Firefox tips

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.

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

• Backup your profile.
• When something's amiss, create a new profile.
• Create a profile without the random xxxxxxxx.slt.

Misc

• Access hidden preferences.
• Make external programs in Linux use Firefox for opening URLs.
• Use the search bar.
• Perform quick 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.