Portable Apps - Firefox and Firefox Portable Settings Part 3

This is a follow up of my 31AUG06
Portable Apps - Firefox and Firefox Portable Settings Part 1 and
07SEP06
Portable Apps – Firefox and Firefox Portable Settings Part 2
postings, in which items in the General, Privacy and Content settings
were discussed. Part 4 will be concerned with the Advanced settings,
and will be the final posting regarding the Firefox settings. The
version of Firefox being used at the time of this entry is 1.5.0.7.

Tabs

The Tabs tab, appropriately is where what the tabs do or don't do,
when using the tabbed browsing feature in Firefox. The following is a
table, showing the different options and my preferences, which are
the same whether using the standard or portable version of Firefox.

Firefox and Portable Firefox Tabs Tab
Option	Secondary	Comments	My Preferences
Open links from other applications in:		Radio Buttons: a new window a new tab in the most recent window the most recent window	A new tab in the most recent window.
Force links that open new windows to open in:		Radio Buttons: the same tab/window as the link a new tab	A new tab.
Hide the tab bar when only one web site is open		Check Box: Checked: Hidden Unchecked: Showing	Checked.
Select new tabs opened from links		Check Box: Checked: Selected Unchecked: Not Selected	Unchecked.
Warn when closing multiple tabs		Check Box: Checked: Warned Unchecked: Not Warned	Checked. I am reminded that I have more than one tab open, so that I can Bookmark what I want to get back to, in case I have not already done so.

Downloads

The Downloads tab
contains controls for the handling of where the files are downloaded
and what can be done with them automatically. Downloading a file and
then finding it later is a problem for a lot of the users I know, so
I recommend that a specific folder be created and all downloads, of
whatever nature, be set to download to that folder. Personally that
is what I do and going even further, once my downloading is complete,
I set up sub-folders within that download folder to organize and make
them easier to locate months or years down the line.

Firefox and Portable Firefox Downloads Tab
Option	Secondary	Comments	My Preferences
Download Folder		Radio Buttons: Ask me where to save every file Save all files to this folder: (Offers a Browse button to select a folder in Windows Explorer	Desktop and Laptop – I set to save all downloads to a folder named Downloads on my partition, to make easier to find after download. USB Drives – Ask where to save every time, as I don't know what computer I will be using or what the USB drive letter will be, usually have saved to the USB Drive for portability.
Show Download Manager when a download begins		Check Box: Checked: Shows Unchecked: Does not Show	Checked.
	Close the Download Manager when all downloads are complete	Check Box: Checked: Closes Download Manager upon completion of download session. Unchecked: Leaves Download Manager open until Firefox is closed.	Checked.
Download Actions (Set to automatically download or open files of certain types.)		View & Edit Actions Button	Whatever the default for the extension is.
	Change Action Options When downloading files.	Radio Buttons: Open them with the default application (Shows what the default option is) Open them with this application: (Provides a Browse button) Save them on my computer. Use this Plugin	Whatever the default for the extension is.

If you have any
questions or ideas for a better way to set up the options, please
leave a comment with this post.