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* [[Profile backup | Back up]] your profile. | * [[Profile backup | Back up]] your profile. | ||
* When something's amiss, [[Profile Manager | create a new profile]]. | * When something's amiss, [[Profile Manager | create a new profile]]. | ||
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* Use the [[Search Bar]]. | |||
* Perform [[Firefox : Tips : Quick searches | quick searches]] aka [[Using keyword searches | keyword searches]]. | |||
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* [[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. | ||
* [[Firefox : Tips : Import Cookies From IE to Firefox | Import cookies from IE to Firefox]]. | * [[Firefox : Tips : Import Cookies From IE to Firefox | Import cookies from IE to Firefox]]. | ||
* [[Move plugins to an another location (Firefox) | Move Firefox plugins to a location where it won't be erased by manual uninstalls]]. | * [[Move plugins to an another location (Firefox) | Move Firefox plugins to a location where it won't be erased by manual uninstalls]]. | ||
Revision as of 14:16, 15 June 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
- Mouse tips.
- Keyboard tips.
- Mouse+keyboard tips.
- Performance tuning tips. discussion thread summary of the thread
Tabs
- About tabbed browsing.
- Bookmark or save multiple tabs.
- Italicize the title of unread background tabs.
History
- Get a Mozilla-style history window
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.
- Portable Firefox [1][2]
- Firefox Kiosk
Display
- Install nicer-looking fonts on Linux.
- Disable animated GIFs and images.
- Suppress new windows From target="_blank" links
Profile
- Back up your profile.
- When something's amiss, create a new profile.
Search
- Use the Search Bar.
- Perform quick searches aka keyword searches.
Misc
- Throbber button url
- Other hidden "about: pages"
- Access hidden preferences.
- Make external programs in Linux use Firefox for opening URLs.
- 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
- Firefox mass deployment [3] [4]
