About:config provides access to many under the hood settings of the Firefox browser. That’s helpful for users who want to modify system settings beyond what is offered in the default options of the browser. It is also one of the distinct advantages of the Firefox browser over its competitor Google Chrome. The core audience on [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Opening Tabs In Firefox, Configuration Options
How do you like your tabs to open in the Firefox web browser? Mozilla has changed the default tab opening behavior in Firefox 3.6 noticeably. Related tabs open to the right of the active tab, while unrelated tabs open at the end of the tab row. That’s inconsistent and something that has bothered me for [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
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Easily install applications from within Firefox with Appnr
There are so many ways to install applications in Linux. There’s Synaptic, apt-get, dpkg, Ubuntu Software Center, and many more. In Ubuntu (or a Debian derivative) you can even install from your browser with the help of GDebi. But did you know there is another way to install with the help of the Firefox browser? That’s [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Change Web Form Colors In Firefox
Firefox uses default black on white colors for every web form on the Internet. What many users do not know is that it is possible to change the web form colors in the web browser which is helpful to make them more eye friendly for instance. The color settings are available as about:config parameters. Firefox [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Doing Some Firefox Configuration Spring Cleaning
The Firefox configuration file contains entries for core Firefox settings and extensions. Most users know that it is possible to change the settings by typing in about:config in the Firefox address bar. While the entries can be edited there they can not be deleted. The file tends to grow over time, largely because entries from [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
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Linux Solutions: Why does Firefox start in offline mode?
If you have this problem you know how frustrating it can be. Every time you fire up Firefox it wants to start in offline mode. To get around this you have to go to the File menu and uncheck the Work Offline box. When I first encountered this I immediately opened up about:config and searched [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
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Tweak Firefox with about:config
If you use Firefox you probably have had to enter the address about:plugins to see if the plugin you just installed actually did install. But did you know there is another “about” address you can use to do some serious tweaking in the famous open source web browser? That address: about:config. The about:config address is [...]
Delete about:config Entries in Firefox
I love Firefox because I can pretty much customize it anyway I like to suit my tastes. Besides the add-ons and themes available, Firefox even allows you to change how your browser functions. The key to this is the ‘about:config’ command that you type in the address bar. With Firefox 2, I use about:config to [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Advanced Firefox Configuration Tips
I’m still using Firefox and I thought it would be nice to share some advanced configuration tips that helped me a lot with you. This article was inspired by Lifehackers Top Firefox 2 config tweaks but adds advanced tips to the mix. Rest assured that the configuration tweaks will not list the same tips that you see on every other site nowadays, I promise new unseen tips.