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FireFox/Mozilla fixes..

Here is a fix for Firefox/Mozilla which will remove the ability of a pop up window to disable the Location bar. Hence the user will be able to see the true location of each window.


Locate your current "user.js" file.
It should be in the same directory as "prefs.js" file. If you don't have one.. create it. Location should be somewhere in the profile/ directories.

Add the following lines to user.js file

// Disable popup spoofing
user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.location", true);

To confirm changes. Terminate all firefox windows and restart a single firefox window.

Inspect the newly recreated "prefs.js" file in same directory. It should now have your user_pref line added to it's contents.

Note: If your "prefs.js" doesn't have your added string or current date/time then you're probablylooking in the wrong directory.


Some other handy config strings to add to your user.js files are.

// Force frames to be resizable
user_pref("layout.frames.force_resizability", true);
// Disable anoying blink tags.
user_pref("browser.blink_allowed", false);

Posted by: thetruth_z   Posted on: 12/09/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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