What's Your Most Essential Firefox Keyboard Shortcut?

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:56:24 GMT

You sit down at a computer running that other browser and you hit Ctrl+T to open a new tab, and... nothing happens. Ctrl+T! Ctrl+T! You mash the keyboard and gnash your teeth and finally, begrudgingly, reach for the mouse. Anyone who's burned keyboard shortcuts into their muscle memory knows it can feel like you're missing a limb when they're not available. But when it comes to Firefox—which is loaded with key combos—we want to know:

What Firefox key combination can you not live without?

Ctrl+T (New tab)

Ctrl+L (Cursor to address bar)

Ctrl+K (Cursor to search box)

Ctrl+Shift+T (Undo last closed tab)

Ctrl+ -/+ (Reduce/enlarge font size)

F5 (Reload current page)

Ctrl+Enter (add http://www and .com to word in URL bar)

Ctrl+F (Find as you type search box)

Other--list it in the comments!

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(Mac users, substitute the Cmd key for Ctrl.)

Tags: tech, firefox, keyboard, short cuts, key comands

Reduce Firefox Memory Usage

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:27:03 GMT

clipped by: abbysname

Clip Source: www.helpero.com

How to lower the amount of memory that Firefox uses?

Fist of all you should see this: How to Reduce Firefox Memory Usage

But if you are in a hurry...

1. In your Firefox address bar, enter the following text: about:config

2. Scroll down to the entry titled browser.cache.memory.enable and make sure the Value is set to true. If it’s not, double-click anywhere in the browser.cache.memory.enable line and the status will change to true

3. Right-click (Apple users ctrl-click) anywhere in the about:config window and select New and then Integer from the pop-up menu

4. Enter browser.cache.memory.capacity in the New integer value pop-up box

5. You’ll need to enter a number in the Enter integer value, but that number depends on how much memory you have (specifically, how much you want to 'give' Firefox). If you have 256MB or less RAM, enter 4096 as the value. If you have 512MB of RAM, enter 6144 or 8192. If you have 128MB or less RAM, you may want to consider upgrading - memory is getting very inexpensive.

6. Confirm that the new entry has been created and the integer value is correct

7. If for any reason you wish to restore the default settings, change the browser.cache.memory.capacity integer value to -1 (that’s minus one).

Source: simplehelp.net

Tags: firefox, computer, memory, practical

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