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I was tired of copying and pasting names of about:config settings into Google so I could figure out what they were, so I made an extension that adds a handy “query Google” function. The first result is usually Mozilla’s knowledge base, which is about as authoritative as one can get on the subject. It will open in a new tab or re-use the existing one, depending on the manner in which your preferences are set up.

It could do more, like save different search engines, or display a dynamic tool tip explaining what each string is, but it doesn’t, and it probably won’t. I will not submit this to AMO, because there’s nothing really to it. It’s a good bare bones extension to learn from, though, so I encourage you to take it apart and see the basic structure of adding an element to a window.

Screen:

For Firefox version 3 and above only.

Download:

http://erichamiter.com/files/prefsearch.xpi

Note: If you want to install this, you will have to add this domain to your safe list, which Firefox will prompt you to do. The extension may later complain that no secure servers are available, and that won’t change either. This extension also will only work with Firefox 3 and up, and will cause mass havoc and utter harm to any version previous. Enjoy!