Two quick changes in Firefox about:config
Here are two quick and simple changes which I always make on a fresh Firefox install. They are both accessed through the about:config URI. Simply type about:config to the Firefox address bar and accept the disclaimer. This reveals a lot of “hidden” settings which cannot be changed directly through the preferences dialogs.
- To make backspace button go back in history (this is default in Windows but not in Linux), change the value of
browser.backspace_actionto0. - To open the result of search from the search bar in a new tab change the value of
browser.search.openintabtotrue.
A reference of these and other about:config parameters can be found in the MozillaZine Knowledge Base.