Firefox browser is in the 3.X versions with new fixes and updates being quite regular now. Now with the latest version (3.5.1) vulnerabilities were fixed here is one working addon which allows you to change Firefox 3 interface into the older version of firefox. Continue reading…
Here is an firefox addon that will help you to convert your Firefox home page into Google chrome without using the workaround method which I posted few months ago. As you know, Google Chrome has been appreciated for faster browsing but due to the lack of Chrome plugins (which are still under development), firefox is still a preferred browser for me. Continue reading…
Opening website url links together in all new tabs in any browser can be assisted with the help of tools and addons. Different browser work on different engine algorithm but rendering the same result i.e, they are used to browse the web effectively. And here are some simple ways to open multiple urls of any website instantly without manual work on your browser. Continue reading…
Memory Leak occurs in a computer system when a computer program that occupies the memory fails to release it when it is not needed. This is actually a flaw in the computer software or the computer program where the software fails to free up the memory not in use. This might sound confusing as memory is not physically lost from the computer system, it only means that certain memory space that is allotted to a program is lost due to some flaw in the software itself. Generally a memory leak can be found out only by a Programmer by going through the source code.
A memory leak is found to be serious and it may not be easily detectable. With the arrival of all the latest operating systems the memory used by a particular software is automatically released when the application is closed. This would indicate the memory leak occurs only for a short period and thus is not that much harmful to the system.
The performance of the computer system goes down drastically due to such memory leaks as it reduces the amount of memory available for the functioning of the programs. This will eventually slow down the system and in the worse case lead to a password leaking i.e, your password will be displayed publicly due to memory leakage in Internet browsers.
Memory leaks become more serious only in cases such as : when the program is left to run indefinitely and which would consume more and more memory and thus cause greater memory leakage. It may occur when frequently new memory is allocated to programs leak computer games and animated videos for the sake of rendering the frames. It occurs when a program requests for memory and if it is not released even though the program gets terminated. It occurs when there is a leak within the browser such as Firefox. It occurs when there is a leak within a system critical driver and when you run some specific operating systems like the Amiga OS where the memory used by the OS is not automatically released even after the program terminated and requires a reboot to get back the lost memory.
Fix Memory Leak in Firefox browser
Certain users find that Firefox consume a huge amount of memory and thus find it a great problem while others do not. There are no. of ways available to reduce the memory consumption of Firefox browser and to secure memory leakage. Plugins usually cause Firefox to use more memory and it may not release the memory until Firefox is closed. It is advisable that you make use of the latest version of the Firefox every time and update it frequently. To save more memory you should make sure to uninstall all unnecessary addons and extension, do check out how I fixed firefox crashes by removing buggy addons and themes. In case you find that the memory usage begins to grow making use of Firefox it is advisable to restart your Firefox.
Memory leaks may cause Firefox not to release memory which is no longer in use. This usually occurs with the older version of Firefox. A lot of effort has been put in to reduce the memory leaks with Firefox with the latest versions.So make sure you have to upto date version installed on your system.
Facebook as you know is one of the fastest growing social networking website along with Myspace and Orkut.If you are a Facebook fan and want to save photos from your friend’s album or your own album images then try out Facepad addon built exactly to serve photo downloads from Facebook profile.Though you can save photos manually using “Save image as” from the browser but for albums with lots of images and photos stored this will be one of the recommended solutions.
The previous version of Facebook Album downloader doesn’t support the latest Firefox browser and therefore FacePad was developed which renders all the facebook photos from profile and groups the album photos together so that you can download the entire album easily.
To use this addon you have to make use of the Firefox browser and download FacePad from here.Restart firefox, visit any of the facebook album page, select the album to download and the download process will begin immediately which will save all the photos onto your hard disk.A simple and useful addon to save your own personal and precious photos from facebook!
A lot of times Virus including Spywares are migrated onto your computer from the Internet via website scripts or corrupted files containing trojan.The problem is you will never come to know which website injected spyware in your system everytime but thanks to Mozilla firefox addon called Ghostery it is now easy to find out the objects behind a particular Internet webpage of a website.
As you can notice from the above picture you will get a list of scripts installed in the particular webpages, suppose you have installed Ghostery addon and revisit this page then you will come to know we have some analytics scripts installed.Some of the suspicious looking scripts, internet spywares, popups will be displayed making it easier to analyze the webpage! Moreover if the website is harmful then Firefox will block the website depending on the configured security settings!
Gmail manager is a small Firefox addon which lets you manage your Google mail account and login to multiple gmail address to check mails quite effectively.
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As Gmail manager allows multiple email check option,you can also view mail snippets which flashes as a small window showing 30+ odd unread messages without the need of opening Gmail website.You can also switch between your different Gmail accounts with a single click.
The installation of the addon is pretty simple,download Gmail manager and restart the firefox browser.The addon will pop up a window where you can add your Gmail username and passords,alternately you can import/export Gmail login details.A small icon appears in the status bar reflecting number of spam mails and unread messages in your inbox!



