How to configure Firefox 3.5 to use a proxy

Everytime a new major version of Firefox is released, I check to see if there are any changes in the way the browser can be configured to use a proxy. Firefox 3.5 brings no changes this this area, but I will recap for the ones that don’t know.

The first step is to find a good proxy (IP:port).  Take a look to Proxy4Free.com. You are probably interested in changing your country, but you also must ne careful to choose a high anonymous proxy.

After you have chosen the proxy you can start configuring your Firefox 3.5 browser.

Here is what you have to do next:

1. Open Firefox 3.5
2. Go to Tools -> Options… 
    

3. Choose Network tab and press Settings button
    
4. In the Connection Settings window, check Manual proxy configuration:
5. Tehn, fill in the HTTP Proxy and the Port taken from the above proxy list (e.g. 75.126.231.173: 3128 where the IP address of the proxy is 75.126.231.173 and the port is 3128) (take a look above).
6. Press Ok and then Ok again and you are done.

After the configuration is completed go to What Is My IP page and check your new IP address. You can now browse anonymously using Firefox 3.5.

P.S. When you are done with the proxy don’t forget to switch back to No proxy.