More viewing room

View in Internet Explorer

Better tab control

New tab button

Make a splash

Auto-complete deletions

Tab groups

Eliminate the throbber


Firefox tips
Rose Vines' favourite tips for making the most of Firefox and Thunderbird

New tab button

Mozilla displays a very handy New Tab Button on the tab bar, but Firefox doesn't. Clicking the Mozilla button makes a new tab spring open immediately. There's a Firefox extension called Basics which, among other things, adds such a button. Currently it doesn't work with Firefox 1.0, but it may do so by the time you read this, so check for it via the Mozilla.org extensions page.

In the meantime, you can add a similar button to your Bookmarks toolbar instead, which is almost as convenient:

1. Click View —> Toolbars —> Customize.
2. Scroll through the toolbar palette to locate the New Tab button.
3. Drag the New Tab button and drop it to the left of the Bookmarks Toolbar Items, then click Done.