If you are already bored of having your browser by default and you want to customize it and give it a unique touch, in this guide I will tell you and teach you how to customize Firefox settings and what are those tools that you can get the most out of , so that way go learning and having all the knowledge about the Firefox browser.
Also, if you are very interested in the style of your browser, you can customize and add new themes and the most interesting thing is that you can create it yourself.
Index( )
- How to access the ‘About:config’ page to customize Firefox?
- How to correctly manage the preferences available in About:config?
- Add, change, and reset preferences
- Search for a specific preference
- What are some advanced preferences that you can customize in your browser?
- To improve Firefox
- If you want to protect your privacy as much as possible
How to access the ‘About:config’ page to customize Firefox?
If you are a new user and you are just learning to use the Firefox browser and you are interested in knowing what settings it has and how to take advantage of each of its functions.
You should start by configuring ‘About: config’ , but you should keep in mind that when you change these advanced settings it can sometimes cause pages to crash or have strange behavior, so you should know how to use this option, to To open this page you must follow these steps:
- You must first open the Firefox browser
- Then in the address bar you will write: About: config and press ‘Enter’
- A warning page may appear, you just have to click on ‘Accept the risks and continue’, in this way the page will open so you can start configuring it.
How to correctly manage the preferences available in About:config?
The preferences found in the Firefox browser is just another of the essential settings that help you search for the terms you want , so if you put a word in the search box at the top of About:config that you want to search for, the browser will offer you the preference of that word that you typed.
Add, change, and reset preferences
- To add a new preference: you must right click your mouse and select the ‘New’ option and the type of preference you want to add, either: string, integer or yes/no, if you still don’t know what they mean these words, I explain to you what string is a sequence of text, integer are the numbers and yes/no is true or false.
- To change the preference: you must click on the preference either a string or an integer and select the ‘Modify’ option from the context menu or double-click directly on the preference and add the new value in the window that appears. will appear, and to change the yes/no preference, you need to double click to change its value.
- To reset the preference: you must click on the preference and select the ‘Reset’ option, this option can only be used for preferences already set as ‘Modified’, which are the ones that appear in bold.
Search for a specific preference
The same setting of About: config offers you to search for the preference you want, you just have to use its search engine and it will offer you the preferences of the word you typed, but you must take into account that this search engine regarding the preference names are sensitive to case sensitive , but with the search terms not.
What are some advanced preferences that you can customize in your browser?
There are many Firefox settings that you can customize, you can customize the general panel, since that option contains settings such as: start, tabs, language, appearance, files and applications, in the start panel you will find the new windows and tabs, the Firefox startup content.
You will find the search panel, which is the search engine that Firefox uses by default, you will be able to configure the privacy and security panel and also the Sync panel, which is where you establish or manage your Firefox account to access certain services. from Mozilla.
To improve Firefox
You can always improve your browser, as long as you are aware of the updates so that you do not have any inconvenience, of course you can also improve it according to the style and configuration that you want to put on your browser.
Whether it’s how to modify the Firefox home page and windows , whether it’s putting a theme, changing or customizing the Firefox toolbar , the font size or adding color to the browser.
If you want to protect your privacy as much as possible
The Firefox browser always cares about the user’s security, since by default it has tracking protection activated and if you need to configure some privacy aspects you can do so by entering ‘Privacy protections’, in this option you can configure the security methods and privacy you want, so when you enter the browser you can do it safely.
