The firefox config setting which controls the mouse wheel speed is: mousewheel.default.delta_multiplier_y
I set it to 1000 when I want fast scrolling.
mousewheel.default.delta_multiplier_y
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Re-enable the KDE titlebar buttons for Firefox
Today ChatGPT helped me to Re-enable the KDE titlebar buttons for Firefox.
Bottom line: Right-click on Hamburget menu, choose Customize Toolbar… then check the Title Bar checkbox in the bottom-left hand side of the screen.
Everything is easy when you know how!
about:processes
Today I learned about about:processes which will show you what your Firefox browser is up to.
Firefox Video Speed Controller
Today I installed the Video Speed Controller for Firefox. Let’s see how this goes!
These are the controls:
- S – decrease playback speed.
- D – increase playback speed.
- R – reset playback speed.
- Z – rewind video by 10 seconds.
- X – advance video by 10 seconds.
- V – show/hide controller.
Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode
Today I learned about Firefox troubleshooting mode.
Default Firefox Links
Note to self: the default links provided by Firefox after install are:
Why is firefox trying to access fstab and how can I stop it?
My first question on Ask Ubuntu: Why is firefox trying to access fstab and how can I stop it?
Firefox snap, Ubuntu, EPSON printer not available
So I had to repave my primary workstation to fix a problem with my ZFS configuration (my ashift setting was causing problems) and things are mostly back online, but I wasn’t able to print from firefox for some reason.
I think the problem was that I had installed firefox prior to adding the printer. Anyway, long story short, this command seemed to fix the problem for me:
# snap connect firefox:cups-control
Firefox 105.0.1 restores focus behavior on startup
Well I’m happy to learn that Firefox 105.0.1 restores focus behavior on startup. That’s been driving me mad!
Configuring download directory for Chromium and Firefox snaps
So I read this and this and solved my problem. Basically I bind /temp/download to /media/$USER/download and then I can set the download directory in Chromium and Firefox snaps to /media/$USER/download and my downloads go where I want them. This was actually harder to figure out than it should have been.