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| My web browser is quickly becoming one of the most useful tools on
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| my computer. As I spend more time configuring it I thought it might be
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| important to start documenting some of the addons in a central place.
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| = Force Install Addons =
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| <blockquote>
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| Certain addons (such as pentadactyl) are very particular about the version of firefox that they support.
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| This can become a bit of a mess when you're dealing with Arch's penchant for the latest, most cutting edge
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| packages.
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| ''' Force Install '''
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| <blockquote>
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| Occasionally, you can force install addons into newer versions of firefox simply by clicking the greyed
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| out 'Download' button. Try this first.
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| </blockquote><!-- Force Install -->
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| ''' Fool Compatibility Check '''
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| <blockquote>
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| This largely seems voided now that you can force install addons into newer versions of firefox (they will
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| be blocked if they truly are incompatible). Just the same, in old versions of firefox you can fool it's
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| compatibility checker by modifying one of it's variables.
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| <pre>
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| navigate to <code>about:config</code>
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| Rclick > New Boolean
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| name: extensions.checkCompatibility.30.0 #(or version you want firefox to test as true)
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| value: true
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| ## Restart Firefox
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| </pre>
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| </blockquote><!--Fool Compatibility Check -->
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| ''' Downgrade Firefox '''
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| <blockquote>
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| Don't be intimidated, this is really simple. Firstly, if you can find the version you want in
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| <code>/var/cache/pacman/pkg/</code> then you can very simply downgrade it with the command
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| <code>pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/firefox-x.x</code>.
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| If it isn't found there, don't stress, you can download a precompiled binary from:
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| https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/
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| <pre>
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| tar -xvf firefox-xx.x.x
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| sudo mv firefox /opt/ # alternatively, you could put it where the actual firefox
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| # binaries go in /usr/lib/firefox
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| sudo chown -R root:root /opt/firefox
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| /opt/firefox/firefox &
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| ## since we're only installing this for pentadactyl, I've created
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| ## a symbolic link as pentadactyl (so I can still keep an up to date
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| ## version of firefox).
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| sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/pentadactyl
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| </pre>
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| </blockquote><!-- Downgrade Firefox -->
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| </blockquote><!-- force Install Addons -->
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| = Addons = | | = Addons = |
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| | [[firefox addon dark mode]] || comprehensive dark stylesheet for websites | | | [[firefox addon dark mode]] || comprehensive dark stylesheet for websites |
| |- | | |- |
| | [[firefox addon foxsplitter]] || | | | [[firefox addon foxsplitter]] || |
| |- | | |- |
| | [[firefox addon pentadactyl]] || vim keybindings in firefox (closer to vim than pentadactyl) | | | [[firefox addon pentadactyl]] || vim keybindings in firefox (closer to vim than pentadactyl) |
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| | firefox addon private tab || supports private tabs alongside other tabs | | | firefox addon private tab || supports private tabs alongside other tabs |
| |} | | |} |
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| = Appearance =
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| <blockquote>
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| === FXchrome (discontinued) ===
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| <blockquote>
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| Firefox has overly wide tabs. I don't like it. Too bubbly.
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| FXchrome replaces firefox's tabs with something a little closer to chrome's
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| tabs.I have stopped using this extension because pentadactyl sufficiently slims the tabs.
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| </blockquote><!--FXchrome-->
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|
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| === burling ===
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| <blockquote>
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| Changes the colour of the tab-bar. This one is darker, fits better with pentadactyl solarized
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| or desert colour themes.
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| </blockquote><!-- burling -->
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|
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| === disable spellcheck underline ===
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| <blockquote>
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| I never use the spellcheck underline, and it makes text more difficult to read.
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| If you'd like to disable it, you can find it in the Firfox menu:
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| <pre>
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| :set guioptions+=T
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| Menu > Preferences > Advanced(General Tab) > Check My Spelling as I Type
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| </pre>
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| </blockquote><!-- spellcheck underline -->
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| </blockquote><!-- Appearance -->
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| = Settings = | | = Settings = |
| <blockquote> | | <blockquote> |
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| == MMB scrolling == | | == MMB scrolling == |
| <pre> | | <pre> |
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| Maximize Firefox (F11) | | Maximize Firefox (F11) |
| Mouse to top-of-screen > Rclick > Uncheck Hide Toolbars | | Mouse to top-of-screen > Rclick > Uncheck Hide Toolbars |
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| </pre> | | </pre> |
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| </blockquote><!-- Settings --> | | </blockquote><!-- Settings --> |
|
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| = Linux =
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| <blockquote>
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| == Flash Plugin ==
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| The flash plugin does not officially support linux. Google created their own
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| fork for chromium, and there are ways of using it in firefox.
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| {|
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| | [[pepper flash]]
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| |}
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| </blockquote><!-- Linux -->
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