Boost, by StudioBoost, is a free Firefox Addon that allows you to customize your Facebook experience with 300+ skins, 30+ features, rollover pics, selectable options, one-click pokes, video downloader and more! fully compatible with Firefox 3.5 and new Facebook! Best of all, it's totally free and guaranteed safe.
Frequently Asked Questions |
Homepage (autopoke, moving events/pokes, etc) or Video features broken?
Mozilla is reviewing our fix, which unfortunately takes them a few weeks. So you can either:
- wait a few weeks, and your Boost will update itself automatically
- go here and manually install the newest version
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'Rollover Pics' or 'Auto-Poke/EZ-Poke' features broken all of a sudden?
Boost will update itself in a few days, or download the update manually HERE
facebook changed something on their end, and we've updated Boost to version 9.8.* to resolve these issues. your Boost should update itself automatically in the next few days, but you can just go to Tools->Add-ons in the Firefox menu, go to the Extensions tabs and click 'Find Updates' to manually force an update to fix these issues.
facebook changed something on their end, and we've updated Boost to version 9.8.* to resolve these issues. your Boost should update itself automatically in the next few days, but you can just go to Tools->Add-ons in the Firefox menu, go to the Extensions tabs and click 'Find Updates' to manually force an update to fix these issues.
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Firefox Crashing, fb homepage freezing, flickering, refreshing or acting funny (...'s in the page title) with Boost enabled?
make sure you have the most recent version of Boost.
also, try disabling the beta 'homepage refresher' feature - this should resolve your issue
also, try disabling the beta 'homepage refresher' feature - this should resolve your issue
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Rollover pics don't work on highlights on the homepage! Homepage refresher is broken! The economy sucks!
we know, we're workin on it.
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My profile page is shifted really far to the right, or some other really odd thing is going on... what can I do?
if you don't see a big, bold announcement at the top of this page indicating that we're aware of a global issue (probably caused by a code refactoring on Facebook's end), then it's very likely that another extension you have installed (like an adblocker, etc) is conflicting with Boost and causing this.
To see if this is the case, temporarily disable all other Firefox Extensions (go to Tools->Add-ons in the Firefox menu, go to the Extensions tabs and click 'Disable' or 'Uninstall' next to the other extensions), restart Firefox and see if the problem goes away. You could also just create a new Firefox profile and add Boost to it, to see if it works.
To see if this is the case, temporarily disable all other Firefox Extensions (go to Tools->Add-ons in the Firefox menu, go to the Extensions tabs and click 'Disable' or 'Uninstall' next to the other extensions), restart Firefox and see if the problem goes away. You could also just create a new Firefox profile and add Boost to it, to see if it works.
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Where is the toolbar?
Boost hasn't had the Facebook Toolbar integrated since July 08, but you can always download and install the Official Facebook Toolbar for Firefox, which works great with Boost. If you downloaded Boost from a third party site, remember that the best place to find recent updates on Boost and other extensions is is the Official Mozilla add-ons page.
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How do I disable/enable certain features of Boost?
just click on the little Boost icon on the bottom right hand corner of your Firefox browser window to open the Boost settings window, where you can enable/disable whichever features you like
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How do I update, uninstall or disable Boost?
Boost updates itself automatically every few days, if a more recent version is available. to manually adjust installation settings, go to Tools->Add-ons in the Firefox menu, go to the Extensions tabs and click either 'Find Updates', 'Disable' or 'Uninstall'. that's it!
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Why is Boost making my Firefox slow/crash?
first, disable any feature marked 'beta' (like the Homepage Auto-Refresher) as they're not fully tested and might cause undesirable effects. next, be aware that some features (like Rollover All pics) cause page times to increase, especially on slow connections. Other features (like skinning, auto-login or most of the other features) don't affect load time at all. We've set the defaults to what will work best for most users, but if you feel like tinkering then just play around with each feature to see what your internet connection can handle
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Where can I get the most recent and updated version of Boost?
the most recent official releases, approved by Mozilla, are found on the Mozilla Addon Page or linked directly here.
if you're feeling adventuruous, you can test drive new features in our beta releases.
if you're feeling adventuruous, you can test drive new features in our beta releases.
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How can I find out what was updated in this most recent version?
just hop on over to our version history tracker and read the release notes!
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Can you make a ____ skin?
Due to overwhelming demand for custom designed skins, we are now only accepting new skin requests for those who have donated to Boost. However, feel free to use the color selector feature from the Boost Settings window to customize your own color scheme!