Mozilla Firefox Tips & Tricks

Get rid of the annoying window that pops up after you've downloaded something in Firefox. Just follow these simple steps.

Open a new tab in Firefox.
Type: "about:config" without quotes in the address bar.
Locate "browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting" by copying and pasting the bold text into the Filter box.
Double click the name or value to change the value from "true" to "false". Close the tab

Now you have hidden your download Window, if you want to view it at any time you can, press "ctrl + J", or click "Tools" and then "Downloads"

This is one of my favorites. I enjoy using facebook chat to visit with my friends and family, but I hate how Facebook's chat bar is setup on the page. And why can't I use Facebook chat, when I am viewing another website? You can keep Facebook open in another tab, and browse another website in yet another tab, but still you have to open the Facebook tab, and then open the chat application tab at the bottom of the page just to read or send you messages. This simple and easy Firefox trick solves this problem. Just follow these quick, and easy steps in your Mozilla Firefox browser. This works best with Mac pc's. With a little modification it will work on windows as well.

First thing go and log into your Facebook account. Once logged into Facebook, click the bookmarks tab in Firefox browser. Then click, "organize bookmarks".

Then choose "New Bookmark" tab. Fill in the following:

Name: Facebook Chat
Location: http://www.facebook.com/presence/popout.php

Make sure the "Load this bookmark in sidebar" box is checked
Click "OK" button.

Now launch the Firefox side bar, by clicking "View" at the top of your browser, and then "Sidebar", and then click "Bookmarks".

Then chose "Facebook Chat". Facebook chat will now load into your Firefox sidebar.

Have fun chatting. If you are not using a Mac pc, this will take some modifications, this works best on Mac. To get around the sidebar resizing automatically leave "php" out of the location. For example instead of entering " http://www.facebook.com/presence/popout.php" , try entering "http://www.facebook.com/presence/popout"

This trick is nearly obsolete, because of the popout feature now in Facebook. I thought I would show this trick, as the process maybe useful for other things, on other websites.

Did you surf on to a site with tiny text? Straining to make out the words on a website? This quick and easy tip will have you reading without straining.

Just follow these simple short cuts to zoom in on those tiny fonts.

Zoom in press "Ctrl" & "+"

Zoom out press "Ctrl" & "-"

Reset Zoom press "Ctrl" & "0" (zero key)

Place these in the address bar of your Mozilla Firefox browser, and press enter, to see what happens!

chrome://browser/content/browser.xul - Opens another Firefox inside a tab in the the existing Firefox window. Set this one as your college roomate's homepage and see what happens!

chrome://browser/content/preferences/preferences.xul - Opens the Options box inside the Firefox tab.

chrome://browser/content/bookmarks/bookmarksPanel.xul - Opens the "Bookmarks Manager" inside a tab in the Firefox window.

chrome://browser/content/history/history-panel.xul - Opens the History Panel in the Firefox tab.

chrome://mozapps/content/extensions/extensions.xul?type=extensions - Opens the Extensions window in the current tab.

chrome://browser/content/preferences/cookies.xul - Opens the "cookies window" inside a tab in the Firefox window.

chrome://browser/content/preferences/sanitize.xul - Opens the "Clear Private Data" window inside the current tab.

chrome://browser/content/aboutDialog.xul - Opens the "About Firefox" box inside the tab.

chrome://browser/content/credits.xhtml - Opens a scrolling list of firefox contributors. The creators of Firefox

chrome://global/content/alerts/alert.xul - Dancing Firefox.