Mozilla (+Firefox) user pref/extensions

(mentioning things not easily found by looking through options...)

These are only from a typical users perspective, not hardcore/web developer needs (like I'm typical)

Site icons

Here's the setup I run, BTW, some are defaults...

• browser.chrome.favicons = true
• browser.chrome.load_toolbar_icons = 2 (wouldn't try that on dialup :-)
• browser.chrome.site_icons = true

(See Hidden Mozilla Prefs by Pratik Solanki)

Popup blocking

This means a website doesn't take over the "Window Open" popup

• dom.disable_window_open_feature.location = true
• dom.disable_window_open_feature.menubar = true
• dom.disable_window_open_feature.resizable = true
• dom.disable_window_open_feature.status = true
• dom.disable_window_open_feature.titlebar = true
• dom.disable_window_open_feature.toolbar = true

Adblock

I couldn't live without Adblock.
I run the latest nightly, and just don't see Ad's anymore (after spending a little time training it on what I did/didn't want).

SmoothWheel

Yep, couldn't live without it either. Grab at SmoothWheel
If your on a fast compluter, it beats the built in smooth scroll, especially the "smoothness" and deacceleration coming to the end of a page...