Firefox CCK (Client Customization Kit) Version 1.0 Released

Mozilla has released Firefox 1.5 CCK (Client Customization Kit) version 1.0. Cutting short the technical jargon – Firefox 1.5 CCK can be used to create an extension that customizes Firefox.

Mozillazine announces the release of the Firefox CCK that allows people to create an extension that customizes the browser for a particular installation or deployment.

Examples of some Firefox customizations you can do are -

* Add identifer to the user agent string
* Change the default home page and startup override home page
* Change the title bar text
* Change the animated logo
* Change the web page and tooltip used for the animated logo
* Add a help menu item that links to a web page
* Provide sites for which popups and XPInstalls are allowed by default
* Preinstall browser plug-ins
* Preinstall search engines
* Add folders, bookmarks and live bookmarks to the personal toolbar
* Add folders, bookmarks and live bookmarks to the bookmarks folder
* Set default preferences
* Lock preferences
* Add registry keys (Windows only)
* Add certificates (See NOTE below)
* Set default proxy configurations
* Package other XPIs with your distribution
* Disable about:config

This feature is for corporate and institutional users that will be deploying Firefox and you CANNOT ship a browser outside of your company or institution and call it Firefox. This is an amazing way to customize Firefox. But use this tool only if you know how it works, what it can do and if you know how to use it.