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Increase the Number of Recommended Add-ons Firefox 3 Displays

By on July 7, 2008 (28 Comments)

The Add-on manager in Firefox now has a “Get Add-ons” option, which displays five recommended add-ons for you to download. In this guide you’ll learn how to increase that number; thus, improving your chances of finding really helpful add-ons.

Don’t have Firefox 3? Get it here.

Increase the Number of Recommended Add-ons

This tip is really simple to follow and requires you to do the following:

  1. Type about:config into the address bar and press enter
  2. Agree to be careful
  3. Type extensions.getAddons.maxResults into the filter field
  4. Double click on the result and change the value from 5 to a higher number (8 maximum)

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Firefox 3′s Recommended Add-ons Before

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Firefox 3′s Recommended Add-ons After

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Now pat yourself on the shoulder and enjoy your day!

Increase the Number of Recommended Add ons Firefox 3 Displays

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Comments

  • Sam

    How do you know all this stuff????

  • Sam

    How do you know all this stuff????

  • WinDoze

    seriously dude, HOW??

  • WinDoze

    seriously dude, HOW??

  • Cool tip

    Great tip and I agree with the guys above. This is such a good site and I noticed you changed the links around, and they look really good. Keep up the good work.

  • Cool tip

    Great tip and I agree with the guys above. This is such a good site and I noticed you changed the links around, and they look really good. Keep up the good work.

  • Milo Alvarez

    Now I will have too many plugins!!! Oh well I really like this tip — one of the best here and yet so simple!

  • Milo Alvarez

    Now I will have too many plugins!!! Oh well I really like this tip — one of the best here and yet so simple!

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    Hi webmaster!

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    Hi webmaster!

  • Serene

    Simple, but cool tip

  • Serene

    Simple, but cool tip

  • Diesel

    Nice :) :) :)

  • Diesel

    Nice :) :) :)

  • Dominic

    I’m gonna try this now because I love finding new and useful add-ons

  • Dominic

    I’m gonna try this now because I love finding new and useful add-ons

  • Anon

    What’s the point? More clutter for your already bloated browser

  • Anon

    What’s the point? More clutter for your already bloated browser

  • Collen C

    Thanks… I knew you could do this.. just didn’t know how.

  • Collen C

    Thanks… I knew you could do this.. just didn’t know how.

  • Stephen Alvarez

    Surprisingly useful

  • Stephen Alvarez

    Surprisingly useful

  • adel phakye

    Thanks for the advice, do you know how to stop the automatic virus check?

  • adel phakye

    Thanks for the advice, do you know how to stop the automatic virus check?

  • http://mintywhite.com/ Rich

    @Adel – Do the following:

    Type about:config in the Firefox address bar
    Now filter the following browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone
    Set the parameter to False

  • http://mintywhite.com Rich

    @Adel – Do the following:

    1. Type about:config in the Firefox address bar
    2. Now filter the following browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone
    3. Set the parameter to False
  • http://mintywhite.com/ Rich

    Thanks for your comments everyone!

    There are too many spam comments coming on this post. Comments closed.

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