FIREFOX
Mozillaintroducedahandy
screen-capturetoolinFirefox
56 butitwasn’tparticularly
sophisticated.Version59of
thebrowsersignificantly
improvestheScreenshots
featurebylettingyoueditthe
imagesyoucapture.Takea
screenshotintheusualway,
byclickingthethree-dotmenu
iconintheaddressbarandchoosing‘Takeascreenshot’,thenclick
Savetoopenit ontheFirefoxScreenshotssite(screenshots.firefox
.com). ClickthenewEditbuttontoaccessvariousoptionsincluding
crop,pen(forwritinganddrawingonthegrab)andhighlighter,
alongwithachoiceofninecolours.There’salsoanUndobuttonif
youmakeamistake.ClickSavewhenyou’redoneandyoucanshare
ordownloadyoureditedscreenshot,orfiddlearounditwithsome
morebeforethegrab‘expires’andisdeleted.
Best NewBrowser Tools
Tell usyourfavouriteadd-onsatwww.facebook.com/webusermagazine 4-17April 2018 33
Edit screenshots in
Firefox
Access bookmarks
more easily
Oneofthethingswemost
likeaboutVivaldi,whichwonour
GoldAwardinIssue 44 0,istheway
itsdeveloperslistenandrespond
tofeedbackfromthebrowser’s
ever-expandingfanbase.For
example,manyusershavelong
wonderedwhyVivaldi’s bookmarks
couldonlybeopenedviathe
Bookmarkssidepanelratherthan
beinginstantlyaccessiblefromthe
maintoolbar. Thisconcernhasbeen
addressedinthelatestversionof
thebrowser(1.15.1111.3), whichlets
youopenyourbookmarksdirectly
fromthemainmenu.Youcanalso
pressCtrl+BtoopentheBookmark
manager.OTHERBROWSERS
This fortnight’s mostusefultipsandadd-onstohelpyougetthe
mostfromChrome,Firefox,Operaandmore
Blockadverts more
quicklyinOpera
Operawasthefirstmajor
browsertoofferabuilt-inadblocker,
towhichithasrecentlyaddeduseful
protectionagainstcryptojackingattacks
(seethissectioninIssue 44 1).Thelatest
versionofthebrowser, Opera51, makes
thefeatureevenmoreimpressiveby
boostingitsad-blockingspeed.Thisis
apparentlydowntoan“improvement
inthestring-matchingalgorithm”,
andtestshavefoundthattheupdated
browserperforms16%fasterthanOpera
51 and 44 %fasterthanChrome 64 with
itsnewadblocker. Toturnonthe
feature,gotoSettings,‘Privacy&
security’andselect‘Blockads...’.Stay safe usingMcAfee
WebAdvisor
Therewasatimewhen
McAfeeSiteAdvisorwasanessential
browsertool, butthenit gotbloated
andslow,andrelaunchedasthe
not-much-betterWebAdvisor. This
hasn’t stoppedMcAfeelaunching
theextensionforMicrosoftEdge,
whereitcouldproveusefulto
safety-consciousWindows 10 users.
Featuresincludecolour-codingyour
searchresultstoshowyouwhether
they’resafeordangeroustoclick,
automaticallyblockingbadsites
beforetheycandoanyharmand
providingdetailedsitereportsthat
highlightsecurityconcerns.
InstalltheEdgeadd-onfrom
bit.ly/webadvisor4 46.Changethetitlesofyourtabs
It’s usefultoseewhichwebpagesaredisplayed
inyouropentabs,butyoumaysometimes
prefertokeepthisinformationprivatefromthe
peoplearoundyou.AnewFirefoxextension
calledTabReTitle(bit.ly/retitle44 6 )letsyou
changethenameofyourtabstosomethingless
embarrassingorincriminating.Simplyclickits
toolbarbuttonwhenviewingapage,enteran
alternativetitlefor
thetabandclickSet.
Youcanchooseto
renameallpages
fromthecurrent
domainortoonly
retitlethetab
temporarily.Allyour
chosentitlesare
savedwithinthe
add-on,sotheycan
beeasilyaccessed
anddeleted.