Archive for October, 2006

Firefox – about:config settings I like

Monday, October 30th, 2006

browser.tabs.closeButtons [Integer] – 2 so no close buttons appear. Use middle-click on tab to close it

browser.urlbar.hideGoButton [Boolean] – true. I never use it, so why have it taking up space?

keyword.URL [String] – ‘http://www.google.com/search?&q=’ . When set to this, typing something that isn’t a URL into the address line automatically goes to google and does a search.

browser.tabs.loadFolderandReplace [Boolean] – false. When open a group of tabs, won’t replace tabs already open in browser.

TweakGuides.com – Firefox Tweak Guide

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

Setup for Firefox 2.0 and how to completely clean it out. Also some info on using about:config to change Firefox settings.
TweakGuides.com – Firefox Tweak Guide

Firefox extensions – latest list

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

My list of Firefox extensions as of today.

Tab Mix Plus – Gives much better control over Tab appearance and functionality, as well as including a Session Manager. Well worth the download

FireBug – For all your web page development tasks. CSS, Javascript, Ajax development. Layout problems etc. Well worth checking out and installing if you do ANY web page development with CSS or Javascript.

Download Manager Tweak Extension – Allows the download manager to be opened in a tab, and a few other minor enhancements.

Image Zoom – for zooming in and out on images.

Feed Your Reader – Will re-direct RSS feeds to your favourite reader. I use this to ‘feed’ them to Feeddemon

IETab – If you want to open a window in Firefox, but it really needs IE, then this extension is for you. Used the IE control inside a Firefox tab.

CSE HTML Validator – if you use the CSE HTML Validator, this plug-in lets you use it on a loaded page. Can have it validate all pages you load, or only when you do a View source. Note, the plug-in works with the free version too.

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Web Developer Extension – Essential if you do any web development. Allows for quick selection of information, and selective control over stylesheets, cookies and other items related to web page design.