This WindowsSecrets.com article covers Firefox secrets from editing config settings to limiting Firefox’s memory cache to speeding up Firefox on Windows XP.
It’s not so long ago that we learned to master the Windows Registry, a buzzing hive of little-known configuration settings. Now we find that Firefox 1.0, the hot new browser released on Nov. 9 by the Mozilla Foundation, has its own hidden playground for us to tweak.
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That was well worth me reading just for discovering the keywords feature.
(have any sites searchbox searchable from the address bar)
now its easy and fast to search my fave sites from the addressbar =)
no scrolling needed… anchors are beautiful. :-)
It’s pretty addicting to fiddle around with about:config, but I’ve had problems upgrading Firefox in the past when the settings there were heavily customized. Nothing serious, just some glitches that involved tweaking about:config back to some defaults.
And I’m surprised they didn’t mention about:mozilla even if it doesn’t do anything useful ;) I can’t find it right now, but there’s an archive of those easter egg pages dating back a couple of versions.