Firefox 3: 10 tips and tricks
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Firefox 3 was released. Mozilla marketing ploy to boot during the day paid off, attention is drawn. Now we need to figure out what's new in your browser, and most importantly, how it is convenient and easy to manage, because usability of the program for the big competition is sometimes decisive role in choosing. Let's talk about tweaks, tricks, and other hakah Easter eggs, which are not covered by the marketing department of Mozilla.
Reducing the size of Great buttons "Back"
The first thing that catches your eye in the new interface, Firefox 3 - it is a big button "back". Although it is actually very comfortable, less likely to miss. But if the button is simply too big for your taste, it's easy to fix. Simply right-click on the toolbar in Firefox, and select Customize. At the bottom of the dialog box check "small icons".
Management of guessed values in Smart Location Bar.
One feature of Firefox 3 is the ability to anticipate your needs. When you type in the address bar, Firefox 3 offers you the options you have already viewed pages. However, this list could be very long, the default - 12. It's not always convenient. It is set up? Type about: config in the address bar and press Enter. Click "I promise that I'll be careful!" Find the line browser.urlbar.maxRichResults in the filter field. Set the desired number of proposals. In the example, the image is selected 3.
Removal of typos when typing URL.
Although hints of Smart Location bar are smart enough, but if you enter an incorrect URL-say, a page that does not exist - Firefox 3 will remember it and offer it later with a warning that this page does not exist. (Garbage in, garbage out:) To remove erroneous URL from the list of suggestions for good, place the cursor on the proposal and press Del in Windows. This trick also works in any form of auto-complete, if you're wrong user name in the form below.
Obsolete extensions
The philosophy of Firefox, it seems, professes the principle of delegating all third-party vendors. However, Firefox 3 was enriched by some of the features, which eliminates the need for the presence of some of the extensions. Here are five extensions that you do not need to Firefox 3:
- NoSquint
- Google Gears
- Resize Search Box
- DownThemAll
- Better Gmail and other Mailto: handler add-ons.
Return "AwesomeBar"
The so-called Smart location bar, offering options for autocomplete drop-down list, Bole was detailed, but more cumbersome, because now not only shows the URL, and page headers. If you're used to the classic Firefox 2
will help to return your "AwesomeBar".
Sort your collection of bookmarks
Like Smart Playlists in iTunes, Smart Bookmarks (most popular in Russian translation) Firefox 3 - it is a dynamic list of URL, sorted according to specific criteria. Here's how to
Using the search parameters. In short: Ctrl-Shift-B -> Manage -> New Bookmark. Next in the line "Address" type the following:
- 10 visited bookmarks:
place:queryType=0&sort=8&maxResults=10 - 10 last bookmarks:
place:queryType=1&sort=12&maxResults=10 - 10 Most visited sites with Temin "search-bot":
place:queryType=0&sort=8&maxResults=10&terms=search-bot - Five most visited sites in the domain yandex.ru:
place:queryType=0&sort=8&maxResults=5&domain=yandex.ru
Hint: To add your most frequently visited pages on the search-bot.net, you need to enter in the Address bar:
place: queryType = 0 & sort = 8 & maxResults = 5 & domain = search-bot.net.
Set Gmail as your email client by default.
In Firefox 3 you can associate a file type and desktop as well as with the online application. This opens the door for the automatic launching Google mail, click the e-mail.
Here's how to run Gmail , when you click on this link mailto.
Say hello to the robot
In Firefox 3 came Easter egg, by a new way, a talisman in the form of
. Enter about: robots into the address bar and see the following: 
Enable spell checking in a row
Type about: config and set layout.spellcheckDefault, equal to 2, to spell check was conducted in a single line in the input field. (There will be fewer errors in the headers of your e-mail headers, and the title of a blog:)
Tenth advice applies only to users of Mac:
Add to Bookmarks Favicon
You can simply add the site icon from the toolbar, using the
.
This is my photo for Your Face. Show yourself!
Photo black and white, unfortunately. But authentic:)
June 20, 2008 at 20:15
What can I say? - Spa-see-bo!
June 21, 2008 at 15:57
A year ago, switched from FireFox to Safari, now making the reverse transition, as the FF under poppy cultivation was much better than before:)
June 21, 2008 at 16:01
Under Mac FF better than the original?
Complete victory:)
By the way, FF 3 is not all critical plug-ins have been updated. In chastnocti, SEOQuake and WebDeveloper, so long as the benefit 2.0.0.9
June 24, 2008 at 00:49
Already established, testing ...
June 24, 2008 at 00:55
Spomoni: a successful test. Soon lay out a new and interesting material on the plug-ins to the 3rd Firefox.
June 24, 2008 at 12:01
In treshke already works fine SeoQuake and WebDeveloper -)
June 24, 2008 at 12:05
Yes, it is updated. I sit for FF3 now. By the way, has added another .
A handy plug-in Tab Mix Plus still does not work with FF3: (
June 24, 2008 at 12:32
No, I collect mail baht, we are so accustomed to)
A tab mix soon release apdeyt, although if you do not come under the busybodies other similar plug. The holy place is never empty)
June 24, 2008 at 12:52
There's not just mail. In all accounts. Although VKontakte:)
July 15th, 2008 at 12:15
The issue of Better Gmail ... FF now he can see links meyltu, but this is not the only function of Better Gmail, as I recall even the plugin change something in the account's user interface? or not?
July 16th, 2008 at 03:06
Thanks, by the way, Del and running on Linux, just cleaned:)
I do not understand why DTA is no longer needed ... I went about a few chiat akkov.
July 17th, 2008 at 22:51
2 Kolia Shlapak: Better Gmail is not used. A mailto recognize in conjunction with Gmail FF still need to learn:)
July 17th, 2008 at 22:54
Today saw the settings Better Gmail, but there are enough opportunities. So I would not call this plugin unnecessary)
July 18th, 2008 at 00:42
Yes, it says "obsolete" is not "unnecessary." Cartoon "Robots" looking? :)
July 18th, 2008 at 00:47
Nope)
September 14th, 2008 at 18:37
Is it possible to adjust the opening of the new tab next to active? Are there any plugins for mouse control, like in Opera? How can I redirect the links to other applications?
September 14th, 2008 at 18:49
Nick: From the standard settings tab in FF, you can select only "switch on the tab, which is revealed", or open it in the background. But after opening the tab can be dragged. Uncomfortable, so I use Chrome: . What about plug-ins do not know. Easier for me to go to the original user-friendly application than to spend time searching and studying lotions, correcting initially awkward interface.
In general, the best place of all - Maxthon. It is a pity that under Vista is buggy, it would have only used them.
Redirect links to third-party applications: what to have in mind?
September 14th, 2008 at 19:28
About dragging know. Maxton compared with the Opera, did not find the mouse controls, declined. In the first version of the FF was not vladok so long enjoyed the opera. The new version faerfoksa suits: one line of open tabs (do not clutter the screen, as in the opera in a multiline display, and not tapering to zero, as in the same opera with a one-line) support for encryption, as in s (not exactly sure what, but in our corp network operator does not work because of the lack of such support).
Redirect links: in particular - send a link to p2p emul.
September 14th, 2008 at 19:37
Maxton, in fact, an add-on IE, I understand correctly? A FF - independent browser.
September 15th, 2008 at 14:20
Yes, Maxton suspension. Only at times more convenient than IE. By the way, it's strange that you did not find mouse control. It is supported from the time when he was called MyIE. Called the "Mouse Gestures" in the settings.