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Greasy Scripts finds userscripts

“Remember Greasefire? It was an add-on for the Firefox browser that would alert you whenever userscripts were available for sites that you visited in the browser.“The extension used userscripts-org as its source, a site that is no longer available. Since it has not been updated since 2012, it is not working either anymore because of this.“Enter Greasy Scripts, a brand new add-on for Firefox that brings the functionality back to life, albeit in a slightly different form. … “ Source: gHacks Tech News

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What you do when Firefox uses too much memory

“… While memory usage has improved significantly in recent years, complaints about it have not stopped. If you browse sites like Reddit for example, you still find user’s complaining about the memory hog Firefox today.“Here are tips to analyze the issue in Firefox“The first thing you should do is run Firefox without add-ons and customizations. Each add-on or extension you install may add to the browser’s memory usage. Some add-ons, like Adblock Plus for example, may use more memory than the browser itself. …” Source: gHacks Tech News

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uBlock for Firefox mobile now available

” … The browser extension uBlock so far has only been available for desktop devices. The extension was released for Chromium-based browsers first and then later on for Firefox as well.“Today, a version for Firefox on Android has been released that users of the browser can install to get the same blocking functionality as on the desktop. … “ Source: gHacks Tech News

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WhatsApp Web Now Works On Firefox And Opera

“When WhatsApp launched its desktop version last month, it became a phenomenal hit. However, the message service was only compatible with Google Chrome. Now, the company announced that the desktop version also works on Firefox and Opera. …” Source: PERSONAL TECH : Tech Times Details 

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Firejail – A Security Sandbox for Mozilla Firefox, Part 2

“In part 2 of this series, we look at some new browser sandboxing developments in Firejail security sandbox. Since the first article was published, many new features have been added. Unlike other sandboxes, the main focus of Firejail project is GUI application sandboxing, with web browsers being, at least for the immediate future, the main target. …” Source: l3net – a layer 3 networking blog Details 

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Tinfoil for Firefox provides easy access to advanced privacy preferences

“While you can make privacy related configuration changes in the Firefox options, many advanced options become only available when you load about:config or install add-ons that provide you with frontend access to those settings.“You can check out our list of best privacy add-ons for Firefox which gives you an overview of good extensions for that purpose.“Tinfoil is a brand new extension for Firefox that makes quite a few privacy related preferences available in its options. … “ Source: gHacks Tech News More 

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Addictive Tips Best Firefox Add-Ons Of The Year 2014

“Last Monday, we recapped the best Chrome apps and extensions we reviewed in 2014 and we’re ending the week with the 12 best Firefox add-ons we found last year. The list is short but the add-ons themselves add some great functionality to a very powerful browser. …” Source: Addictive Tips  Addictive Tips Best Firefox Add-Ons Of The Year 2014

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Fix Add-ons not working in Firefox 35

“Firefox 35 has been pushed to the Stable channel recently by Mozilla and while the majority of users did not notice any incompatibilities or issues, some users noticed that one or multiple of installed browser add-ons stopped working suddenly. …” Source: gHacks Tech News Details 

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Pale Moon Tweaks and Info

I found one in the comments that I changed.I set the cache compression to 0. “Pale Moon and Firefox are two popular web browsers that share many features. Most Firefox add-ons run perfectly fine in Pale Moon for example and the same is true for the majority of about:config tweaks. …” Source: gHacks Tech News

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Play Music From Any Folder Or Your Music Library

“… Local Music Player is a Firefox add-on that can read all music files in any folder or library, and queue the files to play. You can play a single track, or have the add-on play them all. The player itself is very basic and lacking loop and shuffle features …” Source: Addictive Tips  Play Music From Any Folder Or Your Music Library In Firefox

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