CNET - While Firefox might be your chosen browser for its speed, useful add-ons, and open-source culture, it’s also packed with many useful built-in features.
We dug through Firefox‘s endless list of features to find you the best, little-known secrets you can start using right now.
1. Customize search with Smart Keywords
A little-known Firefox feature lets you run searches within any given Web site from the browser’s address bar. For example, to search for “TouchPad” within Amazon.com, all you’d have to do is type “amazon touchpad” in the Firefox bar.
To create a smart keyword, head to a Web site and locate the search field. Then, right-click the search field and select “Add Keyword for this search…”. Create the bookmark, store it in a folder, and your smart keyword is now enabled. Try it with reference sites like Wikipedia and IMDB for quick access to answers.
2. Open multiple Web sites at launch
Who says you can have only one home page? You can set Firefox to open all your favorite Web sites at launch. For example, I’d like CNET, Facebook, and Twitter to launch every time I open my browser.
In Firefox, go to Options > General. In the home page field, enter URLs separated by pipes. For example “http://www.cnet.com | http://www.facebook.com | http://….” and so on. Then, hit “OK” and relaunch your browser to see the magic happen. More
