Firefox Notes

Hints for Firefox (and Iceweasel). Mostly outdated and obsolete.

Add-ons

Must-have add-ons

• Addblock+ – removes crap from web pages.
• NoScript – lets you choose which site may run scripts.
• PDF Download – prevents (almost) all PDFs from being automatically opened in the browser window.
• IE Tab – (on Windoze systems), lets you use the IE engine within (!) Firefox (excellent for Outlook web access).
• Firebug – debug scripts, (X)HTML and CSS, essential for web developers.
• YSlow for Firebug
• Web Developer – essential for web developers.
• Flashblock – prevents flash content from being run automatically.
• MiniFox or Littlefox – (for small screens), maximises usable screen size for content.
• Add Bookmark Here 2
• Flat Bookmark Editing 0.8.1 – Edit bookmarks properties right in the bookmarks manager window (no silly properties dialogues).
• Compact Menu 2 – access the menu from a single button (replacement for the menu bar).
• View Source Chart – Draws a colour-coded chart of a web page’s source code.
• Neo Diggler – URL (location bar) actions (one level up, clear and similar).
• Tab Mix Plus – excellent tabbing stuff.
• Foxmarks – bookmark sync.
• Mouse Gestures Redox
• Feed Sidebar

Nice-to-have add-ons

• Download Statusbar – adds a status bar for downloads.
• FireFTP – quite usable, however, doesn’t beat ncftp or lftp.
• ColorfulTabs – colourises tab riders.
• Zoom toolbar
• Image zoom – adds a zoom control (context menu) to images.
• FlagFox – why not.
• ShowIP – why not.
• GreaseMonkey
• Platypus
• Context Style Switcher
• It's all Text!
• MIME-Edit

Still testing / not yet tested

• Firemacs – Holy key bindings (annoys if one’s used to fx default key bindings).
• PicLens
• Fasterfox – not sure if this is really a good idea.
• Modify Headers and Tamper Data – Not really needed if you have the Firebug and Web Developer add-ons (?).
• Aardvark

UI

• CTRL-PGUP and CTRL-PGDN switch tabs.
• Middle-click opens a link in a new tab.
• CTRL-L goes to the location bar.
• CTRL-K goes to the search bar.
• SHIFT-Mousewheel changes font size.
• / starts search, / + ESC hides search bar.

Keyword search

• gg Google: http://www.google.ch/search?&q=%s&safe=off
• ggi Google Images: http://images.google.com/images?q=%s&safe=off
• wp Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=%s
• leo LEO English--Deutsch (PDA version!): http://pda.leo.org/?lp=ende&search=%s
• leofr LEO Français--Deutsch (PDA version!): http://pda.leo.org/frde?lp=frde&search=%s

Configure application to open mailto: links with

Go to about:config and add/change network.protocol-handler.app.mailto to whatever you like. kmailservice would use kmail to open a compose new mail window.

EmulateWheel

Mit EmulateWheel (z.B. auf dem thinkpad) ist folgendes noch zu deaktivieren:

• browser.tabs.opentabfor.middleclick
• middlemouse.contentLoadURL
• middlemouse.openNewWindow

Allow file:// Links

From http://www.techlifeweb.com/firefox/2006/07/how-to-open-file-links-in-firefox-15.html:

Add to user.js:

user_pref("capability.policy.policynames", "localfilelinks");
user_pref("capability.policy.localfilelinks.sites", "https://wiki.company.com https://intranet.company.com");
user_pref("capability.policy.localfilelinks.checkloaduri.enabled", "allAccess");

created: 2008-03-07, updated: 2015-10-10