So here are configurations that I use, gathered from a handful of locations. Add to the user.js file to enable them, or manipulate the values through about:config
// Change main bar to normal Google search:
user_pref(”keyword.URL”, “http://www.google.com/search?btnG=Google+Search&q=”);
// Find As You Type Configuration:
// Set this pref to false to disable Find As You Type:
user_pref(”accessibility.typeaheadfind”, true);
// Put an end to blinking text!
user_pref(”browser.blink_allowed”, false);
// Enable pipelining:
user_pref(”network.http.pipelining”, true);
user_pref(”network.http.proxy.pipelining”, true);
user_pref(”network.http.pipelining.maxrequests”, 8);
// Delay before starting to draw HTML page… Last value in milliseconds (default is 250)
user_pref(”nglayout.initialpaint.delay”, 0);
More configs… add the following code to your userChrome.css file:
/* Make the Search box flex wider
(in this case 300 pixels wide) */
#search-container, #searchbar {
-moz-box-flex: 300 !important;
}
and some stuff that I haven’t tried but looks interesting…
userChrome.css:
/* Remove the Go and Help menus
(These are just examples. Try changing “Go” to “Edit” or “Bookmarks”) */
menu[label="Go"], menu[label="Help"] {
display: none !important;
}
/* Change cursor for links that open in new window */
:link[target="_blank"], :visited[target="_blank"],
:link[target="_new"], :visited[target="_new"] {
cursor: crosshair;
}
/* Change cursor for JavaScript links */
a[href^="javascript:"] {
cursor: move;
}
user.js
// Click on throbber to go to Mozilla.org:
user_pref(”browser.throbber.url”, “http://www.mozilla.org/”);
Also, these look like a good combo: a definable location for the cache and how to use a profile on removable media…
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Specify where to store the cache
To specify in which folder the cache is stored, add the following code to your user.js file:
// Path to Cache folder:
user_pref(”browser.cache.disk.parent_directory”,”C:\Path To Cache”);
Remember to use two backslashes for the path separators if you’re using Windows, e.g. C:\Path\Path To Cache instead of C:\Path\Path To Cache.
Run Firefox from removable media
This advanced tip makes it possible to run Firefox from removable media, such as a USB memory stick. This will allow you to run Firefox with your personal settings from any computer, even those that don’t have Firefox installed. It has only been tested on Windows XP/2000. The basic instructions are as follows:
1. Copy the Firefox application folder and your profile folder to the removable medium. In this example we will use R:\Firefox for the application folder and R:\FFProfile as the profile folder, assuming the drive letter for the removable media is R:.
2. Create a simple batch file called R:\Firefox.bat with the following line:
start \Firefox\firefox.exe -profile \FFProfile
3. Optionally, disable the disk cache to reduce the amounts of file writes to the removable storage by entering about:config in the address field of Firefox and set browser.cache.disk.enable to false.
The reason why a batch file is needed instead of a simple shortcut is that a shortcut uses absolute paths, and since the actual drive letter for the removable media may change depending on which computer it is plugged into, the relative path used in the batch file is guaranteed to work anywhere.
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And adding new search options to the right-hand searchbar
