Mozilla has made Firefox Hello, its WebRTC-based communication feature as a system addon. This change should come to the stable channel of Firefox with version 45. If you have no use for Firefox Hello, you might want to disable it. However, it is not clear or obvious how to do that so let me show you.
Tag: Mozilla Firefox
Firefox 44 introduces a “Do not disturb” mode
The upcoming Mozilla Firefox 44 web browser, which is available in the Nightly channel at the moment of this writing, features a new option called "Do not disturb". It is a feature intended to postpone pop-up notifications from websites which the user has otherwise allowed to show.
Firefox 44 will inform you about insecure HTTP logins
Mozilla works hard to make the Firefox browser and your web experience more secure. They have implemented a number of changes already for this purpose, but more changes are coming in Firefox 44, which is in the Nightly stage at the moment of this writing. Firefox 44 will include a notification for insecure login forms.
Copy all or selected links on a page at once in Firefox
Sometimes you need to copy all or selected URLs on a web page. This can be very useful when you need to, for example, download MUI packs for Windows 10. Copying multiple links is possible in Firefox with an addon. In this article, we will see how it can be done.
How to copy URLs of opened tabs in Firefox without extensions
One fine day, I needed to copy the web addresses (URLs) of all opened tabs at once to the clipboard. This did not seem easy to do in Firefox as the browser offers no such option. However, this can be done quickly and easily. You don't even need to install extensions. Read this article if you are interested in knowing how to copy the location from all open tabs.
Fix Firefox does not update itself automatically
Mozilla designed its Firefox browser to be updated automatically. During Firefox setup, it installs a background service which installs new versions of the Firefox browser automatically. If this does not work for you, here is what you can do.
Firefox 40 features several significant UI changes again
Yesterday, Mozilla rolled out a new version of the Firefox browser, which features notable changes yet again and can be considered as a major release. Let's see what the changes are.
Tab muting feature and sound indicator come to Firefox
With Firefox 42, Mozilla has finally added the long awaited feature of muting the audio of individual tabs to its Firefox browser. Because of an audio indicator on each tab, you can see which tab is playing audio at any moment. Let's explore how it works.
How to set Firefox as the default browser in Windows 10
In Windows 10, Microsoft changed the way apps are set by default yet again. It changed in Windows 8 too and became far too restricted so explicit user interaction was required. Software cannot set itself as the default app starting with Windows 8. Now in Windows 10, the user interface has changed. In this article, we will see how to set Firefox as the default browser in Windows 10.
Switch Firefox search engine with hotkeys and set it as default
Since version 34, Firefox changed the user interface of the Search field. We already covered how to disable it, but in this article, I would like to write how you can use it efficiently. While everyone knows how to change the search engine with the mouse or in Preferences, here is another, fast and useful way to change it with a few keystrokes.
