Firefox has arrived
Nov 11, 2004 | 1:53 pm
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Originally Posted by xyzzy
You can certainly set this up. It's easy! Open a couple of tabs and go to the pages you wish to use at startup. Then, go to Tools->Options and select "Use current pages." It's that simple!
Mozilla is GREAT!
Mozilla is GREAT!
Nov 11, 2004 | 7:29 pm
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I know I'm in the minority, but I still prefer Netscape. That "New Tab" button just to the left of the first tab is just so useful that not having it bugs me whenever I use Mozilla or Phoenix/Firefox.
Nov 11, 2004 | 7:45 pm
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Originally Posted by CPRich
I know I'm in the minority, but I still prefer Netscape. That "New Tab" button just to the left of the first tab is just so useful that not having it bugs me whenever I use Mozilla or Phoenix/Firefox.
Even more useful, though, is when you click any URL, Bookmark, or Favorite, hold Ctrl when you click, and the URL/Bookmark/Favorite opens in a new tab.
I'd repeat a bunch more keystrokes, (such as Ctrl-n, changes focus to the n-th Tab), but they are nicely summarized here: Firefox Help - Keyboard Shortcuts. This shows a very useful comparison to the equivalent keystrokes in IE or Opera, so if there's something you can do in one browser, this matrix shows you how to do it in the two other browsers.
Last edited by JadedTraveler; Nov 12, 2004 at 5:16 am Reason: Correct spelling/typo
Nov 12, 2004 | 5:36 am
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Originally Posted by CPRich
I know I'm in the minority, but I still prefer Netscape. That "New Tab" button just to the left of the first tab is just so useful that not having it bugs me whenever I use Mozilla or Phoenix/Firefox.
Nov 12, 2004 | 7:11 am
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Originally Posted by JadedTraveler
Ctrl-T opens a new tab in FireFox. I use it all the time.
Even more useful, though, is when you click any URL, Bookmark, or Favorite, hold Ctrl when you click, and the URL/Bookmark/Favorite opens in a new tab.
Even more useful, though, is when you click any URL, Bookmark, or Favorite, hold Ctrl when you click, and the URL/Bookmark/Favorite opens in a new tab.
Adding New Tabs and Bookmarks through customizing the toolbar gets close, but NS puts the "New Tab" next to the first tab and "Bookmarks" next the bookmarks, not in the toolbar with everything else. Close enough that it's personal preference and what you're used to. In the end, they're both "Not IE".
Firefox doesn't like javascript menus
Nov 15, 2004 | 1:52 pm
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Originally Posted by bgmvp
Or do I need a plug in? I don't get an error message or splash asking if I want to download plug in. 
Nov 16, 2004 | 10:18 am
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Originally Posted by CPRich
Adding New Tabs and Bookmarks through customizing the toolbar gets close, but NS puts the "New Tab" next to the first tab and "Bookmarks" next the bookmarks, not in the toolbar with everything else. Close enough that it's personal preference and what you're used to. In the end, they're both "Not IE".
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Nov 18, 2004 | 7:22 am
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Three observations so far on Firefox.
1) Web pages open faster than IE6.
2) My autoscroll function on my mouse has slowed down to the point where it is no longer useful. Has anyone else encountered this?
3) I used ieSpell as my spell check program for web based sites like FT and Hotmail. Does Firefox have a similar spell check program available for web based applications?
1) Web pages open faster than IE6.
2) My autoscroll function on my mouse has slowed down to the point where it is no longer useful. Has anyone else encountered this?
3) I used ieSpell as my spell check program for web based sites like FT and Hotmail. Does Firefox have a similar spell check program available for web based applications?
Dec 30, 2004 | 10:33 am
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I just downloaded Firefox for my Mac. Seems OK so far. One question...does Firefox have the "Forms Autofill" ability as does IE and Safari? I can't seem to locate one and this will be a knockout punch if it doesn't.
Thanks...
Thanks...
Dec 30, 2004 | 11:00 am
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Dictionary search?
I downloaded the dictionary search extension function but I don't know how to access it to use it. Is there a way to move an icon to a tool bar or are there command keys?
I have been using Opera for several years and it just crashed one time to many so I'm testing Firefox. It's pretty good, and it doesn't crash, and so far hasn't been rejected by Fidelity and Hilton who don't much like Opera.
Sylvia
I have been using Opera for several years and it just crashed one time to many so I'm testing Firefox. It's pretty good, and it doesn't crash, and so far hasn't been rejected by Fidelity and Hilton who don't much like Opera.
Sylvia
Dec 30, 2004 | 11:04 am
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Originally Posted by Cholula
I just downloaded Firefox for my Mac. Seems OK so far. One question...does Firefox have the "Forms Autofill" ability as does IE and Safari? I can't seem to locate one and this will be a knockout punch if it doesn't.
Thanks...
Thanks...
I downloaded the plug-in "AutoForm" for Firefox and it has been working just fine to automatically fill typical web forms. There are some neat features such as the ability to not save a particular form's data ... and also some configuration so it fills out only what you want it to fill out.
You can get to it by visiting the plug-ins section on the Firefox website.
Hope that helps
-Chris