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One of the largest reasons I use Mozilla Firefox is its huge universe of extensions, scripts, and other add-ons which can make it behave the way you want it to. I've customized my Firefox installation pretty extensively.

This list is current as of Firefox 3.5.

Extensions

Customization

Web development

Firebug
Web Developer
Google's Page Speed. I previously used Yahoo's YSlow, but switched because Page Speed is open-source. Functionality is mostly equivalent, and I honestly don't use the extension enough to notice the differences.
ColorZilla

Other stuff

Preferences

user.js settings I use:

Setting	Value	Rationale
image.animation_mode	once	Animated GIFs only animate once
layout.css.dpi	0	Use system-reported DPI, always (normal behavior may sometimes use 96 DPI)
layout.spellcheckDefault	2	Enable spell checking for both INPUT and TEXTAREA fields
ui.caretBlinkTime	0	Disable cursor blinking
ui.allow_platform_file_picker	false	Don't use the horrid GTK file picker
network.http.pipelining	true	Increase network performance
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests	8
network.http.pipelining.ssl	true
network.http.proxy.pipelining	true
network.protocol-handler.external.mailto	true
network.proxy.socks_remote_dns	true
nglayout.initialpaint.delay	100
browser.ssl_override_behavior	2	Turn off annoying SSL certificate behavior
browser.xul.error_pages.expert_bad_cert	true	Turn off annoying SSL certificate behavior
browser.backspace_action	1

Chrome

Contents of my userChrome.css:

   1 /* Font preferences for AwesomeBar dropdown
   2  * 
   3  * Adjusts font size, underlines URLs, and corrects colors
   4  */
   5 .ac-comment
   6 {
   7   font-size: 100% !important;
   8 }
   9 
  10 .ac-url-text
  11 {
  12   color: #306090 !important;
  13   text-decoration: underline !important;
  14 }
  15 
  16 .ac-url-text[selected="true"]
  17 {
  18   color: white !important;
  19 }
  20 
  21 /* Use monospaced font for AwesomeBar */
  22 #urlbar
  23 {
  24   font-family: monospace !important;
  25   font-size: 14px !important;
  26 }
  27 
  28 /* Combines Stop/Reload buttons, such that only one is shown at a time
  29  *
  30  * Note: May require button reordering (e.g reverse order of stop/reload
  31  * buttons) if the below does not work
  32  *
  33  * Derived from user style: http://userstyles.org/styles/10
  34  * Also, see bug 343396: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?query_format=specific&order=relevance+desc&bug_status=__open__&id=343396
  35  */
  36 #stop-button[disabled="true"] { display:none; } 
  37 #stop-button:not([disabled]) + #reload-button { display:none; }
  38 
  39 /* Italicize unread tabs
  40  *
  41  * Derived from user style: http://userstyles.org/styles/8247
  42  */
  43 #content tab:not([selected]) { font-style: italic !important; }
  44 
  45 /* Display keyword field in Bookmark dialog
  46  *
  47  * Derived from user style: http://userstyles.org/styles/8250
  48  */
  49 #editBMPanel_keywordRow { visibility: visible; }
  50 
  51 /* Hide search and go buttons */
  52 .search-go-button,
  53 .search-go-button-stack,
  54 #go-button
  55 {
  56   display: none !important;
  57 }

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-Mozilla Firefox configuration
+One of the largest reasons I use [[http://getfirefox.com|Mozilla Firefox]] is its huge [[https://addons.mozilla.org|universe of extensions]], scripts, and other add-ons which can make it behave the way you want it to. I've customized my Firefox installation pretty extensively.

This list is current as of Firefox 3.5.

== Extensions ==

=== Customization ===

 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748|Greasemonkey]]
 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2108|Stylish]]

=== Web development ===

 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843|Firebug]]
 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60|Web Developer]]
 * [[http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/index.html|Google's Page Speed]]. I previously used [[http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/|Yahoo's YSlow]], but switched because [[http://code.google.com/p/page-speed/|Page Speed is open-source]]. Functionality is mostly equivalent, and I honestly don't use the extension enough to notice the differences.
 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/271|ColorZilla]]

=== Other stuff ===


 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433|Flashblock]]
 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2324|Session Manager]]

 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4781|Automatic Save Folder]]
 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1812|Colt]]
 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/271|ColorZilla]]
 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3615|Delicious Bookmarks]]
 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4645|FireGPG]]
 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1951|Fission]]
 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433|Flashblock]]
 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2933|Link Widgets]]
 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9549|Long URL Please]]
 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1250|Grab and Drag]]
 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2780|Mobile Barcoder]]
 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7330|Multiproxy Switch]]
 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2592|No Squint]]
 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8207|Open in Browser]]
 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12196|PlasmaNotify]]
 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7661|Read it Later]]
 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2324|Session Manager]]
 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1956|Tabs Open Relative]]
 * [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/462|Unhide Passwords]]

== Preferences ==

`user.js` settings I use:

|| '''Setting''' || '''Value''' || '''Rationale''' ||
|| image.animation_mode || once || Animated GIFs only animate once ||
|| layout.css.dpi || 0 || Use system-reported DPI, always (normal behavior may sometimes use 96 DPI) ||
|| layout.spellcheckDefault || 2 || Enable spell checking for both INPUT and TEXTAREA fields ||
|| ui.caretBlinkTime || 0 || Disable cursor blinking ||
|| ui.allow_platform_file_picker || false || Don't use the horrid GTK file picker ||
|| network.http.pipelining || true ||<|4> Increase network performance ||
|| network.http.pipelining.maxrequests || 8 ||
|| network.http.pipelining.ssl || true ||
|| network.http.proxy.pipelining || true ||
|| network.protocol-handler.external.mailto || true || ||
|| network.proxy.socks_remote_dns || true || ||
|| nglayout.initialpaint.delay || 100 || ||
|| browser.ssl_override_behavior || 2 ||<|2>Turn off annoying SSL certificate behavior ||
|| browser.xul.error_pages.expert_bad_cert || true ||
|| browser.backspace_action || 1 || ||

== Chrome ==

Contents of my userChrome.css:

{{{#!highlight css
/* Font preferences for AwesomeBar dropdown
 * 
 * Adjusts font size, underlines URLs, and corrects colors
 */
.ac-comment
{
  font-size: 100% !important;
}

.ac-url-text
{
  color: #306090 !important;
  text-decoration: underline !important;
}

.ac-url-text[selected="true"]
{
  color: white !important;
}

/* Use monospaced font for AwesomeBar */
#urlbar
{
  font-family: monospace !important;
  font-size: 14px !important;
}

/* Combines Stop/Reload buttons, such that only one is shown at a time
 *
 * Note: May require button reordering (e.g reverse order of stop/reload
 * buttons) if the below does not work
 *
 * Derived from user style: http://userstyles.org/styles/10
 * Also, see bug 343396: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?query_format=specific&order=relevance+desc&bug_status=__open__&id=343396
 */
#stop-button[disabled="true"] { display:none; } 
#stop-button:not([disabled]) + #reload-button { display:none; }

/* Italicize unread tabs
 *
 * Derived from user style: http://userstyles.org/styles/8247
 */
#content tab:not([selected]) { font-style: italic !important; }

/* Display keyword field in Bookmark dialog
 *
 * Derived from user style: http://userstyles.org/styles/8250
 */
#editBMPanel_keywordRow { visibility: visible; }

/* Hide search and go buttons */
.search-go-button,
.search-go-button-stack,
#go-button
{
  display: none !important;
}

}}}

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