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Synchronize Firefox Across Multiple Computers

This brief tutorial shows you how to synchronize Firefox settings and preferences across multiple computers. If Firefox is your default web browser and you use it on multiple computers (Ubuntu, Windows), then this guide will show you a smart way to save your bookmarks, passwords, tabs and other settings across multiple computers so that any change made in Firefox on one computer will automatically applied to all of your other computers. If you bookmark a web page on one computer, others computers will automatically receive the same bookmark.

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Tags: Firefox, Microsoft Windows 7, Ubuntu 11.04 Natty

Add Another Layer of Security to Ubuntu with WOT

WOT stands for Web of Trust, and it an add-on for web browsers that shows you ratings on millions of websites online so you can avoid potentially dangerous ones. When browsing online, WOT shows you links to a website as well as its ratings. If you accidentally click a link and the site is suspected to be harmful to your system, WOT will warn you of the danger and provide you an option to exit. WOT supports Firefox, Chrome and other browsers in used today, but this tutorial will focus on installing WOT in Firefox.

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Tags: Firefox, Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, Web of Trust

Configure Firefox to Automatically Clear Download List

This simple tutorial shows you how to configure Firefox to automatically clear the download list in Ubuntu or Windows. As you may already know, everytime you download content from online, a list is created in download manager. This tutorial will show you how to clear that list automatically after downloading content from online.

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Tags: Firefox, Privacy

Automatically Start Firefox in Private Browsing Mode

This simple tutorial shows you how to always start Firefox in Private Browsing Mode. If you’re concern about privacy, then enabling this feature will help you preserve your privacy a bit. Everytime you start Firefox in private browsing, Firefox won’t keep any browsing history, cookies or temporary internet files. This can prevent websites that install cookies from tracking your behavior online.

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Tags: Firefox, Privacy

Print Any Webpage to PDF with Firefox Add-on ‘Print to PDF’

This brief tutorial will introduce to a Firefox Add-on called Print to PDF that lets you print any webpage to PDF using Firefox Web Browser in Ubuntu, Windows or Mac. It is a fantastic plugin that you must install if Firefox is your default web browser. I am testing it in Ubuntu, but you should also be able to do the same in Windows or Mac PCs.

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Tags: Firefox, Print to PDF, Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat

Preview PDFs, Word Documents in Firefox without Leaving your Browser in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat

This quick tutorial will show you how to preview PDFs, Word Docs, and other files directly in your browser without leaving Firefox. This should work in Windows, Mac or Linux systems, including Ubuntu. This will also save you time and help clean up your system of old downloaded files.

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Tags: Firefox, Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat

Turn Off the Browser Bar Dropdown List and History In Firefox

Sometimes it’s best that no one finds out which websites you’ve been browsing. That’s because it’s your business. Firefox has the tendencies of storing your recently visited websites in the browser bar drop-down list and in history. Just click the down-arrow in the browser bar and you’ll quickly find the previous websites you have visited.

I am going to show you how to turn that off so no one can view the drop down list to know where you’ve been.

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Tags: Firefox

Spot Malicious Websites With Firefox In Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

WOT stands for Web of Trust, and it an add-on for web browsers that shows you ratings on millions of websites online so you can avoid potentially dangerous ones. When browsing online, WOT shows you links to a website as well as its ratings. If you accidentally click a link and the site is suspected to be harmful to your system, WOT will warn you of the danger and provide you an option to exit. WOT supports Firefox, Chrome and other browsers in used today, but this tutorial will focus on installing WOT in Firefox.