Firefox browser advanced application skills delivery

Firefox, with its open source code, supports Windows, Linux and Mac OS X multiple operating system platforms, with low resource usage, fast speed, few security issues, and timely upgrades, and has won the favor of the majority of Internet users. The following are the various application skills of Firefox that I have summarized, which can help you quickly become a master of Firefox!

Tip 1: Configuration files are saved everywhere

Firefox configuration files mainly include program option settings, bookmarks and extensions, plugins and other information. By default, the Firefox configuration file is stored in the system disk. If you want to save the configuration file after the system is reinstalled, you should change the save path of the configuration file and save it to the non-system disk. :

In Windows XP, click the "Start → Run" command, type "Firefox -p" in the "Run" dialog box and press the Enter key to bring up the configuration file manager, so A "Firefox - Select User Profile" dialog box (Figure 1) pops up, click the "Create Profile" button to create the configuration file to another disk. After clicking the button, follow the wizard's prompt, name the configuration file on the second page, click the "Select Folder" button, select the storage path, and finally click the "Finish" button to end.

Tips 2: Cache and other settings to modify

Enter "about:cache" in the Firefox address bar and type Enter, then display Firefox's memory buffer settings and disk speed Cache settings. If you click on the "List Cache Entries" link on the page, we can also see which data files are in the buffer.

1. Adjust the cache capacity

If you want to adjust the maximum size of the disk cache, you can select the "Options" command under the "Tools" menu, select "Privacy" in the pop-up window. Then, click Expand Cache in the right view to set the size yourself.

2. Change the temporary file storage location

If you want to customize the temporary storage location of Firefox, you can enter "about:config carriage return" in the address bar of Firefox to open the detailed configuration. Page; then right click on the mouse to create a new name, named browser.cache.disk.parent_directory, type string, and then enter a new temporary file path, such as E:\\Firefox Temp.

3. Change the save path of the downloaded file

Firefox can download the file, as long as you click on a download link with the left mouse button, a download dialog will pop up, and then the file will be downloaded. Save to the default directory. If you want to change the save path of the downloaded file, you can click the "Tools→Options" command in the menu, select "Download" in the pop-up window, and then select "Save all downloaded files to this folder" in the right view. Items, you can set the required directory yourself.

Tip 3: Easily import IE data

IB browsing history, Internet options, remembered passwords, cookies, favorites, etc. can all be transferred to Firefox by: In the File menu of Firefox, select the "Import" command, then select "Internet Explorer", click "Next" in the pop-up page, select the information and settings you want to transfer, and finally click "Next".

If you just transfer the IE favorites to Firefox, you can do this: Click "Manage Bookmarks" under the "Bookmarks" menu on the main interface to enter the bookmark manager; click "File" in the window. → "Import bookmarks", open an "Import bookmarks" dialog box, select "Import from Microsoft Internet Explorer".

When you finish, there will be a directory named "From Internet Explorer" in the Firefox bookmarks. If you think the URL is a bit messy, you can select "Bookmarks → From Internet Explorer" in the main interface. , then right click and select "Sort by Name" so that the URLs will be sorted.

Tip 4: Chinese webpage search

By default, Firefox will call Google to search for web pages for you. There is a search engine text box on the right side of the toolbar that lists what Google finds as long as you enter the keywords you want to search for. However, when you search with Google, you can't directly search for Simplified Chinese webpages. You can modify this by typing "about:config carriage return" in the address bar to open the detailed configuration page; then enter "browser" in the "Filter" field. .search.defaulturl" brings up the item and changes the value of the item to "http: //www.google.com/search?q=".

If you want to use Google to search all Chinese pages, you can select the "Quick Search" directory in the Firefox bookmarks, and then right click on the mouse to create a new bookmark called "Chinese Search" with the link: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en- CN&newwindow=1&&q=%s&&btnG=%E6%90%9C%E7%B4%A2&& lr=lang_zh-CN %7Clang_zh-TW, the keyword is zwss. In this way, you can search for all Chinese pages of "123" by typing "zwss 123" (without quotes) in the address bar.

Tip 5: Let Firefox madness

If you want to speed up Firefox startup, you can modify the "network.dns.disableIPv6" item in Firefox's detailed configuration page. The operation method is as follows:

Run Firefox, enter "about:config carriage return" in the address bar to open the detailed configuration page; then enter "network.dns.disableIPv6" in the "Filter" field to call up the item (Figure 2). Double-click the "network.dns.disableIPv6" preference with the mouse to change the default value from "false" to "true"; finally restart Firefox for the settings to take effect.

If you want Firefox to open the webpage quickly, you can type "about:config carriage return" in the address bar to open the detailed configuration page and modify the following preferences. The modification method is "" In the "Filter" field, enter a preference name in the table below, double-click it to modify it, and finally restart Firefox to make the settings take effect.

If you don't have one of the above preferences, you can right click on the blank space under "Filter" and click "New" to create a new preference according to the data in the above table.

Tip 6: Custom Bookmark Toolbar

Firefox's "Bookmarks" are similar to IE's Favorites, but it doesn't have several URL shortcuts like Favorites, but a file. (Located in "X:\\Documents and Settings\\username\\Application Data\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Profiles\\XXXXXX.default\\bookmarks.html").

The Firefox bookmark toolbar is in the second line of the main interface. Similar to the Links function in IE, you can put the websites you need to visit frequently in the bookmark toolbar, and then just click the bookmark toolbar. These icons can be used to quickly open a web page, which is much more convenient than clicking a bookmark in the menu each time. To put the URL in the bookmarks toolbar, click on "Manage Bookmarks" under the "Bookmarks" menu on the main interface to enter the "Bookmark Manager" window. You can move your favorite bookmarks to the same way as you would a file." Bookmarks Toolbar Folder" directory.

If you want to sort your bookmarks, you can click on the menu bar "View" in the "Bookmark Manager" window and choose to sort by name, address, keyword, description or add time.

Tip 7: Use the bookmark keyword to quickly open a web page

Bookmark keywords can help you quickly open a web page. To customize a keyword for a bookmark, you can right click on the bookmark, select "Properties", a window will pop up (Figure 3), enter a keyword for the URL in the "Custom Keywords" column, as long as you are Enter the "keyword" in the address bar to open the corresponding URL.

Tips 8: Install common plugins for Firefox

In order to slim down, Firefox only has some basic functions, unlike all functions like IE or Maxthon, so It can guarantee that Firefox is small and not bloated. To expand the functionality of Firefox, you can install various plugins for it. The installation method is: after downloading the plugin, click "Open File" under the "File" menu in Firefox, open a plugin, and then follow the window prompts to install. After the program is restarted, it will take effect. Here are some common plugins:

1. SwitchProxy plugin: Access blocked websites

Download: http://jgillick.nettripper.com/switchproxy/switchproxy.xpi

The SwitchProxy plugin is very useful for domestic users because it allows you to easily switch proxy servers. However, it also has some side effects, which is to make Firefox open a new window slower.

2. File Title plugin: automatically named according to the title

In IE, when you select the "File → Save As" menu command to save the web page, IE can automatically save according to the title of the current web page. File naming. When you save a web page in Firefox, there is no such function. The default save file name is "Index". If you need to save a large number of web pages, this is very inconvenient. To do this, you can install a "File Title" plugin for Firefox to achieve the same functionality as IE.