It's relatively uncommon to find a site that's optimized for screen resolutions wider than 1024 pixels, but it happens, and it can make life a real pain. Combine this with autoHideStatusbar (which we'll get to in a moment) and you can utilize every last pixel on your netbook display for browsing the web. Just hit F11 to switch to full screen mode - all your toolbars and your operating system's Dock/Taskbar will be hidden. I often come across videos and other elements embedded in pages that are too big for the tiny viewing window.

We can't do much about your keyboard, but here's five ways to free up many of the wasted pixels of a stock Firefox 3 installation and browse the web painlessly on a small screen - plus a couple of bonus tips on how to make the most out of your low-powered CPU. Small (and quirky) keyboard layouts, not enough horsepower, of course, the screen resolution - or lack thereof. The sites’ favicons are displayed on the left, making it really easy to scan through the results if you know what site you’re looking for in particular.FebruThere's three common complaints about netbooks. You’ll notice here that several of the results are bookmarked (blue star icon on the right), and tagged (tag icon). Not only that, but the drop-list results show you the page’s favicon, the full title, the URL, and whether you have bookmarked and/or tagged the page in a richly formatted two-line display.Įxample: I start by typing “ginger”, and AwesomeBar searches through my history and bookmarks to return everything that matches that keyword, showing the first six and letting me scroll through the rest. No longer do you have to know the domain of the page you’re looking for - the AwesomeBar will match what you’re typing (even multiple words!) against the URLs, page titles, and tags in your bookmarks and history, returning results sorted by “frecency” (an algorithm combining frequency + recency). In Deb’s words, here’s a quick snapshot of what makes Firefox 3’s URL bar just so awesome:ĭubbed the “AwesomeBar”, it lets you use the URL field of your browser to do a keyword search of your history and bookmarks.

It’s not the most humble of names, but if you check out Deb’s post you’ll see why it’s earned it. Deb Richardson, author of the about:mozilla newsletter, wrote one of the better explanations I’ve seen on the “AwesomeBar,” Firefox 3’s revamped URL bar.

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