Firefox info/help thread!

[switch_abx]

PCBruiser, excellent find! That makes a big difference in speed (Power).

Originally Posted by PCBruiser

"Firefox has a couple of hidden network settings. With this extension, you can tweak these settings, and you might be able to speed up the loading of web pages. You can also increase the maximum number of simultaneous downloads from a site (the default is only four). Instead of changing each setting, you can also choose one of two profiles. The Power profile increases the maximum number of connections and turns on pipelining. The Default profile will reset the settings to the save, default values.

The Tweak Network Settings extension is tested in Firefox 0.9 and 1.0 Preview Release."


I tested it, it works with v1.


Download here: http://www.bitstorm.org/extensions/tweak.xpi

[BlendNo27]

Is there anyway to make ff remember font sizes on different tabs? I'm currently using res 1600x1200 and the fonts on new tabs are always set to default which is too small and I have to manually adjust them.

[PCBruiser]

Yes, there is a very nice way to do this, and add a lot of other features at the same time. The extension, Mouse Gestures does this neatly. Install the extension then choose your right/center/left mouse buttons to activate gestures (I use my left one). A quick diagonal sweep from upper left to lower right increases the font size, the opposite sweep decreases it. And, there are a lot of other excellent handy controls that this extension brings to mouse navigation.

[Unit44]

Originally Posted by Unit44

Little problem.... whenever I try to paste a link into a post I get a popup window from firefox which says... "you need to edit your mozillia config file to allow this action" I cant find this option in the Firefox tools tab or anywhere else... anyone else have this problem??

Bump...

[fischyfinger]

Originally Posted by Unit44

Little problem.... whenever I try to paste a link into a post I get a popup window from firefox which says... "you need to edit your mozillia config file to allow this action" I cant find this option in the Firefox tools tab or anywhere else... anyone else have this problem??

Do you mean that when you try to do a simple copy and paste into the WYSIWYG editor you get that message?

Wow...nevermind...I just tried that and got the same thing. I usually don't use the WYSIWYG editor but I switched to try this out. Now that makes two of us.

BTW, if you don't use the WYSIWYG editor you won't have that problem.

[Unit44]

Yea, I just switched back to the standard editor and copy - paste works fine.... I'll just stick with it. Thanks for the help!!

[switch_abx]

I am rediscovering Firefox, after I had deleted it when it still was in beta (I think I had version 0.7 at the time). It's very stable and I very much like the tab browsing.

I'm going to have the Luna theme now installed. There is a version for the Firefox 1.0 Final version available for download.

[Unit44]

Originally Posted by switch

I am rediscovering Firefox, after I had deleted it when it still was in beta (I think I had version 0.7 at the time). It's very stable and I very much like the tab browsing.

I'm going to have the Luna theme now installed. There is a version for the Firefox 1.0 Final version available for download.

A little link action please??

[Unit44]

Nevermind here it is.... http://www.intraplanar.net/project/luna/

[c_white_wolf]

Confused now, the paste link and pasting links works fine for me in WYSIWIG. How are my settings different then your settings?

Do you have this in your user.js file?

// ----------------------------------
// Mozilla Rich Text Editing
// ----------------------------------
user_pref("capability.policy.policynames", "allowclipboard");
user_pref("capability.policy.allowclipboard.sites", "http://www.abxzone.com");
user_pref("capability.policy.allowclipboard.Clipboard.cutcopy", "allAccess");
user_pref("capability.policy.allowclipboard.Clipboard.paste", "allAccess");

[BlendNo27]

Originally Posted by PCBruiser

Yes, there is a very nice way to do this, and add a lot of other features at the same time. The extension, Mouse Gestures does this neatly. Install the extension then choose your right/center/left mouse buttons to activate gestures (I use my left one). A quick diagonal sweep from upper left to lower right increases the font size, the opposite sweep decreases it. And, there are a lot of other excellent handy controls that this extension brings to mouse navigation.

I already installed that extension. I just wish that setting the font size in the tools/options menu is more global. Well, I finally found something that I don't like about ff, a minor thing but its something. And how the hell do you make the search bar longer???

[switch_abx]

But before you install the Luna Theme, I advise you to install the ChromEdit extension first. This will allow you to easier edit the userChrom.css file with the @import lines as indicated on the homepage of Luna.

Originally Posted by Unit44

Nevermind here it is.... http://www.intraplanar.net/project/luna/

[fischyfinger]

Originally Posted by c_white_wolf

Confused now, the paste link and pasting links works fine for me in WYSIWIG. How are my settings different then your settings?

Do you have this in your user.js file?

// ----------------------------------
// Mozilla Rich Text Editing
// ----------------------------------
user_pref("capability.policy.policynames", "allowclipboard");
user_pref("capability.policy.allowclipboard.sites", "http://www.abxzone.com");
user_pref("capability.policy.allowclipboard.Clipboard.cutcopy", "allAccess");
user_pref("capability.policy.allowclipboard.Clipboard.paste", "allAccess");

Nope, I don't see that... Here is my user.js file:

user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 100);
// disable target="_blank" (open in same window):
user_pref("browser.block.target_new_window", true);
// Find As You Type Configuration:
// Set this pref to false to disable Find As You Type:
user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind", true);
// If you set this pret to true, typing can automatically start Find As You Type.
// If false (default), you must hit / (find text) or ' (find links) before your search.
user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind.autostart", true);
// Set this pref to false if you want Find As You Type to search normal text too:
user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind.linksonly", true);
// Set this pref to true if you require that the link starts with the entered text:
user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind.startlinksonly", false);
// This is the time in milliseconds for the Find As You Type to stop watching for keystrokes:
user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind.timeout", 3000);
// More DOM/JavaScript options
// Make sure all pop-up windows are resizable:
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.resizable", true);
// Make sure all pop-up windows are minimizable:
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.minimizable", true);
// Always display the menu in pop-up windows:
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.menubar", true);
// Always display the Navigation Toolbar in pop-up windows:
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.location", true);
// Always display the scrollbar in pop-up windows:
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.scrollbars", true);
// This one makes a huge difference. Last value in milliseconds (default is 250)
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);
// Force frames to be resizable
user_pref("layout.frames.force_resizability", true);
// Stop reusing active windows:
user_pref("advanced.system.supportDDEExec", false);
// disable target="_blank" (open in same window):
user_pref("browser.block.target_new_window", true);

Is there anywhere in particular that I should put that?

(To tell you the truth I don't prefer the WYSIWYG editor, I would like to figure this out though)

[c_white_wolf]

No place in particular. I've included a copy of my user.js file so you can check it out.

// disable target="_blank" (open in same window):
user_pref("browser.block.target_new_window", true);

// Instead of annoying error dialog messages, display pages:
user_pref("browser.xul.error_pages.enabled", true);

// Put an end to blinking text!
user_pref("browser.blink_allowed", false);

// Instead of download progress windows, use the Sidebar:
user_pref("browser.download.openSidebar", true);
user_pref("browser.download.useProgressDialogs", false);

// Force frames to be resizable
user_pref("layout.frames.force_resizability", false);
// ------------------------------
// Find As You Type Configuration:
// ------------------------------
// Set this pref to false to disable Find As You Type:
user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind", true);

// If you set this pret to true, typing can automatically start Find As You Type.
// If false (default), you must hit / (find text) or ' (find links) before your search.
user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind.autostart", true);

// Set this pref to false if you want Find As You Type to search normal text too:
user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind.linksonly", true);

// Set this pref to true if you require that the link starts with the entered text:
user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind.startlinksonly", false);

// This is the time in milliseconds for the Find As You Type to stop watching for keystrokes:
user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind.timeout", 3000);
// ------------------------------
// More DOM/JavaScript options
// ------------------------------
// Make sure all pop-up windows are resizable:
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.resizable", true);

// Make sure all pop-up windows are minimizable:
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.minimizable", true);

// Always display the menu in pop-up windows:
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.menubar", true);

// Always display the Navigation Toolbar in pop-up windows:
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.location", true);

// Always display the scrollbar in pop-up windows:
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.scrollbars", true);
// ------------------------------
// Specify the amount of memory cache:
// ------------------------------
// -1 = determine dynamically (default), 0 = none, n = memory capacity in kilobytes (4096)
user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacity", -1);
// Disable memory cache:
// user_pref("browser.cache.memory.enable", false);
// ------------------------------------------
// Update browser page
// ------------------------------------------
// 0 = once per session, 1 = each time, 2 = never, 3 = when appropriate/automatically
user_pref("browser.cache.check_doc_frequency", 1);
// ----------------------------------
// Mozilla Rich Text Editing
// ----------------------------------
user_pref("capability.policy.policynames", "allowclipboard");
user_pref("capability.policy.allowclipboard.sites", "http://www.abxzone.com");
user_pref("capability.policy.allowclipboard.Clipboard.cutcopy", "allAccess");
user_pref("capability.policy.allowclipboard.Clipboard.paste", "allAccess");
// ----------------------------------
// Pipelining
// ----------------------------------
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 100);

[switch_abx]

Did you edit all text manually in your user.js fiile? Or is this done automatically at time when an extension is added?

Originally Posted by c_white_wolf

No place in particular. I've included a copy of my user.js file so you can check it out.