Open Bookmark Manager in Your Browser Window

Comments (3) · June 24, 2008 at 6:01 am · Firefox Hacks

Need to access the Firefox 3 Library function without clicking on Bookmarks, then Organize Bookmarks?  You could always go with the keyboard combination Ctrl+Shift+B.  Want an easier one? Try typing this in your address bar:

chrome://browser/content/places/places.xul

This will open up your Firefox 3 Library inside of your main browsing window.  Now you can have a little more screen real estate to edit and manage your favorite links.  Bookmark it and get this "big view" at your fingertips anytime you need it with just the click of a bookmark.

Here Come the Firefox 3 Chrome Hacks

Comments off · March 26, 2008 at 6:54 am · Firefox Hacks

Well it was just a matter of time before a few of these started to roll out. While checking out a post over at Foxiewire, I found at least my first page of them. Eric Wendelin has posted a few chrome tweaks you can make to the browser. Just edit your UserChrome.css and insert his code inside for these awesome effects:

• Specify the max height for the Auto-complete list
• Remove splitter between the URL and Search bars to save space
• Changed from #bookmarks-menu in FF2
• Remove the Bookmark star, I use Ctrl-D instead
• Remove the URL bar Go button
• Style the new auto-complete list
• Make the active tab wider (when you have a few tabs open)

Grab them all on his blog post, and be sure to tell him thanks too. For more Firefox 3 chrome hacking fun, if you have the Stylish extension you might grab a few of these tweaks and changes.

+ Check Out FirefoxFacts.com’s Firefox 3 Section for More!

Shrink Your Toolbar Area

Comments off · November 3, 2006 at 4:23 am · Firefox Hacks

Want to have more room for browsing, and less for all those extensions and toolbars you have been installing for Firefox? Here is a good start at getting your browser a little neater.

You’re a power web surfer, so of course you use Firefox. But while the Firefox team has done a great job of creating an interface that accommodates most web surfers, you’re not most surfers. There are bunch of unnecessary buttons, menus and doodads in the Firefox control area (the “chrome”) that you don’t need, taking up space you could be using to see and do more with your web pages and tabs.

+ Read More About Consolidating Firefox’s Chrome!

Remove “Sort By Name” from Firefox

Comments off · October 8, 2006 at 4:21 am · Firefox Hacks

Does the “sort by name” feature really throw off your organization of bookmarks and links in Firefox?

I couldn’t find an extension for this, and I didn’t dig too deep into the developers documentation, but I did find something in the chrome/browser.jar file. In order to remove the option you need to edit a file in that archive.

+ Read More About Removing “Sort By Name” from Firefox!