We Discussed Previuosly about the various tweaks,tips,tricks that you can do with firefox..
Here is the second part to it...
Many tricks given here may require latest version of Firefox WITH GOOLGLE TOOLBAR, which you can download from the right hand side column
The Profile Folder :
The profile folder is where Firefox saves all your settings and refers to a location on your hard drive.
On Windows XP/2000, the path is usually
%AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.defaul t\, where xxxxxxxx is a random string of 3 characters. Just browse to C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ and the rest should be obvious.
On Windows 95/98/Me, the path is usually C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\ .
On Linux, the path is usually ~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxxxxx.default/ .
On MacOS X, the path is usually ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/xxxxxxxx.default/ .
Firefox is capable of handling more than one user and thus, more than one profile. The path examples above refers to the default profile that is automatically created when you start Firefox for the first time. You can manage any number of profiles by using the Profile Manager.
%AppData% is a shorthand for the Application Data path on Windows 2000/XP. To use it, click Start > Run..., enter %AppData% and press Enter. You will be taken to the "real" folder, which is normally C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Application Data.
user.js :-
This is the main preferences file for Firefox and is located in you profile folder. The file does not exist by default, so you need to create it before you can start adding your preferences.
userChrome.css :-
This file sets the display rules for various elements in the Firefox user interface and is located in the sub-folder called chrome in your profile folder. As with user.js, this file does not exist by default, so you need to create it before you can start adding your preferences. There's actually an example file that exists by default, called "userChrome-example.css". Basically, you can just rename that file by removing the "-example" part.
userContent.css :-
This file sets the display rules for web content and is located in the sub-folder called chrome in your profile folder. As with user.js, this file does not exist by default, so you need to create it before you can start adding your preferences. As with userChrome.css, there is an example file that exists by default, called "userContent-example.css". Basically, you can just rename that file by removing the "-example" part.
Mozilla Firefox Optimizer
To avoid getting timeout when viewing any web site in firefox:
Get this Mozilla Optimizer, it keeps the connection alive....
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/B...ptimizer.shtml
Mozilla Optimizer improves the browsing speed in all browsers based on the
Gecko Rendering Engine (GRE) like Mozilla, Phoenix, Mozilla Firebird and
Mozilla Firefox as well as Netscape 6 and Netscape 7. All optimizations can be applied manually, this tool simply automates this procedure!
You can also do the same manually, by adding following lines (replace if they already exist) in prefs.js file:
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 100);
user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true);
user_pref("content.notify.interval", 100000);
user_pref("content.notify.backoffcount", 5);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 8);
user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 32);
user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 8);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 4);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 2);
Firefox Tabbed Browsing Tips and Tricks
1. Trick to Reveal More Tab/Window Options :
There are some hidden options for the Tabbed Browsing that will allow you to force links that open new windows to open in the current or a new tab. First, add the following code to your user.js file:
// Reveal more tab/window options:
user_pref("browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs" , true);
Restart Firefox and go to Tools > Options... (Edit > Preferences... under Linux and MacOS X), select Advanced and click on Tabbed Browsing.
2. Remove the close button from the tab bar :
You can remove the close button from the tab bar by adding the following code to your userChrome.css file:
/* Remove the close button on the tab bar */
.tabs-closebutton {
display: none !important;
}
You can still close tabs by right clicking on them and select Close Tab, or by pressing Ctrl+W
3. Remove items from the main menu :
Some people like to place all their toolbar items on the same row as the menu. In order to save horizontal space, you can remove top menu items that you don't use. Add the following code to your userChrome.css file:
/* Remove the Go and Help menus
(These are just examples. Try changing "Go" to "Edit" or "Bookmarks") */
menu[label="Go"], menu[label="Help"] {
display: none !important;
}
Firefox Change Cursor Tips and Tricks
1. Change the cursor for links that open in new window :
This neat trick will change the mouse pointer when you hover it over links that will open a new window. Add the following code to your userContent.css file:
/* Change cursor for links that open in new window */
:link[target="_blank"], :visited[target="_blank"],
:link[target="_new"], :visited[target="_new"] {
cursor: crosshair;
}
2. Change the cursor for JavaScript links :
This tip will change the mouse pointer when you hover it over links that will perform a JavaScript command. Add the following code to your userContent.css file:
/* Change cursor for JavaScript links */
a[href^="javascript:"] {
cursor: move;
}
Firefox Some Advanced Tips for Tabbed Browsing
Home Page as tabs :
Instead of just one web page as your homepage, you can make your home page several pages. Select your favorite web sites and open them in a set of tabbed windows. Go to Tools -> Options and select 'General'. Under 'Home Page', press the 'Use Current Pages' button. Now when you hit the Home button on the Navigation toolbar, your favorite web sites will load with just one click.
Bookmarking a set of tabs :
You can bookmark a set of tabs when selecting 'Bookmark This Page' or Ctrl+D Check the 'Bookmark all tabs in a folder' checkbox to store all the tabs in the current window into a Bookmark Folder.
More shortcuts :
While it's easy to select tabs with a mouse, you can also cycle through tabs using the keyboard: use Ctrl+PgUp (or Ctrl+Tab) and Ctrl+PgDn (or Shift+Ctrl+Tab). You can also select the first tab by pressing Ctrl+1, and so on up to the 9th tab with Ctrl+9. If you have a middle mouse button, click it on a tab to close the tab.
Firefox About URLs Tips
Guys! There are a few special URLs, which begin with about:, that you can type into the Location Bar of Firefox.
* about: — The same page as "Help -> About".
* about:about — Lists all these about: URLs (Mozilla Suite only).
* about:blank — A blank page. Useful for setting as your homepage.
* about:buildconfig — Reveals details about your Mozilla build options.
* about:cache — Displays cache statistics.
* about:cache?device=memory — Lists memory cache entries.
* about:cache?device=disk — Lists disk cache entries.
* about:cache-entry — Shows information about a cache entry. Used in about:cache links. Requires parameters.
* about:config — GUI for modifying user preferences (prefs.js).
* about:credits — The list of contributors to the Mozilla projects.
* about:logo — Displays the Mozilla logo (Mozilla Suite only).
* about:license — shows the Mozilla Public License and the Netscape Public License for the piece of software. ( Only in products based on Gecko 1.8 ).
* about:mozilla — The famous Book of Mozilla.
* aboutlugins — Lists all your plugins as well as other useful information.
Some more Tips about Firefox
1.
We always backup our Favorites in Firefox, so that whenever we reinstall the browser we can safely restore them without ne problem. (If u don't know how to backup favorites? Goto: Bookmarks -> Manage Bookmarks..., It'll open Bookmarks Manager. Then goto: File -> Export... & save them.)
Now come to the point.
The thing is that whenever we reinstall firefox we have to restore them by applying same process as we do 4 backing up them (use Import instead of Export). And one more thing we HIV to also backup our current bookmarks when we r planning to reinstall the browser.
So the trick is that we can define our custom Bookmark path in firefox , so that we don't need to import or export them.
Type about:config in address bar of browser, right-click & create a new String value, named browser.bookmarks.file and set its value to the path where u have backed up your favorites. Now firefox always update it automatically whenever u add or delete your bookmarks, so no need to continuously take backup.
2.
Second trick is very useful. Many times u have noticed that when u minimize the firefox windows & again restore it, it takes some time to restore. This trick reduces this delay.
Same thing, type about:config in the address bar of firefox, right-click & create a new Boolean value, named config.trim_on_minimize & set its value to false. It'll prevent delays when restoring the window.
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