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Talk:Firefox

8,091 bytes removed, 07:42, 20 January 2011
Mozilla auto configuration: Move to its own page
:::::::::: The problem is that not many people take the time to update the documentation, me included. It is a Wiki so anyone can add to and correct it. Who will take the time to revise the silent installers, which is a huge amount, to have the same layout? Sure, if this has been done once, one would only need to revise new additions and changes. [[User:StefanP|StefanP]] 10:29, 29 July 2010 (CEST)
 
== Mozilla auto configuration ==
 
I think we can start a separate page for mozilla configuration, I put here mine because I spent so much time finding how to automatically add bookmarks
 
<source lang="javascript">
// -*- java -*-
// put this file in "%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\"
// Load firefox.cfg
pref("general.config.filename", "firefox.cfg");
</source>
 
<source lang="javascript">
// -*- java -*-
 
// Firefox 3.5 autoconfiguration
// Works with 3.0 except for bookmarks
 
// // put this configuration in a file called mozilla.cfg in mozilla
// // firefox installation directory
// pref("general.config.filename", "firefox.cfg");
 
// Works based on:
// http://mit.edu/~firefox/www/maintainers/autoconfig.html
// https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Places
// https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Manipulating_bookmarks_using_Places
// http://mxr.mozilla.org/firefox/source/netwerk/test/unit/test_permmgr.js
// http://mxr.mozilla.org/firefox/ident?i=nsIPermissionManager
 
var CC = Components.classes;
var CI = Components.interfaces;
 
// newURI create an URI object
var ios = CC["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"]
.getService(CI.nsIIOService);
 
// Bookmark service
var bks = CC["@mozilla.org/browser/nav-bookmarks-service;1"]
.getService(CI.nsINavBookmarksService);
 
// Permission manager service
var pms = CC["@mozilla.org/permissionmanager;1"]
.getService(CI.nsIPermissionManager);
 
function MyAutoAddBookmark(name, url, index, folder) {
var uri = ios.newURI(url, null, null);
if ( ! bks.isBookmarked(uri) )
return bks.insertBookmark(folder, uri, index, name);
}
 
function MyAutoDelBookmark(url) {
var uri = ios.newURI(url, null, null);
if ( bks.isBookmarked(uri) ) {
var count = {};
var bkIds = bks.getBookmarkIdsForURI(uri, count);
for (var i = 0; i < bkIds.length; i++) {
bks.removeItem(bkIds[i]);
}
}
}
 
function MyAutoAddPerm(url, type, action) {
// nsIPermissionManager is an extension
if (! pms)
return;
var uri = ios.newURI(url, null, null);
return pms.add(uri, type, action);
}
 
////
//// Begin Configuration
////
 
// Bookmarks and perms management
var bookmarks =
[
// folder = bks.bookmarksMenuFolder | bks.toolbarFolder | bks.tagsFolder | custom
// format: [name, url, index, folder]
["Wikipedia", "http://www.wikipedia.org", 0, bks.toolbarFolder],
["WPKG Silent Installer", "http://wpkg.org/Category:Silent_Installers", 1, bks.toolbarFolder],
];
 
var bookmarks_del =
[
// With and without trailing /
// HomePage useless in bookmark
"http://www.lwn.net",
"http://www.lwn.net/",
];
 
var perms =
[
// type = cookie | image | popup
// permission = pms.ALLOW_ACTION (1) | pms.DENY_ACTION (2)
// format: [url, type, permission]
["http://wpkg.org", "cookie", pms.ALLOW_ACTION],
["http://wpkg.org", "popup", pms.ALLOW_ACTION],
["http://wikipedia.org", "cookie", pms.ALLOW_ACTION],
["http://wikipedia.org", "popup", pms.ALLOW_ACTION]
];
 
for (var i = 0; i < bookmarks.length; i++) {
try {
MyAutoAddBookmark(bookmarks[i][0], bookmarks[i][1], bookmarks[i][2], bookmarks[i][3]);
}
// Try must have a catch or finally
finally {
// Do nothing
null;
}
}
 
for (var i = 0; i < bookmarks_del.length; i++) {
try {
MyAutoDelBookmark( bookmarks_del[i] );
}
// Try must have a catch or finally
finally {
// Do nothing
null;
}
}
 
for (var i = 0; i < perms.length; i++) {
try {
MyAutoAddPerm(perms[i][0], perms[i][1], perms[i][2]);
}
// Try must have a catch or finally
finally {
// Do nothing
null;
}
}
 
//
// about:config settings
//
// pref : user can change
// lockPref: user can not change
//
 
lockPref("app.update.enabled", false);
 
lockPref("browser.bookmarks.added_static_root", true);
 
// Download
lockPref("browser.download.manager.closeWhenDone", true);
lockPref("browser.download.manager.retention", 0);
lockPref("browser.download.useDownloadDir", false);
 
// Form filling
lockPref("browser.formfill.enable", true);
 
// History expiration
defaultPref("browser.history_expire_days", 180);
defaultPref("browser.history_expire_days.min", 180);
defaultPref("browser.history_expire_days.mirror", 180);
 
// Shown mozilla rights
lockPref("browser.rights.3.shown", true);
 
lockPref("browser.preferences.advanced.selectedTabIndex", 0);
 
// FF is the default browser
lockPref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", true);
 
// HomePage
lockPref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://www.lwn.net/");
 
defaultPref("general.smoothScroll", true);
 
// Charset autodetection
lockPref("intl.charset.detector", "universal_charset_detector");
 
// Proxy
// lockPref("network.proxy.autoconfig_url", "http://proxy.example.org/proxy.pac");
// lockPref("network.proxy.type", 2);
 
// Do not load links in background
lockPref("network.prefetch-next", false);
 
//
lockPref("browser.privatebrowsing.autostart", false);
 
// Sage Browsing on Goole by default
defaultPref("browser.safebrowsing.enabled", true);
defaultPref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", true);
 
lockPref("extensions.update.notifyUser", false);
lockPref("general.warnOnAboutConfig", true);
 
// Disable buttons
// Homepage settings
lockPref("pref.browser.homepage.disable_button.current_page", true);
lockPref("pref.browser.homepage.disable_button.restore_default", true);
lockPref("pref.browser.homepage.disable_button.bookmark_page", true);
 
// Password viewer
lockPref("pref.privacy.disable_button.view_passwords", true);
 
// Clear privacy data
// on shutdown
lockPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cache", true);
lockPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.downloads", true);
defaultPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.formdata", false);
lockPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.passwords", true);
lockPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.sessions", true);
lockPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.siteSettings", true);
defaultPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies", true);
defaultPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.history", false);
defaultPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.offlineApps", true);
lockPref("privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown", true);
 
// With Ctrl-Shift-del
lockPref("privacy.cpd.cache", true);
lockPref("privacy.cpd.downloads", true);
lockPref("privacy.cpd.formdata", false);
lockPref("privacy.cpd.offlineApps", true);
lockPref("privacy.cpd.passwords", true);
lockPref("privacy.cpd.sessions", true);
lockPref("privacy.cpd.siteSettings", true);
 
defaultPref("privacy.cpd.cookies", true);
defaultPref("privacy.cpd.history", false);
 
// Reject popup
lockPref("privacy.popups.policy", 2);
lockPref("dom.disable_open_during_load", true);
lockPref("browser.popups.showPopupBlocker", true);
 
// Even from plugins
lockPref("privacy.popups.disable_from_plugins", 2);
 
// Security warnings
// defaultPref("security.warn_entering_secure", true);
// defaultPref("security.warn_entering_secure.show", true);
// pref("security.warn_entering_secure.show_once", false);
 
// Weak encryption
lockPref("security.warn_entering_weak", true);
lockPref("security.warn_entering_weak.show_once", false);
 
// defaultPref("security.warn_leaving_secure", true);
// defaultPref("security.warn_leaving_secure.show_once", false);
 
// Submit without https
// defaultPref("security.warn_submit_insecure", true);
// defaultPref("security.warn_submit_insecure.show_once", false);
 
// Mixed secured/unsecured
// defaultPref("security.warn_viewing_mixed", true);
// defaultPref("security.warn_viewing_mixed.show_once", false);
 
// Remember form data
lockPref("signon.rememberSignons", false);
lockPref("signon.autofillForms", false);
 
 
</source>
 
--[[User:Dad|DaD]] 12:54, 19 August 2010 (CEST)
 
:I think the section this page has now is adequate to cover the needs of most people. However, a page that describes the process in more detail and how to achieve different results with the available settings could be useful if it was linked from this page. Many of these settings apply to Thunderbird as well. [[User:JohnD|JohnD]] 22:25, 19 August 2010 (CEST)
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