When you first start Firefox, click the home button or create a new window you"re greeted with the home page. The default Firefox home page contains a handy default web search engine and quick links to downloads, bookmarks, history, add-ons, Sync and settings. Also, if you had tabs open the last time you used Firefox, you can restore them from the home page with a single click.

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How do I get the Firefox home page?

The default Firefox setting is to show you the Firefox home page when you start Firefox, click the home button or open a new window.

If you don"t see this page when you start Firefox, click the home button or open a new window, you can restore the default setting like this:

Note: For more information about home page settings including how to change it to something else, see How to set the home page.

Access downloads, bookmarks, history, add-ons, Sync and settings from the home page

The default home page includes the following buttons at the bottom of the page:

• Downloads: Click here to open the list of yours in the library window.
• Bookmarks: This opens your bookmarks in the library window. See Bookmarks in Firefox for more information.
• History: This opens your browsing history in the library window. See Delete browsing, search and download history on Firefox and How do I remove a single website from my history? for more information.
• Add-ons: Quickly access the add-ons manager. For more information, see Find and install add-ons to add features to Firefox.
• Sync: Click here to set up Sync and take your tabs and bookmarks with you. See How do I set up Sync on my computer? for details.
• Options: Preferences: Quickly access Firefox Options Preferences.

Restore your tabs and windows from the last time you used Firefox

If you had tabs and windows open when you closed Firefox, the default Firefox home page will have a Restore Previous Session button. To get your tabs and windows back, just click it.

From the top left are tools, then add-ons. In the window that opens, in the left column, get the add-on and in the window that opens in the upper right corner, search for add-ons and enter Speed ​​Dial. Build, install and use.

There are tools on the top of the panel. Hover your mouse over it and the add-on column will appear there. Click and an express panel will appear. Enter the site and click (in the lower right corner) Add to FireFox, that’s all)

The developers of the Mozilla Firefox browser have cleverly hidden the settings for the express panel.

Many people install some add-ons in desperation because they don’t know how to set up express bookmarks in Mozilla.

I finally found how to do it!



In the menu that appears, select Bookmarks menu and click OK:





The panel in Mozilla Firefox is configured as simply as in Google Chrome, just go to the browser settings and use them to change everything from the font to the location of the tools, and in the settings you can go to extensions and download everything you need for work.

In this question, I described in detail a process that can help you set up an express panel in Firefox and absolutely in any browser. Tyts

Be sure to try organizing your express panel using Tabsbook

Click on the menu icon at the top right, select Addons in the window that opens, and there you will find the Speed ​​Dial add-on. If you do not yet have this plugin (and in Mozilla it is not pre-installed by default), then first click on Get add-ons. Provided you have an Internet connection, you will be taken to a page for selecting all kinds of add-ons, among which find and install Speed ​​Dial. After this you need to restart the browser.

After the restart, you will see the Initial Speed ​​Dial setup window. You can immediately add the icon of this add-on/plugin/extension to your toolbar.





I installed the Fast Dial 4.11 add-on in my FireFox. This add-on allows you to create multi-level visual bookmarks, when instead of the bookmark icon, an image of the next level of bookmarks is shown, and when you click on this image, the next level of bookmarks appears, etc. This allows you to group bookmarks and not get too small trying to fit all the bookmarks on one page. The add-on itself can be configured by right-clicking on the free space and selecting Settings. You can customize the number of bookmarks displayed, theme, etc.

You don't know how to set up an express panel in Mozilla? Do you think this is very difficult? In fact, everything is simple, just use the detailed instructions.

The main advantage of the express panel is that you do not need to enter the address of a frequently visited site every time. You just need to save it once and you can access the site with one click. If you don’t know how to install such a panel in the Mozilla browser, read this article.

Installation of express panel

Unlike Opera, in Mazil this panel is not provided by default. You will need to install a special browser add-on. This is not difficult to do, and besides, the extension is free. And to download it you do not need to search for anything on the Internet; this is done through an Internet browser. To install the extension, do the following:

• Open the browser, you will see the browser start page menu;
• Go to the “Tools” section (located at the top left);
• Next, click “Add-ons”;
• Then click on the line “Get add-ons”;
• A window will appear with a search form, where you need to enter “Speed ​​Dial”, then press “Enter”;
• Select the desired option from the list provided;
• You will see the “Install” button, click on it;
• When the download is complete, a message will appear: “The program will be installed after restarting the browser.” Click "restart now";
• When the browser restarts, a page with available extensions will open. The Speed ​​Dial program will no longer be there. Click on the "Extensions" button;
• Click "Tools" then select "Settings";
• Then go to “Basic”;
• In the “At startup” line, select “Show blank page”, then “OK”;
• Close the tab and then the browser;
• Launch your browser again;
• Now you will see that an express panel has appeared on the start page. It contains empty cells that can be filled with frequently opened sites.

Filling out the express panel

To do this, follow these steps:

• Go to a frequently visited website;
• Place the cursor in the address bar and click on it once with the left mouse button. The address will turn blue;
• On the toolbar, select "Edit" and click "Copy";
• Then open a new tab, the express panel will appear;
• Right-click on it and select “Edit”;
• Click in the “Address” field, right-click there and click “Insert”;
• Check the box next to “Create a thumbnail from...”;
• And uncheck the “Dynamic” item;
• In the “Title” line, name the link as you like and click “OK”.

Now you will see that a miniature has appeared in one of the cells in the express panel. If you click on it, the page will go to the site.

If you need to delete an image in a mozilla, right-click on it and select “Clear.” If you need to change the link address or change its name, select “Edit”.

Enable the toolbar

If you work in Mozilla, you may also need to activate the toolbar. To perform this operation, do the following:

If you do not find any program windows when you launch the browser, it means that full-screen mode is activated. To exit it, click on the “F11” function key. You can do it another way:

In general, almost all panels appear at the top of the browser, but not all. The add-ons panel is located at the bottom.

• Move the cursor to the top of the window and leave it in this position for a while - a panel should appear;
• Click on it and click on the item “Exit full screen mode”;
• If the window does not disappear, and only Internet address tabs are located on the screen, move the mouse cursor to the part of the panel where there are no tabs and right-click on it. In the menu that opens, select the panels that should be displayed in the browser.

"Yandex.Bar" button

Separately, it is worth mentioning the expansion of “Yandex.Bar” in Mazila. With it, you can customize your browser window to suit your needs. If the application has been downloaded and installed, you can enable its button on the panel in the same way as described above. If the extension is installed but you don't see the button, do the following:

• In the “Tools” section, select “Add-ons”, a tab will open;
• On it, open the “Extensions” menu and find the line “Yandex.Bar”;
• Click "Enable";
• Restart your browser.

Now the “Yandex.Bar” button will appear on the panel.

Then you can customize the Bar panel

Click "Open". In the new dialog box, you can select the buttons you want to add. These buttons are located on the left. And on the right are the functions that have already been added to the toolbar.

A modern browser offers a lot of opportunities for convenient work. If you have just installed an Internet browser, look at what features are available in it. Open the menu in the mozilla, explore the functions, select what you need and what you can do. Sometimes users don’t even know that it can take a couple of seconds to complete some actions (which take them a lot of time) (sometimes they just need to click the mouse button). The standard settings often do not have very useful functions; many of them are activated additionally.

Changing the scale in Mozilla

If you are setting up an express panel in this browser, you may need to adjust the scale. The fact is that in this browser there is no window that would be responsible for the scale. If you are not satisfied with the size of the displayed page, follow these steps:

• Open the “View” section in the control panel;
• Go to the “Scale” tab;
• From the list that opens, you can choose in which direction to change the scale. To increase - press “CTRL+”, to decrease - “CTRL-”. There is also a keyboard shortcut “CTRL+0” - to set the scale to the original parameters.

By setting up an express panel in the software and placing the necessary buttons on the toolbar, you will optimize the process of using the browser and make it as productive as possible for yourself.

Mozilla (as the Mozilla Firefox browser is often called) is one of the most popular programs. This is the only browser that is a prototype operating system for mobile devices. Mozilla is not heavy on the system and supports many plugins that expand its capabilities.

Mozilla Firefox has a bookmarks bar, but, unfortunately, it does not have its own full-fledged express panel. When you add a new tab, 9 windows appear, where the browser selectively places thumbnail bookmarks of frequently visited sites, but you cannot customize such a panel at your discretion, as in Opera. You can only pin or completely delete pages that have already been entered automatically.

You can fully use the express panel in Mozilla only by installing a special extension (plugin) - Fast Dial. The panel displays 9 mini-windows with thumbnails of the user's favorite sites. By clicking on such a window, the user quickly goes not just to the selected site, but to its specific page (depending on the setting). As an example, let's try to set up an express panel in Mozilla using the Fast Dial plugin.

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Installing the plugin

In order for a new express panel to appear in the browser, you must:

• Go to the link addons.mozilla.org/ru/firefox/ (or select “Add-ons” in the Firefox menu);
• In the search bar, enter the name of the plugin - Fast Dial;
• After the plugin is found, all you have to do is click on the “Add to Firefox” button.

The add-on will be installed, and the user will be asked to restart the browser for the changes to take effect.

Setting up the express panel

After installing Fast Dial, when you click on the + sign (adding a new tab) or Ctrl+T, an express panel with 9 mini-windows should appear.

Setting up the panel is easy. To add a favorite site, you need to:

• Copy his address;
• Open the express panel and click on an unoccupied mini-window;
• In the window that appears, in the “Address” line, you need to paste the previously copied site address and, if desired, fill in the “Title” and “Description” fields (optional);
• Confirm the actions with the “OK” button.

Increasing the number of mini-windows

If desired, you can increase the number of mini-windows in the Express Panel as follows:

• In the browser menu, select the “Tools” section, click “Add-ons”;
• In the left panel, select the “Extensions” section;
• Click the “Settings” button in the line with the desired extension;
• In the “Quantity” line, select how many mini-windows should be displayed horizontally and vertically. You can also resize the panel mini-windows themselves.

The Express panel provides quick access shortcuts to your favorite sites. Next, I will tell you how to make an express panel in five popular browsers and show how to configure it, including how to make it the start page.

Google Chrome

When you create a new empty tab or window, several standard shortcuts to Google sites appear, which is not very convenient. An extension (plugin) called Speed ​​Dial has more functional properties, which can be installed by going to "Chrome Online Store - Speed ​​Dial (ru)". Setting up this application is intuitive. To make the express panel start, click the button in the upper left in the form of a wrench, in the menu that appears, click “Settings”, then in the “Start group” check the line “Quick access page”. That's it, when you open the browser, your express panel will appear.

Mozilla Firefox

By default, this browser does not have a full-fledged express panel. This can be solved using a plugin with the same name as in Google Chrome - Speed ​​Dial. To install it, follow the following path: "Tools/Settings/General/Configure add-ons/Search for add-ons". Enter the name of the plugin you are looking for into the search field, Speed ​​Dial, and click “Search”.

After finding it, click “Add to Firefox”, wait for the installation to complete, restart the browser and proceed to configure the plugin by following the steps: “Tools/Settings/General/Configure add-ons/Speed ​​Dial/Settings”. In the "Main" tab, check all the boxes except the lines "Browsing area context menu" and "Tab context menu". The Speed ​​Dial will now be displayed.

Internet Explorer

To create an express panel in Internet Explorer, click on the “Tools” button on the right, then “Internet Options”. In the window that appears, go to the “General” tab and in the “Home Page” field enter “about:tabs” without quotes, click “OK” and restart the browser. The express panel will immediately be displayed as the start page. Links are automatically created to the most visited sites.

Opera

Opera has an express panel right away. In order to make it the start page, press Ctrl+F12, in the “At startup” item, select “Open express panel” from the drop-down menu. The panel is configured by clicking the button with a wrench in the upper right part of the page. The parameters are simple and clear.

Apple Safari

In Apple Safari, the express panel is called “Top Sites”; by default, a link to it will be in the bookmarks bar, under the address bar, in the form of checkers. Having opened "Top Sites", click on the "Edit" button at the bottom left to go to the panel settings. Everything is very simple there.

Now I will tell you how to make the Express panel start in Apple Safari. Click on the gear in the upper left, then select "Settings". In the new window, go to the "Basic" tab and in the lines: "Open in new windows" and "Open in new tabs" select "Top Sites", and in the "Safari opens on opening" item select "New window". That's it, the express panel is configured.