1.Do you know these Keyboard Shortcuts?
-Spacebar: page down
-Shift-Spacebar: page up
-Ctrl+F: find
-Alt-N: find next
-Ctrl+D: bookmark page
-Ctrl+T: new tab
-Ctrl+K: go to search box
-Ctrl+L: go to address bar
-Ctrl+=: increase text size
-Ctrl+-: decrease text size
-Ctrl-W: close tab
-F5: reload
-Alt-Home: go to home page
2.Do you know these Mouse Shortcuts?
-Middle click on link: opens in new tab
-Shift-scroll down: previous page
-Shift-scroll up: next page
-Ctrl-scroll up: decrease text size
-Ctrl-scroll down: increase text size
-Middle click on a tab: closes tab
3.Adding smart keywords
If you use a particular search a lot:
Right-click on search box > Add a Keyword for the search > Name the keyword and a shortcut name > Save
Now, everytime you want to do the specific search:
Firefox address bar > Type the keyword for instant search
4.Auto-complete
Address bar (Control-L) > name of site sans “www” or “.com” > Control-Enter to auto-fill
In case of .net addresses: Control-Enter is replaced by Shift-Enter
In case of .org addresses: Control-Enter is replaced by Control-Shift-Enter
5.Tab navigation
-Ctrl+Tab: rotate forward among tabs
-Ctrl+Shft+Tab: rotate to the previous tab
-Ctrl+1-9: choose a number to jump to a specific tab
6.Deleting items from address bar history
Address bar (Ctrl-L) > Type an address > Use down-arrow to go down to an address you want to delete > Delete key
7.Speeding up Firefox (for Broadband connections)
Type about:config in address bar and hit return > type network.http in the filter field:
-Set network.http.pipelining to true
-Set network.http.proxy.pipelining to true
-Set network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to any number
-Right-click anywhere and select New Integer > name it nglayout.initialpaint.delay > set its value to 0
8.Limiting RAM usage
about:config > filter browser.cache > select browser.cache.disk.capacity > lower the value down from 50000
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