Tag Archives: about:config

Toggle Firefox 23 JavaScript Option

Toggle Firefox 23 JavaScript Option

Firefox 23 was released earlier this week, and one thing some people will notice missing is the option to enable and disable JavaScript within the Options > Content menu. (“Load images automatically” was also removed.) Even though it’s gone from the user interface, it’s still there on the Firefox Configuration […]

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Disable Firefox Missing Plugin Notification

Disable Firefox Missing Plugin Notification

Whenever you visit a media rich website (it’s hard to avoid them these days), you’ll likely be asked to install Adobe’s Flash player or Shockwave player, Microsoft’s Silverlight plugin, Apple’s Quick-time plugin, Oracle’s Java runtime environment, or any number of other web browser plugins.. The fact is that you likely […]

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Disable Firefox Tab Drag Preview

Disable Firefox Tab Drag Preview

Being able to rearrange your open tabs in Firefox is awesome! Having the tabs preview box cover the indicator arrow – which shows where your tab is moving to – isn’t awesome. In actuality, it defeats the purpose of the indicator arrow. When Firefox choose to adopt a minimalistic interface […]

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Disable Firefox Add-on Compatibility Checking

Disable Firefox Add-on Compatibility Checking

This article is updated for Firefox 28, but won’t work this way for Firefox 29. Read more for info. In an article I wrote last April concerning the Firefox 4 add-on compatibility checker, I explained how to quickly disable said tool in order to allow older add-ons to run. That […]

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Open Firefox Web Search Results In New Tab

Open Firefox Web Search Results In New Tab

Having a search box with quick access to your favorite search engine is standard among web browsers. Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Opera all have a dedicated box to the right of the Address Bar. Google’s Chrome performs such searches from within the Address Bar itself. Before they became standard, this […]

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Open Firefox’s Page Source In Your Editor

Open Firefox’s Page Source In Your Editor

As a web developer, I’m constantly viewing the source code of websites, mine and yours. I look to fix bugs, improve efficiency, and learn new or interesting techniques. The Page Source viewer in Firefox is right there in the View menu or the shortcut Ctrl+U. I guess I could say […]

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