Hiding the Closing Button (X) on the Firefox Add-on Bar
Hey!
Since the introduction of Firefox 3 or 4 (I don't quite remember) and the removal of the status bar I have liked to use the Add-on bar instead. In the newer versions of Firefox, however, that Add-on bar comes with a closing button, an X on the very left.
Unfortunately, there is no built-in option to disable that particular button. Right-clicking and "Customize ..." doesn't allow moving or removing that button either.
After searching the web for a while, I stumbled upon a Google Groups thread: https://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.support.firefox/browse_thread/thread/d4a77426b84fe2b0
In that thread, Chris Ilias gave a simple solution (thank you!):
- Go to your Firefox profile directory. For that, just enter about:support in your URL bar (or click on Firefox => Help => Troubleshooting) and click on the "Open Containing Folder" button next to "Profile Directory".
- Close Firefox. (So maybe it would be better to continue reading these instructions beforehand and/or copy them into a text editor. 🙂 )
- Enter the subfolder "chrome" in the profile directory.
- Open the file "userChrome.css". If it does not exist, copy "userChrome-example.css" and rename the copy to "userChrome.css".
If you are using Notepad, you won't be able to see line breaks / new lines. Therefore I recommend using a program that can interpret these kinds of line breaks, for example TextPad, Notepad++ or even WordPad, which comes with Windows itself. - Add the following line to the file:
#addonbar-closebutton { display: none } - That's it! Save the file, start up Firefox again and enjoy the Add-on bar without a closing button!
These instructions were written for Firefox 11, but they should stay viable for the next couple of versions as well.
I hope this was of any help to you.
Thanks for reading!
Blocking the Facebook Like Button via Adblock Plus
Hi!
This particular tip was written over at http://www.ohnekontur.de/2011/05/13/adblock-facebook-like-button-blockieren/. Any credit goes to the original author. I am merely posting this on my blog to have a reference for myself in the long run.
You might have heard about the fact that even without clicking on Facebook's Like buttons you might be tracked by Facebook (technically it is absolutely possible for them to see which site it is you visited and had the Like button on it).
So if you are using Firefox and have the Adblock Plus addon installed (which I strongly recommend in the times of annoying flash advertisements) you can just add the following lines under the Adblock Plus preferences => "My Ad Blocking Rules":
||facebook.com^$domain=~facebook.com|~facebook.net|~fbcdn.com|~fbcdn.net ||facebook.net^$domain=~facebook.com|~facebook.net|~fbcdn.com|~fbcdn.net ||fbcdn.com^$domain=~facebook.com|~facebook.net|~fbcdn.com|~fbcdn.net ||fbcdn.net^$domain=~facebook.com|~facebook.net|~fbcdn.com|~fbcdn.net
These rules disable any Facebook scripts that are not used from the Facebook domains (facebook.com, facebook.net, fbcdn.com, fbcdn.net) themselves, including the Like buttons or any other webpage widgets they offer.
Of course, if you are using a different browser or a different kind of ad blocking / script blocking script, the idea is the same: forbid Facebook's scripts to run anywhere but their own website.
As always, I hope to have been of any help to you.
Thanks for reading.
Calendar
M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ||||||
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
30 | 31 |
Recent Posts
- Windows Defender Firewall Inbound Rule for ICMPv6
- (Re)Setting Hyper-V Virtual Machine Client Zoom Level
- Uploading a Snapshot to a Fresh Home Assistant OS Instance
- Fix GNOME GUI Login After Upgrade to Debian 10 Buster (VirtualBox VM)
- Missing Credentials in Dropdown for Jenkins Build Configuration
Top Posts & Pages
- Fixing Low Stereo Out Sound Volume For the Yamaha MG12XU / MG16XU / MG20XU Audio Mixer
- Memory Leaks / Problems with Long-Running Symfony / Doctrine Console Applications
- (Re)Setting Hyper-V Virtual Machine Client Zoom Level
- Missing Credentials in Dropdown for Jenkins Build Configuration
Subscribe to Blog via E-mail
Categories
Archives
- May 2022
- April 2022
- May 2020
- July 2019
- June 2019
- October 2018
- May 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- June 2015
- November 2014
- December 2013
- July 2013
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- January 2012
- June 2011
- May 2011
- June 2010
- April 2010
- January 2010
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009