Create a desktop shortcut in Mac with Automator

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Open Automator
File > New
select Application
Then add "Run Shell Script" option
Give the command to run, here I am giving Google chrome canary with no proxy option

/Applications/Google\ Chrome\ Canary.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome\ Canary --no-proxy-server=

Then Save with the name you want.







By default this will show automator icon.
Here is how to set your favorite icon.
Right click on Chrome canary icon and select "Get Info"



Then click on the icon and press Cmd+c
to copy the icon.
Now open info window on newly created icon, select the icon in the same place (which shows automator icon) press Cmd+v to paste the previously copied icon.

Change proxy settings only for Chrome

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Disable proxy setting
Add command line parameter --no-proxy-server= to the command. (In windows, add this to the target path in the shortcut properties)

Specify different proxy
Add command line parameter --proxy-server="127.0.0.1:8080" to the command

Specify no proxy server list
Add command line parameter like this --proxy-bypass-list="127.0.0.1;localhost"

Firefox: Get your old quick find bar back

One of the good features in Firefox is the quick find feature. As soon as you start typing, Firefox will start searching for the word. But, if you want to go to the next occurrence of the search term, you have to first press Ctrl+F, then either Ctrl+G or Alt+N.



By adding a small code snippet to the userChrome.css file (What is userChrome.css?), you can get the full featured find bar. So, you don't need to press extra Ctrl+F before pressing Alt+N. It will save some time.

/* Restore quick find bar */
#FindToolbar > * {display: -moz-box; }

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Firefox: view status bar in full screen

Whenever I am browsing in the full screen mode in Firefox, I miss the status bar. I use status bar extensively, to know page loading status, to know the actual URLs of the links. Whenever I hovered over a link, the URL will be shown on the status bar. But, in full screen mode, the status bar is not available. I have to right click on the link and select properties to view the actual URL.
By changing the userChrome.css file, I now get status bar in full screen mode also.

First read "What is userChrome.css & userContent.css?", if you don't know about them.

It is very simple. Add the following lines into your userChrome.css file.

/* Making status bar visible in full screen */
#status-bar
{
visibility: visible;
}

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What are userChrome.css & userConent.css?

userChrome.css is used to change the interface of the Firefox itself, userContent.css used to change the appearance of the web pages.

These files are not exist by default. But, there will be userChrome-example.css, userContent-example.css in the chrome folder of your default profile folder. Remove "-example" from the file name, create chrome folder in your profile, copy those two files there.

Now, you can do many customizations of your firefox. You can change appearance of your Firefox. Stay tuned for more posts on this.

Related:

What is a Firefox Profile?