Много всего написано было про “AwesomeBar“, еще до официального выхода по интернету гуляли различные мнения. Кто-то был(и остаются) без ума от этого нововведения, кому-то оно совершенного не понравилось. Я лично где-то посередине - что-то нравиться, а что-то нет. Вот нарыл несколько способов “поизвращаться” над НиибацаБар-ом. Сам все еще не попробовал…

Начну с самого простого, не требующего особых “усилий”..

Add-Ons

1. oldbar - Oldbar makes the location (URL) bar look like Firefox 2. If you need another alternative to this, try out Old Location Bar. Why two add-ons that do the same thing? I don’t know either.
2. Hide Unvisited - You too can hide pages (bookmarks) that you haven’t visited (since deleting or clearing history) from showing in the AwesomeBar.
3. Enter Selects - This Extension allows you to press enter in the AwesomeBar to select the first result (without pressing down).
4. Hidden Places - Stop URLs from specified domains being added to places and the AwesomeBar.
5. Edit Middle - Show AwesomeBar results when editing in the middle (not just at the end).

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Supernode - In peer-to-peer networking, a supernode works as one of that network’s relayers and proxy servers, handling data flow and connections for other users. This usually requires a fairly fast Internet connection with a lot of bandwidth and a modest amount of CPU time, as a lot of data will invariably pass through the supernode and needs to be processed.

Some peer-to-peer designs allow for the user to choose whether they ever want to be treated as supernodes; others do not. Skype by default is configured as a supernode, an issue that has caused controversy.

В двух словах и по-русски - Skype имеет особенность жрать как трафик, так и оперативку, причем особенность эта по умолчанию.

There are several ways to prevent Skype from becoming a supernode:

* Beginning with Skype 3.0, an explicit switch is provided in the registry settings to allow the disabling of supernode functionality.
* Any computer hosted on a network that is behind a network address translation (NAT) device or restrictive firewall will disable supernode functionality.
* Skype clients behind an HTTP or SOCKS5 proxy will not serve as supernodes.

http://www.skype.com/security/universities/

Save and run the following text as NoSuperNode.reg (a reboot will be requred):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Skype]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Skype\Phone]
“DisableSupernode”=dword:00000001

https://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/twiki/view/CF/SkypeConfiguration#Disable_Supernode

Firefox не перестает радовать меня своей гибкой настраиваемостью. Всегда мучился, когда надо было в input вбить несколько строк, приходилось одну за другой копировать. Не знал до сего момента, что это можно делать намного проще и быстрей:

1. Открываем about:config
2. Находим editor.singleLine.pasteNewlines
3. Меняет default величину на 2

Причем копируеться все эротично и сексуально, т.е. как надо в 1 строку вместо перехода строки вставляеться пробел.

По умолчанию в Firefox-е проверка ошибок(spellcheck) ведется только в textarea, чтобы включить проверку ошибок в input-ах тоже:

1. Открываем about:config
2. Ищем layout.spellcheckDefault
3. Меняем default величину на 2.

Вот и все. Ынджой

1) More screen space. Make your icons small. Go to View - Toolbars - Customize and check the “Use small icons” box.

2) Smart keywords. If there’s a search you use a lot (let’s say IMDB.com’s people search), this is an awesome tool that not many people use. Right-click on the search box, select “Add a Keyword for this search”, give the keyword a name and an easy-to-type and easy-to-remember shortcut name (let’s say “actor”) and save it. Now, when you want to do an actor search, go to Firefox’s address bar, type “actor” and the name of the actor and press return. Instant search! You can do this with any search box.

3) Keyboard shortcuts. This is where you become a real Jedi. It just takes a little while to learn these, but once you do, your browsing will be super fast. Here are some of the most common (and my personal favs):

Spacebar (page down)
Shift-Spacebar (page up)
Ctrl+F (find)
Alt-N (find next)
Ctrl+D (bookmark page)
Ctrl+T (new tab)
Ctrl+K (go to search box)
Ctrl+L (go to address bar)
Ctrl+= (increase text size)
Ctrl+- (decrease text size)
Ctrl-W (close tab)
F5 (reload)
Alt-Home (go to home page)

4) Auto-complete. This is another keyboard shortcut, but it’s not commonly known and very useful. Go to the address bar (Control-L) and type the name of the site without the “www” or the “.com”. Let’s say “google”. Then press Control-Enter, and it will automatically fill in the “www” and the “.com” and take you there - like magic! For .net addresses, press Shift-Enter, and for .org addresses, press Control-Shift-Enter.

5) Tab navigation. Instead of using the mouse to select different tabs that you have open, use the keyboard. Here are the shortcuts:

Ctrl+Tab (rotate forward among tabs)
Ctrl+Shft+Tab (rotate to the previous tab)
Ctrl+1-9 (choose a number to jump to a specific tab)
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