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The Awesome Bar gets you where you want to go quickly. Just tap it and you'll be presented with a list of sites that you visit frequently along with buttons that will allow you to browse through you Bookmarks, History, and Desktop Firefox tabs. Just tap on one of the websites listed to go to that page. No typing involved!
The Awesome Screen gets you where you want to go quickly. Just tap it and you'll be presented with a list of sites that you visit frequently along with buttons that will allow you to browse through you Bookmarks, History, and Desktop Firefox tabs. Just tap on one of the websites listed to go to that page. No typing involved!

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The Awesome Bar gets you where you want to go quickly. Just tap it and you'll be presented with a list of sites that you visit frequently along with buttons that will allow you to browse through your Bookmarks, History, and Desktop Firefox tabs. Just tap on one of the websites listed to go to that page. No typing involved! {note}'''[[How to sync Firefox between my desktop and mobile]]''' will show you how get all of your desktop Firefox information to show up on your mobile.{/note}<br/> <br/>[[Image:e7ee1c2b525e8ec0e4249680ee197956-1285364479-245-1.jpg]]<br/> <br/> If you type the name or address of website into the Awesome Bar, it 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.<br/> <br/>[[Image:e7ee1c2b525e8ec0e4249680ee197956-1285364490-950-1.jpg]]<br/> <br/> If you type something in the Awesome Bar and it doesn't find any results, just tap return and it will do a Google search for you.<br/> <br/>[[Image:e7ee1c2b525e8ec0e4249680ee197956-1285364500-127-1.jpg]]<br/> <br/> If you want to choose what kind of search the Awesome Bar does for you, tap the Search button at the top and a list of search engines will come up. Then just tap on the type of search you want to use.<br/> <br/>[[Image:e7ee1c2b525e8ec0e4249680ee197956-1285364509-497-1.jpg]]
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, history, and desktop Firefox tabs. Just tap on the site you want to visit. No typing involved! {note}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. '''[[How do I sync Firefox between my desktop and mobile?]]''' will show you how.{/note} __TOC__ =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 [[How do I open a new tab?|creating a new tab]]. Then follow the instructions in the sections below.<br><br> [[Image: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.<br><br> [[Image:Awesome Screen1]] {note}For more about bookmarks and tags see, [[How do I add a bookmark?]]{/note} ==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.<br><br> [[Image: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.<br><br> [[Image:Awesome Screen3]]

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