How to make visual bookmarks in Mozilla Firefox?

Unlike Opera, the Mozilla Firefox browser does nothas a built-in service of visual bookmarks. What if you need visual bookmarks in the browser, but you are not ready to exchange Firefox for another browser just for the sake of this function? To help come the various additions, which will help you make visual bookmarks in Mozilla Firefox.

So, how to make visual bookmarks in MozillaFirefox? First, you need to install a special add-on that allows you to create and customize visual bookmarks. There are several such additions. Perhaps the best-known is Yandex.Bar, among which functions there are visual bookmarks. If you do not want to put Yandex.Bar, we can advise you additions Speed ​​Dial, Fast Dial, Sugestron Speed ​​Dial.

We'll show you how to make visual bookmarks inMozilla Firefox with Speed ​​Dial. Installing and configuring other similar add-ons has the same principle, so they should not cause you the slightest difficulty. First we need to go to the browser add-ons manager. To do this, select the add-on item in the Tools menu. In the window that opens, click on the Add-ons tab:

In the search bar (it can be found from the inscriptionin italics "Search for all additions" and a magnifying glass icon) enter the name of the supplement we want - in this case, the Speed ​​Dial - and click on the magnifying glass icon or the Enter key on the keyboard. The proposed add-ons appear in the window, the required addition must be in the first place. Select it by clicking on the name of the add-on with the left mouse button, and click on the Add button in Firefox ...

A warning window will appear. Do not be afraid of warning and click Install Now. After installation, we are prompted to restart the browser. After restarting the browser, configureaddition. To do this, go back to Tools - Add-ons, but instead of the Add-ons tab, select the Extensions tab. In it, click on the freshly installed add-on Speed ​​Dial and click on the Settings button.

First, pay attention to the drop-down menu Actions at the bottom of the settings window. It allows you to reset the add-on settings,restore the default settings, make the initial setting of the add-on, export settings and bookmarks to a separate file in the format speeddial (specific add-on format) or HTML, import settings from a file or restore from a backup.

Now we need the item Initial Configuration. The initial setting of the Speed ​​Dial allowscustomize the loading of the add-on in new blank windows and tabs, use groups of visual bookmarks, add an add-on button to the browser toolbar, and set the Mozilla Firefox visual bookmarks as your home page. All we need is to tick off the items we need and click on the OK button.

Now let's take a closer look Speed ​​Dial settings window. In the Basic tab, you can configure groupsvisual bookmarks: group names and the number of bookmarks in a group. At the same time, one group can be active in the browser, but the groups are tabbed, so you can easily switch between them. In addition, in the basic settings tab you can configure the automatic loading of the add-on in new empty windows and / or tabs, as well as access to the Speed ​​Dial through the context menu and the "Bookmarks" menu.

In the Default tab, you can set the frequencyupdate site previews in visual bookmarks, use javascript, bookmark size and number of bookmarks in rows and columns. In the Thumbnails tab, the thumbnail options are configured, in the Controls tab - hotkeys and mouse actions, in the Advanced tab - other, less important parameters. To save your changes, click OK.

To create a new visual bookmark, right-click on the empty tabwith the number and select the Change item. In the window that opens, enter the address (URL) of the site you need, the title (if you do not enter a title and tick the Dynamic checkbox, the header will be dynamically formed when the bookmark is updated). In the Update drop-down list, select the update time: never or periodically. If you select Periodical, another drop-down list will appear. From it you will need to select the unit of time (hours, days, minutes, seconds), and enter the number manually. Should I use javascript in the checkbox? Not necessarily, but it is desirable - preview of some sites without javascript will not load.

It's so easy to make visual bookmarks in Mozilla Firefox. Ten minutes to install and configure - and your browser has become more convenient and more functional!