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Q&A: How can I stop websites from asking to track my location with Firefox?

Posted on January 18, 2023

Question from Debra: How can I prevent websites from asking for my location when using Firefox?

I hate having to answer that stupid question a dozen times a day, especially when it’s for the very same sites over and over again. [Read more…]

Q&A: Why does Firefox always reopen the last page I visited every time I load it?

Posted on January 5, 2023

Question from Marc: Beginning last Tuesday, every time I load Firefox it opens the page that was open when I quit the previous session. It’s really irritating.

I must have done something wrong, but I don’t know when or how. Can you tell me how to get Firefox to always open my home page every time it loads?

Rick’s answer: Marc, somehow a key setting has been changed that’s causing Firefox to behave that way, but luckily it’s very easy to fix. Here’s how: [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I get Firefox to open email links in Gmail?

Posted on December 26, 2022

Question from Raymond: I hope you can help me solve a problem I’m having with email links, Rick. It’s absolutely driving me up the wall.

Whenever I click an email link on a web page in Firefox it automatically loads Outlook from my hard drive, and I don’t want it to.

I switched my email from Outlook to Gmail several months ago but I can’t figure out how to make email links open automatically in Gmail without having to copy the link and paste it into a new blank email.

Can you tell me what I need to do to fix that? [Read more…]

Q&A: Is there any way to ‘unclear’ browser history?

Posted on July 13, 2022

Question from Carol: Rick, I’m really in a bind and I’m hoping you can help me.

My son was messing around in the settings in Firefox and he deleted my browser history, including the cookies that kept me logged into my most important accounts.

As you can probably guess, now I can’t log in to my bank account or pretty much anything else because I’ve forgotten the passwords.

Do you know if there’s a way to “unclear” the browser history in Firefox?

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Here’s the fastest way to bookmark a web page

Posted on July 1, 2022

Do you use Chrome, Firefox or Edge for your web browser?

If so, you probably know that you can either click the “Star” icon on the right side of the address bar or press Ctrl+D to bookmark the web page you’re currently viewing.

Those are the methods most people use to bookmark a page, but there’s an even better way because it only requires a quick click and drag. Here’s how to do it: [Read more…]