Firefox

How To Stop Videos From Auto-Playing in Your Browser

Whether it’s a music clip on YouTube, a Flash ad on a news site or the latest viral sensation on Facebook, most videos you come across on today’s web want to get going without any input from you—and that can cause problems with bandwidth as well as audio output you weren’t expecting. Here’s how to…

How to Snooze Tabs Until Later in Firefox

Tab management isn’t always easy, and your browser of choice no doubt comes with an option or two to combat tab overload. The latest tool is SnoozeTabs, an experimental new utility for Firefox. The extension isn’t official yet—it’s part of a new Mozilla initiative called Idea Town that lets anyone test new features ahead of…

There’s a Firefox Exploit in the Wild—You Should Update Right Now

Mozilla has published a blog post explaining that a Firefox exploit is running in the wild that can search for and upload files from your computer—but you can install and update to solve the problem right now. Mozilla expalins that the vulnerability “comes from the interaction of the mechanism that enforces JavaScript context separation (the…

There’s a new version of Adobe Flash that Mozilla’s Firefox web browser isn’t blocking by default. It’s version 18.0.0.209, and you can get it right here. [Adobe]

Firefox Now Blocks Flash By Default (Update)

The Mozilla Firefox web browser now blocks Flash by default. And when I say “blocks,” I don’t mean it asks you nicely if you’d really like to use Flash. I don’t mean it automatically pauses Flash videos like Google Chrome. I mean Mozilla has decided that Flash is going down. I mean that the freaking…

Chrome and Firefox Users Make Better Employees

Have you ever griped at your company’s IT department for forcing you to use Internet Explorer? Chances are, you weren’t being difficult: you were just trying to be a better employee. According to research published by Cornerstone OnDemand, people who use Firefox or Chrome make better employees. It gathered the data from customers who used…

Fuck It, I’m Going Back to Firefox

Remember when we all switched from Firefox to Chrome? Chrome was stripped down, simple but fast as hell. It was like browsing the web on a whole new computer. These days Chrome is bloated, slow, and constantly crashing on me. I’ve finally reached the breaking point. I’ve been revving myself up to switch for a…

10 Tricks to Make Youself a Firefox Master

Firefox 35 is out with improvements large and small. If you’ve never tried out Mozilla’s alternative web browser, or you’re tempted to come back to it after a break, here are 10 software tips that will make your experience with Firefox all the more productive and rewarding. You can download the latest version of the…

You Can Download North Korea’s OS X Knockoff for Desktops (But Don’t)

An anonymous Dogecoin lover recently uploaded a torrent that appears to contain the delightful Mac OS X knockoff built by North Korea. While it’s not news that the DPRK created its own a Linux-based operating system that looks just like OS X, it’s pretty funny that you can now play with what looks like a…

I Liked This Clear Firefox Phone Better On Clarissa Explains It All

Just a few days ago, Japan released a designer, see-through, golden Firefox phone for Japanese consumers to place lovingly under their Christmas trees. And sure, why wouldn’t you—just look how pretty. And see-through! Just like it was 20 years in the hands of a pubescent Melissa Joan Hart. While we get that it symbolizes Firefox’s…

Streamline Your Firefox Interface With One Simple Add-On

The Fox, Only Better is a Firefox extension that won an official competition for new add-ons. It gets most of the browser’s chrome out of the way to maximize the available room for websites, and comes with a couple of other small but useful features as well. Here’s how to use it. As soon as…

Report: Mozilla Will Get Firefox on iOS

For a long time, Apple hasn’t allowed Firefox to appear on iOS. Now, Mozilla wants to change that. According to TechCrunch Mozilla’s VP for Firefox Jonathan Nightingale explained: “We need to be where our users are. So we’re going to get Firefox on iOS.” It’s an overdue move, given how robust third-party browsers like Chrome,…

Firefox’s New “Forget” Button Will Erase Just Enough of Your History

There are many reasons why you might want to switch on the private browsing mode offered up by your browser, especially when you’re on a shared computer or borrowing someone else’s laptop. If you forget to activate the private mode before you go surfing then the latest version of Firefox has a feature that can…

Mozilla Is Helping Tor Get Bigger and Better

Mozilla knows what’s up. The non-profit is aware that the vast majority of its users think that privacy on the internet is falling apart, so it’s launching a new strategic privacy initiativecalled Polaris. And you’ll never guess who’s on board. Just kidding, it’s totally obvious: the Tor Project. Along with the Center for Democracy &…

Firefox Hello Does Account-Free Video Chat

Parent-calling-avoiders of the world have never had it worse: Skype, Hangouts and FaceTime are all stellar and free programs that mean that you’ve got basically no reason for ignoring forgetting your parents’ wedding anniversary. But Firefox wants to add to that list, with a video-calling client that doesn’t even need an account. Firefox Hello is…

Dreaming of a Tor Button for Firefox

It’s no secret that everybody’s thinking about privacy and cyber security more since the world was pummeled with the unsettling, spy-novel truths of the Snowden revelations. Now, companies are starting to seize onto the zeitgeist by building more secure tools for the internet. And it sounds like Tor will be at the front of that…

New HTML Is About To Make Your Phone Way Better at Using the Internet

Underneath every picture of a dog in a beekeeping suitand ice-bucket challenge videoyou see on the internet, there’s a complex framework of code. Soon, that framework will get a tiny tune-up that will make surfing the web on your phone faster than it’s ever been. When the internet on your phone gets laggy, the culprit…

The Best (And Worst) Browser For Your Laptop’s Battery Life

Ever wondered how much the weight of 10,000 open browser tabs is dragging down your laptop’s battery? Fear not: AnandTech just dug into the particulars with a delightfully detailed test to find out which browser is the biggest battery hog. This information could save mankind(‘s laptop batteries). You really should go read the entire test…

How to Keep Dozens of Tabs Open Without Exhausting Your Browser

Those who lived through the tabbed browsing revolution will remember just how convenient it felt to be able to open up three or four tabs in the background without losing focus from the current one. Now that kind of behavior is taken for granted, but if you queue up too many tabs to get around…

This Could Be Our First Look at Mozilla’s Chromecast Competitor

Ever since Chromecast and Roku hit the market, rumor has said that Mozilla was working on a more open, tinkerer-friendly type of streaming dongle. This week, Mozilla developer Christian Heilmann tweeted a photo that sure looks like a nearly-finalized product, and GigaOM got to play with a prototype. Casting’s about to get open-sourcey. GigaOM’s Janko…