Re-installation of Firefox 3.6.13 to the Notebook, without Xmarks went without a hitch. No more Right-Click on URLs opening a New Tab! Apparently, the Xmarks add-on is installed but DISABLED in Firefox Portable. Will not try to reinstall Xmarks add-on in this Notebook then disable it. Period.
Readers might be curious whether some user preferences were deliberately changed from the Firefox default settings that made this Right-Click on URL opening New Tab possible. Using Firefox’s about:support, here’s a list of modified preferences:
Name |
Value |
accessibility.typeaheadfind.casesensitive |
1 |
accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar |
0 |
browser.history_expire_days.mirror |
180 |
browser.places.importBookmarksHTML |
false |
browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion |
2 |
browser.startup.homepage |
https://reyadel.wordpress.com/ |
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone |
rv:1.9.2.14 |
browser.tabs.warnOnClose |
false |
dom.disable_window_move_resize |
true |
dom.event.contextmenu.enabled |
false |
extensions.lastAppVersion |
3.6.13 |
font.name.serif.x-western |
Arial |
network.cookie.prefsMigrated |
true |
network.http.max-connections |
96 |
network.http.max-connections-per-server |
32 |
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server |
8 |
network.http.pipelining |
true |
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests |
8 |
network.prefetch-next |
false |
places.last_vacuum |
1299210553 |
privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs |
true |
security.dialog_enable_delay |
0 |
security.warn_viewing_mixed |
false |
security.warn_viewing_mixed.show_once |
false |
The only modified setting connected to Right-Click Menu, or the context menu for this matter, is dom.event.contextmenu.enabled. According to MozillaZine Knowledge Base:
Determines whether the oncontextmenu event can be caught by non-chrome JavaScript (e.g., in an anti-right-click script).
True (default): the opposite of below.
False: Webpages will not be able to affect the context menu event, thus allowing to access the context menu all the time.
Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools -> Options -> Content (Web Features in Firefox 1.0.x) -> Advanced -> Allow scripts to: Disable or replace context menus" and, in Mozilla Suite, via "Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Scripts -> Plug-ins -> Allow scripts to: Disable or replace context menus."
Thus, if the dom.event.contextmenu.enabled setting is false, from the default: true; therefore, webpages will not be able to affect the context menu event.
The setting specifically mentions non-chrome Javascript, which meant that Firefox ALLOWs, by default, chrome unsigned Javascripts, such as those included in Xmarks add-on?
To clarify, the Right-Click phenomenon is only present when Firefox is used. Other browsers, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer v.8.0.6001.18702 and Google Chrome v.8.0.552.237, [installed to test this blog on other browsers aside from Firefox] both do not exhibit this phenomenon. Thus, the systemic change of the Right-Click context menu is discounted.
On or about 11:45H [GMT+8] Firefox 3.6.14 was released. Downloaded and installed the update, i.e., with Xmarks still DISABLED! Or maybe, un-install Xmarks!
Notes:
Disclaimer: These posts do not necessarily represent any organization’s positions, strategies or opinions; refer to this blog’s self-imposed rules: A New Year; New Rules. Unless otherwise expressly stated, posts are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. Comments are moderated to keep the discussion/s relevant and civil. Readers are responsible for their own statement/s.
Right Mouse Click Opens Another Firefox Tab, Postscript
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Re-installation of Firefox 3.6.13 to the Notebook, without Xmarks went without a hitch. No more Right-Click on URLs opening a New Tab! Apparently, the Xmarks add-on is installed but DISABLED in Firefox Portable. Will not try to reinstall Xmarks add-on in this Notebook then disable it. Period.
Readers might be curious whether some user preferences were deliberately changed from the Firefox default settings that made this Right-Click on URL opening New Tab possible. Using Firefox’s about:support, here’s a list of modified preferences:
The only modified setting connected to Right-Click Menu, or the context menu for this matter, is dom.event.contextmenu.enabled. According to MozillaZine Knowledge Base:
Thus, if the dom.event.contextmenu.enabled setting is false, from the default: true; therefore, webpages will not be able to affect the context menu event.
The setting specifically mentions non-chrome Javascript, which meant that Firefox ALLOWs, by default, chrome unsigned Javascripts, such as those included in Xmarks add-on?
To clarify, the Right-Click phenomenon is only present when Firefox is used. Other browsers, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer v.8.0.6001.18702 and Google Chrome v.8.0.552.237, [installed to test this blog on other browsers aside from Firefox] both do not exhibit this phenomenon. Thus, the systemic change of the Right-Click context menu is discounted.
On or about 11:45H [GMT+8] Firefox 3.6.14 was released. Downloaded and installed the update, i.e., with Xmarks still DISABLED! Or maybe, un-install Xmarks!
Notes:
Disclaimer: These posts do not necessarily represent any organization’s positions, strategies or opinions; refer to this blog’s self-imposed rules: A New Year; New Rules. Unless otherwise expressly stated, posts are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. Comments are moderated to keep the discussion/s relevant and civil. Readers are responsible for their own statement/s.
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