Grail Knight
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Re: [FireFox] Tweaking Firefox for Fun & Speed
I always post updates and the last one I did for Fx v3 beta are also the final ones.
They are working fine with Fx v3RC1 and nothing will change to effect those tweaks one the Official Release becomes available I believe sometime in June.(Do not quote me on that)
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said by Grail Knight  :This thread was supposed to be a test bed for Fx v3 beta tweaks until it was Officially released. If the mod wants to make a Faq out of it have at it. Fx v2 already is listed. Yes I agree, make it a FAQ »Site FAQ and please keep us notified of any updates or changes.
Thanks.
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Grail Knight
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You are welcome.
Enjoy. |
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Yes I know, better late than never. And yet another THANK YOU to Grail Knight.
I have been using Mozilla in one form or another since I first got onto the internet. I am now using Minefield and the tweaks you provided made a big difference. I went through them all and each one made a difference in one way or another. I found the 3rd set of tweaks on page 8 made the biggest and best improvement.
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Grail Knight
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This thread was supposed to be a test bed for Fx v3 beta tweaks until it was Officially released. If the mod wants to make a Faq out of it have at it.
Fx v2 already is listed.
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Would it be better if the tweaks were made into a FAQ instead of them being in a thread ? That way there's only (1) "copy". Someone reading this thread might run across your first post, copy and paste it into a user.js file, then find the 2nd, updated post, have to re-do it, and so on.... |
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lordpuffer
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Success! I somehow got it to work! I placed the user.js file under the only folder in Profiles called "55tfqkxp.default" and now the tweaks show up under about:config, so I guess everything is fine. Thanks everyone. |
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said by lordpuffer :. . I thought that the tweaks should work with the new profile. They will.
said by Grai Knight :
. . You may have to make a few adjustments to extensions if any use folder for stuff as the paths will change but that is about it. |
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lordpuffer
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Unfortunately, I already got rid of my old computer and did not save the profile. I thought that the tweaks should work with the new profile. |
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Grail Knight
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What I would do is this.
1. Move the contents of the new Fx Profile to a backup folder.
2. Make a copy of your old Profile folders contents and copy them to the new computers Fx Profile folder.
3. Start Fx and all should be fine. You may have to make a few adjustments to extensions if any use folder for stuff as the paths will change but that is about it.
*I will not be back until later this evening but you should be okay and if not others are here to help out.
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lordpuffer
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Thanks Cudni....But I did place it in FF profile using the link you provided |
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Cudni
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said by lordpuffer : What should I do? place it in FF profile not in user my documents one
»support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Profiles
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Hi Grail Knight....On my old computer, I created the user.js file with the tweaks in it, put it under profiles, and it worked fine and showed up under about:config. However, when I put the file in my new computer that I just purchased under profiles, the tweaks do not show up under about:config, and when I try to open the user.js file, I get the attached error message. My old computer ran XP Home. My new one has XP Pro. What should I do? |
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Grail Knight
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1. It should be a .js file. (If you are using Windows make sure under Folder Options that "Hide Extensions for Know File Types" is unchecked.
2. The user. js needs to go inside the ow1pazsv.default folder.
If you can see the other files like bookmarks.html, cookies.txt, etc... then you have the user.js in the correct location.
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lordpuffer
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Should the .text file still be a .text file after I rename it or should it be a JScript Script File? |
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Do you mean that what I did was wrong? The text document is already made using notepad and is renamed. There is a folder called "Profiles." In it is a folder named "ow1pazsv.default." Do I put the notepad file where that is, or do I open it up first and put it inside? Thanks. |
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Grail Knight
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Hello,
Make a new .txt document and name it user.txt
Copy tweaks into it - save and close
Rename to user.js
Move user.js file into Profile Folder
Restart Fx.
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Hi Grail Knight.....I want to make sure that I did the Firefox tweaks that you posted the right way. I saved them in Notepad as "user.js" and then copied and pasted them under Profiles Configuration Settings (I did not put a space between them and what was already there in that notepad entry. I DID NOT place the whole notepad file under the Profile folder.). Was that correct? If correct, how do I make sure that they show up in the prefs.js file? Where do I find that file? Thanks..... |
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KoRnGtL15
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I got it taken care of. Thanks! |
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Grail Knight
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Where in the world is this user.js file?
In the very first post in this thread I included the information on how to create the user.js and included a link to the exact same link jmorlan posted again.
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How did that happen?
I do not use chrome edit plus as manually editing the user.js is just as fast after you create it.
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