hacking firefox - more than 150 hacks, mods, and customizations (2005)

[...]... Basic Hacking part in this part Chapter 1 Hacking Firefox Boot Camp Chapter 2 Hacking Around Manually Chapter 3 Hacking Extensions Chapter 4 Hacking Themes and Icons Hacking Firefox Boot Camp chapter G earing up to hack Mozilla Firefox is as simple as understanding some basic Internet browser features, installing some tools, and being able to find files on your computer system Then it gets just a tad more. .. currently loaded web page is displayed in the left-hand panel, with each level or node grouped by the HTML-defined hierarchy and code Additionally, details on the currently selected node are displayed in the right-hand panel; this panel becomes useful when hacking the Firefox interface Chapter 1 — Hacking Firefox Boot Camp FIGURE 1-2 : DOM Inspector document tree and object properties Occasionally, I have... Security and Privacy 101 Chapter 7: Hacking Banner Ads, Content, Images, and Cookies 119 Part III: Hacking Menus, Toolbars, and the Status Bar 139 Chapter 8: Hacking Menus 141 Chapter 9: Hacking Toolbars and the Status Bar 157 Part IV: Hacking Navigation, Downloads, and Searching 177 Chapter 10: Hacking. .. Chapter 2: Hacking Around Manually 17 Using Hidden about:config to Hack Hacking Your Profile Settings Hacking the prefs.js File Hacking the user.js File Hacking Browser and Web Page Content Hacking the userChrome.css File Hacking the userContent.css File Basic Hacking with Extensions Hacking. .. Contents Part V: Installation, Automation, Tools, and Tricks Chapter 13: Hacking Installation and Deployment 243 Built-in Installer Options Using Command-Line Options Extracting the Installer Command-Line Installer Extraction Hacking the Configuration INI File Installation and Profile Customization Options Automated... 1: Hacking Firefox Boot Camp 3 Chapter 2: Hacking Around Manually 17 Chapter 3: Hacking Extensions 33 Chapter 4: Hacking Themes and Icons 57 Part II: Hacking Performance, Security, and Banner Ads 81 Chapter 5: Performance Tweaks and Hacks 83 Chapter 6: Hacking. .. the rest of my family, friends, and coworkers for lending an ear and for the words of encouragement Special thanks to the great efforts and massive contributions made to this book and for the expertise supplied by Phil Catelinet, Alex Sirota, Aaron Spuler, and Terren Tong Thanks, guys! Finally, I thank Chris Webb and Marcia Ellett of Wiley for their patience, indulgence, and the opportunity they have... 137 xix xx Contents Part III: Hacking Menus, Toolbars, and the Status Bar Chapter 8: Hacking Menus 141 Hacking Menus Manually Hiding Menu Options Hack Menu Spacing Hack Menu Fonts and Style Hacking Menus with Extensions Hacking Menu Icons Theme-Supported, Customized Menu Icons Hacking with the CuteMenus Extension... drive to create, and no matter how hard we try to polish it for Grandma, our roots shine through We urge you to join us; our art is yours Blake Ross Co-creator of Firefox www.blakeross.com Acknowledgments First and foremost, I thank the most profoundly beautiful, incredibly understanding, rock and foundation, love of my life—my wife, Wendi Without her superhuman efforts to manage dayto-day things, I... an art and I think it is—then I must be the only artist in the world who advocates defacing his own work But if ever there was a product designed for hacking, Firefox is it Because Firefox is an open-source project, its lifeblood—its source code—is available to hackers the world over And I do mean hackers These guys ship software before they put on pants What separates Firefox from other open-source . PM Page ii Hacking Firefox ™ More Than 150 Hacks, Mods, and Customizations Mel Reyes 01_596500 ffirs.qxd 6/30/05 2:34 PM Page iii Hacking Firefox ™ : More Than 150 Hacks, Mods, and Customizations Published. h0" alt="" Hacking Firefox ™ More Than 150 Hacks, Mods, and Customizations Mel Reyes 01_596500 ffirs.qxd 6/30/05 2:34 PM Page iii 01_596500 ffirs.qxd 6/30/05 2:34 PM Page ii Hacking Firefox ™ 01_596500. Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada ISBN-13: 97 8-0 -7 64 5-9 65 0-6 ISBN-10: 0-7 64 5-9 65 0-0 Manufactured in the United States of America 10987654321 1B/SR/QX/QV/IN No