This article was inspired by Lifehackers Top Firefox 2 config tweaks but adds advanced tips to the mix. Rest assured that the configuration tweaks will not list the same tips that you see on every other site nowadays, I promise new unseen tips.
I should probably start with some basic information on how you edit the Firefox configuration at all. This is actually pretty simple: Enter about:config in the address bar and hit enter. A large preferences list should appear. Every option has a preference name, a status, a type and a value.We are using the name to find the option in the large list. Status defines if it is still the default value or has been edited by the user, type defines which values are accepted in the value field. For boolean it would be true or false, integer a number and so on. To filter the list enter part of the name into the Filter text field, the results get updated on the fly. On to the tweaks..
Change location of bookmarks file
Middlemouse Paste
Hide Go Button
Click Selects all in url bar
Open Search Results in a new Tab
Spellcheck for textareas
Autofill in url bar
Disable extension compatibility check
I should probably start with some basic information on how you edit the Firefox configuration at all. This is actually pretty simple: Enter about:config in the address bar and hit enter. A large preferences list should appear. Every option has a preference name, a status, a type and a value.We are using the name to find the option in the large list. Status defines if it is still the default value or has been edited by the user, type defines which values are accepted in the value field. For boolean it would be true or false, integer a number and so on. To filter the list enter part of the name into the Filter text field, the results get updated on the fly. On to the tweaks..
Change location of bookmarks file
- key: browser.bookmarks.file
- default: not existing, create new String by right-clicking and entering the above key
- value: path to bookmark.html, for instance e:\bookmark.html
Middlemouse Paste
- key: middlemouse.paste
- default: false</STRONG>
- change to: true
Hide Go Button
- key:browser.urlbar.hideGoButton
- default:false
- change to:true
Click Selects all in url bar
- key:browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll
- default:true
- change to:false
Open Search Results in a new Tab
- key:browser.search.openintab
- default:false
- change to: true
Spellcheck for textareas
- key:layout.spellcheckDefault
- default:1
- change to: 2
Autofill in url bar
- key:browser.urlbar.autoFill
- default:false
- change to:true
Disable extension compatibility check
- key:extensions.checkCompatibility
- default: not existing, create new Boolean with the above name
- value: false