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* [[About pages | Other hidden "about: pages"]] | |||
* [[About:config | Access hidden preferences]]. | * [[About:config | Access hidden preferences]]. | ||
* [[Make external programs in Linux use the right browser | Make external programs in Linux use Firefox]] for opening URLs. | * [[Make external programs in Linux use the right browser | Make external programs in Linux use Firefox]] for opening URLs. |
Revision as of 10:13, 6 April 2005
Here are some tips for anything you could want to do with Firefox. Some tips just propose and explain a feature of Firefox, some show how to change the code to do something, and some explain how to customize. If you don't find how to do what you want here, look for an extension that does it.
Usability
Tabs
- About tabbed browsing.
- Bookmark or save multiple tabs.
- Italicize the title of unread background tabs.
Customizations
- Move the tabbar
- Customize the context menu.
- Change the phrase "Mozilla Firefox" in the window title.
- Try a new theme to make your browser look different.
Display
- Install nicer-looking fonts on Linux.
- Disable animated GIFs and images.
Profile
- Back up your profile.
- When something's amiss, create a new profile.
- Create a profile without the random xxxxxxxx.slt.
Misc
- Other hidden "about: pages"
- Access hidden preferences.
- Make external programs in Linux use Firefox for opening URLs.
- Use the Search Bar.
- Perform quick searches aka keyword searches.
- Import cookies from IE to Firefox.
- Move Firefox plugins to a location where it won't be erased by manual uninstalls.
- Use Emacs keybindings instead.
- Send the current page or a link to it to a friend using Firefox.
- Make media stream instead of downloading then playing.
- Access managers, dialog boxes, etc. in a tab or a window.
- Getting Firefox to look, function and behave like Opera through various extensions and themes