Firefox

Hacks -0 Firefox is a software application for interacting with the Web. This chapter gets you up and running with Firefox. You probably know how to surf the Web already. This chapter is a sort of boot camp for the Firefox user interface. You'l...

Get Oriented Before starting our journey, there are a few things you need to know: how to find Firefox files, how to install an extension, and how to set a preference. You don't need this information to read a web page, but it's vital for most ...

Web pages that display only one way are called printouts. Firefox lets you display and view the content of a web page in a number of different ways. You also get to choose decorations for your windows. This hack shows 10 different ways you can di...

This hack describes 10 such ways. Here's how to surf, Firefox style. Chapter 4 covers many ways to use extensions to increase the pleasure and convenience of surfing the Web. This hack explains what Firefox can do without modification. 1.4...

This hack explains how to find the stuff you've forgotten, left behind, or yet to discover. It starts with local information in the browser and works its way out to searching the furthest corners of the Web. 1.5.1. Search a Displayed Web Page...

It's up to you whether you take advice or not. Firefox delivers a number of passive warnings and cautions to you in the various toolbars of the browser window. Here's a rundown of what those things mean. If you choose one of the many the...

This hack shows you which keyboard moves come standard with Firefox. There are many extensions that modify the available set of keystrokes and key chords. You can also hack the keyboard set yourself in a number of ways [Hack #77] . Many Firefo...

You can wallpaper Firefox back into your life. The menus, toolbars, and dialog boxes that Firefox provides can all be changed. Collectively, they are called the chrome. You can change the content of the chrome, which includes the set of widget...

After first installation, Firefox intermittently throws up a series of dialog boxes. For a first-time user, these can be confusing. Here's how to shut them up if you don't like them. Also here's how to make them appear, so that you can shut them ...

You might be confident that Firefox can reset itself for you, or you might only be happy if you scrub the decks for yourself. You can do it either way. A further decision you're faced with is this: do you want to clear out just the data that Firef...

Firefox can go faster if you just tune it up a bit. Here are a few steps you can perform to speed up Firefox. Back to performance basics first, though: the user is the slowest thing attached to the computer. Better use of Firefox's features wil...

How is Firefox started? This hack describes all the command-line options. To see command-line options, most technical people instinctively open a command-line window, such as an xterm (Linux) or an MS-DOS or cmd window (Windows). Then they type p...