Firefox

Hacks 44-57 If traditional, non-GUI programmers had any idea what web developers have to go through to get their sites working, they'd be more than just scared; they'd be running for their lives. The number of technologies that a web developer...

Since its debut, CSS browser compatibility issues have given web developers headaches. Support for CSS in contemporary browsers such as Firefox is very good, but there are still inconsistencies between different browsers, at least until the whole ...

The Gecko display engine inside Firefox can do marvelous things to your web page with its standard, forward-looking, and custom CSS style properties. This hack looks at a few of its custom features. The most marvelous thing Gecko and Firefox can d...

The messy days of all Netscape Version 4.x web browsers are falling into the past, and the days of reasonable CSS support in all browsers are upon us. This hack explains what you can do to ensure that a web page looks good in all browsers. 5....

There are all kinds of Mozilla browsers and even different variants of Firefox [Hack #92], although the standard distribution of Firefox is by far the most popular distribution. This hack explains how to detect Firefox. Your web page can also m...

Web pages have a variety of security restrictions designed to protect the end user. When it comes to fill-in forms, HTML pages can't ordinarily submit form data without direct action from the user. There is one exception. In the days of Java A...

Once upon a time, you could script plug-in content from a web page. The web page surrounding the plug-in content could supply HTML user-interface elements (such as form controls) that could be used to drive the behavior of the plug-in content. A c...

Quality assurance (QA) is a vital part of any professional process, and today this must extend to web design. Using Firefox and the Web Developer extension, you can do some basic QA on code validity and page accessibility. 5.8.1. Ensure Cod...

This hack explains how to inspect the HTTP information that goes back and forth between Firefox and web servers. The simplest way to see web requests is, of course, to examine the server's logs. That strategy doesn't yield every byte of informati...

HTTP is a stateless protocol, meaning that each web request made by the browser is independent of all other requests. This greatly preserves the user's privacy. Cookies are an enhancement to the HTTP standard that introduces tracking informatio...

The standard Firefox install comes complete with the optional DOM Inspector tool. This tool gives web developers and Mozilla programmers a microscope that can be used to examine HTML and XML documents after they're displayed. This hack shows how...

You can clean up Firefox so that no old data is hanging around [Hack #8], but sometimes you might be looking for a more permanent solution. This brief hack explains how to achieve that. 5.12.1. Disable Browser Caching To turn off the memo...

This hack describes some small features and tricks that can ease the page creation process. It's all bits and pieces here. For more systematic techniques, try web page validation [Hack #50], the DOM Inspector [Hack #53], or the JavaScript Debugger...

That tool is called the JavaScript Debugger, or Venkman (a project name) for short. Venkman is also available for Firefox. 5.14.1. Finding and Installing Venkman Beware, there's a lot of older and less relevant information on the Web tha...

Here's how to manage when it's not. All software has defects. Firefox benefits from five years of poking and tweaking aimed at making it as robust as possible. It probably has fewer defects than Windows, although that's hard to say, since the ...