I.E. vs Firefox

[Opus106]

The Awesome Bar is, well, awesome! Fx3 has been fast, definitely. The only gripe I have right now is that it locks up while checking the live bookmarks, and I have quite a few of them. Right now I'm using RC1. The update to the 3.0, along with Open Office and whole bunch of other stuff, is waiting to be downloaded and installed. One thing about Fx3 on Linux is that it merges with the GNOME theme you've installed. (That may or may not be a good thing. 0:) )

[drogulus]

So your using pitch dark?

BTW, when I click that link I get nothing.

     I just checked it and it works for me. Try again or use this one.

[George]

     I just checked it and it works for me. Try again or use this one.

Thanks. I have "surf control" at work, so I'll check it later.

I think our wires got crossed form the start. 

I'm only asking which theme you are using. I know how to download any of them as a plug - in. 

[drogulus]

Thanks. I have "surf control" at work, so I'll check it later.

I think our wires got crossed form the start. 

I'm only asking which theme you are using. I know how to download any of them as a plug - in. 

     Yeah, I didn't do any theme links.

     I have run my FF 3.1 naked, since there aren't any themes/extensions ready for it, at least not that I know of. Maybe I'll try to find some later today.

     

[orbital]

I have upgraded to FF3 myself, but Tab Mix Plus extension is not compatible [yet] So I downgraded back to FF2. I don't know how you people can manage without that add-on.

[drogulus]

I have upgraded to FF3 myself, but Tab Mix Plus extension is not compatible [yet] So I downgraded back to FF2. I don't know how you people can manage without that add-on.

     Tab Mix Plus for FF3 

[orbital]

     Tab Mix Plus for FF3 

Thanks man. Have you tried it? I downloaded [I think] this file earlier today, but it does not function under FF3 

[drogulus]

   

Thanks man. Have you tried it? I downloaded [I think] this file earlier today, but it does not function under FF3 

     This isn't the one on the site. I tried it just to make sure it was the right one, and it is. Then I uninstalled it.

[George]

Thanks man. Have you tried it? I downloaded [I think] this file earlier today, but it does not function under FF3 

Works fine on mine. I think it does anyway. What does it do exactly?

[Opus106]

I've got so used to TMP, that I can't really use Firefox without it. It's a great extension.

What does it do exactly?

It lets you modify some behaviour of tabs, how links are opened and where, and it also gives you some extra functionality, like duplicating tabs, re-opening closed ones, etc. It also comes with a session manager, but Firefox also has its own version of session restore feature. You can decide which to use in the options/preferences.

[orbital]

   
     This isn't the one on the site. I tried it just to make sure it was the right one, and it is. Then I uninstalled it.

Great, it does work! Thanks a lot drogulus. I tried this yesterday but it wasn't working. apparently what you have to do is, reset the extension to its factory default first. After that you may modify it to your needs.

Howard, if you want to see it in action, go to TMP options - "Events" tab, and choose how you want it to organize new tabs. I normally set it up to open new tabs in every case except when there is an internal link.

[drogulus]

     Uh oh... My FF 3.1 just auto-updated from 6/16 to 6/18. That's not nice, so I'll go into Options and make it ask first.

     OK, this time I told it to "check for updates" and it went to 6/19. That's better.

     And I have my first 3.1 theme, Charamel, one of my faves. It's messing with the search box, but I can work around that. The tab bar is also not quite right. I might have to get rid of it.

       

     Here're all 3 versions of FF (3,3.1, and 2) running at the same time.

[George]

Anyone know a way to widen the bar that slides up and down on the far right?

[drogulus]

Anyone know a way to widen the bar that slides up and down on the far right?

    There's probably something at the Mozillazine Forums. I doesn't look like you can adjust it from what I'm reading. All the themes I'm looking at have the same width, and if it was adjustable the thememakers would play with it.

[ezodisy]

Thanks for the TMP extension. This is new to me and very useful!

[Thom]

     Tab Mix Plus for FF3 

Thank you so much, this is a big help.

[Opus106]

If you're a Firefox user who doesn't want to be bothered by banner ads or unwanted Flash thingies, then you must have

- Adblock Filterset.G Updater
- Adblock Plus
- NoScript

The internet is quite a different place with these two. (Filterset should only be used in conjunction with AB+.)

Oh, and if you're a Forum junkie, it helps to have BBCode, too.

[Drasko]

Is there in Firefox an add-on or option to make download page open as a new tab rather than new window?

edit: nevermind, found it.

[drogulus]

   Drasko, the basic Options choices are enough for me. For more options, there's the tab extension linked to earlier. This is my simple setup for tabs:

     

[Papy Oli]

I have actually started to have a problem with Firefox today (still on version 2.0 here), where the loading of a page can get stuck in a complete loop - you can see the notes in the status bar going berserk between stopping/starting.... Bizarre thing, that seem to happen only in a second tab or new window, whilst the main one is working perfectly fine. Has anybody experienced something like that before please ?

thanks.
Olivier

PS : now running Antivirus, anti-spyware, to be on the safe side...might try re-installing FF later on if the scans are clear too.