customizing FireFox [was GeeNifty: Override Firefox's Newtab page for a custom page.]

D. Hugh Redelmeier hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Thu Oct 3 17:19:29 UTC 2013


| From: Scott Sullivan <scott-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>

| Based on that I'm
| still curious to hear what other TLUGers might have done or found for similar
| conveniences.

I'm generalizing your question.  What customization do I find useful?

I normally use vanilla settings for all tools unless I find a big win.
I don't like dragging forward customization through re-installation
and upgrades.

In about: config:

browser.search.openintab: true.
This means that every time a do a search via the search box, the
result will appear in a new tab, leaving my current tab as it was.

browser.tabs.closeButtons: 3.
I think this is how to get a single tab close button rather than one
per tab (seems more economical but takes getting used to).

Whenever FireFox starts (after a clean or dirty exit), it loads all
the previous windows and tabs.  That's from Edit: Preferences:
General: Startup: When Firefox starts: Show my windows and tabs from
last time.

I'm fussy about cookies, but I doubt anyone else would want to be
bothered.



I'm also used to EMACS key bindings.  I think that I got this through
my Gnome desktop:
	gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-key-theme "Emacs"
This might work:
	gconftool-2 --set --type=string /desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_key_theme Emacs
See also:
  <http://kb.mozillazine.org/Emacs_Keybindings_%28Firefox%29>
  <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/firemacs/>


When browsing, I often use the spacebar to page down (a larger target
than the Page Up key.  I recently discovered that shift-space does a
page up.  I never would have guessed since I'm conditioned to think
space and shift-space are the same character.

cntrl-shift-T restores the last tab closed.

What are your favourite customizations?
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