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11-14-2004, 04:21 PM
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New Firefox Guide
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11-14-2004, 04:21 PM
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Beginner
Where you can get Firefox http://www.getfirefox.com http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ Direct link to Firefox release Direct Installer Link [mozilla.org] Direct Zip Link [mozilla.org] Reasons WHY you should switch to Firefox http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/why/ Other Guide: http://www.scotsnewsletter.com/be...irefox.htm http://windowssecrets.com/041202/#top1 Plugins: http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/windows.html http://mycroft.mozdev.org/ (searches plugin) Macromedia Flash Player 7.0 http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer Macromedia Shockwave Player http://sdc.shockwave.com/shockwav...wnload.cgi Quicktime 6.5 Online Installer: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ Offline Installer: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/do...tandalone/ Java 1.5.0 xpi installation: http://java.com/en/download/windows_xpi.jsp online installer: http://java.sun.com/webapps/downl...dleId=9724 offline installer: http://java.sun.com/webapps/downl...dleId=9723 Adobe Reader 7.0 http://www.adobe.com/products/acr...step2.html Plugin Info: To find out what plugins you have installed about:plugins at the URL bar Cache Info: View your cache about:cache Import/Export Bookmark Bookmarks -> Manage Bookmarks File -> Import File -> Export Options: Everything begins with Tools -> Options General section You can set your startup page You can set your language of preference. Webpage with multiple language will check your preference before displaying You can set your default browser to Firefox Privacy section History memorize the website you visited. This includes history sidebar, pull down URL, and back and forward history. So if you press clear it will clear everything including your back and forward history. Save Form Information and Save Password speak for themself Cookie - Check for originating web site only and accept for current session only. Gives you more cookie privacy. Cache you can set your HD cache size and clean it out Use Clear All when cops are knocking on your door or if you don't want your family member find out what you have been up to. Web Features This is where you config ad, image, popup, and javascript block. Downloads Change whether you want to default to save to desktop, certain folder or ask you everytime where you want to save. You can also setup up how to auto handle files with certain extensions Advanced You can disable resize image to fit browser. This is also the place you setup how you want tab browsing behave. Open new window in new tab. Quick Keys: http://www.mozilla.org/support/fi...board.html Ctrl+T Opens New Tab Ctrl+N Opens New Windows Ctrl+B Show/Hide bookmark sidebar Ctrl+H History sidebar Ctrl+J Download Manager Ctrl+U Page Source Ctrl+I Page Info. Useful to find those media files and find out other misc information Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+Page Down Next Tab Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Ctrl+Page Up Previous Tab Ctrl+K Jump to your search bar Ctrl+L or F6 Jump to location bar Ctrl+F5 or Ctrl+Shift+R Reload the webpage F5 or Ctrl+R Refresh F11 Full screen Ctrl+[1..9] Select tab 1 through 9 Ctrl+Left Click or Middle Click Open link in new tab Middle Click on tab Close tab Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4 Close tab Shift+scroll middle mouse down Back Shift+croll middle mouse up Forward Ctrl-Enter At the URL bar you type google and ctrl-enter and it will automatically fill it as http://www.google.com Shift-Enter At the URL bar you type slickdeals and shift-enter and it will automatically fill it as http://www.slickdeals.net Alt-Enter After you type the URL at the URL bar and press Alt-Enter it will open in new tab of current URL. Neat things you can do with firefox Multiple Home Page You can have multiple start page open when you start firefox Tools->Options->General->Homepage->Use Bookmark OR <url>|<url> Open Multiple Bookmark Right click your bookmark folder and right click open in tabs and wala you have all of them open Bookmark Keyword Right click bookmark and create keyword and now when ever you type the keyword in Navigation URL bar it will jump to that bookmark. This allows you to overwrite search google. Create RSS Feed Live Bookmark http://www.mozilla.org/products/f...marks.html Automatically Click on orange wave icon  and surscribeManually Bookmarks->Mange Booksmarks->File->New Live Bookmarks Point it to the RSS feed. Copy Image to Clipboard Right click on an image and select Copy Image will store the image in clipboard Last edited by appleyum; 01-25-2005 at 05:11 PM.. |
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11-14-2004, 04:21 PM
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Advance
Optimized Firefox Build M1 M1 builds are generally optimized builds that also contain code optimized for the MMX instruction set. M1 builds are targeted for the following processors:
http://www.moox.ws/files/mozilla/...ASE_M1.exe M2 M2 builds are highly optimized builds that also contain code optimized for the SSE instruction set. Given the nature M2 builds, they are designed only for the following processors that support SSE:
http://www.moox.ws/files/mozilla/...ASE_M2.exe M3 M3 builds are highly optimized builds that also contain code optimized for the SSE2 instruction set. Given the nature of M3 builds, they are designed only for the following processors:
http://www.moox.ws/files/mozilla/...ASE_M3.exe Add additional search engine http://www.mozilla.org/products/f...al-engines Advance config your Firefox For more advance user about:config gives you more option to play with. For those who likes to speed tweak http://www.mozilla.org/support/fi..._rendering Enable piping as well http://www.tweakfactor.com/articl...eak/4.html For those who say the browser is using too much memory. http://www.mozilla.org/support/fi...h_memcache Limit your memory cache usage. This one is for yeswarchief. http://www.mozilla.org/support/fi...#lay_blink Disable blinking text Last edited by appleyum; 11-28-2004 at 03:54 PM.. |
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11-14-2004, 04:22 PM
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Extension
Get Extensions: http://update.mozilla.org/extensions/ http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/ http://texturizer.net/firefox/extensions/ How to get your old extension to work with new firefox 1) Download the extension file 2) Rename the file extension from xpi to zip. 3) Open the zip file 4) Open install.rdf 5) Change Maxversion to 1.0 (or higher) 6) Rename zip back to xpi 7) Drag xpi to your firefox. Extension: Googlebar http://googlebar.mozdev.org/ Google Pagerank http://www.tapouillo.com/firefox_extension/ Adblock Additional spam block power http://adblock.mozdev.org/ Direct xpi Link [mozilla.org] adblock import list [geocities.com] NukeAnything Neat extension that allows you to right click on any frame in a website and kill that frame temporarily (returns to normal with refresh). Nice to have on sites that have annoying flash ads, but you don't want to kill the adserver -The Raddish http://texturizer.net/firefox/ext...keanything http://ted.mielczarek.org/code/mozilla/ Direct xpi Link [mielczarek.org] Single Window Traps links that would normally open in a new window http://update.mozilla.org/extensi....php?id=50 Session Saver Remembers loaded tabs and their history items when Firefox is manually closed, then restores the tabs and history items when next started http://www.pikey.me.uk/mozilla/?extension=ss Compact Menu http://cdn.mozdev.org/compact/ Download Manager Gives you additional feature over Download Manager http://dmextension.mozdev.org/ Download Sort Sort Download base on file extension http://downloadstatusbar.mozdev.org/downsort/ Backup Bookmark Bookmark is your life http://www.pikey.me.uk/mozilla/ OpenBook You get to see bookmark tree in add bookmark http://www.chuonthis.com/extensions/openbook.php Sort Bookmark http://update.mozilla.org/extensi....php?id=51 Flat Bookmark Editing Makes it easier to edit multiple bookmark http://bluweb.com/us/chouser/proj/mozhack/ TabScroller Useful if you have a lot of tabs. You can scroll through your tab with right click and scroll wheel. http://www.krickelkrackel.de/tabs...roller.htm Dictionary Search neat little tool that lets you right click on any word and look it up with your dictionary site of choice. -The Raddish http://dictionarysearch.mozdev.org/ ReloadEvery Slickdealer/E-mail/Ebay people might like this one. Reload the page every few sec/mins http://reloadevery.mozdev.org/ User Agent Switcher Spoof as other type browser. Useful if you run to site that only gives IE better viewing or only allows IE to view even though it would work in other browser. http://update.mozilla.org/extensi....php?id=59 Duplicate Tab and Clone Window For those who use IE and must have clone window with history http://www.pikey.me.uk/mozilla/?extension=cw http://update.mozilla.org/extensi....php?id=28 IE View For Microsoft code only website http://ieview.mozdev.org/ DeskCut Ability to create webpage shortcut on Desktop http://deskcut.mozdev.org/index.html AutoForm The form data will be saved into the preferences to its context, which is calculated on the base URI, the form name and and a hash value over all form elements. So every page should have it's unique key where the values are stored. http://autoform.mozdev.org/ Magpie Useful for those who view image site that require incremental image file name. It allows you to use shortcut key to browse images http://www.bengoodger.com/software/tabloader/ All in One Gesture This one is for Opera user who like to use mouse gesture to navigate http://perso.wanadoo.fr/marc.boul...ns-en.html X Quickly clear privacy sensitive data, specifically: history, form info, saved passwords, download history, cookies, and the cache http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/x Last edited by The Raddish; 05-19-2005 at 08:48 PM.. |
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11-14-2004, 04:23 PM
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Problems
Problem: Your firefox froze and when you rerun it and it ask you to create new profile. Do not create one. Just go to task manger and force kill firefox.exe If you accidentally create a new profile and want to get your old profile back, here is how.  1. Close Firefox completely (select File > Exit from the main menu of Firefox). 2. Select Start > Run... from the Windows Start menu. 3. Enter firefox.exe -profilemanager and press OK 4. Pick your original profile. 5. Make sure it is the correct one then repeat step 1-3 delete the 'new' profile that you don't want, BE VERY SURE it's the RIGHT ONE Detail Firefox profile Info Here [mozilla.org] If you run into firefox problem and can't be fix with uninstall/reinstall. It's probably cause by corrupt profile. Here is what you do to fresh install Firefox Before you do anything turn on show hidden files and folders or else you won't be able to see anything 0. Explorer -> Folder Options -> View -> Hiden files and folders -> Show hidden files and folders Profile Location For WinNT/2k/XP: <drive letter>:\documents and settings\<user name>\Application Data\<Firebird or Mozilla\Firefox>\<random generated> For Win9X: <Drive Letter>:\Windows\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\<Profile name>\
Extension Run your firefox in Safe Mode. If you don't have Safe Mode shortcut just add -safe-mode flag at the end, firefox.exe -safe-mode When started in Safe Mode all extensions are disabled and the Default theme is used. Disable the Extension/Theme that is causing trouble and then start normally. Finding help: http://kb.mozillazine.org/ http://forums.mozillazine.org/index.php http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ Flash: Flash Uninstaller http://download.macromedia.com/pu...player.exe Java:  Java Runtime Environment 5.0 (1.5.0) fixes many problems users are having with Java. Updating to it is highly recommended. Select "Windows Offline Installation, Multi-language" on the download page.
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11-14-2004, 04:44 PM
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nice...thanks for the info...Firefox is an awesome app...
...I noticed that someone has the firefox logo as their avatar too...rock on... "The darkest souls are not those which choose to exist within the hell of the abyss, but those which choose to break free from the abyss and move silently among us."
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01-31-2005, 09:25 PM
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question about adblock. for school we use a program called webct where it shows us equations. adblock puts the little box saying i can block it like it does for banner ads. how can i get rid of the box temporarily?
"This guy's walking down the street when he falls in a hole.
"A doctor passes by and the guy shouts 'Hey you. Can you help me?' The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole. "Then a priest comes along and the guy shouts up. The priest writes out a prayer, throws it down in the hole. "Then a friend walks by. The friend jumps in the hole. Our guy says, 'Are you stupid? Now we're both down here.' The friend says, 'Yeah, but I've been down here before and I know the way out.'" |
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01-31-2005, 09:34 PM
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The only way I know you can do this is to go to tools --> adblock --> preferences, and uncheck the 'Enable Adblcok' radio button. This does turn off all adblock functionality, however. I use WebCT also for school, and I don't turn off adblock. Why do you need to hide the adblock tab?
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03-19-2005, 11:23 AM
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03-22-2005, 10:02 AM
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Is there a way to print a highlighted portion of a website as in IE? I miss that feature.
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03-23-2005, 07:33 AM
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How do I get firefox to clear out the auto-complete? For instance, I type in a Card # or zip that I will only use once and now it appears every time I start entering a different number or username or zip or whatever. If I could just eliminate select ones, that would be even better (wishful thinking, I know).
TYIA Edit: Think I found the solution in the Google history thread with Drio's response. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Last edited by Gobo; 03-23-2005 at 07:35 AM.. *I am not your attorney. Anything said on here is strictly my opinion and should not be construed as legal advice. Contact your local bar association for a recommendation to locate professional legal counsel to answer your question*
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04-16-2005, 09:06 PM
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Just to let you know about the new firefox extensions if anyone is interested.
Click here [mozilla.org] and scroll down List of new extensions 1. SwiftTabs 0.2.4, April 16, 2005 Move to the next tab or the previous tab with a key. 2. LiveLines 0.4.2, April 16, 2005 Add RSS feeds to Bloglines or Sage, and Habari Xenu with the RSS icon on the status bar. 3. ChatZilla 0.9.68a, April 16, 2005 A simple, straightforward Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client. 4. ChatZilla 0.9.68, April 16, 2005 A simple, straightforward Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client. 5. infoRSS 0.8.7, April 16, 2005 Displays RSS, Atom, HTML and NNTP feed in the Firefox status bar. Compatible with podcasting RSS 6. NewsIt ! 0.1, April 16, 2005 NewsIt. Let you post Links on the News-Spider Site newsempire.x2.nu 7. TargetKiller 0.1, April 16, 2005 TargetKiller is a small extension for the Firefox Web browser. The extension removes the target attribute from links on the fly. You can specify which target attributes should get removed. By default, it removes all target attributes that are equal to _blank or _new. 8. MediaPlayerConnectivity 0.2.3, April 16, 2005 Allow you to launch embed video of website in an external application with a simple click * Replace the stream by a simple button * Works with RealMedia, QuickTime and WindowsMedia streams * Allow the use of any capable media player * Support Media Metafiles (ram, rpm, wmv, wm, wma, asx, asf, ...) * Activable per media format * Support PLAYLIST (MP3) * AutoPlay feature : automaticatlly start to play the first media * Windows / Linux / OSX Languages : US, FR, GR, IT 9. SearchWP 0.4.2, April 16, 2005 With SearchWP it's easier to find words typed in the searchbar. This extension adds a dynamic toolbar that contains one button for each words of the searchbar. Also, you can highlight those words easily. 10. BBCodeXtra 0.2.2, April 16, 2005 BBCodeXtra is an extension, compatible with Mozilla FireFox and Mozilla Suite, which adds to the context menu new commands to insert BBCode/Html/XHtml codes in an easy and fast way. BBCodeXtra suits well with all forum types, for example: * phpBB * Invision * VBullettin This extension can really simplify your life with all forums that use BBCode or Html codes when posting new messages. |
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04-22-2005, 11:44 PM
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very nice article, hopefully more people will start using Firefox.
For themes, My personal favorite is: Noia 2.0 (eXtreme) 2.82 By Kongkeat Kuatrakool released on March 05, 2005 https://addons.update.mozilla.org....php?id=72  |
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