If you’re one of those people who is very particular about protecting your privacy you might find many sites on the web today very intrusive. There are some basic tips that a lot of users might be familiar with, like clearing your cookies and browsing history frequently.
Here are some advanced tips on how you can improve your privacy if you use Firefox web browser to surf the web.
1. Clear a particular URL from your browsing history
Start to type out the URL, and when Firefox pops up that site in the list of sites, select it by moving your cursor over it (but don’t click) – hold down
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security Available via Firefox software update or download from hereWhat’s New in Firefox 3.6Firefox 3.6 is built on Mozilla’s Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering platform, which has been under development since early 2009 and contains many improvements for web developers, add-on developers, and users. This version is also faster and more responsive than previous versions and has been optimized to run on small device operating systems such as Maemo.
Notable Firefox 3.6 features include:Available in more than 70 languages – get your local version.
Support
...(continue read)1 month ago Google announced on their official blog that they were offering the use of their DNS server to the public.
Today, as part of our ongoing effort to make the web faster, we’re launching our own public DNS resolver called Google Public DNS, and we invite you to try it out.
Why use Google’s DNS?
The average Internet user ends up performing hundreds of DNS lookups each day, and some complex pages require multiple DNS lookups before they start loading. This can slow down the browsing experience. Google have suggested that using their DNS will speed up internet usage and browsing.
Using
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internetEven if you are a regular Firefox user, you still may not know about the advanced configuration options. To get these options type:
about:config into the Firefox address bar.
And press enter .Clicking “I’ll be careful, I promise!” brings up a huge list of preferences, most of which aren’t accessible from the normal Preferences dialog. As the list is so long, the best way to find things in it is to start typing the name of the preference into the “Filter” box at the top. Once you have found the one you want, double-clicking it allows you to change it.
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