By Jason Fitzpatrick, Lifehacker – April 12, 2010 at 03:00PM
Firefox: If you routinely use Firefox at a distance—during presentations or from your couch, for example—this clever combination of tweaks makes Firefox easier on your eyes.
Sure you could hit CTRL++ or CTRL+Mouse Wheel Scroll every time you visit a page that needs to be magnified but that’s tedious, inefficient, and it doesn’t address issues like a tiny address bar and too-small navigation buttons. Over at the blog Apple Media Center, a media center focused blog, they’ve put together a great set of tweaks to give Firefox a 10-foot display mode:
1. Download this userchrome.css file here.
2. Place the ‘userchrome.css’ in the following folder: ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/[profile-name]/chrome/ [Ed. Note: They’re using Mac OS X, visit this article at the MozillaZine Knowledge Base to find the location of the profile folder in your operating system.]
3. Install the No Squint plugin by clicking here.
4. Change the No Squint plugin’s ‘Default full page zoom level’ setting to 150%.
5. Install a theme that works with the increased text size. I chose Hexxya, which also uses smaller icons so you can see more of your address bar as well.
6. Enjoy your Firefox HD browser!
Check out the link below for information about tweaking the font in your new setup or for more tips and tricks for setting up a user-friendly media center setup. Have a favorite tweak or trick of your own to share? Let’s hear about it in the comments. Thanks darkgroove!