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Firefox keywords enable you to run searches on your favorite sites directly from the URL address bar. you probably hit the same web sites and search engines several times a day, Here's how to get to those pages as quickly as possible, First, go to a site has search capabilities, such as Wikipedia, right click the site's search field and select Add a keyword for this search, Next you'll need to name the shortcut and give it an easy to remember keyword such as the letter w, To search Wikipedia for George washington, for example you now need only to key up to firefox's address bar ( -L ) Type>> w George washington and press , You can actually associate a keyword with any bookmark-- even pages that dont involve searches, Just enter a short functional keyword in any bookmarks properties dialog box, For example try setting up the compose keyword to open a new Gmail message.

Once you've setup a few keyword. you can use your Firefox address bar as a powerful, customized command line. also sync your firefox bookmarks across your home, office, or laptop computers, using the foxmarks extension; this will keep your keyword vocabulary up-to-date whereever you're working.

Great for some reasons, the browser refuses to show your bookmarks collected over a long period of time, Apart from the format of the actual bookmarks in the new database file 'Places.sqlite' , The format of the backup file has also changed to the type '.json' with version 3, JSON stands for 'JavaScript Object Notation' and signifies an independent data exchange format as a further development of XML, It supports the completely revised bookmarks management system and records not only addresses, But also additional data for sorting and managing them, The individual daily backup files in the new format are the in the sub-folder 'Bookmarkbackups' in the respective FireFox profile

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While restoring the bookmarks some things must be considered, The database file 'Plaes.sqlite' cannot be simply exchanged and transferred to another computer, for instance, From a JSON file, you can only completely reset the status to this backup date, Any possible changes are lost, To reconstruct them, Click 'Bookmarks | Organize Bookmarks' and then click 'Import and Backup' and select 'Restore | Select file...' Then navigate to the profile folder of FireFox and further in the sub-folder 'Bookmarkbackups' Then select the desired JSON file and click 'Open' Confirm the security query 'Restore Bookmarks' by clicking 'OK'.

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The add-on "Better Youtube" equips firefox with useful functions for the video portal. It is available at addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/6460. To install it. Click "Add to firefox" or open the XPI file in the browser. In the setup dialog, click "install now" and restart firefox. The add-on is based on several Greasemonkey scripts which modify the Youtube website. After the installation, you must first customize the options Open " Tools | Add-ons" and click the icon for "Add-ons". Then select the entry "Better Youtube" in the list and click "Settings", Since all options can not be used simultaneously, activate either "Youtube Alternate Video Player" or "Youtube Theatre", the comfortable, more-or-less full screen mode, in addition to " Youtube Download ", Confirm dialog, You can change setting later in the same way

Watching videos on Youtube - great fun! Occasionally, you download a few of these. it is annoying however to look for a download link or the desired resolution,

The new functions require no menu or context commands, instead these are automatically visible on the websites, For example, Firefox shows the download link in a playing video on the right side below the number of times it has been viewed. The generated link uses the web service Flashload to download the desired file directly in MP4 format.

However, the theatre mode removes all control elements and additional info. Which are usually next to the playing video in Youtube, If you have changed the settings of the add-on, all you need to do is open the website again for these to take effect

Firefox 3.0, Mozilla's has launched latest version of its browser today as RC2 ( Release Candidate).

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