Check Out Three Common yet Very Popular Firefox Tips
There is no end to the number of tweaks that can be done in the Firefox web browser. The tweaks range from ordinary cosmetic changes to major changes in the source code of the web browser leading to a complete different web browsing experience. Since the web browser is open source, any person who knows enough about programming and codes can take apart the web browser and make as many tweaks as they want. Hence, do not be surprised to find that the total number of tweaks and tips related to improving the Firefox web browser keeps on rising.
Let us check out some tips that will help you improve your web browsing experience. We often make the mistake of presuming that the web is the sole monopoly of the young. That is definitely not the case. Of course, the number of young persons accessing the web at any given point of time will definitely be very high. However, there are many ‘oldies’ on the web as well. The developers of web browsers were considerate enough to provide a zoom feature which could be used to increase the size of the web page without any difficulty.
In fact, you can also use this zoom feature to reduce the size of the page to make more of the web page fit into your screen. This is particularly useful if you come across a web page that requires horizontal scrolling. We are comfortable with vertical scrolling but find it hard to keep track of text and graphics when stretched horizontally over the screen. The zoom feature that makes the web page look smaller can be very useful in these circumstances. However, increasing or reducing the zoom often required the surfer to interrupt his or her activities to use the toolbar to access the zoom feature.
The Firefox web browser took care of this problem by incorporating keyboard shortcuts for this feature. All you need to do is press the ‘CTRL’ button on your keyboard and pressing the ‘+’ or ‘-’ button repeatedly to increase or decrease the zoom respectively. The zoom can be manipulated with just a few keystrokes. You would find this feature no more inconvenient than the keying in the address of a website. If you want to bring the web page back to its normal size, all you need to do is press ‘0’ and your screen will jump back to its original size.
One of the primary reasons why surfers like social bookmarking websites is the fact that it offers the ability to attach tags to bookmarks. This makes it very easy to search for the right bookmark. The title and description of the bookmark becomes irrelevant as you just need to remember the tag attached to the link. A link related to football will probably tagged using words like ‘sports’, ‘football’ etc. The next time you want to visit your favorite football website, just search for links tagged as football links and your bookmark will jump to the top of the screen. You can use as many tags as you want. There are no restrictions in this regard. Further, if you want to upload your bookmarks to any popular social networking website, pre fixed tags will help a lot.
Another bookmark related tweak is the keywords feature. Let us continue with the popular football bookmark described above. Just assign keywords like ‘ball’, ‘game’ etc to the link. Once this is done, all you need to do is key in the keyword in the address bar and the web browser will automatically take you to your favorite football site. These tips are very basic and yet have a significant impact on your web browsing experience.
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