If you want take full advantage of all Start.me features in the Firefox browser, follow these steps.
Open Start.me on startup
When you set Start.me as the default homepage for Firefox, you can access your favorite bookmarks and widgets faster and more efficiently.
Easy method
You can set "https://start.me" as your Firefox homepage, by dragging the below image to your browser home icon.
Once you drop the image on the home icon, Firefox will confirm that you've set a new homepage.
Where is the home icon in Firefox?
This home button/icon is usually located before or after the web address bar.
If you can't see the Home button, have a look at Customize Firefox controls, buttons and toolbars.
Or, change your homepage settings through the Firefox menu:
Click the top right Options button (the Hamburger Icon).
Click the Options icon.
Go to the menu option Home.
The first option, 'New Windows and Tabs', gives you the possibility to change the default Homepage to Start.me. Select the option 'Custom URLs' from the first menu.
In the field 'Paste a URL' type: https://start.me and press enter.
That's it! You don't have to confirm anything, click the home icon to continue surfing. Now your start page will load every time you open Firefox.
Set Start.me as your new tab page
In many browsers, the user can choose the opening page for every new tab. Firefox doesn't offer this possibility. We built an extension to set New Tabs Start.me, but as of May 26, 2021, Firefox removed support for loading Start.me as your New Tab page. More info & workaround here: https://support.start.me/hc/en-us/articles/360022091280.
Install our Bookmarker Add-on (i.e. extension)
After installing our Bookmarker Add-on, you can add bookmarks at the click of a button.
Click the top right Options button (the Hamburger Icon).
Open the Add-ons manager by clicking the Add-ons button or pressing CTRL-Shift-A.
In the search-field to the top-right of your screen, type "Start.me". The first option is Start.me. Select it and click the button "+ Add to Firefox" to install.
You can install the Start.me add-on in the Firefox Add-on store.
Install our bookmarklet
To quickly add sites to your Start.me page, you can install a bookmarklet.
Detailed instructions on how to add the Bookmarklet can be find here.
Import your bookmarks
After you've set up your browser with Start.me it's time to import the bookmarks you'd like to transfer from other browsers. You'll only have to do this once. When you've stored it on your Start.me page you can access them from everywhere.
Make sure you've exported your bookmarks in HTML format.
Click the Add content button.
In the Add content pane, scroll down and locate the button Import bookmarks.
Click the Import bookmarks button, and browse to the HTML file with your bookmarks.
Click Import.
Once the importing has finished, you will see a prompt Your import has been completed.
Click Close to continue.
Resources
For questions about Firefox, including troubleshooting or customization, please check their support section: https://support.mozilla.org.
For more detailed information about our Bookmarklet, check out this article from our blog: https://blog.start.me/how-to/introducing-hidden-feature-bookmarklet/
For instructions on changing the homepage or new tab page in Firefox, click here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/How%20to%20set%20the%20home%20page
Need assistance?
If you have any questions or issues, please email us at support@start.me. We're here to help!