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How to Change the Color of the Loading Bar

You may, or may not enjoy the default loading bar color for Firefox 3. If you may want to change it, you may do so using the following option:

1. Locate the userChrome.css file in your profile folder (more information may be found here).

2. Add the following code to the userChrome.css file:

/* Change the progress bar color */
.progress-bar {
-moz-appearance: none !important;
background-color: #660000 !important; }

3. You may change the color in bold to your prefered color. You may see the colors here.

How to use Plurk in your Sidebar (without an extension)

Plurk has become on of the best social networking sites out there. It is used by many people to “Plurk” and get more Karma! Here FirefoxGeeks will show you how to do such:

1. Drag and drop the following link into your “Smart Bookmarks” bar:

http://www.plurk.com/m

2. Right-Click on it and select “Properties.”

3. Click “Open in Sidebar.”

4. Now, all you need to do is click the link and Plurk mobile should load in your sidebar!

Stylish - Tweak Firefox

Stylish is a really neat extension similar to Greasemonkey. It allows you to install certain scripts created by others to make websites and different pages look the way you want them to look. One “userstyle” called “Google Web Search - Dark Blue Redesign” obviously changes Google to be dark blue and adds some other cool looking functions to the Google homepage. (Note: This only works with Google. You may edit the address in notepad to make it work for google.co.uk or such if you like.)

You may see all of the other “userstyles” here, or even create you own!

(Image from http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2008/07/22/turn-google-a-little-blue-just-for-you/)

How to Stop Windows From Resizing

It can become completely absurd when windows are continually resized and possibly messing up other tabs. Here we will show you how to prevent windows from automatically resizing.

1. Type about:config in the address bar.

2. Locate dom.disable_window_move_resize

3. Double-click it to set it to true.

How to Remove the Stop, Back, and Forward Buttons

You may want to conserve toolbar space or possibly just do not enjoy seeing the stop, back, and forward buttons at different times? Well here we will show you how to do that to make Firefox just that much better.

Locate your userChrome.css file in your Firefox profile, e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[profile name]\chrome

Add the following code to the file for each button. (Note: The stop button should appear when a page is loading and should disappear when the page is not loading. The Back button should only appear when there is something to go back to. etc.)

Stop Button

#stop-button[disabled="true"] { display: none;}

Back Button

#back-button[disabled="true"] { display: none; }

Forward Button

#forward-button[disabled="true"] { display: none; }

DownThemAll, FlashGot, and Ctrl-Tab

Here is a list of three more add-ons I highly recommend downloading:

1. DownThemAll - DownThemAll downloads selected, or all, sections of a webpage to allow you access to any of the content. It includes many features that can be used in different methods to allow for maximum downloading.

2. FlashGot - FlashGot is similar to DownThemAll, yet it downloads everything in a different manner. It allows users to download anything on a webpage quickly, efficiently, and in a manner that is nearly guaranteed to work.

3. Ctrl-Tab - Ctrl-Tab is an extension that replicates Windows’ Ctrl-Tab feature, except it seems to be more design oriented. I highly recommend it if you commonly have a large amount of tabs. It allows for options such as tab view, grid view, etc.