Configuring the Firefox browser

This procedure will configure the Firefox web browser for the Ubuntu 11.10 operating system.

If you will be using Firefox for printing to paper or file, such as PDF, then you will find, that Firefox is extremely bonded to the letterbox format and forced variables in headers and footers. You can change the settings over and over. Firefox will forget your settings – and go back to its default settings. Firefox is now in version 8. It’s still a problem. The only known solution is to open the secret configuration table about:config, apply the “paper_size” filter, change settings as necessary, apply the “header” filter, change settings as necessary, apply the “footer” filter and change settings as necessary. A double click will open the value for editing. Restart Firefox. You might notice, that Firefox uses the same settings for the “Print to File” printer as your printer.

If you will be using Firefox to store or document the content of closed forums, social web sites or web pages in general, open the Add-ons Manager, install the pdfit and restart Firefox. The Add-ons Manager can be opened by pressing Ctrl+Shift+A. pdfit can generate PNG and PDF documents.

If you will be using Firefox for Facebook – and would like to keep track of pending friend requests, lost friends and more, open the Add-ons Manager, install Greasemonkey and restart Firefox. The Add-ons Manager can be opened by pressing Ctrl+Shift+A. Install the Unfriend Finder script from this link or from the homepage. Unfriend Finder has a built in backup and restore function.

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