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Firefox Secrets

Table Of Contents

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0. Introduction
   • A Little Web Browser History
   • Who Should Read This Book?
   • What’s In This Book?
   • What’s On The CD?
   • The Book’s Website
   • Get The Rest From SitePoint
   • Acknowledgements
1. Introducing Your New Favorite Web Browser
   • The Case For A Better Browser
     • A Best-of-Breed Open Source Product
     • A Browser that Works for You
     • The “Right Set of Features”
     • Elimination of Annoyances
     • Security
     • Industry-Leading Standards Support
     • A Web Professional’s Best Friend
     • Complacency at Microsoft
   • Getting Firefox
     • Getting the Latest Windows Release
     • Getting the Latest Mac OS X Release
     • Getting the Latest Linux Release
     • Getting the Latest Release on Other Platforms
     • Importing Settings from Other Browsers
   • Summary
2. Essential Browsing Features
   • Tabbed Browsing
     • A Short History and a Warning
     • Tabs vs. Multiple Windows
     • Using Tabs
   • Search and Search Tools
     • There’s More than One Way to Find it!
     • FastFind: Find As You Type
   • Non-invasive Browsing
     • Popup Blocking
     • Disabling Annoying JavaScript
   • Downloading for Dummies
     • Downloading Files
     • The Download Manager
   • Installing Plugins
   • Getting to your Email
   • Summary
3. Revisiting Web Pages
   • Firefox Bookmarks
     • Importing and Exporting
     • Creating a Bookmark
     • Using the Bookmarks Toolbar
     • Playing with the Bookmarks Manager
     • Spotting the Bookmarks Sidebar
   • RSS and Live Bookmarks
     • RSS Reconnaissance
     • Creating a Live Bookmark
     • Clever Use of Live Bookmarks
   • Firefox Remembers for You
     • Using History
     • Managing Cookies
     • Auto-Completing Forms
     • Using the Password Manager
     • Clearing your Tracks
   • A Brief Look at Security
     • Secure HTTPS Pages
   • Summary
4. Dressing Up Firefox
   • Introducing Themes
   • Shopping for Themes
   • Working with Themes
     • Installing a Theme
     • Uninstalling and Changing Themes
     • Updating Themes
   • A Tour of Successful Themes
     • Qute
     • Phoenity
     • Gray Modern
     • Saferfox Xpanded
     • Plastikfox Crystal
   • Summary
5. Personalizing Firefox
   • Installing Extensions
     • Taming Tabs with miniT
     • Installing from other Sites
     • Installing from a Local File
     • Using the Extension Manager
     • Updating Extensions
     • Disabling and Uninstalling Extensions
     • Fixing Problems with Safe Mode
   • Recommended Extensions
     • Saving and Recovering your Place
     • Handling Irritating Page Content
     • Adding Helpful Page Content
     • Searching in New Ways
     • Upgrading your Mouse
     • Better Downloading
     • Getting the News
   • Fun Extensions
     • CuteMenus
     • FoxyTunes
   • Summary
6. Tips, Tricks, and Hacks
   • The Secret Named about:config
     • Modifying Preferences
     • Enabling Resizable Frames
     • Modifying Scripted Popups
     • Single Window Mode
     • Speeding up Firefox
     • Inline URL Auto-completion
   • Identifying Firefox Profiles
     • Where, oh Where, is my Profile?
     • Files in your Profile
   • Styling the User Interface
     • Editing Profile Files with ChromEdit
     • Marking Unread Tabs
     • Shifting the Sidebar to the Right
     • Disabling Psychedelic Content
     • Making the Back Button Bigger
     • Making the Search Bar Bigger
   • Simplifying the User Interface
     • Removing the Search Bar
     • Maximizing Browser Real Estate
     • Hidden Stuff: the Calculators
   • Using the Profile Manager
     • Creating a New Profile
     • Deleting a Profile
     • Backing up a Profile
     • Restoring a Saved Profile
   • Setting Cross-Profile Preferences
     • Adding a Global all.js File
     • Adding a Global user.js File
   • Summary
7. Web Development Nirvana
   • Firefox’s Standard Tools
     • Viewing Source Fundamentals
     • Viewing Selection Source
     • Page Info Document Reports
     • Popup Cookie Tracking
     • JavaScript Console Techniques
     • DOM Inspector Content Analysis
   • Must-Have Developer Extensions
     • Logging with LiveHTTPHeaders
     • The Web Developer Toolbar
     • Easy Validation with Checky
     • Easy Colors with ColorZilla
     • Easy FTP with FireFTP
     • Greasemonkey
     • Venkman: Advanced Debugging
   • Summary
8. Living On The Edge
   • News, Views, Gossip, and Facts
     • Getting the News
     • Getting Views And Opinions
     • Getting Reference Material
   • Troubleshooting Firefox
     • Problem Extensions and Themes
     • Firefox Won’t Start on Windows
     • Firefox says “Profile Already in Use”
     • Firefox Profile is Corrupt
     • Strange Windows on Mac OS X
     • Uninstalling Firefox
     • Seeing Something Weird
   • Playing at the Cutting Edge
     • Defining “Nightly Builds”
     • News on Nightly Builds
     • Getting Nightly Builds
     • Mozilla’s Bugzilla
   • Jumping on the Firefox Bandwagon
   • Creating Web Magic
   • Summary
9. Index