Use the Awesome Screen to search the web, bookmarks and more

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The Awesome Screen gets you where you want to go quickly by giving you a list of your most often visited sites along with the ability to browse through your bookmarks and history, and desktop Firefox tabs. Just tap on the site you want to visit. No typing involved!

This article talks about accessing bookmarks, history and tabs from your desktop computer. In order to do that you need to set up Firefox Sync. Use Sync to share your Firefox bookmarks, passwords and more with Firefox for mobile will show you how.

How do I quickly find the site I want?

First, open the Awesome Screen by tapping in the location bar at the top of any page or by creating a new tab. Then follow the instructions in the sections below.

Awesome Screen

Using the All Pages tab

When you first open the Awesome Screen you'll see a list of your most visited sites. Simply tap on the one you want to go to that site. If you don't see what you want right away, use the keyboard to type the name or address of the site you want. The Awesome Screen will instantly search through your bookmarks, history, and desktop tabs to find a match. Just tap on one of the results to go to that page.

Awesome Screen1

For more about bookmarks and tags see, Add, delete and view bookmarked webpages in Firefox for Android

Using the Bookmarks, History and Desktop tabs

You can also browse though your bookmarks, history and desktop tabs by selecting their tabs in the Awesome Screen.

Awesome Screen2

Searching the web

If you type something in the Awesome Screen and it doesn't find any results, just tap on the type of search you'd like to do and Firefox will take you directly to the results.

Awesome Screen3

How do I search?

Firefox makes searching easy by bringing your web pages to the top of the list as-you-type.

  1. Open the Awesome Screen by tapping in the Title bar at the top of any page or by tapping the plus + on the Tab.

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  2. Type what you are looking for. In this example, typing 'fast' in the Awesome screen brings up a Youtube video with the word 'fast' in the title from the history followed by the Google, Amazon, Twitter and Wikipedia search options.

    search_bar
  3. Tap Google to search the web for your term.

    google_search
  4. Tap a result in the list to go to the website.

How do I browse by Bookmarks and History

  1. Open the Awesome Screen by tapping in the Title bar at the top of any page or by tapping the plus + on the Tab.

    title_bar_and_tab

  2. Tap the Bookmarks tab to view your Bookmarks.
    bookmarks_native
    The Desktop Bookmarks folder appears at the top if you have set up a Firefox Sync account on your computer and paired your mobile device. Tap the Desktop Bookmarks folder to see the synced bookmark folders from your desktop Firefox.

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  3. Tap the History tab to go to the list of your recently viewed sites.

    history_native
    The top 100 sites in your history appear.
For more about bookmarks, see Add, delete and view bookmarked webpages in Firefox for Android