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The latest Firefox allows you to prevent URLs from being saved in the pull-down menu for the Location Bar. This restriction helps protect user privacy and prevent users from “stumbling” into sites that other users had previously viewed.

You can disable the display of bookmark icons and “favicons” by using about:config to set both of the preferences browser.chrome.site_icons and browser.chrome.favicons to false.

By default, if you enter a search term in the address field and press Enter, a Google “I’m Feeling Lucky” search is performed, and you’re taken to the first result of that search directly. If you prefer to see the standard search result list instead, use about:config to change the value of the preference keyword.URL to http://www.google.com/search?btnG=Google+Search&q=.Of course, you could also change to a completely different search engine by changing the string to something else. The default search string is: “http://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&q=”.

If you are using Netscape 6/7 or Mozilla, you can share your bookmarks with Firefox. All bookmarks are stored in a file called bookmarks.html and is stored in the profile folder. For example, if you want to use the bookmarks for Netscape 7 in Firefox, use about:config to add the String preference browser.bookmarks.file, and set the value to C:\Path To Netscape Profile\bookmarks.html.Replace Path To Netscape Profile with the actual path to your Netscape profile.

This tip can also be used on dual-boot systems to use the same bookmarks on both operating systems. Just make sure that you place the file on a location that you have write access to from operating systems.

Firefox has a few options that allow you to decide what scripts can and can not do with windows. These options are available by going to Tools > Options… > Content, and beside “Enable JavaScript”, clicking on Advanced. However, this list of options doesn’t cover them all. There are some other useful options which can be applied by using about:config to change the following:

dom.disable_window_open_feature.resizable

Set this to true to make sure all pop-up windows are resizable.

dom.disable_window_open_feature.minimizable

Set this to true to make sure all pop-up windows are minimizable.

dom.disable_window_open_feature.menubar

Set this to true to always display the menu in pop-up windows.

dom.disable_window_open_feature.location

Set this to true to always display the Navigation Toolbar in pop-up windows.

dom.disable_window_open_feature.scrollbars

Set this to true to prevent sites from disabling scrollbars.

Find As You Type has a few hidden preferences that can be changed to better fit your needs. Use about:config to change any of the following:

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