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* [http://www.mozillazine.org/misc/about:mozilla/7:15.xhtml about:mozilla] — The famous ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Mozilla Book of Mozilla]''. | * [http://www.mozillazine.org/misc/about:mozilla/7:15.xhtml about:mozilla] — The famous ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Mozilla Book of Mozilla]''. | ||
* [[about:plugins]] — Lists all your plugins as well as other useful information. | * [[about:plugins]] — Lists all your plugins as well as other useful information. | ||
* [http://command.hyperphp.com/robots/aboutRobots.xhtml about:robots] — Easter egg, see [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=417302 bug 417302]. Beginning with March 8th, 2008 trunk builds, it's now available on Firefox 3.0b5.. | |||
===Extensions=== | ===Extensions=== | ||
Revision as of 15:14, 8 April 2008
There are a few special URLs, which begin with about:, that you can type into the Location Bar.
- about: — The same page as "Help -> About".
- about:about — Lists all these about: URLs (Mozilla Suite only).
- about:blank — A blank page. Useful for setting as your homepage.
- about:bloat — Displays BloatView output (disabled in release builds).
- about:bloat?new
- about:bloat?clear
- about:buildconfig — Reveals details about your Mozilla build options.
- about:cache — Displays cache statistics and disk cache directory location.
- about:cache?device=memory — Lists memory cache entries.
- about:cache?device=disk — Lists disk cache entries.
- about:cache-entry — Shows information about a cache entry. Used in about:cache links. Requires parameters.
- about:config — GUI for modifying user preferences (prefs.js).
- about:credits — The list of contributors to the Mozilla projects.
- about:logo — Displays the Mozilla logo (Mozilla Suite only).
- about:kitchensink — Was never included in Mozilla for the reasons listed in Bug 122411 ("Mozilla does not have a kitchen sink"). You can install an extension that adds it though :)
- about:license — shows the Mozilla Public License and the Netscape Public License for the piece of software. ( Only in products based on Gecko 1.8 or later)
- about:mozilla — The famous Book of Mozilla.
- about:plugins — Lists all your plugins as well as other useful information.
- about:robots — Easter egg, see bug 417302. Beginning with March 8th, 2008 trunk builds, it's now available on Firefox 3.0b5..
Extensions
Certain extensions add a few additional about: URLs.
- Firesomething adds two excerpts from The Book of Mozilla, Extended edition (about:firefox and about:firesomething).
- InfoLister adds about:info, a listing of your extensions, themes, and plugins.
- about:kitchensink extension
- MR Tech's About:About
