Difference between revisions of "Firefox configuration steps"

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Firefox configuration steps

Firefox Add-ons

Go Tools -> Add-ons -> Get Add-ons -> then search for and install these add-ons:

• Tax mix plus.
• Adblock Plus
• KeeFox. Use these Keefox configuration steps for linux, e.g:

cd  ~/.mozilla/firefox/5rtqb3dy.default-1347599554683/extensions/keefox@chris.tomlinson/deps
sudo cp KeePassRPC.plgx /usr/lib/keepass2/
Close Firefox, close KeePass, restart Firefox.

Firefox Tweaks

• Don't want Firefox to close when pressing ctrl-w on the last tab: Tools -> tab mix plus options -> events -> tab closing -> tick "do not close window when closing last tab by hotkey".
• Tab mix plus -> Events -> New Tabs -> Tick "Open new tabs next to current one".
• Tab mix plus -> Events -> Tab Features -> Untick "Ctrl-Tab navigates tabs in most recently used order".
• Tab mix plus -> Display -> Tab Bar -> When tabs don't fit width: Multi-row; Set number of rows to 2 or 3.
• Stop animated GIFs in Firefox: about:config -> image.animation_mode -> change to "none"
• Firefox: Fix the stupid behavior of overwriting current tabs when opening new tabs: about:config -> browser.tabs.loadFolderAndReplace -> toggle to "true". [Have to re-apply this setting when upgrading Linux distro]
• To get autocomplete for the web address, go: about:config -> browser.urlbar.autoFill -> toggle to "true" -> restart FF.
• Stop the full screen mode-switch animation: about:config -> browser.fullscreen.animateUp -> change to "0".
• Perform a sync using Foxmarks wizard, and for the initial setup keep the bookmarks on the server, and overwrite those on this computer.
• File -> Page setup ... -> Paper size = "A4", and orientation = "Portrait".
• Edit -> Preferences -> Main tab -> tick to close the download window when all downloads are finished.
• Laptops only: Add a delay to the bookmark menu collapsing (only really useful on laptops when navigating with a trackpad or button, which tends to be fairly inaccurate) - about:config -> right-click -> New -> Integer -> name is: ui.submenuDelay -> value is: 800
• Prevent JavaScript from messing with browser window: Edit -> Preferences -> Content tab -> Advanced ... -> untick everything.
• Make the "Backspace" key be like pressing the "Back" button: about:config -> browser.backspace_action -> change to "0".
• Stop blocky graphics: View -> Zoom -> Tick "Zoom Text Only".
• About:config -> dom.max_script_run_time -> chnage from 10 to 20 to increase timeout on slow scripts.
• Set search bar to use Australian Google rather than US Google: Open this list of search plugins -> click "Google Australia - the web" -> tick the "Start using it straight away" box -> click "Ok".
• To make streetview work: Tools -> Addons -> Flash-block -> preferences -> whitelist -> add "maps.google.com.au" and "maps.google.com".
• Firefox 4, to limit excessive memory usage: about:config -> browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers -> set to "0".
• To stop old tabs using memory when the browser is restarted: Edit -> Preferences -> Tabs -> tick "Don't load tabs until selected". This gives behaviour like the BarTab extension, albeit without tab unloading after a period of inactivity.
• If install noscript, then add a whitelisting for xmarks.com
• To increase mouse scroll speeed: About:config -> mousewheel.withnokey.sysnumlines -> toggle to false. Then make sure that mousewheel.withnokey.numlines is set to 6.