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  • Top 5 less know features of Firefox
altMozilla Firefox is one of the most popular web browsers other being Google chrome and Microsoft’s IE.
 
1. Browse without leaving a trace
This is an amazing feature of Mozilla Firefox and can be of great help to those who browse on public computers. In a private browsing session, the browser would not keep any search, download, web history, cookies or temporary internet files. You can always stop this private browsing session when don’t need it.
 
2. Blocking of third party cookies
The future version of Firefox comes with built-in features to block third-party cookies by default. The feature will permit the cookies of the website the user regularly visits but will block those from other sources like advertising website. This kind of feature already exists in Safari but soon you will see in Mozilla firefox.
 
3. Plugin Warning
If plugin freezes for more than 11 seconds the latest firefox will notify you and let you restart the plugin, without you reloading the browser.
 
4. In-Built PDF Viewer
This is a very convenient feature which is already present in Chrome and Safari but soon it will be available in Mozilla Firefox’s latest version. When you click a link to a PDF file, the browser will load and display the document in a tab.
 
5. Retina Display support
The upcoming Mozilla firefox browser supports the high resolution screen of Apple Macbook Pro with retina display. Firefox running on OS X 10.7 or greater do not appear crisp and clearer on these Apple notebooks, and look sharper.