Firefox hacks tips & tools for next-generation web browsing

Firefox Hacks is ideal for power users who want to take full advantage of Firefox from Mozilla, the next-generation web browser that is rapidly subverting Internet Explorer's once-dominant audience. It's also the first book that specifically dedicates itself to this technology. Firefox...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McFarlane, Nigel (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Beijing ; Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly Media [2005]
Edición:First edition
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627159106719
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  • Contents; Credits; About the Author; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Preface; Why Firefox Hacks?; How to Use This Book; How This Book Is Organized; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari® Enabled; How to Contact Us; Got a Hack?; Firefox Basics; Get Oriented; Finding Firefox Files After Installation; Installing an Extension; Installing from update.mozilla.org; Installing from elsewhere; Setting a Preference with about:config; Ten Ways to Display a Web Page; Normal Browser Window; Source Code Window; window.open(); Full Screen or Kiosk Mode; Chrome-Free Windows; Print Preview
  • User-CustomizedDOM Hierarchy; Debug-Enabled; Splash Screens; Ten Ways to Navigate to a Web Page; Click on a Link; Click on a Bookmark Icon; Put Something in the Location Bar; Pick Something from Your History; Copy and Paste; Caret Browsing; Drag and Drop; Use the Menu Bar; Switch Between Windows and Tabs; Use Accessibility Devices; Find Stuff; Search a Displayed Web Page; Search Web Page Source; Search Your History; Search Your Bookmarks; Search for Lost Logins; Search the Web; Search for Firefox Preferences; Identify and Use Toolbar Icons; Use Keyboard Shortcuts; Make Firefox Look Different
  • Stop Once-Only Dialogs SafelyFlush and Clear Absolutely Everything; Dispose of Ordinary Web Surfing Information; Dispose of Everything Else via the User Interface; Dispose of Everything via the Filesystem; Strip the Firefox Install Area of Extras; See Also; Make Firefox Go Fast; Fix Dial-Up Modem Bottlenecks; Overclock Firefox; Speed up network access; Speed up page display; Expand Your Caching; Start Up Faster; Ultimate Speed Improvements; Start Up from the Command Line; See Also; Security; Drop Miscellaneous Security Blocks; Supply Passwords Automatically; Allow Foreign Code to Run
  • Turn on ActiveXTurn on more plug-in and helper support; Drop Browser Security Hobbles; Remove Profile Salting; Update Firefox Automatically; Raise Security to Protect Dummies; Stop All Secret Network Activity; Stop Secret Updates; Stop Secret Submissions; Stop Not-So-Secret Background Downloads; Work with Single Sign-On Servers; The Single Sign-On Technology Jungle; Locating standards; Brand names and standards; Single Sign-On: The Easy Way; Single Sign-On: The Hard Way; Work with Web Proxies; Overview of Proxy Options; Setting Up Direct Connects and Static Proxies
  • Setting Up Scripted PAC ProxiesSetting Up WPAD Proxies; Fine-Tune Ports and Sockets; Disallow Ports; Set Socket Limits; Manage Digital Certificates; Examining Existing Certificates and Authorities; Adding More CA Certificates; Rejecting Certificates with CRLs and OSCP; Digitally Sign Content; Get Oriented on Security Concepts; Get Signing Tools; Sign Content for Test Purposes; Sign Content for Publication; Do Something with Trusted Content; Grant Trust with Master Certificates; Master Certificate Concepts; Deploying Master Certificates; Delegating Trust to Others
  • Alternatives to Master Certificates