Firefox
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Extensions
Fasterfox
Performance and network tweaks. Download
MediaPlayer Connectivity
Allow you to launch embed video of website in an external application with a simple click, using programs such as vlc and mplayer. Download
Misc
Browser Identification
If your browser has some weird name, such as "Bon Echo", this may cause certain sites to be unable it to identify it as Firefox. The site may then prompt you for an upgrade. To overcome this issue, change to user agent to "Firefox" in the url about:config
general.useragent.extra.firefox
Closing Tabs with middle click
You may prefer middle-click to close a tab instaed of reloading the page. If so, just open in the url field about:config, then search for
middlemouse.contentLoadURL
and change it to False by double clicking.
