Mozilla Skin

Firefox

From Linux & Open Source @ NUS

Contents

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.