to hide, remove and disable the fast forward and rewind buttons in Vivaldi. This can be useful for those who never use those buttons.
Opera 29 Developer, Opera 28 beta: bookmarks and tab synchronization revived
If you still remember the good old Opera 12 browser, you must be familiar with its Opera Link service, which provided an easy way to sync bookmarks between your devices. Unfortunately, when Opera became Chropera, Opera Link was discontinued. Now, after several months of development, the Opera team has finally decided to revive this feature back into their new product, the Chromium-based browser, which retains the Opera name. As of this moment, the developer version of the new Opera (which is not recommended for daily use) features complete synchronization of tabs and bookmarks. Also, Opera Beta (which is a bit more stable) has bookmarks synchronization only.
Remove the Home button from the Vivaldi browser
We continue our coverage of Vivaldi browser customization. In this article, we will see how to remove the mostly useless Home button. As usual, we will perform a simple CSS trick. Here we go.
How to disable Notification Center in Windows 10
If Windows 10, Microsoft has introduced the Notification Center feature. Similar to Windows Phone and other mobile systems such as Android, Windows 10 is able to aggregate all kinds of event notifications in one window and show past history of notifications. While you may find this very useful, some others may not want to show all past notifications. In Windows 10 build 9926, you can turn off the notification center, but this requires a Registry tweak from you. Let's see how to do it.
