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- Tabbed Browsing
- My Favorite Greasemonkey UserScripts
- Add New Features to Firefox
- Website Display
- Webmaster Tools
- Website Display
- Get rid of the Gnome File Chooser in Firefox
Firefox Tips
Tabbed Browsing
Get ultimate control over tabs
Tab Mix Plus bundles together a bunch of useful tab extensions which means you can use it instead of installing a bunch of separate tab extensions.
Enable scrolling between tabs with mouse wheel
Install the MiniT Firefox Extension which allows you to switch between tabs by scrolling the mouse wheel over the tab bar.
This extension is really helpful if you switch between tabs a lot. It makes having a lot of tabs open much easier to manage.
Make new tabs open next to current one
It's annoying when you open a new tab in the background and it opens on the far right of the tab you are currently one. But I've found a solution!
Here's how to fix it:
- Install the MiniT extension.
- Type "about:config" in the Location Bar.
- Set "minit.open_tabs_relative" to "true" by double clicking on it.
Now tabs will open relative to the current tab, a much nicer behavior.
Add new tab button to tab bar and have more control over tabs
Install the Tabbrowser Preferences Firefox Extension which gives you more control over how tabs are handled. For example I have used it to make searches from the search bar open in a new tab. One of the most important things it does is add a new tab button to the tab bar. It is definitely an extension you should try out.
Easily re-open closed tabs
Install the undoclosetab Firefox extension which allows you to undo closing a tab. Do you ever accidentally close a tab? If so then here's an extension that you're sure to like. Just click "Undo Close Tab" on the right-click menu and the last tab that you closed is restored.
Make the tab bar show up with only one tab open
I like having the tab bar visible at all times, even when only one tab is open.
To make the tab bar visible at all times:
- Go to the preferences by clicking "Edit" -> "Preferences.
- Click on "Tabbed Browsing".
- Click on the "Features" tab.
- Uncheck "Hide the tab bar when only one tab is open".
After you do that, you will have to open and close a tab or restart Firefox to make the tab bar be open with only one tab.
Duplicate Tabs
The Duplicate Tab extension allows you to easily load up a new tab with the same page you are on. You can configure it to show "Duplicate Tab" on the tab context menu, page context menu, or both! You can also just press "Ctrl+Shift+T" on the keyboard. This extension is very useful when creating web pages and comparing two versions side by side after making a change.My Favorite Greasemonkey UserScripts
- Del.icio.us Disable Enter by Elijah Lofgren
- Google Reader Preview with increase sizes for widescreen owners ;) by sdf
- Gmail Google Calendar sidebar by Brad Stewart
- Gmail Box for Google Reader by JohnTheJohnMan
- Remember The Milk + Google Homepage Autologin by Phillip Beazley
- Facebook Autologin v2 by Alan Hogan
- Gmail Label Colors by Mihai Parparita
- GMailSecure by Mark Pilgrim
Add New Features to Firefox
Install Spell Checker for Firefox
Install the AspellFox Firefox Extension.Add ability to resize textareas
Install the Resizable Textarea Extension 0.1b.Website Display
Improve readability of Fonts on Linux in Firefox 2
- Click "Edit -> Preferences"
- Click on "Content"
- Under "Fonts & Colors" click on the "Advanced..." button.
- Change the settings to look like this:
- Click the "OK" button and then click the "Close" button.
Disable IntelliTXT Ads
I've been running into websites such as TUX Magazine that have those really annoying IntelliTXT ads that automatically create ad links out of certain words. Thankfully I've found a way to disable them:
- Install the Greasemonkey extension.
- Install the Disable IntelliTXT userscript.
There, now your web surfing will be less annoying.
Webmaster Tools
Web Developer
Installing the Web Developer extension adds a toolbar to Firefox which has many useful tools for webmasters. One of the coolest feature is the ability to edit the page CSS and see you changes rendered on-the-fly as you edit the CSS. If you are a webmaster, I would highly recommend that you check out this extension.
View Source Chart and Html Validator
View Source Chart is an amazing tool which combined with Html Validator makes debugging HTML code much easier. :)
Live HTTP Headers
Installing the LiveHTTPHeaders extension allows you to view the both the request and response HTTP headers of a web page. This is very useful when debugging web applications.
Edit Blogger Comments
Install the Blogger comments editor userscript for Greasemonkey
Website Display
Disable Flash with Flashblock
Modified: 2006-08-21 13:16:33
You can install Flashblock so that Flash content will not be loaded by default. You can then click on the Flash object to enable it.Force a form to remember passwords
Modified: 2006-09-26 20:17:50
Use the remember password bookmarklet.
Open URL in sidebar
Modified: 2006-12-05 18:29:27
- Right click on a bookmark and choose properties.
- Check the "Load this bookmark in the sidebar" box.
- Click bookmark. Enjoy.
- GMailSecure - force GMail to use secure connection - Added: 2007-04-22 14:41:58
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/1404
- The reason that Route Lines Don't Print on Google Maps: Bug 282434 – fails to correctly print route maps in Google Maps beta - Added: 2007-05-10 16:20:17
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=282434
Get rid of the Gnome File Chooser in Firefox
- Type about:config in the location bar.
- Set "ui.allow_platform_file_picker" to "false".
- Enjoy not using the Gnome File Chooser.
Reopen an accidentally closed tab - No extensions needed!
Modified: 2007-03-14 16:09:40
Just hit Ctrl-Shift-T :)