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Thursday, November 16, 2017

How to Migrate All Your Data From Chrome to Firefox

Prashanth November 16, 2017 0

If you’re thinking about switching to Firefox Quantum—or at least trying to switch—Firefox makes it pretty easy. Firefox can import your bookmarks, saved passwords, browser history, and cookies directly from Google Chrome.
It can also import this data from Microsoft Edge or Internet Explorer, if you use those instead.

Migrate Your Bookmarks, Passwords, History, and Cookies

Firefox normally prompts you to import data the first time you install it. However, if you had Firefox installed previously and now want to import data, you’ll need to launch the tool manually. The Import Browser Data tool is a little hidden—it’s under the Bookmarks Manager window.

To access the Bookmarks Manager, either click the Library icon on the toolbar and click Bookmarks > Show All Bookmarks, or press Ctrl+Shift+B.

Click the “Import and Backup” button on the toolbar and select “Import Data From Another Browser”. (If you just want to import bookmarks you’ve exported from Chrome or another browser as an HTML file, you can also just click “Import Bookmarks from HTML” here and then select the HTML file.)

Select “Chrome” in the Import Wizard and click “Next” to import data from Google Chrome. Ensure all Google Chrome browser windows are closed before you continue with the process.

You’ll be prompted to choose which data you want to import. If you’ve set up multiple Chrome browser profiles, you’ll first be asked which profile you want to import data from.
By default, Firefox will import Chrome’s Cookies, Browsing History, Saved Passwords, and Bookmarks. You can uncheck any of these options to only import some types of data.

Firefox will import the data and say it was imported successfully. Chrome’s bookmarks will be placed in “From Chrome” folders in your bookmarks menu and toolbar, but you can reorganize them however you like.

Download Your Add-ons

Firefox can’t import other data you may consider crucial, like your add-ons. You’ll have to hunt down equivalent extensions in the Firefox Add-ons gallery yourself.
If you use a popular add-on from a big company, there’s a good chance there’s a version of the extension for Chrome made by the same developer. Smaller, independent extensions may not be available for both browsers, but you’ll probably find an add-on that can do something similar.

Sync Your Firefox Browser Data Between Computers

Firefox has its own browser sync feature that can keep your data in sync across multiple PCs, phones, and tablets. You can check your Firefox Sync settings by clicking menu > Options > Firefox Account. If you haven’t yet signed in with a Firefox account, you can create one from here to start syncing your data.
Sign in with the same Firefox account on all your devices and your data will be synced between them, just like with Chrome. Firefox syncs open tabs, history, bookmarks, logins, add-ons, and preferences. So, once you set up Firefox once, it will sync your preferences to all your other PCs.

You can get this same data on your phone or tablet, too. Firefox offers apps for Apple’s iPhone and iPad as well as Google’s Android. They provide a way to access your Firefox bookmarks, open tabs, saved passwords, and history on your mobile devices, too.
Thankfully, with Firefox Quantum, Firefox now uses Google as the default search engine once again. Yahoo! is no longer the default, so you don’t have to worry about changing that.

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Mozilla Firefox Quantum ‘fast for good’ web browser launched

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Prashanth November 15, 2017 0

Mozilla says that Firefox Quantum is twice as fast as the previous version.

Mozilla today launched its new and updated Firefox Quantum web browser. Firefox Quantum is available for mobile platforms iOS and Android, and also on Windows, Mac and Linux. Along with the new layout and features, Firefox Quantum is being portrayed as really fast by Mozilla. Mozilla says that it is twice as fast as Firefox from six months ago.

Firefox Quantum offers a minimal design as compared to the previous version. The search engine toolbar stays at top with most frequent sites browsed arranged below. There’s also a ‘Highlight’ tab below which will show related articles, photos and videos of the most browsed content on Firefox Quantum. Mozilla has added Pocket as a built-in feature on the toolbar of Firefox Quantum. There’s also a Pocket library on the browser’s library from where you can access all the saved files. Additionally, the new browser library also has browsing history, bookmarks, and synced tabs all in one place.

Firefox Quantum also comes with a built-in screenshot tool. This eliminates the need to download any other third-party app to take screenshots. You can choose to capture a screenshot of the entire page or edit out only the portion needed. Screenshots will be saved to the web so you can share it further on other platforms.

The address bar on Firefox Quantum is said to be the browser’s most powerful tool according to Mozilla. It also says that Firefox Quantum consumes 30 percent less memory than its arch rival, Google Chrome. Firefox Quantum also comes customizing tools like rearranging the toolbar by dragging and dropping. The browser also comes with themes you can choose from. You can sync your data on Firefox Quantum on different devices.

A rather interesting bit in the launch of Firefox Quantum is the decision to use Google as the default search engine. After the completion of Mozilla and Yahoo‘s five-year contract, Mozilla didn’t renew and instead signed a deal with Google for its search engine. Prior to Yahoo, Google had been Firefox’s default search engine for 10 years. Mozilla terms this change as their experiment with different search engines for its users.

Mozilla ditches Yahoo, makes Google the default search engine for Firefox Quantum browser

Yahoo

Prashanth November 15, 2017 0

Yahoo had been Firefox's search engine for the past five years.

Mozilla today announced the biggest update for its web browser, Firefox. Now known as Firefox Quantum, Mozilla says that it’s “over twice as fast as Firefox from 6 months ago”. Firefox Quantum comes with a new layout, new features and is also optimized to consume less memory. The most surprising element in the launch of Firefox Quantum is, however, the integration of Google as the default search engine and not Yahoo.

Google had been Firefox’s default search engine since 2004, but back in 2014 Yahoo joined in. Although Google along with other search engines was built-in on Firefox, Yahoo became the default search engine. This deal was made after Yahoo paid over $300 million (approximately Rs 30 crores) a year, which was more than what Google offered to pay. However, now Google will be the default search engine for Firefox in the US, Canada, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Mozilla in a blog post says that the decision is part of the company’s ongoing search strategy announced in 2014. This online search strategy is “to evaluate and select the best search experience in each strategy in each region as opposed to having a single global default”.

With the new deal between Mozilla and Google, Yahoo isn’t happy with the change. Charles Stewart from Verizon (Yahoo’s new owner) was quoted by Bloomberg as saying, “Yahoo and Mozilla have enjoyed a productive relationship together since 2014. We are surprised that Mozilla has decided to take another path and we are in discussions with them regarding the terms of our agreement.” As of now, it is still unknown how much Google has offered to pay Mozilla for the search engine position.

Interestingly, Mozilla pits the new Firefox Quantum to be more than two times faster while using 30 percent less memory than Chrome. Primarily focusing on the speed, Mozilla says that it will eliminate the “Wait Face” that appears due to pages not loading, and videos not streaming.