Paul02-17   | February 20, 2017, 10:56
   by default displays the most visited sites by the user. In other words, those sites where you often go just hang out in the form of tiles. You can delete tiles with crosses in the corner of each tile. Or you can add your tiles by simply dragging them from your bookmarks to the URL tile you need. You can drag the URL from the address bar onto the tile. Just hook the icon in front of the address text (in the address bar of Firefox).

rome55ro5   | August 21, 2016, 15:29
  I understand what you are talking about. You are talking about the tiles that appear when you create a new tab in the browser. I myself use these tiles and therefore, I can tell you in detail how to configure them. To begin with, I will say that these tiles display the sites you visit the most. That is, the first tile displays the site that you are viewing more than the rest. The second tile displays the site, which is in second place of your traffic and so on.

Now let's talk about customizing these tiles. To do this, you need to open a new tab, this can be done by pressing Ctrl + T. Then you need to click on the button that looks like a nut. This button is located under the browser menu button. Next should be set to "Display your top sites." You can also disable tiles, for this you need to set the value "Display a blank page". But in our case, the first value must be active. When the value "Display your top sites" is set, the browser will automatically distribute sites according to the places on the tiles.

But also, you can independently add the desired site to any tile. To do this, you need to create a bookmark for the site you need. Next, go to bookmarks and just drag the bookmark onto the tile. If the window with bookmarks has opened in full screen, then simply reduce the size of the window by clicking on the "Minimize to window" button. Also add that the tile can be fixed at the desired position. To do this, move the mouse cursor over the tile and click on the button that looks like a pin. To remove a tile, you need to move the mouse cursor over the tile and click on the cross. That's all, now you know how to use Mozilla Firefox browser tiles.

The updated Mozilla Firefox browser serves as an excellent assistant and friend in the process of navigating the Internet.
  But in order to appreciate all of his strengths, you need to learn how to work with him correctly. In this lesson, we will look at such a browser interface element as tabs, and deal with the intricacies of the Panorama function.

So, what kind of fruit is this and where do they put it? In fact, everything is simple. The idea behind tabs is to make your work as easy as possible and save user time. Instead of several separate windows, all site pages open in a single window. But already in this window, switching between sites is carried out by simply clicking on the desired tab.

Visually, the tabs occupy the top of the browser window. By default, starting Mozilla displays only one tab. The contents of the start page are displayed here. In order to add a new tab, you need to click on the button with the plus image. Each time you add new tabs, this button will move to the right at the end of the line. By his appearance, as if hinting that an additional tab may appear here. You can call up a new tab without using the mouse - to do this, press the key combination “Ctrl” and “T”.
   The developers did not miss such trifles as the ability to open the desired link immediately in a new masonry. To do this, right-click on the selected link and select “Open in a new tab” in the drop-down list. As you can see, the new tab is located next to the already open ones. This function is convenient to use when, for example, you want to get acquainted with the contents of a new page a little later and do not want to prematurely distract from working with the current tab.

The browser of active network users often looks like a whole catalog of open tabs, because “Ognelis” allows you to open VERY many pages at the same time. When the entire horizon of the browser window is filled with open tabs, so much so that there seems to be not enough space for everyone, then the scroll tool comes to the rescue. Look - arrows appeared on the left and right sides of the list of tabs. These are the scroll buttons that move the list of tabs in the right direction.

All you need to do is simply activate the required tab by clicking on it with the mouse button.
  Moreover, you can set the order of placement of tabs at your discretion.

To change the location, simply click on the desired tab with the left mouse button and, while holding the button, drag and drop to the desired part of the row of tabs. Well, if you really want to open the site page in a separate window, then such an opportunity is provided here. To do this, again, click on the tab with the left mouse button and, while holding, move it anywhere in the browser workspace. The selected tab immediately opens as an independent window in which, according to traditional logic, you can create your own new tabs. You can return a tab that has strayed from the herd to your homeland by moving it to the tab bar. Total business!
  The button with the cross in the active tab closes the tab. You just need to click on this button.

There is in the "fox" and such a useful function as pinning popular tabs on the tab bar. The pages of pinned tabs load immediately when you start working with the browser. And the modest sizes of such fixed tabs save space on the panel. To pin a tab, you need to right-click on it and select the item “Pin tab”, the opposite action is performed by the item “Unpin tab”.

And now let's see what kind of meaning lies behind the name “Panorama”.
  In fact, this is a very interesting mechanism from the developers of Mozilla Firefox, helping to organize the browser workspace. So, suppose your browser has several tabs open. To start working with “Panorama” or the groups of tabs on the right side of the tab bar, click on the button with a schematic image of several windows. As you can see, a new window has opened, in which all the Internet pages opened at the moment are presented in the form of windows. The more tabs, the smaller the page images.

By default, they are all open in a single window, that is, arranged in one group. Moreover, pinned tabs are displayed as shortcuts in the right part of the window. “But what is the salt?” You ask. “How can this thing help in organizing work with the browser?” Maybe, and how. Look - in the upper part of the group window there is a button with a schematic image of a pencil. By clicking on this button, you can give the group the desired name. For example, in our case it will be “Communication”. That is, this group contains all the sites with which you communicate with your friends. And now let's create another group - “Work”. Here sites for business will already be selected. And here’s how to do it - click on the tab we need with the left mouse button and simply drag it to an empty spot on the workspace. Now this tab has laid the foundation for a new group. Now we just have to make all the desired tabs in this group in the same way.

Now enter the name - and the new group is ready. Please note that the preview of the pages within the group can be set in the desired order, simply by dragging them with the mouse to the desired place. And to open the sites of the desired group is simple - click on the image of one of the windows. Now in your browser only the tabs of the corresponding group are open. In this simple way, you save your time and help yourself streamline your workflow. And finally, we’ll also mention such a trifle - pinned tabs remain with you in any of the groups. That is, this pinning is universal, and you can access popular pages in any group.

Feb 25 2016

Firefox tabs like in Chrome

The Firefox browser is appreciated by its millions of users around the world for its speed and undemanding system resources. However, the web browser interface is not so simple. For example, Firefox tabs, unlike Chrome, Opera, and many other surfing programs, practically do not decrease in width, but instead use scrolling.

This is not very convenient, because thanks to this mechanism, part of the tabs are constantly hidden from your eyes, and to scroll the panel in one direction or another means to perform an extra action each time.

If this also seems to you, then pay attention to the tiny Prevent Tab Overflow extension, which does not even require a browser reboot after installation. Thanks to this module, you will teach tabs to become much more compact if necessary, similar to how it is done in Chrome.

Chrome and Opera-style Firefox Tab Width Adjustment

Here is a specific example: if you expand the browser window to full screen on a Full HD monitor, then only 17 tabs fit on the tab bar without scrolling. The appearance of the 18th tab by default puts the panel in scroll mode.

The fact is that the minimum value to which Firefox reduces tabs when the panel becomes closely with each other is 100 pixels wide.

There are no such restrictions in Chrome. By the logic of Firefox developers, the names of the tabs should always be at least partially readable and therefore they cannot be made too small.

After installing the Prevent Tab Overflow, the tabs, like in Chrome and Opera, will begin to decrease much more, so that 31 pages can be displayed on the panel without scrolling.

If this doesn’t seem enough to you, then open the add-on manager, go to the “extensions” tab and click on the “settings” button opposite the Prevent Tab Overflow line.

It is to this value in width that now, if necessary, each tab will be narrowed.

As a result, until the scroll appears, as many as 43 tabs can now be displayed. Thus, using Prevent Tab Overflow, we increased the initial capacity of the tab bar in Firefox by 2.5 times.

  Prevent Tab Overflow, by the way, brings with it five additional settings, the first 4 of which are already enabled by default. The first setting allows you to hide the empty space on the tabs if the site you are viewing does not have an icon. The second option reduces the "Firefox" button (only relevant if you are still using old versions of the "fire fox").

Setting # 3 (Dim tabs that haven’t loaded) is most curious. When it is activated, the names of the tabs, the contents of which are not loaded, look slightly faded and are underlined.

In fact, this is a very convenient thing when you work with a large number of tabs.

The fourth option is responsible for the animation when working with tabs. In turn, the last setting, which is not turned on by default, is responsible for displaying the closing cross on the active tab, only if the cursor is on it.

Firefox tabs like in Chrome

If you want the Firefox tabs not only to appear as compact as in Chrome, but also visually look like Google’s browser style, then pay attention to the FXChome quality theme, which is available for download in the official Mozilla catalog.

It makes Firefox look a lot like Chrome, transferring the key design elements of Google’s browser to the fire fox pretty well. Take a look for yourself:

Especially good is the similarity in the design of tabs, which, after installing FXChome, change their usual shape and become similar to Chrome tabs, taking the form of trapeziums.