Some FF tweaks.

Some FF tweaks. - Desktop Customization & Workflow

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	venam Offline \| 31-08-2012, 08:33 AM \| #1

Hello *nixer,
Here are some things I do on my favorite browser Firefox/Icecat/Iceweasel/Nightly/etc..
(Note: with these settings FF might be more aggressive on CPU, it might even slow down the browsing)

**List**:
* Hide the menu.
* Remove the bookmark tool-bar and other things unwanted in the bar.
* Make the icons in the bar smaller, or remove it completely.
* Remove unwanted plug-ins and add-ons.
* Use external program to do things you can do outside the browser: aria2 as a download manager, adsuck as an adblocker,etc..
* get a nice personas, dark ones are great.
* always use the latest version of FF
* create a nice userChrome.css (this file may not necessarly exist and you might have to creat the dir chrome and the file in it).
* use userChrome to modify other websites (to your needs):

Code:
@import url("./imports/some_file.css");

* Turn of anti-phising

Code:
$ rm -i ~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile_dir>/urlclassifier*

$ cd ~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile_dir>

$ echo "" > urlclassifier3.sqlite

$ chmod 400 urlclassifier3.sqlite

* change some about:config (use these configurations at your own risks):

_NOTE_: after further research, I advise you to use configuration mania instead of most of the about:config changes.
**Configs**:

**Some nice add-ons** :
* configuration mania (to easily modify certain values)
* cookies manager +
* downloads in tab (to always put the download in a tab intead of a new window)
* firebug (the famouse one)
* fvd speed dial (a nice speed dial)
* https-everywhere (the boring one)
* live http headers (analyse http request)
* tamper data (another analyser)
* UAcontrol (change user-agent per site)
* vimperator (the famous one)
* Tab Mix Plus (helps you tweak your tabs)
* FEBE (a backup tool)
* FlashGot (To use an external download manager like axel, aria2, wget, and company)

**Related**:
[link to the browser screenshot thread](http://forums.unixhub.net/showthread.php?tid=449)
[link to the Arch wiki trips](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fir...and_Tweaks)
[FF ramdisk](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Firefox_Ramdisk)

	Nihility Offline \| 15-10-2012, 10:15 AM \| #2

vimperator imo is handy

	venam Offline \| 26-07-2013, 06:27 PM \| #3

I updated this thread with more infos and links.

	Ippytraxx Offline \| 26-07-2013, 09:30 PM \| #4

I'll just leave this here

	hades Offline \| 27-07-2013, 01:58 AM \| #5

Vimperator is the bee's knees if you don't have a god-tier mouse, or if you just don't like using the mouse. I was attempting to use my girlfriend's laptop the other day (I was helping her with a paper) and when I opened firefox, I felt so silly clicking in the address bar and having to use that clumsy touchpad to navigate. I smiled when I got back to my laptop, opened Iceweasel, and never touched my mouse a single time as I jumped from page to page, from link to link, singing happily all the way.

	eye Offline \| 27-07-2013, 12:34 PM \| #6

nice one. Might need some of the tweaks.

	Jayro Offline \| 27-07-2013, 01:10 PM \| #7

This is a great guide for anyone using Firefox. I use Chrome myself but have been considering changing it up.

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