But Chrome isn't without competition. Most notably, Mozilla Firefox is still one of the top competitors, and a very notable one since it's the only major player (outside of Apple's Safari) to not use Chromium. Mozilla still develops its own engine, and Firefox is a completely different ...
If you know you’ll be using a lot of bandwidth, schedule it at certain times of the day around other members of your household. If someone else is already using a lot of bandwidth and you need to, wait until later or ask them to pause what they’re doing if it isn’t urgent. Cr...
Firefox doesn't use Chromium, and instead has its own browser engine called Gecko. This means that even though Chrome will soon fight back against ad blockers and other extensions, Firefox won't. Firefox is also owned by Mozilla Corporation, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the nonprofit...
I first used Firefox back in 2002, when it was called "Phoenix". At the time, it was a breath of fresh air compared to Internet Explorer. But Chrome stole the crown from Firefox with a more modern architecture that was faster, more secure, and just took better advantage of modern hardwa...
To disable your Proxy in Firefox: Click the Tools button and select Options. Go to the Advanced panel and select the Network tab. Click on Settings in the Connection Section and select No Proxy.You will need to contact your IT Help Desk to troublesh...
When a web browser attempts to connect with a server through HTTPS, it checks that the SSL certificate matches the domain name the user is trying to enter through a process called an SSL/TLS handshake. The certificate contains a digital signature from the CA to verify that the certificate ...
Firefox: Click the three-line menu in the top right, then “Add-ons & Themes” > “Extensions.” Turn off the ones you want to test. Contact Twitter support If you’ve tried everything and still see the “Something went wrong” message, it might be time to talk to Twitter’s support...
It was called Electrolysis, development began in 2009, and it was a project to make Firefox into a proper multi-process browser. Electrolysis was "put on hold for the foreseeable future" in 2011, with Mozilla stating that "Electrolysis is a huge undertaking" and that they would be pursuing ...
The Tor Browser is currently available only for Windows, Mac, Android, and Linux. Once connected, you'll have access to dark net websites called “Tor hidden services". Instead of “.com” or “.org”, Dark Web addresses trail with a “.onion“. ...
It’s not the end of the world that Mozilla Firefox 116 will finally drop support for macOS Sierra, High Sierra, and Mojave, and Windows 7 and 8.In fact, it’s probably a good thing; this news might serve as a wake-up call for those who weren’t aware that their...