Firefox-Funny tweaks

Here are some funny firefox tweaks. Try it out. Go to the URL bar and type the following and have fun

chrome://global/content/alerts/alert.xul
It SHOWS Dancing Firefox.

chrome://browser/content/browser.xul
It Opens another Firefox inside a tab in the the existing Firefox window.

chrome://browser/content/preferences/preferences.xul
It Opens the Options dialog box inside the Firefox tab.

chrome://browser/content/bookmarks/bookmarksPanel.xul
It Opens the “BookMark Manager” inside a tab in the Firefox window.

chrome://browser/content/history/history-panel.xul
It Opens the History Panel in the Firefox tab.

chrome://mozapps/content/extensions/extensions.xul?type=extensions
It Opens the Extensions window in the current tab.

chrome://browser/content/preferences/cookies.xul
It Opens the “cookies window” inside a tab in the Firefox window.

chrome://browser/content/preferences/sanitize.xul
It Opens the “Clear Private Data” window inside the current tab.

chrome://browser/content/aboutDialog.xul
It Opens the “About Firefox” Dialog box inside the tab.

chrome://browser/content/credits.xhtml
It Opens a scrolling list of names. The one’s who we must thank for creating Firefox

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How to Fix Script Error Problems With Firefox

You might face Unresponsive Script warning/error while browsing websites with Firefox.

This might lead Firefox to freeze for a moment and may irritate you. This is a alert you get when you try to use sites that auto updates itself, or web2.0 based sites.

Follow the below given steps to fix this problem.

Step 1: Type about:config in a blank tab in the Firefox url field

Step 2: In the text field marked as filter, search for the dom.max_script_run_time option, It will be like

Step 3: Right click on this field and click on modify, you will get a screen, In this instead of the default 5 enter 20 – 30

That’s it. You are done. You wont face any unresponsive script error problems in your Firefox. Happy browsing =)

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How to Enable Private Browsing in Chrome and Safari

All browsers nowadays comes with an option called private browsing. The private browsing feature will not save your browsing history and cookies in your PC. Most will know to enable the private browsing feature in Mozilla Firefox. Most does not know how to enable private browsing feature in Google Chrome and Apple Safari. I will show how to enable private browsing feature in Google Chrome and Apple Safari

How to Enable Private Browsing in Google Chrome :

Chrome, Google’s web browser has a private browsing mode to remain incognito on the internet. Here is how to enable private browsing in Google Chrome:

* Launch Google Chrome.

* Click Customize and control Google Chrome.

* In the menu that appears, click the Order New incognito window.

* A new window is open in incognito. Web pages visited in this window are not recorded in the history of navigation.

* When you close the incognito window, all new cookies are deleted.

* Note that you can both browse normally and in incognito mode, using two separate windows.

How to Enable Private Browsing in Apple Safari :

Apple’s web browser has a default feature like Google Chrome. This function preserves the time of a session, the privacy of your online activities. Cookies, Historic sites and downloads are not stored when the feature is enabled

* Launch Safari.

* Click the Edit menu and then click Private Browsing.

* Click the OK button.

* Now you can surf in Private mode on your Safari browser.

Enjoy browsing in private =)

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Google Chrome Tips and Tricks

Google chrome has started dominating other web browsers by its unique features, i prefer Google Chrome for its speed. Already i have given some tips for Google Chrome. Lets see some more tips and tricks

Increasing space in a text area
You can easily increase more space in a textarea or re-size the text area by dragging the lower right corner of the text area.

Jumping to different opened tabs
You can switch the currently opened tabs by using Ctrl + 1, Ctrl + 2, Ctrl + 3 … Ctrl + 9. Ctrl + 1 means the first tab, Ctrl+2 means the second tab and so on. Ctrl+9 takes you to the last tab. In this way, you can easily switch the tabs easily.

Viewing installed plug-ins
Different purposes, you download and install several types of plugins. To see what plugins are installed on yourcomputer, just type about:plugins into the address window.Now you will see all the installed plugins in shortly.

Google Chrome Task manager
Most have not seen this, This is a unique feature in Chrome. Shift + Esc is a quicker way to bring up the Google Chrome Task manager. So, use Shift + Esc to access there.

Some of the common useful shortcuts
At last, some of the common shortcuts are presented below:

Ctrl+N : To open a new window
Ctrl+T : To open a new tab in the current window
Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4 : To close current tab or pop-up
Ctrl+P : To print the current open page
Ctrl+S : To save the current open page
F5 : To reload the current page
Ctrl+F5 or Shift+F5 : To reload current page, ignoring the cached contents

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