Use the Awesome Screen to search the web, bookmarks and more
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- Creator: Roland Tanglao
- Comment: change to use [[Template:AndroidMenuLocation]]
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- Reviewed by: rtanglao
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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 search the web, your bookmarks and browsing history all from one place. Just tap on the site you want to visit. No typing involved!
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Access your top sites
Just open Firefox and you have access to all of the sites you visit most frequently. This list of sites will change as your habits change.
If you'd like to make sure something always shows up here, you can pin it.
- Tap and hold on a site and then choose
Just open Firefox to have the sites you visit the most frequently right at your fingertips. This list of sites will change as your habits change.
If you'd like to make sure something always shows up here, you can pin it.
- Tap and hold on a site and then choose
Search the web, your bookmarks and browsing history all from one place
The Awesome Screen gets its name from the fact that you can search everything from one place.
- Tap the address bar or open a new tab and start typing. You will see sites you've bookmarked or visited before along with web searches you can do. Just tap the thing you want and you're set.
Of course, if you'd rather scroll through your bookmarks or history, you can do that too.
- Tap the address bar or open a new tab and then select the Bookmarks or History tab instead of typing.
- Just select History or Bookmarks from the Top Sites screen or a new tab.
Customize the way the Awesome Screen works
Make Firefox work just the way you want.
Customize your home screen
Want to start your day with your bookmarks, reading list or top sites? Now you can choose which panel to load when you start Firefox. You can also hide the panels that you don't use.
- Tap the at the bottom right on some devices or in the upper right of the browser)
, then (on some phones you may need to tap first)
- Tap , and then .
- On the Home menu, tap on a panel: History, Top Sites, Bookmarks, or Reading List.
- Choose if you want that panel as your default or if you don't want to see it at all. If a panel is already hidden, you can choose to unhide it.
Turn on search suggestions
Turn on search suggestions to show related Google suggestions alongside your search words.
- Tap the at the bottom right on some devices or in the upper right of the browser) , then (on some phones you may need to tap first) and check the Show search suggestions option. button (either
- Tap the at the bottom right on some devices or in the upper right of the browser) , then (on some phones you may need to tap first), , . Finally, check the Show search suggestions option. button (either
Add search engines and choose the default one
Want to add YouTube results to your searches or use DuckDuckGo? No problem.
- Go to the site of the search engine you want to use. For example, youtube.com.
- Tap and hold inside the search box and choose .
Change your default search engine:
- Tap the at the bottom right on some devices or in the upper right of the browser) , then (or if tools is not an option) and . button (either
- Tap the search engine that you would like to set as default and choose .
- Tap the at the bottom right on some devices or in the upper right of the browser) , then (on some phones you may need to tap first), , . button (either
- Tap the search engine that you would like to set as default and choose .
Show the URL in the address bar instead of the website name
- Tap the at the bottom right on some devices or in the upper right of the browser) , then (on some phones you may need to tap first) . Scroll down and tap the setting and choose Show page address. button (either
- Tap the at the bottom right on some devices or in the upper right of the browser) , then (on some phones you may need to tap first), . Then tap the setting and choose Show page address. button (either