After a while, I dug-in to the mighty Firefox's about:config. Now Here are some tips to make life easier. I use Backspace a lot! But seems, in Ubuntu, when I press Backspace what it does is go to the page's top! Hmmm. Open Firefox and type about:config search for browser.backspace.action . Double click it and change the value to 0. Refresh and its done. Session restore Typed a long webmail and Firefox crashed? Worry not. There is a way to get that session back! Yippeee. Look for browser.startup.page key to 3 to restore your browsing session, with form entries intact! Note: By default, Firefox 2 automatically restores your session if your browser crashes - but this does it every time you restart your browser normally Tab close buttons Now I hate it when I do not see the Tab Close button! hmm. Normally it is visibile only on the active tab. Lets fix it. Look for and change browser.tabs.closeButtons value to 3 Fetch only what you click This is handy! and a bandwidth sav...