So I installed Windows 7 after hearing a lot of positive buzz. But this is one (of many) thing that NEVER EVER happens in OS X…

Makes me think that there is still something wrong and rotten in the core. I wish they rewrote the whole thing!

Anyway, overall, Windows 7 does look and works a little better than its predecessors.

- Fixes Home/End Keys
- and Backward/Forward keys

Download a keyfixed version directly here (zip - 17.13MB), or get toolkit.jar and hack manually.

UPDATE: Get the keyfixed firefox 3 final here.

Here’s an updated version of the KeyFixer for Firefox 3 that fixes both - Home/End and Word Backward/Forward keys.

Firefox 3 beta 3: toolkit.jar
Firefox 3 beta 4: toolkit.jar

UPDATE: Get the keyfixed firefox 3 final here.

StarryHope’s excellent KeyFixer for Firefox 2 (and here’s a patch for Firefox 3) fixes your Home/End keys.

However, to make your text navigation more “Windows” like, you might want to also change your default modifier keys (Alt) for Move/Select a Word Left/Right to ‘Ctrl‘.

Here’s how to do it:

1. Get the KeyFixer.

2. Load the dmg and save “keyfixer_firefox” to Desktop.

3. Right-Click “keyfixer_firefox” (on your desktop) and choose “Show Package Contents”.

4. Naviagate to Content > Resources.

5. Replace platformHTMLBindings.xml with this one.

Done!

UPDATE: Get the keyfixed firefox 3 final here.

Here’s how to patch Firefox 3 to make the “home” and “end” keys work like they work in other OS.

1. Close Firefox (If open).
2. Browse to Applications > Firefox
3. Right Click > Show Package Contents
4. Browse to Contents > MacOS > Chrome
5. Rename/Remove toolkit.jar and replace it with this (toolkit.jar) one.

Done! :-)

Tested on Firefox 3.0b2

All Credits to StarryHope for making the original version.