Firefox tips

To check Installed plugins

type: about:plugins in browser,

This will show up list of plugins that are installed like Flash player
plugin, Java plugin, Shockwave plugin.

Customize the display and location of the close tab button in the tab bar

You can customize the display and location of the close tab button in
the tab bar by using about:config to edit the preference
browser.tabs.closeButtons.

Values:
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.xbehavior)

Speed up Firefox

1.Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and
look for the following entries:

network.http.pipelining network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you
enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page
loading.

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means
it will make 30 requests at once.

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "
nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the
amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.

If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!