Firefox 3 is very fast itself, but there’s always room for improvement and you can tweak and optimize it for best performance and speed.

Firefox settings are usually tweaked by manually changing the values in about:config (type this in the address bar). But since it’s not that easy for everyone, I have found a nice freeware which lets you optimize Firefox according to your computer speed and internet connection speed.

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After all the Chromey hype and tips, I finally got a chance to share a new Firefox tip with all my readers.

You must have noticed that whenever you install a Firefox extension, you get a four seconds delay before the Install button becomes active. Of course that won’t be a problem for most, but if you get annoyed with that you can follow the steps below to disable it.

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Adsense Notifier is a Firefox extension that displays your Adsense earnings in the Firefox status bar and lets you check your earnings at a glance.

This Firefox addon is very simple and is recommended for those who check their Adsense earnings multiple times a day and instead of logging again and again, you can use this addon.

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Today morning while browsing on Firefox, I found a new trick to quickly open new tabs. May be you would already be knowing about it, but for me it was new and I thought I would also share it with you in case you didn’t know about.

I accidently doubled clicked at the empty area in my tab bar (mostly its full), and suddenly a new tab opened. At first, I thought I must have used to key combination for that. But again when I double clicked in that area, another new tab opened. Till now I’ve using the Ctrl + T key combination to open new tabs, but I guess this new trick will help me open tabs more quickly!

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Firefox 3 browser does not have any feature to view PDF files in it. In fact it downloads the PDF files and opens them in your Adobe Reader (Foxit Reader recommended), which is a double pain for most of us.

To directly view them in your browser, I use a Firefox extension called PDF Download. Using this addon, you can do whatever you like with the PDF files online. PDF Download by Nitro PDF Software is the leading tool for handling and viewing Web-based PDF files and is enjoyed by millions of Firefox users every day. The browser extension removes the pain often experience when encountering PDF files online, and now lets you quickly convert your Web pages into high-quality PDFs that are ideal for archiving, printing and sharing.

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