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Smart Keywords(same as quick search
)Right-click on the search box of one website and
select "Add a keyword for this Search",give the keyword a name and an easy-to-type shortcut name .
You can just type the shortcut name and the search String in the address bar next time to search.
b)
Keyboard shortcuts- Spacebar (page down)
- Shift-Spacebar (page up) May conflict to SCIM's shortcuts
- Ctrl+F (find)
- Alt-N (find next)
- Ctrl+D (bookmark page)
- Ctrl+T (new tab)
- Ctrl+K (go to search box)
- Ctrl+L (go to address bar)
- Ctrl+= (increase text size)
- Ctrl+- (decrease text size)
- Ctrl-W (close tab)
- F5 (reload)
- Alt-Home (go to home page)
c)
Auto-completeIn the address bar, just type "Google" and press Control-Enter. The "www" and ".com" will be auto complete.Shift-Enter for .net , Control-Shift-Enter .org.
d)
Tab navigation
- Ctrl+Tab (rotate forward among tabs)
- Ctrl+Shift+Tab (rotate to the previous tab)
- Ctrl+1-9 (choose a number to jump to a specific tab)
e)
Mouse shortcuts
- Middle click on link (opens in new tab)
- Shift-scroll down (previous page)
- Shift-scroll up (next page)
- Ctrl-scroll up (decrease text size)
- Ctrl-scroll down (increase text size)
- Middle click on a tab (closes tab)
f)
Delete items from address bar history
Use arrow key to select the history item in address bar and then press "delete" to delete this item.
g)
chrome and user.js
Chrome tutorial and
example user.js (Unread)
h)
about:config
- network.http.pipelining=true
- network.http.proxy.pipelining=true
- network.http.pipelinging.maxrequest
- (max request to make at once) 30?
- nglayout.initialpaint.delay=0
- (the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it
receives)
- browser.cache.disk.capacity
- (limit the amount of RAM , 15000 for 512 to 1G ram)
- config.trim_on_minimize=true
- (move Firefox to hard drive when minimize it)
- browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground=true
- force all link open in a new window to load in background tab
- editor.singleLine.pasteNewlines = 2
- paste multiple lines to a input box
i)
Setting the close tab button
browser.tabs.closeButtons
- 0: Display a close button on the active tab only
- 1:(Default) Display close buttons on all tabs
- 2:Don’t display any close buttons
- 3:Display a single close button at the end of the tab bar (Firefox 1.x behavior)
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