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Firefox tips and tricks
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This page documents how to do some non-obvious things with Firefox_.

Unless noted otherwise, the instructions apply to Firefox 3.5 .

.. _Firefox: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

Clearing your private data
--------------------------

If you want to clear your history and your `HTTP-authenticated`_ sessions,
follow those steps:

1. Click `Menu -> Edit -> Preference`
2. Go to `Privacy -> Clear all current history`
3. Select your time range and click on `Clear now`

.. _HTTP-authenticated: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Authentication

Getting a warning on quit
-------------------------

Since you can easily quit firefox by mistake, e.g by typing `Ctrl-q instead of
Ctrl-w`_, getting a warning asking whether we are sure is nice. Unfortunately `a
bug in firefox 3.5`_ disables this behavior under some circumstances

I haven't found a fix that worked for me: even installing `Tab Mix Plus`_ could
not do anything when I did a Ctrl-q.

.. _Ctrl-q instead of Ctrl-w: http://blog.perceptus.ca/2009/01/19/disable-ctrl-q-in-firefox/
.. _a bug in firefox 3.5: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=419009
.. _Tab Mix Plus: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-mix-plus/

Backing up your configuration
-----------------------------

To backup my firefox configuration and extensions, I use an extension called
FEBE_ . 

.. _FEBE: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/febe/