Firefox

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Introduction

This page lists my Firefox configuration which might or might not be useful for your own configuration along with other resources.

Tips and Tricks

Keyboard Commands

  • COMMAND+SHIFT+T - Re-opens the last closed tab.
  • COMMAND+T - Opens a new tab.
  • COMMAND+Click - Opens a new tab with the URL of the selected hyperlink.
  • COMMAND+L - Jump to the address bar.

For more keyboard shortcuts, visit here.

Extensions (listed in no particular order)

The following extensions are also available as single install so you can bypass installing each individually.

  1. Firefox Extension (Tab Mix Plus)Tab Mix Plus - The best extension around. Takes control of and greatly enhances the default tab browsing preferences within Firefox. Options include merging all browser windows into one, allowing hyperlinks to link in the same tab or new tab, having the toolbar and bookmark links open in new tabs, etc. It will also save your tabbed windows when restarting the browser. Here are my settings for reference.
  2. Firefox Extension (default)Send Tab URLs - Allows one to send currently opened browser tabs, via e-mail, as list of tab names and URLs. You access this capability via the Firefox File–>Send Tab URLs menu item.
  3. Firefox Extension (Download Status Bar)Download Statusbar - Places all downloads in the status bar with progress bars for each download. You can hover over the downloads to see full statistical data. TIP: Change your Firefox download settings so that all files go to a folder called “unfiled” and then make sure that once the download completes, it removes itself from the status bar. Makes for a smooth as silk experience. Here are my settings for reference:
    Download Statusbar General SettingsDownload Statusbar Appearance SettingsDownload Statusbar Virus Settings
  4. Firefox Extension (CoLT)CoLT - Adds the following to the Firefox context menu: “Copy Link Text” and “Copy Link Text and Location”. This is useful when copying hyperlinks from a web page to your clipboard as plain text or HTML formatted text. Check out this tip for setup and usage.
  5. Firefox Extension (Web Developer)Web Developer - A feature-rich tool that adds all kinds of cool capabilities when dealing with web pages such as reading source code, page layout, etc. Really handy for debugging purposes.
  6. Firefox Extension (FireBug)FireBug - A complimentary developer tool to the Web Developer tool mentioned above. It allows you to inspect and debug JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and AJAX code. Follow the link and check out the screen shots.
  7. firefox-extension-firecookieFireCookie - Easily view and manage your browser cookies.
  8. Firefox Extension (default)Page Speed - An open source Firefox/Firebug extension for checking page performance. Also offers advice on how to improve performance and, in some cases, does the work for you.
  9. YSlow - A handy addition to Firebug where you can measure, be graded, and learn how to improve the performance of web site.

Here are some other suggestions:

Resources

  • Cheat Sheet Reference Guide - An excellent guide that can be printed for quick reference to keyboard and mouse shortcuts as well as other information.

Development