Firefox Secrets
Sarah Perez on December 12th, 2004
From windowssecrets.com , a really cool site, btw, comes a post about these secrets in the Firefox browser:
"Typing the following strings into Firefox’s Address Bar (which the new browser calls the Location Bar) and pressing Enter brings up a wide variety of novel applets:
- about: shows info on Firefox’s version number, copyright, etc.;
- about:config reveals the Configuration Console, a repository brimming over with scores of customizable settings;
- about:cache displays a summary of both your memory and file cache, with a link to full file listings;
- about:buildconfig lists the compiler options that were used to create your version of Firefox (and, since it’s open source, anyone can compile a customized version);
- about:plugins enumerates your installed add-ons, which can be quite numerous since Firefox is designed to be modular and extensible; and
- about:credits is an "Easter egg" that includes the names of hundreds of developers and testers who worked on the product.
The article then goes on to tell you how to make some tweaks to the about: config file. Very cool reading for Firefox power users!
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Oooh yeah! Me and Branille just discovered that place the other day! Too cool!
Don’t forget about:mozilla!
“And so at last the beast fell and the unbelievers rejoiced. But all was not lost, for from the ash rose a great bird. The bird gazed down upon the unbelievers and cast fire and thunder upon them. For the beast had been reborn with its strength renewed, and the followers of Mammon cowered in horror.” — Mozilla 7:15
Josh, that one is awesome!
If you use Firesomthing you can do about:firesomething for
“And there was a great commotion among the believers and nonbelievers alike, for they saw a great fox of fire and knew not its true nature. But just then a faithful believer extended his hand, and offered a gift to the fiery fox. And the fox was enabled to show its true nature as an ever-changing being, and it turned into a great oyster of power. And the oyster opened its shell, revealing a dazzling pearl to all who would look upon it.”