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Increase the Number of Recommended Add-ons Firefox 3 Displays

The Add-on manager in Firefox now has a “Get Add-ons” option, which displays five recommended add-ons for you to download. In this guide you’ll learn how to increase that number; thus, improving your chances of finding really helpful add-ons.

Don’t have Firefox 3? Get it here.

Increase the Number of Recommended Add-ons

This tip is really simple to follow and requires you to do the following:

  1. Type about:config into the address bar and press enter
  2. Agree to be careful
  3. Type extensions.getAddons.maxResults into the filter field
  4. Double click on the result and change the value from 5 to a higher number (8 maximum)

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Firefox 3’s Recommended Add-ons Before

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Firefox 3’s Recommended Add-ons After

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Now pat yourself on the shoulder and enjoy your day!

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15 Responses to “Increase the Number of Recommended Add-ons Firefox 3 Displays”

  1. Sam Says:
    July 8th, 2008 at 4:01 pm

    How do you know all this stuff????

  2. WinDoze Says:
    July 10th, 2008 at 1:05 am

    seriously dude, HOW??

  3. Cool tip Says:
    July 11th, 2008 at 8:08 pm

    Great tip and I agree with the guys above. This is such a good site and I noticed you changed the links around, and they look really good. Keep up the good work.

  4. Milo Alvarez Says:
    July 13th, 2008 at 9:00 am

    Now I will have too many plugins!!! Oh well I really like this tip — one of the best here and yet so simple!

  5. Kazelibm Says:
    July 14th, 2008 at 8:38 pm

    Hi webmaster!

  6. Serene Says:
    July 17th, 2008 at 5:57 am

    Simple, but cool tip

  7. Diesel Says:
    July 18th, 2008 at 3:45 pm

    Nice :) :) :)

  8. Dominic Says:
    July 19th, 2008 at 5:37 am

    I’m gonna try this now because I love finding new and useful add-ons

  9. Anon Says:
    July 21st, 2008 at 10:59 am

    What’s the point? More clutter for your already bloated browser

  10. Collen C Says:
    July 22nd, 2008 at 9:42 am

    Thanks… I knew you could do this.. just didn’t know how.

  11. Stephen Alvarez Says:
    July 24th, 2008 at 9:43 am

    Surprisingly useful

  12. adel phakye Says:
    July 28th, 2008 at 9:52 am

    Thanks for the advice, do you know how to stop the automatic virus check?

  13. Rich Says:
    July 28th, 2008 at 10:07 am

    @Adel - Do the following:

    1. Type about:config in the Firefox address bar
    2. Now filter the following browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone
    3. Set the parameter to False
  14. Rich Says:
    July 28th, 2008 at 10:09 am

    Thanks for your comments everyone!

    There are too many spam comments coming on this post. Comments closed.

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