Firefox Add on - Configuration Mania


Configure hidden prefs

There are various hidden preferences on firefox. It is technical and difficult to configure with about:config. Configuration Mania allow you to do it easily.

You configure them in same way of firefox default option dialog, after opening this extension's setting dialog.

Recommended prefs

Security -> JavaScript -> Pop-up Windows -> Popup Windows on the Tabbed Browsing
You can disallow the popup windows to open new window, and get single-window-mode firefox!
Security -> Others -> Force to Delete cookies after ... days
Specifies the reservation days until long-expiration cookies is compulsorily deleted.
Browser -> UserAgent
Allow you to fake UA(your browser). Effective in the pages not to allow to browse without IE.
Browser -> High Speed Browsing -> Paint/Rendering -> Initial paint dalay
You feel firefox faster by setting this delay to 0. But, sometimes feel slower on low-spec machine, low-speed access, or heavy pages.
UI -> Others -> Unix (X-Window) style mouse behavior
Enabled on Windows PC to Emulate Unix-like mouse behavior.
Security -> Network -> Referer request-header
Allow to hide Referer where you come from. Effective in hiding parts of your privacy. However it may happen trouble on some page (particular shopping site.)
HTTP Network -> Advanced -> Maximum session connection
It is a convenient setting of Firefox for high-speed. Use it together with HTTP Network -> Connection -> Enable pipelining.
Debug
Helpful for XUL development.
Reference: Configuration mania

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