In most cases, visual bookmarks in Mozilla Firefox installed using extensions. Failures that appear in the disappearance of these elements may be associated with errors in the work of the plug-ins themselves or the web browser itself. Let's consider how by reinstalling the extension or from a previously created backup, you can restore these elements in Mozilla if they disappeared for some unknown reason.
Restart the plugin
The most likely reason for the problem with the browser is the termination of work installed plugin... There may be several reasons for this, for example, viruses or a system failure could change the browser settings. To solve the problem, do the following:
1. In Firefox, open the settings menu by clicking on the button with horizontal stripes.
2. In the drop-down menu, open the add-ons.
3. In the Extensions tab, select your visual tab extension and click on Enable or Enable.
All that remains is to restart Mozilla, after which the visual bookmarks should appear as they were.
If the browser is blocking add-ons
Some extensions refuse to work after Firefox updates because the browser cannot verify their compatibility with new version... You will not be able to use them until the add-on developer adapts it for the updated browser. However, at your own peril and risk, this limitation can be circumvented:
1. Go to the configuration editor by entering about: config in the address bar;
2. Use the search function to find the string xpinstall.signatures.required;
3. This command is set to "true" by default in Firefox, change it to "false" double click mouse by line or by pressing Enter.
After that, the application will not require the mandatory signature of the add-ons and your visual bookmarks will be able to work in the browser. However, there are no guarantees that they will do this without errors.
Reinstalling the add-on
If suddenly your panel has disappeared completely installed previously add-ons, then reinstall them:
1. Using the method described above, from the Mozilla control panel enter the add-ons section.
2. In the side menu, open the first item that allows you to install new add-ons to Mozilla.
3. In the directory that opens, use the search box to install the required extension. For example, if you have used Speed Dial before, enter the name into the search form and press Enter. 
It remains to select the desired add-on from the options offered and agree with its installation. When the process is complete, restart your browser - this way you can restore the old visual bookmarks.
If you have used Yandex elements, there is an even easier way to restore them. You need to go to the address https://element.yandex.ru/, where click on the icon for setting visual bookmarks, after which the extension will be installed automatically.
Making a backup of the browser settings
To do this, you can use the built-in redundancy feature:
- Go to the bookmarks menu, select the command that displays all of them;
- In the "Library" window that opens, click on the import and backups tab;
- In the drop-down list, you can choose to create or restore the items we need from the archive.
Browser settings are backed up automatically on a daily basis. But so that any of them, including visual bookmarks, can be quickly restored at any time, it is better to periodically back up them yourself, especially since the archive copy does not take up much space on the disk.
You can also use a small utility called MozBackUp to create a backup. The application is old, nevertheless it works well on all modern Windows operating systems and successfully backs up fresh settings Firefox versions... Working with MozBackUp is pretty simple:
1. After installing and launching MozBackUp, you will see a welcome window, click "Next";
2. In the section of operations with a profile, select "Save"; 
3. Specify the directory on the disk where the PCV backup created by the utility will be stored; 
Mozilla Firefox is a flexible browser builder that can be supplemented with various functionality using plug-ins. Among such functionality is an express panel of visual bookmarks for quick and convenient access to selected user sites.
Mozilla Firefox has a powerful enough functionality preinstalled for working with ordinary bookmarks, including the ability to quickly add favorite sites to the browser collection, sort bookmarks by subject folders, as well as export, import and create backups. But the pre-installed visual bookmarks that open in a new browser tab leave much to be desired - the number of cells for selected sites is limited, and adding new thumbnails is possible only after removing old ones from free cells. In this case, free cells are filled only by automatically adjusting new sites in them from the browser history.
Let's look at more effective and practical express panels of visual bookmarks for the Fire Fox in the extension store. Let's take a look at the best ones.
5 best quick visual bookmark panels for Mozilla Firefox browser
How to complete the browser with various extensions, including specifically Mozilla Firefox, is described in the article "".
Top-PageThe Top-Page extension is a cross-platform solution that will surely interest those who are constantly changing browsers or computer devices.
The Top-Page.Ru web service offers a completely free service for storing custom bookmarks in the online organization of the express panel of website thumbnails.
Once you set up the express panel and organize your favorite sites on it, you can instantly access visual bookmarks from the window of any browser, on any device - be it a computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone. To do this, you just need to first register with the Top-Page.Ru web service, and then log in.
The express panel of visual bookmarks Top-Page is not the best masterpiece of design, it is far from the most advanced functional product, nevertheless, there is the possibility of changing background picture and adjusting the number of thumbnails of the selected sites by width.
To add a site to the visual Top-Page bookmarks, click on an empty cell with a plus sign and enter the web address. If you are too lazy to enter the name, you do not need to do it. The name will be generated automatically.
Another cross-platform option for organizing an express panel of visual bookmarks in the Mozilla Firefox browser is Atavi Bookmarks from the free Atavi.Com web service.
But these bookmarks, unlike all the other express panels presented in this review, are not installed from the Mozilla Firefox extension store, but from the Yandex Elements website.
Fast Dial is a customizable extension for Mozilla Firefox.
In its settings, the number of displayed cells of visual bookmarks on the page can be adjusted by setting any numerical value in width and length. The size of the tab cells themselves is also adjustable.
In the Fast Dial settings
you can set your own background image for the express bar of visual bookmarks. You can also choose the design of the cells, the font of the inscriptions and other subtleties of design.
To add a new visual bookmark, click an empty cell and enter the web address of the selected site. Each visual tab can choose its own logo, as well as assign hotkeys for shortcuts.
Fast Dial is one of the most beautiful express visual bookmark panels in the Mozilla Firefox extension store.
But, at the same time, it is somewhat inferior to the next participant in the review - the express panel of visual bookmarks FVD Speed Dial.
FVD Speed DialFVD Speed Dial is, perhaps, the most beautiful, most effective, most functional, most customizable express visual bookmark panel for Mozilla Firefox.
But, along with this, and the most ponderous.
The effects and functionality of the extension can slow down the browser on weak computer devices... Alas, you always have to sacrifice something.
FVD Speed Dial contains a lot of settings, thanks to which the design and organization of the express panel can be fine-tuned to suit your taste - choose a beautiful background image, customize the font of the labels, set the transparency of the buttons, specify the size of the cells, etc.
FVD Speed Dial allows you to organize visual bookmarks by thematic groups, thereby preventing cluttering of the express panel with bookmarks. In this case, a group of popular bookmarks from regularly visited sites is generated automatically. Switching between groups is very convenient, their links are neatly lined up at the top of the express panel.
To add a new visual bookmark, we traditionally click on an empty cell with a plus sign on the express panel, enter the website's website address, we can assign a group, title and picture from among the proposed ones for the bookmark.
Despite the fact that FVD Speed Dial is far from being an accomplice to the performance of Mozilla Firefox, the advantages of this express panel of visual bookmarks are obvious - beauty will save the world.
Users of low-power netbooks and old PC assemblies can, for example, abandon the cumbersome wallpaper, leaving the preset background of the express panel white so as not to burden the browser.
FVD Speed Dial is definitely one of the best and the most convenient express panels visual bookmarks for browsers. By setting this extension into your Internet browser, you will instantly have the fastest and easiest access to all your favorite and most visited websites, as well as the ability to use many other useful functions.
The main pleasant feature that distinguishes Speed Dial from other browser extensions of a similar plan is that this express panel is created in an amazing three-dimensional form and, with all the abundance of graphic "bells and whistles", absolutely does not slow down the browser!
All quick bookmarks for websites on the express panel are presented in the most visual way - in the form of speed dials (special tiles with a picture and a signature). When adding each new dial, you can use both standard (pre-installed) captions and screenshots, or your own. In addition, in the extension settings, there is the possibility of a complete re-configuration of the design. You can arbitrarily change the number of speed dials on the panel, set their size, set the degree of transparency, change the color and even font size for signatures. Also, you can easily change the color and transparency of the background of the panel itself, or even set your own picture instead of the existing standard one.
The FVD Speed Dial functionality also makes the most pleasant experience. In addition to the standard functions that are required for working with visual bookmarks, Speed Dial also contains many additional interesting software tools:
- the ability to password protect against unauthorized viewing of your bookmarks by unauthorized people;
- the ability to create various groups of bookmarks for more convenient sorting and organization of the bookmark catalog;
- the ability to create "black" lists for unwanted sites;
- advanced search function for all bookmarks and history;
- synchronization function, which makes it possible to use your bookmarks from any third-party computer;
- the function of creating backup copies of bookmarks with the ability to save the backup file on the hard disk of the computer and much more.
Flash Video Downloader Speed Dial is a popular add-on extension for Mozilla browser Firefox with a wide range of tools. Speed Dial for Firefox allows users to transform their favorite search engine, to make the work convenient and pleasant.
How to install Speed Dial
You can download Speed Dial for Mozilla Firefox and install the application through the settings menu of the browser itself by going to the "Add-ons" tab. Further in the section "Extensions" in search bar to dial keywords"Speed dial". In the best matching applications, Speed Dial will appear first in the list. You can get acquainted with technical characteristics and brief overview of this extension by clicking on the item "More". The "Install" button will download and install the program to custom browser.
To download and installed application took effect, you must restart your Internet browser.
Note: In the "Extensions" tab there will be a new installed Speed Dial add-on marked "Deprecated". This does not mean that the application is out of date and will not work. The thing is that the developers from the Mozilla Corporation and the Mozilla Foundation take into account the wishes of their fans and care about the safety of users. In new browser releases, current add-ons will be created by new technology and named "WebExtensions". And those working in the old-fashioned way will be marked with a yellow "Obsolete" button.
How to set up Speed Dial
After installing the extension in the panel quick access a new icon for the Speed Dial application will not appear. To start designing your browser and make your own adjustments to the application settings, you just need to open a new tab.
In the upper right corner of the open start tab for the Speed Dial settings, there is a control panel, in which there are seven icons with specific functionality:
An important point in this paragraph is the ability to manage groups of tabs. The user can create them at his discretion, breaking the saved links to sites on different topics. For example: popular, work, home, games and so on and so forth.
By clicking on the next icon, the user will be presented with the opportunity to view links to earlier open internet resources, as well as customize their display: by the number of links, by date. Synchronization setup. And also an important function for recovering deleted links can come in handy over time!
The third icon belongs to the display function recently closed tabs, with the ability to vary the display of their number.
The next icon in the form of a circle with arrows catching up with each other is sync.
In order to use the synchronization of tab information, the user needs to install the additional application EverSync. This can be done directly from the suggested pop-up window after clicking on the sync icon.
General settings (gear icon) for personal adjustment of the background, text, URL links and much more. You can experiment with this application as much as you like. After all, if the user is already completely overplayed, you can always simply delete this extension and reinstall it.
The application is not bulky, it does not negatively affect the performance of the Mozilla Firefox browser, on the contrary, the systematization of the saved tabs, with the ability to save them during synchronization, greatly simplifies the work when surfing.
However, Firefox's idea of Speed Dial functionality is very different from what users want. The extension only shows the history of your last open pages and doesn't even let you specify what you want. This is where the FVD Speed Dial comes into play. This full-featured Firefox add-on fundamentally changes the functionality of Speed Dial to what it should have been from the start.
Getting Started with FVD Speed Dial
The installation process for FVD Speed Dial is the same as for others. Firefox add-ons... You will need to restart your browser before using the extension.
Setting up the FVD Speed Dial
FVD Speed has a large number of settings with which you can customize it to fit your needs.
Click the "Gear Icon" button on the Speed Dial page to start.
Global Options allows you to work with basic settings and customization of the appearance.
From here, you can enable various FVD Speed Dial options, as well as select the default page opening mode in a new tab.
View settings give you the ability to change the Speed Dial's view and perception.
You can resize the dial pad so that the most frequently used dials are larger than other parts of the Speed Dial.
You can also change the scrolling method as well as the general theme between light and dark in Speed Dial.
The Speed Dial settings allow you to enable popular groups and create a set of groups.
Click the "Manage" button to create and organize your own set.
The Most Visited setting changes the number of sites shown in the Speed Dial and how they are organized (by visits or dates) and for what time period they are calculated.
The Recently Closed settings allow you to change the number of tabs that are displayed at the same time.
Background allows you to select a background color or image to use in the Speed Dial.
The Text Color allows you to further customize the Speed Dial's color scheme, giving you options for each type of text it uses.
FVD Speed Dial Synchronization
One of best features included in FVD Speed Dial is integration with EverSync. This allows you to sync the kits so that you can access them anywhere. Firefox browser, regardless of the computer used.
EverSync will ask you to restart Firefox to use it. EverSync not only syncs your Speed Dial: it also syncs your bookmarks and other Firefox data, if configured correctly.
You don't need to subscribe to EverSync to allow it to save Speed Dials and other data from Firefox. Registration account just provides you with some security, so you and "cards in hand." Otherwise, you can simply use EverSync to Reserve copy and restore bookmarks Speed Dials and much more. This process is the same for every type of backup and recovery.
Go to the "Speed Dial" tab and click "Backup Dials".
Clicking "Restore Dials" will allow you to select backup to restore in Firefox.
