<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN'  'http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd'><article><articleinfo><title>firefox</title><revhistory><revision><revnumber>25</revnumber><date>2025-04-15 10:55:58</date><authorinitials>kputyr</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>24</revnumber><date>2023-06-01 09:18:47</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>23</revnumber><date>2021-02-03 08:24:22</date><authorinitials>eseide</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>22</revnumber><date>2020-01-13 20:04:06</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>21</revnumber><date>2019-03-12 11:59:23</date><authorinitials>daschil</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>20</revnumber><date>2019-03-12 11:56:52</date><authorinitials>daschil</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>19</revnumber><date>2019-03-12 11:56:37</date><authorinitials>daschil</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>18</revnumber><date>2019-03-12 11:56:22</date><authorinitials>daschil</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>17</revnumber><date>2019-03-12 11:55:05</date><authorinitials>daschil</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>16</revnumber><date>2019-03-12 11:49:57</date><authorinitials>daschil</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>15</revnumber><date>2019-03-12 11:48:21</date><authorinitials>daschil</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>14</revnumber><date>2019-03-12 11:47:58</date><authorinitials>daschil</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>13</revnumber><date>2019-03-12 11:33:35</date><authorinitials>daschil</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>12</revnumber><date>2014-11-26 20:41:55</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>11</revnumber><date>2014-11-26 20:41:24</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>10</revnumber><date>2012-12-12 11:24:43</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>9</revnumber><date>2012-12-12 11:24:02</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>8</revnumber><date>2012-03-26 07:20:23</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>7</revnumber><date>2009-09-04 10:54:13</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>6</revnumber><date>2009-09-04 10:53:51</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>5</revnumber><date>2009-09-04 10:43:12</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>4</revnumber><date>2009-09-04 10:42:40</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>3</revnumber><date>2009-09-04 10:41:38</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>2</revnumber><date>2009-05-05 09:39:16</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>1</revnumber><date>2009-05-05 09:21:45</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision></revhistory></articleinfo><section><title>Firefox</title></section><section><title>AddOn</title><itemizedlist><listitem><para><ulink url="https://wiki.math.uzh.ch/public/firefox/public/MultiLogin#">MultiLogin</ulink>: addons.mozilla.org/addon/multi-account-containers </para></listitem></itemizedlist></section><section><title>Disable 'Reset Firefox ...'</title><itemizedlist><listitem><para>Tired of annoying mesage &quot;It looks like you haven't started Firefox in a while. Do you want to clean it up for a fresh, like-new experience? And by the way, welcome back!&quot; </para></listitem><listitem><para>Solution found at <ulink url="http://miroslav.suchy.cz/blog/archives/2014/05/13/how_to_disable_reset_prompt_in_firefox/index.html"/> </para></listitem><listitem><para>step by step: </para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>Open: <code>about:config</code> </para></listitem><listitem><para>Create a new entry by <code>selecting any entry &gt; right mouse click &gt; New &gt; Boolean</code> </para></listitem><listitem><para>Enter the preference name: <code>browser.disableResetPrompt</code> </para></listitem><listitem><para>Value: <code>True</code> </para></listitem></itemizedlist></listitem></itemizedlist></section><section><title>This Connection is Untrusted</title><para><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="https://wiki.math.uzh.ch/public/firefox?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=ff1.png"/></imageobject><textobject><phrase>ff1.png</phrase></textobject></inlinemediaobject> </para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>You see this message on encrypted sites with selfsigned certificates. If you trust the site, click: </para></listitem></itemizedlist><screen><![CDATA[I Understand the Risks > Add Exception > Get Certificate > Confirm Security Exception]]></screen></section><section><title>Profile in use / Clean lock files</title><itemizedlist><listitem><para>After an unclean stop of  Mozilla or Thunderbird (application crashes, desktop session crash, server crash ) it happened frequently that a new start of the application fails with: </para></listitem></itemizedlist><para><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="https://wiki.math.uzh.ch/public/firefox?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=inuse.png"/></imageobject><textobject><phrase>inuse.png</phrase></textobject></inlinemediaobject> </para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>To clean the setup, start either </para><itemizedlist><listitem><para><code>Applications &gt; System Tools &gt; Clean Firefox/Thunderbird - Remove Lock', or</code> </para></listitem><listitem><para>call <code>rmlock.sh</code> from a terminal. </para></listitem></itemizedlist></listitem></itemizedlist></section><section><title>Turn off Spell Checker</title><para><code>Tools &gt; Options &gt; Advanced &gt; General &gt; Check my spelling as I type: Off</code> </para></section><section><title>Firefox Not Scrolling with Up/Down Arrow Keys or Home/End Keys</title><itemizedlist><listitem><para>Hit <emphasis role="strong">F7</emphasis> to activate/deactivate 'caret browsing' </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caret_navigation"/> </para></listitem></itemizedlist></section><section><title>Export / Import Bookmarks</title><para>This section explains how to export your bookmarks i.e on Windows to an HTML file, which can be used as a backup or for importing into another web browser and/or on an different Plattform. </para><section><title>Export</title><itemizedlist><listitem><para>Click the Library button  |||\ icon, then click Bookmarks. Scroll to the bottom and click Show all Bookmarks. </para></listitem><listitem><para>From the toolbar on the Library window, click Import and Backup and choose Export Bookmarks to HTML </para></listitem><listitem><para>In the Export Bookmarks File window that opens, choose a location to save the file (any place you have write access will work), which is named bookmarks.html by default. </para></listitem><listitem><para>Click the Save button. The Export Bookmarks File window will close. </para></listitem><listitem><para>Close the Library window </para></listitem></itemizedlist></section><section><title>Import</title><itemizedlist><listitem><para>Click the Library |||\ icon, then click Bookmarks. Scroll to the bottom and click Show all Bookmarks. </para></listitem><listitem><para>From the toolbar on the Library window, click Import and Backup and choose Import Bookmarks from HTML </para></listitem><listitem><para>In the Import Bookmarks File window that opens, navigate to the previously saved bookmarks HTML file you want import </para></listitem><listitem><para>Click the Open button. The Import Bookmarks File window will close. </para></listitem><listitem><para>Close the Library window. </para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>The bookmarks in the selected HTML file will be added to your Firefox bookmarks within the Bookmarks Menu directory. </para></listitem></itemizedlist></listitem></itemizedlist></section></section><section><title>Cookies</title><para>Cookies are small files stored by Firefox that contain website-related data. Sometimes it is necessary to clean then if some page does not open correctly. </para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>Open the settings menu </para><itemizedlist><listitem override="none"><para><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata depth="550" fileref="https://wiki.math.uzh.ch/public/firefox?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=firefox-menu-settings.png"/></imageobject><textobject><phrase>firefox-menu-settings.png</phrase></textobject></inlinemediaobject> </para></listitem></itemizedlist></listitem><listitem><para>Choose <emphasis>Privacy &amp; Security</emphasis> tab and scroll down to the <emphasis>Cookies and Site Data</emphasis> section </para><itemizedlist><listitem override="none"><para><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="https://wiki.math.uzh.ch/public/firefox?action=AttachFile&amp;do=get&amp;target=firefox-settings-cookies.png" width="700"/></imageobject><textobject><phrase>firefox-settings-cookies.png</phrase></textobject></inlinemediaobject> Here you can delete all cookies or cookies from selected pages. Several time periods are provided </para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>short-time periods (last hours, this day) are perfect to clean recent sessions </para></listitem><listitem><para>in case of problems it is best to choose <emphasis role="strong">Everything</emphasis> </para></listitem></itemizedlist></listitem></itemizedlist></listitem></itemizedlist></section></article>