Firefox

Hacks 22-32 This chapter deconstructs the Firefox installation process. The standard install process is designed for minimum fuss. It is designed so that ordinary users don't have to think. If you don't feel ordinary, or if you have special co...

Table 1-1 in the introduction to Chapter 1 describes the location of the two important file areas that Firefox uses: the install area and the profile area. This hack runs through the files in those two folders, pointing out which ones can be modif...

Firefox's preference system holds many of the small configuration items of the Firefox browser. These items are hidden from the user: behind formal user interfaces, unimplemented by user interfaces, or invisible because no default values are recor...

This brief hack explains how to add some general-purpose tools that aren't bundled with the standard Firefox install. Such additions are either necessities or lifestyle options. This book is full of options that you can explore, particularly exten...

Welcome to complexity. Every piece of software has an Achilles heel, and Firefox's is the tangle of issues that surround its user profiles. Moving profiles is tricky, and you have to be careful. Fortunately, it's a well-established problem and al...

This hack explains how to automatically dial up your ISP when Firefox starts. Disconnecting is more problematic. Attack that using timeout configuration items provided by the operating system. If you want Firefox to auto-dial for you, this prefere...

Firefox supports more varied content than just that of web pages. In addition to the big world of XUL-based applications, there are a number of configuration and security content types that can be delivered to the browser. This Hack explains how t...

This hack describes how to deploy Firefox when there's a large community of users to support. It covers changing Firefox from the standard install bundle provided by the Mozilla Foundation to a set of files laid out correctly for the user. These ...

This hack shows how to take configuration control away from the Firefox user. Firefox provides a little support for locking preference files. It provides no support for other parts of the profile. This means that most parts of the profile must be ...

Firefox can display web pages in a variety of languages, but whether Firefox picks great-looking fonts depends on three different factors: Fonts available in your OSFonts specified for the language in useCSS fonts specified on the web page 3....

This hack explains how to take Firefox with you wherever you go. You can install Firefox on a number of mobile devices. Whether it can run directly on the device, write data there, or merely be stored conveniently depends on the device. We'll cons...

Security programs can interpose themselves between Firefox and the network; this is especially common in organizational environments. There are few such tools on Linux/Unixwhere tools do exist, they are generally called firewalls or daemonsbut ...