This tip will help you to recover the lost bookmarks on Firefox. You can export the bookmarks folder to a specific folder or location using import and export option in Firefox. If you are new computer user, first you should learn about the importance and need of backup, because without backup yon can lose your favorite websites list any time due to any virus, power failure and hard disk problem.
So, what happen if your Firfox's bookmarks suddenly disappear? It is very frustrating and disappointing but don't worry, Firefox actually do this job for you to create automatic backup.
Follow the given steps to retrieve the lost bookmarks list:
Now go to your system C drive and navigate the following path "C:\Documents and Settings\your account name\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\".
Under profiles folder, you will see a folder with random name, in our case this folder name is awrvfkuo.default.
Double click on awrvfkuo.default folder and you will see another folder with name "bookmarkbackups". Here is actual place where firefox store your bookmarks backup.
Now copy the all latest bookmarks detail and go up one level then past it.
Here rename the file to "bookmarks.html" and now your bookmarks should be restored
If you are bored from the skin of GMAIL and Want to change it, than you have to try the Firefox Addon Google Redesigned. Google Redesigned is a Mozilla Firefox extension designed by Globex Designs that aims to fully redesign the look and feel of popular Google services.
The Mozilla FireFox V3 is undoubtable a great browser , but with some little Hacking tweaks ,u can doublize its performance..
1. Enable pipelining
Browsers are normally very polite, sending a request to a server then waiting for a response before continuing. Pipelining is a more aggressive technique that lets them send multiple requests before any responses are received, often reducing page download times. To enable it, type about:config in the address bar, double-click network.http.pipelining and network.http.proxy.pipelining so their values are set to true, then double-click network.http.pipelining.maxrequests and set this to 8.
Keep in mind that some servers don’t support pipelining, though, and if you regularly visit a lot of these then the tweak can actually reduce performance. Set network.http.pipelining and network.http.proxy.pipelining to false again if you have any problems.
2. Render quickly
Large, complex web pages can take a while to download. Firefox doesn’t want to keep you waiting, so by default will display what it’s received so far every 0.12 seconds (the “content notify interval”). While this helps the browser feel snappy, frequent redraws increase the total page load time, so a longer content notify interval will improve performance.
Type about:config and press [Enter], then right-click (Apple users ctrl-click) somewhere in the window and select New > Integer. Type content.notify.interval as your preference name, click OK, enter 500000 (that’s five hundred thousand, not fifty thousand) and click OK again.
Right-click again in the window and select New > Boolean. This time create a value called content.notify.ontimer and set it to True to finish the job.
3. Faster loading
If you haven’t moved your mouse or touched the keyboard for 0.75 seconds (the content switch threshold) then Firefox enters a low frequency interrupt mode, which means its interface becomes less responsive but your page loads more quickly. Reducing the content switch threshold can improve performance, then, and it only takes a moment.
Type about:config and press [Enter], right-click in the window and select New > Integer. Type content.switch.threshold, click OK, enter 250000 (a quarter of a second) and click OK to finish.
4. No interruptions
You can take the last step even further by telling Firefox to ignore user interface events altogether until the current page has been downloaded. This is a little drastic as Firefox could remain unresponsive for quite some time, but try this and see how it works for you.
Type about:config, press [Enter], right-click in the window and select New > Boolean. Type content.interrupt.parsing, click OK, set the value to False and click OK.
5. Block Flash
Intrusive Flash animations are everywhere, popping up over the content you actually want to read and slowing down your browsing. Fortunately there’s a very easy solution. Install the Flashblock extension (flashblock.mozdev.org) and it’ll block all Flash applets from loading, so web pages will display much more quickly. And if you discover some Flash content that isn’t entirely useless, just click its placeholder to download and view the applet as normal.
6. Increase the cache size
As you browse the web so Firefox stores site images and scripts in a local memory cache, where they can be speedily retrieved if you revisit the same page. If you have plenty of RAM (2 GB of more), leave Firefox running all the time and regularly return to pages then you can improve performance by increasing this cache size. Type about:config and press [Enter], then right-click anywhere in the window and select New > Integer. Type browser.cache.memory.capacity, click OK, enter 65536 and click OK, then restart your browser to get the new, larger cache.
7. Enable TraceMonkey
TraceMonkey is a new Firefox feature that converts slow Javascript into super-speedy x86 code, and so lets it run some functions anything up to 20 times faster than the current version. It’s still buggy so isn’t available in the regular Firefox download yet, but if you’re willing to risk the odd crash or two then there’s an easy way to try it out.
Install the latest nightly build (ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/), launch it, type about:config in the address bar and press Enter. Type JIT in the filter box, then double-click javascript.options.jit.chrome and javascript.options.jit.content to change their values to true, and that’s it – you’re running the fastest Firefox Javascript engine ever.
8. Compress data
If you’ve a slow internet connection then it may feel like you’ll never get Firefox to perform properly, but that’s not necessarily true. Install toonel.net (toonel.net) and this clever Java applet will re-route your web traffic through its own server, compressing it at the same time, so there’s much less to download. And it can even compress JPEGs by allowing you to reduce their quality. This all helps to cut your data transfer, useful if you’re on a limited 1 GB-per-month account, and can at best double your browsing performance.
A bare copy of Firefox is a wonderful thing, but when you start stuffing it with add-ons it gets even better.
So what are the best add-ons for power users? Here’s our top 25:
1. All-in-one Sidebar
All-in-one Sidebar makes Firefox’s Sidebar more useful by displaying pretty much anything you might want: source code, downloads, add-ons, page info, entire web pages…
2. Stealther
Jealous of Safari’s Porn Mode – ahem, Private Browsing? Now you can have it too, with Stealther.
3. Web Developer Toolbar
The name’s a clue: the Web Developer Toolbar adds a toolbar containing useful tools for web developers.
4. Instapaper
Install Instapaper’s bookmarklet and you can store interesting things to read later. You can view pages without ads or other distractions, and it works on phones as well as PCs.
5. FireFTP
FireFTP is an excellent bit of charityware – it’s free, but donations are encouraged. It puts a fully featured FTP program right inside your browser.
6. Greasemonkey
The Swiss Army Knife of the Internet, Greasemonkey enables you to bend sites to your will through the power of JavaScript.
7. Tab Mix Plus
Get complete control over Firefox’s tab handling, from the way tabs look to the way they work, with Tab Mix Plus.
8. User Agent Switcher
Browser sniffers stopping you from seeing sites? Pretend you’re using a rubbish browser by changing the user agent string with User Agent Switcher.
9. IE View
Sometimes you need to view or test a page in IE. IE View is a Windows-only extension that makes it a one-click job.
10. IE Tab
Does much the same as IE View, but opens IE within a Firefox tab. Once again IE Tab is Windows-only.
11. Sage
Firefox’s RSS support is pretty basic. Sage gives you a fully-featured RSS and Atom feed reader that’s a joy to use.
12. HideBad
Pretend you’re busy working with this excellent boss key. Not only does HideBad replace the current tabs with safe ones, but it zaps your browsing history, too.
13. Download Statusbar
Keep track of and control your file downloads without leaving the main browser window with Download Statusbar.
14. DownThemAll
Download every link or linked image from a web page in one fell swoop, filtering out unwanted file types automatically with DownThemAll.
15. FoxyTunes
FoxyTunes lets you control your music player, or take advantage of Yahoo!’s online MP3 player, while you wander around the Web.
16. Gmail Space
So unofficial that Google will probably kill you if it catches you using it, Gmail Space turns Gmail into an online hard disk.
17. StumbleUpon
StumbleUpon is the easy way to discover sites that other people liked.
18. NoScript
Eliminate annoyances and security risks by blocking scripts and other executable content from sites you don’t trust with NoScript.
19. BugMeNot
Don’t want to register to read an article? BugMeNot gives you other people’s logins.
20. Mouse Gestures
A massive time saver, Mouse Gestures enables you to navigate with a quick flick of the mouse.
21. Fast Video Download
Download embedded video clips with Fast Video Download so you can watch them at your leisure.
22. ScribeFire
ScribeFire is a superb in-browser blog editor that works with everything from LiveJournal to WordPress.com and WordPress.org.
23. BetterSearch
BetterSearch adds previews to search results so you don’t end up on irrelevant, malicious or obscene websites. Unless that’s what you’re looking for…
24. FlashBlock
Flash is often used for in-page annoyances, so FlashBlock gets rid of all of it unless you specifically click on a bit of Flash content.
25. Adblock Plus
Adblock Plus eliminates invasive ads and makes some sites look very weird as a result.
Mozilla Firefox , the browser everyone love to surf on! The browser along with enormous addons is really a master piece. But is Firefox safe enough? Being used with over 40% of internet users , it is the top source for malwares and virus authors to spread their wares.
With the open source nature of firefox we got enormous addons to increase the security and get better privacy with our favorite browser “Mozilla Firefox” .
Here , is the list of top 5 addons from iTechnoBuzz for our readers.
1. BetterPrivacy
The Addon that Mozilla Firefox team recommends the most to use as a privacy and security addon. What so special with it? Why this addon?
“This addon was made to make users aware of those hidden, never expiring objects and to offer an easy way to get rid of them – since browsers are unable to do that for you.” Says the author!
One time winner of “PC World World Class Award”, This addon protect yourself against XSS and Clickjacking attacks by blocking JavaScript, Java, Flash and other executable content from running in your browser unless you specifically tell it to allow from a particular site.
Tired of PwdHasher or Passowrd Hasher with their late updates and MD-5 hashing? Try LastPass Password Manager! The Best thing is it supports FireFox and IE also as plugins and even works withOpera, Safari, Chrome, iPhone, Opera Mini via Bookmarklets. Why this Addon?
This Addon is a powerful password manager with AES-256 encryption and a built in form -filler to solve all questions!
WOT, is the addon , that every firefox must have. With 50lkh+ users , WOT is one of our favorites addons for firefox. Why WOT?
“WOT, Web of Trust, warns you about risky websites that try to scam visitors, deliver malware or send spam. Protect your computer against online threats by using WOT as your front-line layer of protection when browsing or searching in unfamiliar territory. WOT’s color-coded icons show you ratings for 21 million websites – green to go, yellow for caution and red to stop – helping you avoid the dangerous sites.“Says the author!
Tired of blocked sites and need more privacy? FoxyProxy is the addon you are looking for. FoxyProxy provides you an interface that switch your connection settings to certain proxies based on pattern matching URLs that you are visiting.
These are the top 5 Addons for enhanced privacy and security for May updates , for more addons visit the addon page . There are vast more favorite addons like AdBlock plus, flashblock and many other, but we got a limit of 5.
What do you think of the list? got any other interesting addon to share with us ? you got our comment box for that
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