amuhlou » Quick Tips http://www.amuhlou.com musings on work, play, and everything in between Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:22:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Quick Tip: Temporarily Hide Toolbars in Firefox http://www.amuhlou.com/2010/03/09/quick-tip-temporarily-hide-toolbars-in-firefox/ http://www.amuhlou.com/2010/03/09/quick-tip-temporarily-hide-toolbars-in-firefox/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:27:25 +0000 amuhlou http://www.amuhlou.com/?p=794 If you’ve ever wanted to see more of a website (or eliminate distractions), I’ve got a great Firefox tip for you.

Firefox for Macintosh

Click the little bar at the very top right of your browser window:

screenshot of firefox mac

And voila! You instantly get back some precious vertical pixels:

screenshot of firefox mac with toolbars minimized

Firefox for Windows

There is a similar function for PC—simply press the F11 key, provided it’s not bound to another action, and you will see something like:

screenshot of firefox on PC

On the PC version, your Firefox window will automatically maximize, which I’m honestly not crazy about. However, it does take minimalism one step further than the Mac version by only showing your tabs when you hover over the very top of the window.

Either way, it’s a handy little tip to have in your arsenal.

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