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Can't auto-detect lack of proxy as far as I know; Don't understand "Allow user to add file types";
(Can't auto-detect lack of proxy as far as I know; Don't understand "Allow user to add file types";)
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; Saved Form Information
; Saved Form Information
* It is very handy to have this information when filling out a form.  But, as humans, sometimes we make a typo.  Or, the entered information becomes outdated, etc.  Please add the option to edit or remove individual entries in the Preferences dialog. 
* Edit/delete individual Form Manager entries, either via prefs or at form fill time.
* An alternate solution for the above problem: pressing the "del" button (instead of Ctrl+Shift+Del which is not really intuitive) in a form control history dropdown control could remove that entry off the history.
* Avoid auto-saving things which look like CC numbers.
* Another concern: saving of credit card information.  When on a secure site, I can go to the credit card field, start typing in my card number, expiration date, etc and it will be in the autocomplete.  Same thing with my SSN, address, phone number, etc.  I would appreciate an option to disable the saving of form information on https (secure) pages.  Another approach would be to include an option (not mandatory), to pop up a dialog.. something like: "This appears to be a credit card (SSN, etc) number, do you want it to be saved?"
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Allow a time set feature to open a set of specific tabs at a desired time of day.
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; Multiple Configuration states
* Many customizations provide a lot of features, but also a lot of clutter. Rather than manually adjusting toolbars to fit your current activity, it would be much more efficient to store multiple customized states that can be easily selected from, by name. There are multiple state categories, such as toolbar layout, bookmarks, skins, etc. A saved configuration state could be defined to include only a subset of states.
* This information could be saved to/retrieved from a central server with a username/password (without any prior account creation hassle), so we could have the same environment on every Firefox installation.
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; "Tabbed" Toolbars
* Multiple toolbars could be stacked and "tabbed" similar to tabbed pages, which is a popular feature. Rather than tabs, the selection could be similar to a pull-down menu, where each entry is a toolbar. Instead of selecting a toolbar, one could also click the pulldown button, then click one button on any of the transiently displayed toolbars.
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; Preference Locking
* Make it easier to lock preferences. For example make it possible to make pref.js and bookmarks.html write protected. As of now Firefox creates lots of copies if you make those files not writeable.
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; Per-Site Preferences  
; Per-Site Preferences  
* Allow the user to specify blocking of images, use of specified fonts & colors, allowance of JavaScript, etc. on a per-site basis.  Similar to the above suggestion, but more fine-grained and implemented in an (IMO) easier-to-use manner.
* Allow the user to specify blocking of images, use of specified fonts & colors, allowance of JavaScript, etc. on a per-site basis.
** Could also store if Java and Flash is enabled on that site.
** Could also store if Java and Flash is enabled on that site.
** Examples: current NoScript and AdBlock plugins. The features of them could be integrated.
** Examples: current NoScript and AdBlock plugins. The features of them could be integrated.
*** NoScript shows what rules are active on the page, without having to go into the prefs. Also, rules can be changed right there.
*** NoScript shows what rules are active on the page, without having to go into the prefs. Also, rules can be changed right there.
*** With AdBlock, you can see what objects are accessed on the page and you can add a new blacklist rule based on this info.
*** With AdBlock, you can see what objects are accessed on the page and you can add a new blacklist rule based on this info.
*** This could be extended with the ability to sort by extension or MIME info.
*** Also, a possibility of whitelisting object(s) would be a good idea.
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[http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb/gallery/content.html#8 OmniWeb Features:Site Preferences]
[http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb/gallery/content.html#8 OmniWeb Features:Site Preferences]
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When firefox is installed in a system behind a firewall and proxy needs to be set to access the web, we need to go to preferences and set the proxy. Instead we can have a popup coming up if there is no proxy setup. And we can enter the proxy details in that popup.
; Using multiple proxies
 
Proxy settings should be saved in profiles, so that when changing network (more and more common with laptops and various wlan accesses) settings can be changed in a fast way
If not completely automated, at least proxy settings should be saved in profiles, so that when changing network (more and more common with laptops and various wlan accesses) settings can be changed in a fast way
</td><td>[http://mozmonkey.com/switchproxy/ SwitchProxy] adds a status bar menu to quickly switch between proxies.
</td><td>Check out the extension [http://mozmonkey.com/switchproxy/ SwitchProxy]. It adds a status bar menu to quickly switch between proxy cfgs.
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; Roaming profiles
When Netscape 4 was around it supported a users full profile being stored in LDAP. This operated in much the same way for the user as Google browser sync does now but the data was stored in an LDAP directory. This functionality should be returned to Firefox probably supporting multiple backend stores, sql, ldap, webdav etc.
When Netscape 4 was around it supported a users full profile being stored in LDAP. This operated in much the same way for the user as Google browser sync does now but the data was stored in an LDAP directory. This functionality should be returned to Firefox probably supporting multiple backend stores, sql, ldap, webdav etc.
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Early Netscape allowed the user to "save as" a web page as text, postscript, HTML,pdf, etc. These days, we seem to be only allowed to "save as" in HTML. This then means we have to use time-consuming external programs instead of it being a quick and easy drop-down selection. Please give us back our old "save as" options and also include a new ODF "save as" option. That would be a great improvement. Thanks
; Save As... PostScript, PDF, ODF
Early Netscape allowed the user to "save as" a web page as postscript, HTML, PDF, etc. These days, we seem to be only allowed to "save as" in HTML or text. This then means we have to use time-consuming external programs instead of it being a quick and easy drop-down selection. Please give us back our old "save as" options and also include a new ODF "save as" option.
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Allow user to add file types in addition to being able to change how Firefox "manages" them.
Allow image placeholders to appear before the image starts being displayed (available in IE). [[User:CarlRogerson|CarlRogerson]] 23:52, 14 October 2006 (PDT)]
 
Allow Firefox to search inside text typed in textboxes (available in IE).
 
Allow image placeholders to appear before the image starts being displayed (available in IE).
 
Allow "View Image" to display the image right where it is (available in IE). [Last three entries by [[User:CarlRogerson|CarlRogerson]] 23:52, 14 October 2006 (PDT)]
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* FF 2.0 supports searching in textareas.
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Add option to save proxy password and not bug every time the browser is open.<br><br> Check bugzilla: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112179
Add option to save proxy password and not bug every time the browser is open.<br><br> Check bugzilla: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112179
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