FireFox Easter Eggs & Cheats

 

Firefox is one of the leading web browser (38% usage share as on Jan 2011) and now synonymous with web world. I am going to submit some Easter eggs found in Firefox, hope you enjoy this!

 

Firefox inside Firefox  

1. Open Firefox
2. Type following text in address bar 

chrome://browser/content/browser.xul

3. Enjoy the multiple instance of Firefox

 

Robots Page
1. Enter the following in the address bar

about:robots

3. You will see the some funny text with robo picture 

 

 

Firefox’s Revenge to IE5’s Joke
1. Type following in address bar

about:mozilla

2. You will see message in dark red background.

 

Configuring the Hidden Settings
1. Type about:config in address bar
2. It redirects you to warning page then click on button "I’ll be careful, I promise!" if you accept the conditions.
3. Here you can alter hidden settings

 

Information about the Cache Service
1. Type about:cache in address bar
2. Now You can find out information on Cache Service

 

Credits
1. Type about:credits in address bar
2. You will see the name of contributors to Firefox’s development.

 

License Information
1. Type about:license in address bar
2. Shows the license info , user rights, definitions, etc.

 

Build Configuration
1. Type about:buildconfig in address bar
2. Shows build information like platform, tools, configure arguments, etc. 

 

Message for Blocked Website
1. Type about:blocked in address bar
2. This shows you the warning page shown when you visit suspicious website containing malware, viruses, fishing page.

 

Crash Reports
1. Type about:crashes in address bar
2. This shows you crash report if any due to some error.

 

 

Logo
1. Type about:logo in address bar
2. You can save Firefox.

 

 

Plugins Information
1. Type about:plugins in address bar
2. Shows the information on enabled plugins.

 

User Rights
1. Type about:rights in address bar
2. You will see the page informing about rights of user(i.e your rights)