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21-May-2007, 08:05 AM #1
Did you know these basic Firefox Tips?
Following is a link to a fairly comprehensive set of Firefox tips, many of which I did not know here.

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Just tested link - it works fine, try again. DNS finds ip address = 72.36.213.138 for cybercapital.org, so if your DNS is down, substitute the ip address for it along with the rest of the link following the ip address name.

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Many thanks Tom. Your link worked for me. Good info to have.
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Good information.
Thanks Tom.

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Just tested link - it works fine, try again. DNS finds ip address = 72.36.213.138 for cybercapital.org, so if your DNS is down, substitute the ip address for it along with the rest of the link following the ip address name.

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Worked fine this time......... Thanks....
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Firefox keyboard shortcut to retrieve closed tabs here.

Caveat: May only work on FF 2.0 or later? I am using FF 1.5.0..3 on Ubuntu LiveCD 6.0.6 and it does not work, so I haven't been able to use it, but that should not prevent you from trying it to see if it works on your later FF version.

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That command is for a MAC OSX. To use it on a PC (with XP), try CTRL-SHIFT-T and it will bring back the last tab you closed. Multiple CTRL-SHIFT-T's will bring back the next oldest tab you closed.

Not sure if it works with FF 1.5x or Linux.
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Hacking Firefox: The secrets of about:config (May 29, 2007)
Computerworld article here.

Discover more than 20 behind-the-scenes tweaks for speeding up page loads, reducing memory drain and making the interface behave the way you want it to

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Awesome! I knew about the "config.trim_on_minimize" option, but I learned that all this info is stored in the prefs.js text file (similar to Netscape back in the day...)

Now I can edit everything with notepad!
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Hacking Firefox: The secrets of about:config (May 29, 2007)
Computerworld article here.

Discover more than 20 behind-the-scenes tweaks for speeding up page loads, reducing memory drain and making the interface behave the way you want it to

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Great article.
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01-Jun-2007, 08:59 AM #14
Insecure plug-ins pose danger to Firefox users
by Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2007-05-30
Article (2 pages) here.

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Thanks, Tom.
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