Mozilla Firefox About Protocol Links

Many Firefox users know that typing about:config in the Firefox location bar will open a Firefox configuration file that provides access to user preferences that cannot be changed otherwise. Did you know that there are 15 additional protocol links available ? Not all of them are as useful as the about:config protocol link but some are definitely useful.

The other about links that fall into the useful category are about:cache which displays cache statistics and the location of the hard disk cache. It provides links to display the contents of the files that are currently cached in memory and on the disk. The other protocol link that can be useful on some occasions is the about:plugins protocol link which displays all plugins that are used by Firefox. I have written an article that is explaining how to make use of that link to check and remove plugins in Firefox.

All other Firefox about links are not that useful in my opinion, below is a list that lists all known ones:

• about:
• about:blank
• about:bloat
• about:buildconfig
• about:cache
• about:config
• about:crashes (only Firefox 3)
• about:credits
• about:logo
• about kitchensink
• about:license
• about:mozilla
• about:plugins
• about:robots

Just type the links in the location bar if you are curious about their purpose.

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10 Responses to “Mozilla Firefox About Protocol Links”

1. Thinker says:

   July 11, 2008 at 10:40 am

   Half of those links won’t work in my Firefox 3.

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2. Martin says:

   July 11, 2008 at 10:56 am

   Thinker some are only available in non-release versions like about:bloat

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3. Darius says:

   July 11, 2008 at 11:22 am

   “about kitchensink” It works without colon – “;” :)

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4. Malinthe says:

   July 11, 2008 at 12:14 pm

   about:kitchensink doesn’t work on FF3. but about kitchensink worked. but i heard it’s actually the google search working it. just google ‘about kitchensink’ and you’ll get the link :)

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5. -=Ben=- says:

   July 12, 2008 at 2:46 am

   ALL of these pages can be Fully Customized using UserStyles:
   http://userstyles.org/users/7858
   I have just uploaded my Styles for About:Robots and About:Crashes

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6. Nater Kane says:

   September 3, 2008 at 12:15 pm

   about:news

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7. Nater Kane says:

   September 3, 2008 at 1:11 pm

   about:news requres the ambient news extension.

   http://www.toolness.com/wp/?p=158

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