Posts filed under 'Feel Firefox'
1. Make the autocomplete menu show only typed addresses and not visited or bookmarked
* Enter about:config in the location bar to access the advanced preferences. Accept the “This may void your warranty message”.
* Look for browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped and double click it to set it to false.
2. To set the autocomplete menu to single line suggestions, Install the oldbar extension, developed by Seth Spitzer. Together with the previous tweak pretty much restores Firefox 2 behavior, except typed characters are searched in all the address instead of just the beginning.
3. Change the number of suggestions displayed in the autocomplete menu
* Enter about:config in the location bar to access the advanced preferences.
* Look for browser.urlbar.maxRichResults and set it to the number of results you want to get.
* Restart Firefox for the change to take effect.
4. Hide the star button if you prefer to use the Bookmarks menu or a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl + D)
* Open your userChrome.css file located in your profile folder.
* Add this line to the end of the file: #star-button { width: 0px !important; }
* Restart Firefox for the change to take effect.
5. Always show the Go button. By default it is only displayed when you are editing the current web address.
* Open your userChrome.css file located in your profile folder.
* Add this line to the end of the file: #go-button { visibility: visible !important; }
* Restart Firefox for the change to take effect.
6. If you enter firfox in the location bar and you try to correct it, the autocomplete menu won’t suggest anything because it only keeps working as you edit the last characters. Install the Edit Middle extension, developed by harikaried, to make it work with edits anywhere.
7. To auto select the first suggestion in the autocomplete menu, install the Enter Selects extension, developed by harikaried. You will need to logon to Mozilla Add-ons to install it as it’s still experimental.
8. To tweak title and addresses size and colors by adding these lines to your userChrome.css file. Check for the specific hexadecimal color code to use at WebMonkey.
.ac-comment {font-size: 100%! important; color: #444444 ! important; }
.ac-comment[selected=”true”] { color: #FFFFFF !important; }
.ac-url-text {font-size: 100% ! important; color: #000077 ! important; }
.ac-url-text[selected=”true”] { color: #FFFFFF !important; }
9. To include Google and Amazon search results in the autocomplete menu install the Searchery extension, developed by Ian McKellar. You will need to logon to Mozilla Add-ons to install it as it’s still experimental.
Happy tweaking!
June 19th, 2008
As the clock passed 18:16 GMT on June 18, marked the end of the 24 hours period for counting the number of downloads Firefox 3.
8,290,908 is the number of Firefox 3 downloads, give or take a few thousands, with a strong 12 thousand downloads per minute rate at the time the mark was crossed.
In fact, the push was so hard that NetApplications reports it moved the market share needle by about 2% for Firefox 3: from around 1% early in the morning to about 3% by late at night.
The number has yet to be validated by Guinness officials and hopefullly it will be included in the next printed edition of the Guinness World Records.
June 18th, 2008
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team has sent a fancy cake to Mozilla’s Mountain View headquarters to join the celebration of the Firefox 3 release.
June 18th, 2008
The Best Firefox Yet
With more than 15,000 improvements, Firefox 3 is faster, safer and smarter than ever before.
What’s So Great About Firefox 3?
The Web is all about innovation, and Firefox 3 sets the pace with dozens of new features, including the smart location bar, one-click bookmarking and blindingly fast performance.
Simply put, your online security is our top priority. Firefox includes strict anti-phishing and anti-malware measures, plus easy ways to tell the good guys from the bad like our new one-click site ID info. And, thanks to our open source process we have thousands of security experts around the globe working around the clock to keep you (and your personal information) safe.
In the end, it’s all about you being able to do what you need to do on the Web. And with features like built-in spell checking, session restore and full zoom, nobody makes it easier, helps you work better or saves you more time than Firefox.
Everybody uses the Web differently, so why should your browser be exactly like the next guy’s? Whether you’re into chatting, cooking or coding, Firefox has more than 5,000 add-ons to help you customize it to fit your exact needs.
Download Firefox 3 . System requirements . Release notes
June 17th, 2008
We’re just over 12 hours until the start of the long-awaited Download Day! Our Guinness World Record attempt will start when Firefox 3 is officially launched at approximately 10:00 a.m. PDT (17:00 UTC) on Tuesday, June 17th.
At that time, please check out the official Download Day site to get Firefox 3 and for a map of worldwide downloads!
June 17th, 2008
After more than 34 months of active development, and with the contributions of thousands, Mozilla is proud to announce that they’re ready. It is their expectation to ship Firefox 3 this upcoming Tuesday, June 17th. Put on your party hats and get ready to download Firefox 3 — the best web browser.
June 12th, 2008
The third Firefox 3 Release Candidate is now available for download. It contains a single change for Mac OS X users only; there is no change for users running previous Firefox Release Candidate versions on Windows or Linux. Ongoing planning for Firefox 3 can be followed in the minutes of the Firefox 3 Planning Meetings, as well as in mozilla.dev.planning and on irc.mozilla.org in #granparadiso.
Testers can download the third Firefox 3 Release Candidate builds for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux in over 45 different languages. Developers should also read the Firefox 3 for Developers article on the Mozilla Developer Center.
June 12th, 2008
The second Firefox 3 Release Candidate is now available for download. Ongoing planning for Firefox 3 can be followed at the Firefox 3 Planning Center, as well as in mozilla.dev.planning and on irc.mozilla.org in #granparadiso.
Testers can download the second Firefox 3 Release Candidate builds for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux in over 45 different languages. Developers should also read the Firefox 3 for Developers article on the Mozilla Developer Center.
For more info and links: blog.mozilla.com
June 5th, 2008
Sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours - it’s that easy.
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord
May 29th, 2008
The official presentation of the new, third version of Mozilla Firefox is scheduled for June 2008. “We decided to release the final version in June” said Mike Schropfer, vice president of Mozilla Corporation.
According to him, many users expect the release of the third version but there are hundreds of Firefox add-ons and projects and we must check them and prepare for official release. Schopfer points that Firefox RC1 is already out and it has been downloaded 1.5 million times.
The company do not eliminate the possibility of another Release Candidate before official Firefox 3.
“Browsers become more and more important applications because web pages become more and more sophisticated and bigger so the productivity and stability of browser are a great moment.”
May 22nd, 2008
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