It has similar key bindings, and you could call it a modal web browser, as key bindings differ according to which mode you are in.
Warning: To provide the most authentic Vim experience, the Firefox menubar and toolbar were hidden.
If you really need them, type: :set guioptions=mT to get them back. If you don't like Vimperator at all, you can uninstall it by typing :addons and remove/disable it. If you like it, but can't remember the shortcuts, press F1 or :help to get this help window back.
Since Vimperator's GUI is embedded into a toolbar, it may look too 3D-like with the default theme. For the best experience, I therefore recommend the Whitehart theme or any other flat theme.
Vimperator was written by Martin Stubenschrott. If you appreciate my work on Vimperator and want to encourge me working on it more, you can either send me greetings, patches or make a donation by going to http://vimperator.mozdev.org
Here are some key features of "Vimperator":
· Vim-like keybindings (h,j,k,l,gg,G,0,$,ZZ,,etc.)
· Ex-commands (:quit, :open www.foo.com, ...)
· Tab completion available for all commands with support for 'longest' matching when set in 'wildmode'
· Hit-a-hint like navigation of links (start with 'f' to follow a link)
· Advanced completion of bookmark and history URLs (searching also in title, not only URL)
· Vim-like statusline with a wget-like progress bar
· Minimal GUI (easily hide useless menubar and toolbar with :set guioptions=)
· Ability to :source javascript files, and to use a ~/.vimperatorrc file with syntax highlighting if you install this file
· Easy quick searches (:open foo will search foo in google, :open ebay terminator will search for terminator on ebay) with support for Firefox keyword bookmarks and search engines
· Count supported for many commands (3 will go back 3 pages)
· Beep on errors (:set nobeep to turn this off)
· Marks support (ma to set mark 'a' on a webpage, 'a to go there)
· QuickMarks support (quickly go to previously marked web pages with go{a-zA-Z0-9})
· :map support (and feedkeys() for script writers)
· A comprehensive help file, explaining all commands, mappings and settings.
Product's homepage
Requirements:
· Mozilla Firefox
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Fix :preferences and some :dialog commands for recent Firefoxs
· Compatibility fixes for Firefox 20
· Make sure :dialog addons really opens a dialog instead of a tab
· add -private option to :winopen and :window for Firefox 20+ PrivateBrowsing-per-window
· Pushed minVersion to Firefox 17
· Clear command history after returning from private browsing