Quick Commands for Firefox

If you use the computer on a regular basis either for work or entertainment, you probably visit dozens of websites daily and have multiple tabs opened at all times. The ones you like most are surely saved as bookmarks, while all the others are saved in the browser’s history.

But how about when you are trying to find a specific website between the hundreds of URLs stored by your browser? Instead of performing individual searches in the history and the bookmarks, or clicking on each of the pinned tabs, you can use an extension called Quick Commands for Firefox.

Thanks to Quick Commands, you can perform quick searches between pages you previously saved as bookmarks, opened tabs and bookmarks. The add-on enables you to run a Google search if the webpage you are looking for does not match one of the displayed results.

The extension is easily installed in Firefox and, unlike older add-ons, it does not require a browser restart. The new toolbar button is immediately visible in Firefox.

To access Quick Commands in Firefox, you simply have to click on its button near the address bar. Alternatively, you can use the Alt+Shift+R combination. A new small window is displayed, containing a list of all the opened tabs and their total number, the most recent items in the browser’s history, as well as all the bookmarks stored by the browser.

As you scroll down, you might notice a few additional commands displayed in Quick Commands. For instance, you can use it to mute and unmute all the tabs.

Going back to the extension’s main function, you can start a new search by typing in the desired keyword. The results are updated as you type and the option to use the search engine is displayed first.

Quick Commands for Firefox is one of those small, yet handy add-ons that you want installed in your browser. Of couirse, it needs permissions to access the history, the bookmarks and the list of opened tabs, but it makes it easier for you to find that one link you urgently need.