Taming Firefox

Simple JavaScript switch

Create a bookmark for the following link;

  about:config?filter=javascript.enabled

You can do the same for any other preference.

Duplex printing

in 'about:config', search print.
Then:

Show scrollbars

Settings -> Browsing -> Always show scrollbars
And:
about:config -> search: widget.gtk.overlay-scrollbars.enabled -> False

Links

• About:config entries
• Firefox Help - Tutorials: Bookmarks
• Firefox Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts
• Force Firefox to use UTF for (local) text files:
  910192 - Get rid of intl.charset.default as a localizable pref and deduce the fallback from the locale
  Short version: View -> Text Encoding -> Auto-Detect -> Japanese
• How to show the full URL in Firefox
  Short version: about:config -> Search: browser.urlbar.trimURLs -> false
• Completely disable Data Reporting
• Saved telemetry pings, why?
• Mozilla's new DNS resolution is dangerous
• Trusted Recursive Resolver
• At startup Firefox want to fetch http://detectportal.firefox.com/success.txt. You can disable this in the following way: Turn off captive portal
• Ad blocker roundup: 6 ad blockers to improve your internet experience