The Secrets of Firefox about:config 263
jcatcw writes "While Firefox is very customizable, many of its settings aren't in the Options. Each setting is named and stored as a string, integer, or Boolean in a file called prefs.js and accessed via about:config from the nav bar. Computerworld provides instructions on 20 tweaks for speeding up page loads, making tabs behave, reducing memory drain, and generally making the interface act the way you want it to. Customization also comes through the must-have FF extensions (but be sure to skip these)."
I just want (Score:2, Interesting)
I tried changing every entry that mentions google.com, and sometimes it still queries. WTF!
Re:I just want (Score:2, Interesting)
*NOTE: I don't actually know if you can or not; Google works for me so I've never investigated it.
Camino? (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:A bigger question (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Why aren't these real options? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:While it's nice.. (Score:5, Interesting)
Install Subversion, and use it on your config files.
Subversion: it's not just for projects anymore.
Re:Hacking Firefox (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:A bigger question (Score:2, Interesting)
Delete all cookies when browser is closed (Score:2, Interesting)
How many do you actually need cookies for? Right. A handful.
The default behaviour, given how the technology is abused these days, should be to delete all cookies and purge the cache when the browser closes - except for the sites specified by the user.
It still irks me that IE (yes, we have to use it at work) still doesn't have an option for 'delete all cookies on exit' - but it is perfectly capable of clearing the rest of the cache.
I agree that the option to accept from originating site is good, but these days I don't care. Either way the cookies are purged every day.
Documentation (Score:2, Interesting)
If yes, where is it and is there an an easy why to find it?
If no, why not? If this is all about choice, should people be able to learn about their choices?