Archive for February 15th, 2007

February 15, 2007: 1:09 pm: MatthewBusiness, Firefox, Technical, Tips and Tricks

Firefox is now 2, and I have a new tweak list – actually, it’s mostly the same ones but I don’t trust other sites to still exist after I lost a few…

And remember, you can get to these through about:config really easily…

  • // Disable image animation

    user_pref(”image.animation_mode”, “none”);
  • // Enable frame resizability

    user_pref(”layout.frames.force_resizability”, true);
  • // Prevent popups to hide the urlbar

    user_pref(”dom.disable_window_open_feature.location”, true);
  • // Prevent popups to hide the menubar

    user_pref(”dom.disable_window_open_feature.menubar”, true);
  • // Enable pipelining to increase the speed of (broadband) connection (10 on the second line can be any number)

    user_pref(”network.http.pipelining”, true);

    user_pref(”network.http.pipelining.maxrequests”, 8);

    user_pref(”network.http.proxy.pipelining”, true);
  • user_pref(”network.http.max-connections-per-server”, 16);
  • user_pref(”browser.search.openintab”, true);
  • user_pref(”accessibility.typeaheadfind”, true);

Disable only certain annoying JavaScript tricks:

Tools ->
Options -> Content -> Enable JavaScript -> Advanced ->
uncheck (according to your taste) Allow scripts to “Move or resize
existing windows”, “Raise or lower windows”, “Disable or replace
context menus”, “Hide the status bar” and “Change status bar text”

set keyword.URL to prevent I’m Feeling Lucky

More tips from ComputerWorld

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: 10:46 am: MatthewBusiness, Privacy, Technical

A useful perspective on OpenID and why it is useful.  To consider…

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: 10:39 am: MatthewLinux Misc, Security, Technical, Tips and Tricks

Mostly focused on recovery applications, the Slashdot discussion on Live CDs is pretty interesting and added a few new references to my list.

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: 10:26 am: MatthewFamily, Home Improvement Ideas

Local cached version of the arcade console article page that lists who makes them.