4 Simple Tips for Bigger Mozilla Firefox Screen
December 2, 2007 – 2:51 pmMozilla Firefox is without a doubt one of the most popular and widely used applications for most users. With all the toolbars, icons and plugins installed on it, the Firefox screen will look smaller if you don’t have a big and wide monitor.
To make Mozilla Firefox browser looks bigger without breaking the bank, here are 4 simple tips that I’ve found and practiced (now you know that I have a small monitor, duh!)
Tip #1 - Use Small Icons
If you really understand what all those icons mean on your toolbar, make it smaller. Size does not matter here. Make it smaller by clicking the menu bar and View -> Toolbars -> Customize -> Use Small Icons.
Tip #2 - Clear Out Unnecessary Toolbars
StumbleUpon, Yahoo! Toolbar. Status Bar, MegaUpload, etc. If you don’t use it often, clear out all the mess from View -> Toolbar. Better still, only leave the navigation bar intact.
Tip #3 - Hit F11 on keyboard
F11 means full screen in Firefox. This is the fastest way to get a bigger Firefox screen.
Tip #4 - Install FullerScreen
FullerScreen is a Firefox plugin than enhances full screen mode by hiding the remaining toolbars and statusbar. All the toolbars will be in auto-hide mode and you can make it appear again by moving your mouse to the edge of the screen.
Updates!
Tip #5 - Consolidate Mozilla Firefox’s Chrome
You can check out how to consolidate Firefox’s icons and taskbar by reading it here at Lifehacker: Geek to Live section. Thanks to our reader TheM for the tips!
Tip #6 - Install Tiny Menu
TinyMenu is a Firefox extension that will replace the standard menu bar with a tiny menu popup. Combine this with Tip #5 above and you will get a bigger screen size!
(Thanks TMerrit, sorry I’ve mistakenly deleted your comments!)
Tip #7 - Install MiniFox Firefox Theme
This is one of the quickest way to get small menu and toolbars that will guarantee a bigger Mozilla Firefox screen. Get Minifox Theme here.
Thanks to coffeepro for the tips!
If you are still unsatisfied with the screen size, it is time to start saving some money. Go buy a bigger monitor then!
Tags: firefox, mozilla firefox, firefox tips, tips, tricks
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31 Responses to “4 Simple Tips for Bigger Mozilla Firefox Screen”
Stumbled!
By Friedbeef on Dec 4, 2007
By Syahid Ali on Dec 5, 2007
sorry, ni bukan basic ke?
By edwin masripan on Dec 5, 2007
By Syahid Ali on Dec 5, 2007
With tip2 you can go even further. By getting locationfield in the menubar and not displaying the navigationbar.
>> [ Updated to Tip #5 above ]
By TheM on Dec 6, 2007
found thru stumble! lol
By markus9128 on Dec 6, 2007
@ TheM: Great find. That tip was awesome!
By Syahid Ali on Dec 6, 2007
FullerScreen is excellent addon! very nice.
By Jorma on Dec 7, 2007
I love the fuller screen thing. Looks awesome.
By Q on Dec 7, 2007
By Syahid Ali on Dec 7, 2007
Thanks for sharing these cool firefox tricks!
By Mike on Dec 7, 2007
Why not cite the source where YOU RIPPED this post from?
techmalaya–;
By Allan on Dec 7, 2007
@ Mike: Sharing is empowering!
By Syahid Ali on Dec 7, 2007
Allan. Behave. Good boy.
By tjax on Dec 8, 2007
I have done this with my setup of firefox. It is very nice to use 95% of the screen. I used Tiny menu and have a single line with URL bar and navigation buttons.
By Greg on Dec 14, 2007
Making the icons smaller is okay but a much better solution is to install the minifox theme. It also compresses the bookmarks and removes space from the menu and nav bars without making the icons seem too tiny. Actually you can even hide the Navigation toolbar (reload, forward, stop, back is in the right click menu anyway) and to bring up a URL dialog click file —> open location. That will free up even more space.
By coffeepro on Dec 14, 2007
@Greg: Nice. Check out the updated list!
By Syahid Ali on Dec 15, 2007
Very nice tips!
By Haris on Dec 16, 2007
great idea. I have done a few of these on my laptop to increase the screen size.
By Matt Ellsworth on Dec 16, 2007
Tip 8 Buy a monitor that runs a higher resolution, and keep all the convenient tool bars that make firefox superior.
By tdk on Dec 17, 2007
One more minor tip to reduce Firefox menu ‘overhead’ (for StumbleUpon Users):
- Click (the SU) Tools
- Select Toolbar Options
- In the ‘Position and Toggle Button’ frame, select “MenuBar” from the position options drop-down box.
- hit OK
This will move the SU menu bar up to and inline with the main FF toolbar.
By Fook on Dec 19, 2007
By Syahid Ali on Dec 19, 2007
How about this:
Go to customize in the rightclick menu on the navigation toolbar and put all the navigation buttons in the address bar itself.
Then pack the navigation bar.
It is better if you use tinymenu extension also.
Also there is this nice extension called AutoHide Statusbar that will show the status bar only if it needs to be shown.
By Muk on Jan 3, 2008
By Syahid A. on Jan 3, 2008
thnx alot, gr8 tips mate
By Gravity on Mar 4, 2008
Just a note about tip number 4 (fullerscreen), Firefox 3 does this for you now, when you hit F11. It gets rid of the toolbars, then animates a nice disappearance effect for any other UI elements other than the scrollbar. Pretty nifty.
By Blake on Jun 20, 2008
By Syahid A. on Jun 20, 2008
Hey great Tips Man, even after using firefox for 3 years i still didnt know many of them,Thanks for Sharing.
By BlogsDNA on Jul 6, 2008