Browsers

Firefox

• To set Firefox Developer Edition as sensible-browser on Linux:

  First, add Firefox Developer Edition to update-alternatives:

  sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-www-browser x-www-browser /opt/firefox_dev/firefox/firefox 200

  (assuming the given executable path: /opt/firefox_dev/firefox/firefox)

  Then, set it as sensible-browser:

  sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser

about:config settings

• browser.bookmarks.openInTabClosesMenu: true - false
• browser.bookmarks.showMobileBookmarks: true -> false
• browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInTabs: false -> true
• browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML: false -> true
• browser.tabs.tabMinWidth: 76 -> 100
• browser.tabs.closeTabByDblclick: false -> true
• browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab: true -> false
• browser.privatebrowsing.autostart: false -> true
• geo.enabled: true -> false
• extensions.pocket.enabled: true -> false
• browser.urlbar.openintab

Useful shortcuts

Firefox keyboard shortcuts

• Home: Move to the top of the page. I recommend using Vimium.
• Ctrl-l: Highlight the url bar.
• Ctrl-Shift-o: Open bookmark manager.
• Ctrl-Shift-b: Toggle bookmarks toolbar.
• Ctrl-b: Toggle bookmarks sidebar.
• Ctrl-Shift-a: Open addons manager.
• Ctrl-Shift-Del: Clear recent history.
• Ctrl-Shift-d: Bookmark all open tabs in a folder.
• Ctrl-Shift-r / Ctrl-F5: Reload the tab and clear the cache.
• Ctrl-Shift-t: Undo close tab.