Mozilla Firefox- The Ability To See The Ordinary And Imagine The Extra Ordinary
The Firefox web browsing software application has always come up with small innovations that have made a huge difference to the web experience of the surfers. Take the example of the minor change made in the address bar of the web browser. The auto complete feature of the address bar is a basic feature of any and every web browsing software application. As you type the address of the website, the address bar would automatically compare the words keyed in with the web browsing history and come up with a list of those sites that you have already visited.
For example, typing Www.down would lead to the web browser suggesting the website www.download-firefox.org. However, this was possible only if you keyed in the right set of words. Merely typing the word ‘Firefox’ in the address bar would not lead to a suggestion to visit this website. The auto complete feature of the address bar of the web browsers based on alphabetic progression rather than the type of site that the surfer wanted to visit.
Hence, there always was a scenario where you knew the site you wanted to visit and you also knew the key words that were involved but you could not do so because you did not remember the exact name of the site.For years, the surfers of the World Wide Web put up with this feature because there was no other web browser offering any alternative. In fact, the surfers were clearly told that they should be thankful for the fact that a web browser was offering such an auto complete feature in the first place. However, the Firefox web browsing software application went ahead and made the long due necessary changes to the feature. The next time you type ‘fire’ in your address bar, you will receive suggestions that would not only include the web sites starting with the word ‘fire’ but also those sites which have the word ‘fire’ in their names. What is more, the suggestions will include even those sites, which had the word ‘fire’ in their description. Hence, typing the word investment may take you to your favorite financial investment advice site despite the fact that address of the side has nothing to do with the word ‘investment’. This is smart thinking on the part of the developers of the Firefox web browser.
The Firefox web browsers always shown this uncanny ability to understand the requirements of the surfer as early as possible. This is perhaps because the ordinary individual is deeply involved in the development of the Firefox web browser in the same way as the official developers. The opinion of the ordinary web surfer is considered with the help of the Firefox community. Each and every major change is done only after public discussion. Those who are interested are always welcome to state their opinion.
The working of the Firefox community is not always on the basis of the majority vote. You may be the minority but you can still state your view with the total expectation that it may not just be accepted but implemented. Of course, you may collaborate with other knowledgeable individuals to come up with the Firefox extension that incorporates your suggestion. This can be done if your opinion has not been made a part of the web browser. Of course, just because the developers offer a particular web browser offering specific features does not mean you have to use that web browser only. Use Firefox extensions, themes and add-ons to change the way your web browser works.
The features offered by the Tab Mix Plus Firefox extension was never a part of the earlier versions of the web browser. That did not to stop the surfers from extracting more from the tabbed browsing feature of Mozilla Firefox.
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