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Firefox Hack – How to Browse the Web Securely and in HTTPS!

Posted on June 19, 2010 by max

For those of you worried about web browsing security, you might want to use Firefox and this HTTPS Firefox add-on which automatically switches your browser to HTTPS whenever it’s detected.

I think this is a great idea, especially for any sites that need a login and they usually provide HTTPS versions.

Many sites on the web offer some limited support for encryption over HTTPS, but make it difficult to use. For instance, they may default to unencrypted HTTP, or fill encrypted pages with links that go back to the unencrypted site.

The HTTPS Everywhere extension fixes

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Firefox Hack – How To Stop Automatic Plugin/Firefox Installations In Firefox!

Posted on October 19, 2009 by max

I have recently noticed that some plugins in my Firefox keeps updating by itself and it’s annoying because I didn’t allow this to happen as a user.

To easily fix these updates from automatically updating you (or bugging you), go to Tools->Options->Update then unclick all the boxes so your Firefox browser never wastes any bandwidth to check for updates.

I think updates are great but I don’t want my Firefox to keep checking for them every time I start my browser, it also takes a lot more time to load your browser when you are checking for updates.  And y

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Firefox Hack – RAMBack helps free Firefox Cache/Memory!

Posted on July 1, 2008 by max

Here’s RAMBack, a Firefox add-on that lets you free Firefox cache/memory.  This might help you if you run Firefox under really crappy hardware or a netbook.

RAMBack will cause Firefox to issue an internal notification to free up memory that is otherwise held for performance purposes. Additional items will be hooked into this notification in the future.

via lifehacker

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DIY Firefox HACK – HOWTO maximize your Firefox using Tab extensions!

Posted on February 20, 2008 by max

Check out this great blog post on how to maximize the use of your Firefox tabs. I personally use Tab Mix Plus on one of my (crappy) Vista computers and it helps Vista from crashing Firefox. (although it still crashes)

Every Firefox user spends a lot of time dealing with tabs. Thus, i

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