Making Firefox keyboard friendly

If you're using StumpWM, chances are you don't like to use "the rat" a lot. There is also a good chance that you're an avid emacs user and while typing in Firefox you frequently try pressing C-a to go the beginning of the line and instead have everything selected. No worries! Firefox extensions are, as always, to the rescue.

Mouseless Browsing is a Firefox extension that helps you keep your hands on the keyboard by adding small numeric tags to (almost) everything clickable. Instead of clicking those, you can simply type in the numbers. If you want to open a link in a new tab, just press Alt while typing. If you're in a text area and don't want the numbers ended up in there, hold Ctrl while typing. There are a few other shortcuts too, all configurable in the extension preferences. Another useful option is to have the have the tags hidden by default (they sometimes makes a mess of some pages) and instead have them shown when you press a certain shortcut key.

Firemacs is another helpful extension; one that emacs users will love. It simply changes many of the Firefox's key bindings to things emacs users are more accustomed to (C-a instead of Home, C-f instead of right arrow and so on). You might want to disable making ESC work as Meta (that is, Alt) key. While the trusty C-g works most of the time, there are certain situations (like in menus) that you have to use ESC.

Again, Firefox's extensions are keeping me tightly where I am, stopping me from switching to other browsers. Damn you Firefox, you're locking me in!