User name and password not remembered in firefox

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Password Manager settings

You must have the “Remember passwords” feature enabled for the browser to remember them. In Firefox 2, make sure Tools -> Options -> Security / Passwords -> “Remember passwords for sites” is checked.

Additionally, you may have once told the browser to never save the passwords for the site. In Firefox 2, check the list under Tools -> Options -> Security / Passwords -> Exceptions.

Passwords cleared with Clear Private Data

Firefox’s Clear Private Data feature may be set to clear your passwords when you close Firefox. Make sure that Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> “Always clear my private data when I close Firefox” is unchecked, or that under Settings, “Saved Passwords” is not checked.

Passwords not used in Firefox 2.0.0.2 or 1.5.0.10

A fix for a security problem had the unintended side effect of not filling in the password if you have multiple passwords saved for that site. This bug was fixed in Firefox 2.0.0.3 and 1.5.0.11 - upgrade your browser to these versions or higher.[1]

Sites prohibit password saving

Some websites, for example Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, and some banks, specify that your username and password should not be saved. You can override this behaviour.

Using a bookmarklet

  1. Bookmark the “remember passwords” link on this page.
  2. Go to the log in page of the site you want to save your details.
  3. Enter your login and password, but do not submit.
  4. Open the bookmark you just made. (Nothing will appear to happen).
  5. Submit.

On subsequent visits, your user name and password should be filled in.

 

Solutions to common Firefox 1.5 problems

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Troubleshooting Firefox problems - Tips to prevent Firefox issues like hanging, reduce memory usage

Common issues associated with Firefox 1.5
1. Sometimes when you try to restore or maximize a Firefox browser window, Firefox doesn’t respond to either mouse clicks or Alt+Tab keys. This is generally due to a memory leak. All you can do is either rightclick the minimized Firefox tab in task bar and click “Close” or kill the firefox.exe process from Windows Task manager and restart Firefox.

2. Did you ever experience Firefox 1.5 crash with the Dr. Watson (drwin.exe) error ? Yes, SessionSaver extension remembers all text your typed in an input text field and saves all open browser tabs in the event of a session error but SessionSaver is not yet ported to Firefox 1.5

3. Firefox may freeze for a moment and then run normally. If you click a hyperlink in Outlook email, Firefox takes a long time to open the webpage and also becomes slow. Or Firefox won’t launch until an existing “firefox.exe” process is killed manually from Task Manager. Sometime if you drag and drop some text on the search bar, Firefox will need be restarted.

Smooth browsing with Firefox - Here, in this guide, we will discuss tips and methods to speedup Firefox launch time, save your Firefox 1.5 from freezing unexpectedly and preventing Firefox crashes.

If Mozilla Firefox hangs as soon as you launch the browser, the issue is probably either with an installed extension or a theme. Try running Firefox in Safe Mode (firefox.exe -safe-mode) - If it runs normally, disable or uninstall the problem causing theme or extension.

Firefox can hang is there is a memory leak. Installing too many extensions or opening lot of browser tabs can hog memory. Disable all extension that you haven’t used since the past week

Sometimes, my Firefox returns an error when I try to download and save pictures from my Yahoo Photos webpage. The problem disappears when I clear download manager history. The memory usage increases greatly after downloading files unless the Download box is ‘cleaned up’ after they finish downloading. To do this automatically, change the download manager’s history setting to remove files from the download manager “upon successful download”.

The Back and Forward button caching functionality -which speeds up the display of recently viewed Web pages can also contribute to memory problems. Disable the fast back/forward caching (bfcache) feature by setting browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers to 0 using about:config.

Adobe Reader browser plugin can consume huge amounts of memory. To disable the Adobe Reader Firefox plugin, open the Firefox plugins directory and delete or rename the nppdf32.dll file.

Firefox can also crash when you close a tab that is loading or playing a Java Applet - Always disable Java plugin, it will also reduce the CPU usage.

In certain configurations, disabling Mouse Gesture in Firefox helps curb memory spikes.

Don’t install Adblock extension with Firefox 1.5 as it causes an increase in Firefox memory usage. Instead use AdBlock Plus.

Setting the browser history to extremely large values will increase memory usage. Keeping the history to a reasonable level is a good idea for this reason.

Install FasterFox tweaking extension - it allows you to prefetch links and tweak many network and rendering settings such as simultaneous connections, pipelining, cache, DNS cache, and initial paint delay.

config.trim_on_minimize - If you experience slow startup after long periods of inactivity (minimized Firefox window or other), it is because the Microsoft Windows Operating System reclaims the memory Firefox used in anticipation that other open applications might need it. This can cause a delay when Firefox is restored. Therefox, you can set the config.trim preference to disallow Windows to reclaim memory from a minimized Mozilla application. Always set config.trim_on_minimize to true in Firefox

Other about:com changes to speed up Firefox:

1. Disable prefetch: go to about:config. Search for prefetch, you’ll find network.prefetch-next. Double click it to turn it false if it is on.

2. Limit the memory cache: about:config, new integer, browser.cache.memory.capacity, set it to the memory in KB you want to limit the memory cache to.

I hope these tweaks improve your web browsing experience with Firefox. One last thing, Mozilla has published a list of situations that can lead to massive memory leaks and slow down computers. You can use this to diagnose problem with individual web pages.

  • Bad live bookmark causes Firefox memory usage to grow endlessly and make the browser unstable
  • Memory leak (especially in graphics-intensive webpages), freed upon minimize
  • When saving a picture, HUGE memory leak! Also slows machine down!
  • memory leak if page contains a refresh meta-tag
  • Memory leak when I leave firefox up with a few sub tabs open
  • Firefox begin to eat memory and hangs after opening this URL
  • very slow restore from minimize after memory growth compared to other applications

About memory leak - a process that over time can gradually eat away at system resources. In worst-case scenarios, a memory leak could cause an application to become unstable.

 

The History of Mozilla’s Firefox Web Browser

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Mozilla’s Firefox continues to gain momentum in the web browser wars, steadily eating away at Internet Explorer’s market share. The browser, which has garnered high praise from both users and developers alike, carries with it a cult-like following. Some users of the Mozilla application tend to be very passionate about their browser of choice, and this is perhaps most evident when looking at things like this Firefox crop circle.

Where It Began

Long before this runaway train of adoration left the station, there was the release of Phoenix v0.1 in September 2002.

The Phoenix browser, which would eventually become known as Firefox in later releases, started out looking like a stripped down version of the browser we know today.

Although lacking many of the features that make Firefox so popular today, the initial release of Phoenix did contain tabbed browsing and a download manager which were far from commonplace in browsers at that time. As later versions of Phoenix were made available to beta testers, the enhancements began to come in bunches. By the time Phoenix v0.3 was released in mid-October of ‘02, the browser already contained support for extensions, a sidebar, an integrated search bar, and more.

 

What Is A Firefox Extension or Add-On?

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Mozilla’s Firefox browser has quickly risen through the ranks of popularity among Internet users since its official release in late 2004. According to W3Schools’ October 2006 trend analysis report, the Gecko-based browser has taken almost 29% of the market share, up from 16.9% in January of 2005. There are many reasons that can be attributed to Firefox’s growth including security, speed, and ease of use. One of the main attributes of the browser that attracts users, however, is the large number of free extensions available.

What are extensions?

Extensions are add-ons to Firefox that give your application new functionality. These range from customized news readers to online games. These extensions also provide the ability to tailor your browser’s look and feel in several different formats.

In order to utilize these extensions, you must first have the Firefox browser installed. If it is not currently installed on your computer, download the latest version of Firefox.

How do I find them?

The add-ons have major appeal due to their ease of installation and wide realm of uses. The safest, most reliable place to download these extensions is at Mozilla’s Firefox add-ons page. A visit there will provide you with thousands of add-ons to choose from as well as hundreds of themes if you are looking to modify your browser’s appearance. Most are accompanied by a detailed description, screenshots, and even user reviews to assist you in making your choices. The majority of extensions and themes are installed within seconds by clicking the “Install Now” button, usually located directly below the description. Once the installation is complete, a simple restart of the Firefox application will commence the process.

Most of these add-ons are created by everyday people, albeit people with a decent level of programming skill. Because of this, you will find a good amount of the extensions are very practical and can be used to improve your life on the web in many ways.

Developing your own extensions

The add-on developer community continues to blossom in both size and knowledge thanks in large part to Mozilla’s developer center. As the technology expands, most recently with the major release of Firefox 2 for developers, so does the sophistication of the add-ons. Only time will tell how far these eager developers can stretch the limits of our imagination, but if the last couple of years are any indication the best is yet to come.

 

Optimize Firefox Reduce Memory Leakage

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Firefox 2.0 since its release had the niggling memory usage and no matter how many updates have been out to address this issue it still has that retard issue. A standard Firefox install without any extensions consumes around 80MB but soon after you add a few extensions you can see a noticeable drop in the performance. There are many guides out over the internet but i have made my own version that seems to work. It gonna be a pretty comprehensive guide so you have a stick a little longer to learn the tricks.

First of all make sure you have the latest version of Firefox, presently 2.0.0.7. If you don’t have which i doubt. You can download using the link below, if you are kind enough grab my referral link.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

  • Extension and themes the main cause of memory leaks.

A standard install of Firefox doesn’t seems to show any memory leak issues. But after installing few extensions it seems to show the memory leak issues. Basically this issue occurs due to buggy, bloatware extensions. Also if you overloaded your Firefox with extensions, you can expect high memory usage. Same goes for themes, don’t install too many themes. To minimizes memory issues try testing each plugin one by one for few hours and check over their memory signature. As a result you can always find out the buggy ones and help yourself minimizing the high memory usage. You can even check this comprehensive list of buggy extensions and find out if one of your extension belongs here. Always keep your extensions updated this is another way to cope with the issue.

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  • Start Firefox in Safe Mode

If one of your extensions is not in that list, boot Firefox into Safe Mode to disable all extensions and themes. You can do this by going to Start > Run, and entering:

firefox -safe-mode

A similar looking box will appear .Now check Disable all add-ons
now click on Continue in Safe Mode. Now fire up your Windows task manager and compare the memory usage before and after disabling the extensions. Normally disabling extensions only drops of couples of MB of RAM.But if you find some memory spikes this surely indicates some problems of either of the extensions or themes installed.

Plugins:

Another memory hogger are the plugins that are needed for open special media or application within Firefox, like Java chat, PDF reader, WMV, Quicktime etc. Here are some links from MozillaZine that offers some basic solutions to plugin related issues.

  • Clear your Download History:

    Another basic tip to improve memory usage is cleaning up your download history.Allowing your download history to accumulate degrades your Firefox performance. If you don’t like clicking on the Clean UP button after each and every download try this. Navigate toTools > Options > Privacy > and Uncheck Remember what I’ve downloaded

    remember_download2.jpg

    This will erase your download history each time you close the Downloads History window.

  • Additional internal settings
    The previous tips were simple yet good enough to tame the leakage issue. Now why not some internal tweaks that will boast Firefox performance to some extend. Here is a tip to limit the amount to allocated for caching.
    There are a couple of settings you can tweak in Firefox that can limit the amount of memory allocated for caching.

    1. Open Firefox and type in about:config in the address bar.

    aboutconfig.jpg

    2. Type browser.cache.memory.enable in the Filter Bar and make sure it is enabled. If not, just double click it to set it to enable.

    3. Right-click an area of empty space in the browser and choose New > Integer. Type in browser.cache.memory.capacity and click OK.

    firefoxsettings1.jpg

    The integer value you enter depends on the amount of RAM you have.
    If you have:
    256 MB of RAM, enter “4096
    512 MB of RAM, enter “8192
    1 GB of RAM, enter “16384
    and so forth… Just double the number as your RAM doubles.

    4. Right-click anywhere on the window and click New > Bootlean and enter:

    config.trim_on_minimize

    And set it to true.

    By default whenever you minimize an app in Vista the memory usage goes down. But Firefox for some reason doesn’t does that. By using the above setting it will use less when minimized.

    5. Restart Firefox for these changes to apply.

  • Close Firefox periodically:
    Don’t get me wrong. You’d surely don’t like the idea of closing your workspace time and again, same goes for Firefox. With a simple extensions you can save save your internet sessions so when you re-open Firefox, you can have it exactly the way it was before you closed it - the tabs, the cache, everything.You can download Extension Manager here.
    Once you have downloaded the extension, we need to set it up. First, we need to get to the options window: Tools > Session Manager > Session Manager Options
    sessionmanageroptions.jpg

    Once you’re in the options window, just make sure your screen looks like the one below and you’ll be fine.

    sessionmangeroptionsin.jpg

  • Get Portable Firefox:
    Using Portable Firefox has definitely helped minimize my memory usage. You can download Portable Firefox here. For the most part, it runs the same way your regular Firefox does. Here’s a comparison of how much memory each version of Firefox took up: Portable Firefox eats half that of the memory as normal firefox does.

    Ordinary Firefox 2.0.0.3:

    firefoxregramfinal1.jpg

    Portable Firefox 2.0.0.3:

    portfinal.jpg

 


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