Making "Open link in new Tab" the first option in context menu in firefox

I still love firefox, but then just because its good does not mean that it cannot get better, i have used Google chrome now and then and there was one feature of chrome that i always envied, but it was only today that i found a way to replicate the same feature in Firefox.

Well the feature in question was that in Chrome, the "Open link in new tab" option appears first in the context menu. In fact one of the main features of Firefox has been tabbed browsing, so it really stumps me as to why they still havent made the option as their first option. Anyways, cribbing apart, here is how i made the change possible:

There is a wonderful addon called "Menu Editor" in Firefox. All we need to do is install it. To install the addon, Goto Tools>Add-ons, goto tab Get new addons and search for Menu Editor and install it.

After installing and restarting firefox, u can open the options for the Menu Editor by opening the installed addon, and reorder and remove any and all options that one wishes to rearrange and remove.

This addon is also particularly helpful in removing the exorbitantly large number of options that we get in the right click context menu of firefox.

Avira automatic updates not working...

I had recently written loads of praise about how Avira has been treating me well for so long, so when last week the Automatic update stopped working i was actually upset. The updater simply gave a message "Internet Connection Failed" and closed itself. So i googled all that i could and finally came up with the problem and the solution.

It seems that the DNS records of avira.com, and the update servers, are being redirected to resalehost.networksolutions.com for some reason i do not know, in case u wish to know whats the case at ur end, u can run the following at your command prompt:
"tracert dl1.avgate.net"

It seems that the DNS records are finally returning 127.0.0.1 at the end. Hence we are unable to access the site and the connection with the servers could not be made.

Anyways the bottom line is that the solution was an entry into the HOSTS file for the update servers.

In order to open the HOSTS file, Goto Start>Run and type drivers, then goto etc, open the file hosts using notepad.

Add the following entry to the end of the hosts file(these are the IPs of the update servers)

62.146.66.181 dl1.avgate.net
62.146.66.182 dl2.avgate.net
62.146.66.183 dl3.avgate.net
62.146.66.184 dl4.avgate.net
80.190.143.235 dl5.avgate.net
80.190.143.236 dl6.avgate.net

save the file and u are done.

In case, in future u are faced with problems with the update, because of the entry, all u will need to do is delete the entry from the file. Enjoy Avira.