Mozilla

user.js

Sample configurations:

• firefox-tweaks/user.js
• pyllyukko/user.js
• mozilla:user.js
• accessibility.typeaheadfind.enablesound

Note: to delete about:config entries they need to be reset. The next time Mozilla starts, the entry should be gone.

User Agent

general.useragent.override = Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Fedora; Linux x86_64; rv:37.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/37.0

More useragent strings:

• Firefox user agent string reference
• List of User Agent Strings

Profiles

ProfileManager

Want to run multiple Mozilla instances at the same time?

firefox --no-remote -ProfileManager

Profile directory

What are those files in my Profile directory?

cookies.txt	cookies, now cookies.sqlite
downloads.rdf	downloads, now downloads.sqlite
history.dat	browsing history, now places.sqlite
places.sqlite	browsing history
key3.db	key to encrypt and decrypt saved passwords
signons.txt	saved user names and passwords, now signons.sqlite
signons2.txt	saved user names and passwords, now signons.sqlite
signons3.txt	saved user names and passwords, now signons.sqlite
localstore.rdf	customized data on the interface
mimeTypes.rdf	which action to perform for certain types of files
persdict.dat	custom entries added to the spell checker dictionary
sessionstore.js	stored sessions, loaded after close/crash

Transferring data to a new profile

This is described in detail on kb.mozillazine.org, here's the short version:

• Create a new profile with firefox -ProfileManager
• Close both the source and the target instance
• Copy at least the following files to the target profile:

cd ../old.profile
cp bookmarkbackups/bookmarks* ../new.profile/bookmarkbackups/
cp cert8.db cert_override.txt content-prefs.sqlite formhistory.sqlite key3.db \
   permissions.sqlite places.sqlite signons.sqlite ../new.profile/

Now start the new profile, check that everything is in place.

• Recovering important data from an old profile

Firefox

Password Manager

Since Firefox 29, autocomplete=off HTML tags will no longer be honored. Before that, signon.storeWhenAutocompleteOff=true had to be set (and before that signon.overrideAutocomplete=true). This is the default now.

• Hidden pref to save ID and password when autocomplete="off" (signon.overrideAutocomplete)
• Firefox 29: save and fill out autocomplete=”off” passwords

Plugins

• BetterPrivacy
• CipherFox
• Dict.cc Translation
• NoScript Security Suite
• RefControl
• Greasemonkey
• HTTPS Everywhere
• SSL Version Control

Thunderbird

• global-messages-db.sqlite too big? Try disabling "Global Search and Indexer" under "Advanced" in the Preferences

• ../Profiles/*/ImapMail/*/*{msf,sbd} too big? Go to Account Settings → Synchronization & Storage and set to Synchronize the most recent XX days instead of Synchronize all.... One has to do this for every account.

• Reply-All also includes yourself in the recipients list. To disable that, add the exact email address you were addressed with to your "Identities" in your account. You may also have to set mailnews.reply_to_self_check_all_ident to true.

• Set mail.server.default.send_client_info to false to stop sending the "ID command" to the IMAP server, as some may trouble when this command is sent.

Plugins

Lightning

After adding the GDATA Provider add-on, the Google calendar can be added via its XML-Link, e.g.

 https://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/example%40gmail.com/public/basic

• Lightning
• GDATA Provider - for accessing Google Calendars
• Calendar - Holiday Files (.ics)

Enigmail

• Enigmail (nightly)
• #136 Sending email gives error, even without encryption ("gIOService is not defined")

Note: GnuPG is needed!

Links

• Thunderbird 3 sucks
• Mozilla# 535137 - File location of index (global-messages-db.sqlite) should be customizable
• Thunderbird 3 “Reply to all”, also replies to myself
• Reply All except ME
• Signature Switch

Archive

Release	Date
Phoenix 0.5	Dec 2002
Firebird 0.7	Oct 2003
Mozilla 1.7.13	Apr 2006
Firefox 1.5.0.12	May 2007
Firefox 2.0.0.20	Dec 2008
Firefox 3.6.28	Mar 2012
Firefox 4.0.1	Jun 2011

Links

• Sync
• Configuring Firefox for FIPS 140-2
• browserspy.dk
• Firefox download
• Thunderbird download
• Songbird (Archive) (dead?)
• User name and password not remembered