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what is the firefox about: protocol ?

By Martin English | July 17, 2008

Many firefox users know that typing about:config in the location bar provides access to user preferences, that can’t be changed any other way.Some fun and useful (occassionally, anyway) Firefox about: links.

• about:
• about:blank
• about:bloat
• about:buildconfig
• about:cache
• about:config
• about:crashes (only Firefox 3)
• about:credits
• about:logo
• about:kitchensink
• about:license
• about:mozilla
• about:plugins
• about:robots

Either type the links in your firefox location bar or selct the links if you are curious about their purpose.

Topics: Code, Humour, Open Source, Web / Web 2.0, software |

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