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Firefox 3 has a slick design, but some folks may not like the huge honkin' Back button.
It's quite easy to change it. I got the tip from Lifehacker, which got it from zaxour.
Right-click on the Firefox toolbar.
Choose customize.
Select "use small icons".
The Back button is back to normal.
Watch our video to see this tip in action.
Get a few more non-video Firefox tips at Webware.com.In olden days, when you clicked on an e-mail link in your browser, it had to have an e-mail client to launch. That method doesn't work if you use a service such as Gmail or Yahoo Mail as your main account.
Firefox 3 to the rescue. Watch our video on how to do this tip, then come back here for the written steps.
Go to Tools and options (Firefox and Preferences on a Mac).
Choose Applications.
Search "mailto".
In the drop-down menu Choose Yahoo Mail.
What? You don't use Yahoo Mail? Thanks to Lifehacker.com for publishing the instructions for how to use Gmail.
Open your Gmail in Firefox.
You'll need this string of code to enter.
javascript:window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler("mailto","https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s","GMail")
Press add application.
And now when you click an e-mail link, it will ask you which Web mail program you'd like to use.
Get a few more non-video Firefox tips at Webware.com.Don't love the new "awesome bar" in Firefox 3? It knows your history and your bookmarks and it's so pretty, but it's not for everyone. Here's a quick tip to get the old Firefox 2 address bar back in Firefox 3. You can see this tip in action at CNET TV.
Go to addons.mozilla.org and get the oldbar 1.2 add-on.
Add it to Firefox.
Close the browser and restart.
You should see the address bar you've come to know and love. And if you ever get the urge to live in the present again, just turn the add-on off and your "awesome bar" shall return.
Get a few more non-video Firefox tips at Webware.com.Windows download download link.
And if you're looking for other languages, or any other package, Mozilla hosts all of those files here.
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