All Annotations of Power User's Guide to Firefox 3[Preview]

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• You already know about Firefox 3's marquee new features, but now it's time to dig deep and unearth the shortcuts, tweaks, and even Easter eggs that Mozilla marketing doesn't mention. In honor of today's official release of Firefox 3—at 10AM Pacific Time—let's dive in past Firefox 3's most talked-about feature-set into its lesser-known power uses, tricks, and customizations.
• if the Back button's just too big for your tastes, it's as easy as pie to reduce. J
• if you're feeling like the number of suggestions is too high or too low? Adjust it to your liking in Firefox's configuration area. Here's how.
  
  
  
  1. Enter about:config into the address bar and hit Enter.
  
  
  2. Press the "I''ll be carefull. I promise!" button. (Because you will be.)
  
  
  3. Enter browser.urlbar.maxRichResults in the Filter field to reach this preference.
  
  
  4. Set it to your desired number of suggestions. Three shown here.

• Delete Mistyped URL Suggestions and Other Auto-complete Entries

  
  While the Smart Location bar is quite intelligent, if you enter an incorrect URL—say, to a page that doesn't exist, or a parked domain—Firefox 3 will still remember it and suggest it again later. (Garbage in, garbage out, as they say.) To remove a mistyped URL from your suggestion list forever, key down to the suggestion and type Shift+Delete on the Mac, and just Delete on Windows. This trick also works for any form auto-complete entry, like if you mistype a username into a login form.
• While the Smart Location bar is quite intelligent, if you enter an incorrect URL—say, to a page that doesn't exist, or a parked domain—Firefox 3 will still remember it and suggest it again later. (Garbage in, garbage out, as they say.) To remove a mistyped URL from your suggestion list forever, key down to the suggestion and type Shift+Delete on the Mac, and just Delete on Windows. This trick also works for any form auto-complete entry, like if you mistype a username into a login form
• if you enter an incorrect URL—say, to a page that doesn't exist, or a parked domain—Firefox 3 will still remember it and suggest it again later.
• To remove a mistyped URL from your suggestion list forever, key down to the suggestion and type
• To remove a mistyped URL from your suggestion list forever, key down to the suggestion and type Shift+Delete.
• just Delete on Windows.
• Here's how to create your own collections of Smart Bookmarks using search parameters
• Set Gmail as Your Default Email client—Without an Add-on
• Enable Spellchecking in One-line Input Fields
• In about:config, set layout.spellcheckDefault value equal to 2 to enable spell-checking in single line input fields as well as textareas.
• In about:config, set layout.spellcheckDefault value equal to 2 to enable spell-checking in single line input fields as well as textareas