DhivehiFonts Add-on: Fix display of Dhivehi in all websites

In the previous post Dhivehi Fonts for Firefox Android, I introduced a simple add-on for Firefox Android and Desktop which could fix the display of Dhivehi on some Maldivian websites. However, one user asked if it could be fixed for other websites such as Facebook.

So here is my answer to that question. The next version of DhivehiFonts add-on which will allow you to view Dhivehi on Firefox for Android on any website including Google and Facebook in-sha-Allah.

Download/Install DhivehiFonts add-on (version 1.1)

As an added bonus, you can install this add-on on Firefox Desktop and it will in-sha-Allah fix your MV Boli issues on Firefox for Windows.

Dhivehi Fonts for Firefox Android

This a simple add-on to fix the display of most Dhivehi websites in Firefox for Android without having to root to install alternate system fonts.
Most websites like haveeru.com.mv/dhivehi and sun.mv use the @font-face CSS tag and display just fine on Firefox for Android and the latest versions of the default Android browser. However, not all Dhivehi websites use this and as such the Dhivehi text is not rendered at all for such sites. This add-on attempts to fix the rendering of such sites on Firefox for Android. For example:

• www.miadhu.com/dv/
• islamicaffairs.gov.mv/dh/
• pension.gov.mv

Download/Install add-on: DhivehiFonts for Firefox Android

Disable Automatic Virus Scanning in Firefox 3

By default, Firefox 3 runs anti-virus scans on downloaded files in Windows systems with anti-virus software installed. Depending on the type and size of the files downloaded Firefox can stop responding for a significant amount of time while the virus scan is being performed. Follow the steps below to disable automatic virus scanning in Firefox 3:

• Type about:config in the Firefox location bar
• Click the "I'll be careful, I promise!" button if the "This might void your warranty!" message is displayed.
• Type browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone as the Filter. Alternatively you can just navigate to the setting browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone in the about:config page.
• Change the value of browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone to false.

Note: Do not disable automatic virus scanning in Firefox if your anti-virus software does not support real-time protection.

Show close button on the last tab in Firefox 3.5+

In Firefox versions 3.5 and later the close button is not displayed on the last tab. If you try to close the last tab by pressing Ctrl+W then Firefox closes with the tab. Sometimes, this can be annoying, so here is a simple fix for the problem.

• Open a new tab in Firefox and enter about:config as the URL.
• Click "I'll be careful, I promise!" button to get to the config page.
• Make the following changes in the config page:
  
  
  • browser.tabs.closeButtons = 1
  • browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab = false
• Close Firefox.
• Goto folder %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\chrome
  
  
  •  %APPDATA% == C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\ folder in Windows XP
  • %APPDATA% == C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\ folder in Windows Vista and 7
  • More details on where the Firefox Profiles folder is located in different Operating Systems can be found at http://support.mozilla.com/en-us/kb/Profiles
• Open userChrome.css in a text editor such as Notepad++ or Windows Notepad.
• Add the following code to userChrome.css
  
  

  /* Add tab-close-button to last tab*/
  .tabbrowser-tabs[closebuttons="alltabs"] > 
   .tabbrowser-tab > .tab-close-button {
    display: -moz-box !important;
   }
  .tabbrowser-tabs:not([closebuttons="noclose"]):not([closebuttons="closeatend"]) > 
   .tabbrowser-tab[selected="true"] > .tab-close-button {
    display: -moz-box !important;
   }

• Save userChrome.css
• Open Firefox and you should have a close button displayed on the last tab.

Useful Firefox Addons

Here are two of the most useful addons for Firefox.

1. AdBlock Plus
   This addon helps you get rid of those annoying advertisements and banners on most websites. Using this addon can also help reduce the time taken for most web pages to be displayed since advertisements and banners would no longer be downloaded.
   
2.  NoScript
   This addon improves the security of Firefox by preventing the automatic execution of javascript for non-trusted sites, protection against clickjacking, xss attacks and more. This addon might be a bit annoying for first time users since most websites might appear broken without javascript. However, the security offered by this addon is worth the initial learning curve.