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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 [[Firefox : FAQs : Extensions | extension]] that does it.
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===Usability===
* [[Mouse Tips | Mouse tips]].
* [[Firefox : Tips : Keyboard Tips | Keyboard tips]].
* [[Mouse-Keyboard Combo Tips | Mouse+keyboard tips]].
 
===Tabs===
* About [[tabbed browsing]].
* [[Bookmark or save multiple tabs]].
* [[Change the style of tab markers | Italicize the title of unread background tabs]].
 
===History===
* Get a Mozilla-style [[history window]]
 
===Customizations===
* [[Move the tabbar (Firefox) | Move the tabbar]]
* [[Firefox : Tips : Customize context menu | Customize the context menu]].
* [[Firefox : Tips : Changing the Words Mozilla Firefox in Window Title | Change the phrase "Mozilla Firefox" in the window title]].
* Try a new [http://themes.mozdev.org theme] to make your browser look different.
* Portable Firefox [http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/portable_firefox/][http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#oth_usb]
* [http://tln.lib.mi.us/~amutch/pro/phoenix/kiosk.htm Firefox Kiosk]
 
===Display===
* Install [http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/ nicer-looking fonts on Linux].
* Disable [[Animated images | animated GIFs and images]].
* [[Suppress new windows]] From target="_blank" links
* [[Firefox windows classic|Changing Firefox 1.5 menus back to classic look]]
 
===Profile===
* [[Profile backup | Back up]] your profile.
* When something's amiss, [[Profile Manager | create a new profile]].
 
===Search===
* Use the [[Search Bar]].
* Perform [[Firefox : Tips : Quick searches | quick searches]] aka [[Using keyword searches | keyword searches]].
* Take control of [[Location Bar Search]].
 
===Misc===
* [[Mozilla_Button_URL | Throbber button url]]
* [[About protocol links | Other hidden "about: pages"]]
* [[About:config | Access hidden preferences]].
* [[Make external programs in Linux use the right browser | Make external programs in Linux use Firefox]] for opening URLs.
* How to [[Override iexplore.exe]] at the CreateProcess level
* [[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]].
* [[Emacs Keybindings (Firefox) | Use Emacs keybindings instead]].
* [[Firefox : Tips : Send Link | Send the current page or a link to it to a friend using Firefox]].
* [[Firefox : Tips : Streaming Media | Make media stream instead of downloading then playing]].
* [[Chrome URLs | Access managers, dialog boxes, etc. in a tab or a window]].
 
===See also===
* [http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips List of tips at mozilla.org]

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