Redirect Search Results
You can control where you see your
search results. Type about:config into your location bar and find
"browser.search.openintab", then double click to make it "true." Now
when you use the search bar, your results will pop up in a separate tab
instead of taking you away from your current page.
Disable Window Resizing
Web pages that resize windows drive some people up the wall. To fix
that, go to Tools > Options, and open the Content tab. Click on the
Advanced button next to "Enable JavaScript," then deselect the check box
that allows scripts to "Move or resize existing windows."
Choose a Tab
As with IE, Ctrl+Tab will let you cycle through open tabs in Firefox.
But if you want to go to a specific tab without using the mouse, use the
Ctrl key and the number of the tab's position—Ctrl+1, for example, will
open the first tab, Ctrl+2 the second, and so on.
Browse Without a Mouse
Tired of using the mouse? Ctrl+L will move you to Firefox's location
bar, while Ctrl+K will move you to the search bar. (When you're there,
hold Ctrl and use the up or down arrow keys to toggle the default search
engine.)
Open multiple sites at startup
If you want
to open multiple Web sites when you start Firefox, go to Tools >
Options. Under the Startup section on the Main tab, you'll see the Home
Page field. Enter the sites you want to open in this manner:
www.computershopper.com | www.collegebuyingguide.com.
www.computershopper.com | www.collegebuyingguide.com.
Mousing Around
Your mouse gives you more browsing control than you might think. If you
have a scroll wheel button, clicking it on a hyperlink will open it up
in a new tab, while clicking it on a tab will close it. If you hold down
the Shift key while scrolling, you can move backward or forward through
your browsing history.
Quickly Cross-reference
Ever
found something in an online article you instantly wanted more
information about? Search for that information easily by highlighting
the text, dragging it to the search bar, and pressing Enter. Firefox
will search for that text automatically.
Delete Inaccurate URLs
If you've ever mistyped a Web site's address and then seen your mistake
pop up whenever you retype the site's name, just highlight the site in
the history and press Shift+Delete to get rid of it for good.
Stay Stealthy
If you don't want sites to know where you're coming from, type
about:config into the location bar and then find the
network.http.sendRefererHeader record. Double click on it, and change
the "2" value to "0" to prevent Web sites from seeing your referrer
information.
Get More Viewing Space
Want to maximize
the Web-site view in your browser window? Then make your icons smaller.
Just go to View > Toolbars > Customize and check the box next to
"Use Small Icons."
Quick URL Fill-in
If you type a
site's address without the usual ".com" or "www" and press Ctrl+Enter,
Firefox will fill in the rest of the URL for you.
Give Your Bookmarks Keywords
To assign a keyword to a bookmark, simply right-click on it and select
Properties. Write a word in the keyword field, and now when you type the
word into the location bar, you'll automatically go to that site.
Curb Firefox's RAM Appetite
Firefox was once famous for how light it was on system resources. With
each new update, however, it seems be become a bigger and bigger memory
hog. Rein Firefox in a little by limiting the amount of memory it uses.
Type about:config in the address bar and locate
"browser.cache.disk.capacity." Normally, it's set to "50000," but you
can lower that number if you find Firefox is using too much system
memory.
Cleaner Google File Searches
Searching for
multimedia files on Google can result in a lot of spammy results. An
effective—if clunky—way to minimize getting such results is to type
intitle:"index.of"(xxx|yyy)zzzz -html -htm -php into the search bar,
where "xxx|yyy" are the types of files you want to find (such as
"mp3|avi") and "zzzz" being the name of the files you want to find.
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