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[[W:Mozilla Firefox]] is a graphical [[W:web browser|web browser]] developed by the [[W:Mozilla Corporation|Mozilla Corporation]], and a large community of external contributors.  Firefox, officially abbreviated as '''Fx''' or '''fx''' and popularly abbreviated '''FF''', started as a [[W:fork (software development)|fork]] of the [[W:Netscape Navigator|Navigator]] browser component of the [[W:Mozilla Application Suite|Mozilla Application Suite]].  Firefox has replaced the Mozilla Suite as the flagship product of the Mozilla project, under the direction of the [[W:Mozilla Foundation|Mozilla Foundation]].
 
[[W:Mozilla Firefox]] is a graphical [[W:web browser|web browser]] developed by the [[W:Mozilla Corporation|Mozilla Corporation]], and a large community of external contributors.  Firefox, officially abbreviated as '''Fx''' or '''fx''' and popularly abbreviated '''FF''', started as a [[W:fork (software development)|fork]] of the [[W:Netscape Navigator|Navigator]] browser component of the [[W:Mozilla Application Suite|Mozilla Application Suite]].  Firefox has replaced the Mozilla Suite as the flagship product of the Mozilla project, under the direction of the [[W:Mozilla Foundation|Mozilla Foundation]].
  
== Firefox Extensions ==
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== Addons ==
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*Language: Install the ''en_GB'' languages and if ''en_US'' keeps re-establishing itself as the default, you can forcefully remove the ''en_US*'' files from ''/usr/lib/xulrunner-*/dictionaries/''.
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*DoNotTrackMe (from [https://www.abine.com/dntdetail.php here]) or Ghostery (from [http://www.ghostery.com here])
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*Flash player (apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree)
 
*[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006 Download Helper] ''- download videos from youtube and other online video content sites''
 
*[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006 Download Helper] ''- download videos from youtube and other online video content sites''
**[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3590 Fast Video Downloader] ''- an alternative downloader''
 
 
*[http://www.getfirebug.com/docs.html Firebug]
 
*[http://www.getfirebug.com/docs.html Firebug]
*[http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/remove-it-permanently/ Remove it permenantly] ''- remove ads and thing from sites you don't want to see!''
 
*[http://www.openqa.org/selenium-ide Selenium IDE]
 
*[http://slesinsky.org/brian/code/xpath_checker.html XPath checker]
 
  
 
== Firebug tutorials ==
 
== Firebug tutorials ==

Revision as of 16:00, 28 July 2013

W:Mozilla Firefox is a graphical web browser developed by the Mozilla Corporation, and a large community of external contributors. Firefox, officially abbreviated as Fx or fx and popularly abbreviated FF, started as a fork of the Navigator browser component of the Mozilla Application Suite. Firefox has replaced the Mozilla Suite as the flagship product of the Mozilla project, under the direction of the Mozilla Foundation.

Addons

  • Language: Install the en_GB languages and if en_US keeps re-establishing itself as the default, you can forcefully remove the en_US* files from /usr/lib/xulrunner-*/dictionaries/.
  • DoNotTrackMe (from here) or Ghostery (from here)
  • Flash player (apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree)
  • Download Helper - download videos from youtube and other online video content sites
  • Firebug

Firebug tutorials

Videos

Firefox news

Logging functions

  • console.log(variable);
  • console.log("The value of StringVariable is %s, StringVariable);
  • console.info(variable);
  • console.warn(variable);
  • console.error(variable);
  • debugger; # Breaks execution at debugger point -Select Options → Break on errors
  • console.time("UNIQUE ID");
  • console.timeEnd("UNIQUE ID");