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Disable Firefox Save Images to Changing Directories

Overview
Here is how to disable a feature in Firefox that can be really annoying if it doesnt work properly. [For me it only worked correctly 1/6th of the time, resulting in more work overall.]

Problem
The feature: Save Location Assistance/Guessing - Some time ago Firefox added a feature where it would try to guess which you wanted to save the current image/file to on your harddrive. It jumps to a previous location where you saved something that it thinks is similar, in the hopes of saving you the time for navigation your folder structure to save it.

The algorithm Mozilla uses unfortunately doesnt work much of the time. (I have to admit I think whatever implementation they used it is fairly dumb, meaning very ineffective.)

Solution
Here is how to disable this well meaning but ultimately inefficient and annoying (and somewhat destructive) feature behavior.

1). Open the about:config page. To open the about:config page, type about:config in the location (address) bar and press the "Enter" key, just like you type the url of a website to open a website.

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config

If you see a warning then you can confirm that you want to access the about:config page.

2) Create a new value, of type Boolean, via the right-clicking with mouse to bring up the right-click menu. The name for the new Boolean value should be  "browser.download.lastDir.savePerSite" (without the quotes).

3) Set the value to "false" (again without the quotes). You can do this by right clicking on the item you just created.

Some extra info on navigating the about:config page:

• Use the Search (Filter) bar at the top of the about:config page to locate preferences more easily.
• Preferences that have been modified show as bold (user set).
• Preferences can be reset to the default via the right-click mouse menu if they are user set
• Preferences can be changed via the right-click context menu: Modify (String or Integer) or Toggle (Boolean) or by double-clicking the line with the pref

Disable spell check in Chrome and Firefox

When using any browser, you should notice that these check your spelling as you type, just as Word did at the beginning. To some people this is useful (me), to others it not. For those who don�t like this, here�s how to disable it on Firefox and Chrome.

Firefox

This is simple, go to Options > Advanced.

Now uncheck the �Check my spelling as I type� and you�re free to make mistakes again.

Chrome

To deactivate the spell checker, go to a text field (a field where you type), right click > Spell-checker options > Check the spelling of text fields.

This way, you can make as many mistakes as you want, no one will judge, except maybe the NSA, but they were judging you since that video you watch a while ago.

Disable Location Aware Browsing in Firefox 3 5

The latest Firefox 3.5 browser comes with Location-Aware Browsing feature which will provide users with location specific information that relates to their local area, which can be helpful for online mapping applications or searching for nearby businesses, such as a local grocery store or movie theater.
 However If you dont like the new Geo-locating features in the upcoming Firefox 3.5 release you can turn them off by:
1. Opening Firefox.

2. Go to the Address bar and input about:config.

3. If you see a warning appear, click the I�ll be careful, I promise button.

4. Go to geo.enabled and double-click it.

5. The value for geo.enabled will change to false. You have just disabled Location-Aware Browsing.

Dicas para Firefox

Tradu��o para o portugu�s

Quando se instala o Slackware, pode-se aproveitar e instalar o firefox, que faz parte da distribui��o padr�o. O problema � que o idioma padr�o que vem configurada para ele � o ingl�s.
Resolver esse pequeno problema � uma tarefa bem simples.
Como tudo no firefox, os pacotes de linguagem s�o distribu�das como extens�es, e como era de se imaginar, para traduz�-lo, basta instalar a extens�o e fazer uma pequena altera��o em suas configura��es.

Bom, vamos l�.

Hoje, a vers�o atual do Firefox � a 2.0.0.7, mas na data em que voc� estiver fazendo esta instala��o, pode ser que a vers�o tenha sido atualizada. Caso a vers�o atual seja diferente da 2.0.0.7, basta voc� substituir a parte da url referente a vers�o pela vers�o atual.

Baixe a extens�o correspondente ao idioma desejado. No nosso caso, ser� a pt-BR.

No firefox, acesse a url abaixo (lembrando que neste caso, a extens�o serve para a vers�o 2.0.0.7):

http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.7/linux-i686/xpi/pt-BR.xpi

Salve o arquivo da extens�o em uma pasta conhecida. Quando o download terminar, abra o arquivo utilizando o firefox. Com isso, a janela de instala��o de extens�es aparecer�. Confirme a instala��o.

Na barra de endere�os do Firefox, digite
about:config

Na janela que aparecer, localize a op��o referente ao locale. Para isso, copie e cole o texto abaixo
general.useragent.locale

Quando localizar, d� um duplo click sobre a op��o e altere o valor, que deve estar como en-US, para "pt-BR" (sem as aspas).

Feche essa janela e reinicie o Firefox para que ele esteja todo em portugu�s.


Backspace n�o funciona

Outra coisa meio chata que acontece com a instala��o padr�o do Firefox no Slackware � o fato do backspace n�o funcionar como de costume, voltando para a p�gina anterior, mas felizmente, "consertar" esse problema tamb�m � muito f�cil.

Acesse o endere�o abaixo:
about:config

Localize a op��o abaixo
browser.backspace_action

Altere o seu valor para 0 (zero), feche a janela e reinicie o Firefox.

Pronto, agora � s� aproveitar.