Home screen on iOS - access search and favorite sites in one place
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- Creator: Joni
- Comment: updated for 3.0 - do not approve until 3.0 is released
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The Awesome Screen (or home screen) is the first thing you see when you open Firefox on your phone or tablet. You can also get to it by tapping the address bar at any time.
Search everything through the Awesome Screen
The Awesome Screen has a search bar at the top that takes both searches and web addresses. Simply type in your search and choose from one of the search engines that appear at the bottom of the screen, or tap
to use the default search engine.Firefox will also suggest pages from your history, bookmarks, open tabs and popular domains that match your search.
Access your bookmarks, Reading List and history
Access your most visited sites, bookmarks and Reading List in just a few taps. The buttons below the search bar let you access your content, not only on your current device, but on other devices as well. (Tip: Set up Sync on your computer or Android device to share your browsing information with your iPhone or iPad.)
Explanation of the panels and their symbols
- Top sites: this panel displays your most frequently and recently visited sites. To remove these top sites, see Customize Firefox Home on iOS.
- Bookmarks: displays a list of your bookmarked pages. See How to add, remove, edit and move bookmarks in Firefox for iOS.
- History: displays web pages you've visited. To clear your history, see Clear browsing history in Firefox for iOS.
- Synced tabs: displays a list of open pages across all your synced devices. See Sync your Firefox browsing history in iOS .
- Reading List: access pages you've saved to your Reading List. See Add web pages to your Reading List on Firefox for iOS.