CNET - Firefox hacks
Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 8:01 pm
I found this helpful, so I thought I'd post it on here.
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-10165_7-62 ... =cnetfd.ld
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-10165_7-62 ... =cnetfd.ld
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 8:26 pm
Ohh handy, the option to open links that would normally open a new window in a new tab instead without having to middle click it.
Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 10:37 pm
ahh, i thought that tabbed preferenced section in firefox options was from one of my extensions 
. i guess they integrated it now eh.
since my last reinstall i hav't got anything that can DUPLICATE a tab (with all it's history) yet. i'll just get that now and then i shoudl be done
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. i guess they integrated it now eh.since my last reinstall i hav't got anything that can DUPLICATE a tab (with all it's history) yet. i'll just get that now and then i shoudl be done
.Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 1:45 pm
I'm using the Tabbrowser Preferences extension myself, so just about all of those appear in the options menu. Very useful stuff.
Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 5:35 am
update, i installed the latest vesion of Tabbrowser Extensions and firefox is suddenly running like a pig.
it could be caused by something else though - watch this space.
it could be caused by something else though - watch this space.
Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 7:31 am
uninstalled Tabbrowser Extensions, firefox runs fine again.
you may want to avoid that one.
you may want to avoid that one.
Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 12:02 pm
roid, what kind of problems did it give u?
Mine seems to be running a little slower now that I installed it, don't know if it's related though.
Mine seems to be running a little slower now that I installed it, don't know if it's related though.
Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 12:15 am
it makes it run slow.
to the point that even when i was typing things (like this) into message windows in firefox, i was typing faster it coudl handle and i'd have to wait as the type-buffer emptied out it's contents into the message window.
this also ended up giving me some pretty crazy WPM scores on typing speed tests (400+!!).
after i uninstalled it, it all ran fine again.
to the point that even when i was typing things (like this) into message windows in firefox, i was typing faster it coudl handle and i'd have to wait as the type-buffer emptied out it's contents into the message window.
this also ended up giving me some pretty crazy WPM scores on typing speed tests (400+!!).
after i uninstalled it, it all ran fine again.
Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 12:41 pm
I've used TBE since I started using Firefox. (it was Phoenix at the time) It does bog down the browser a tad at startup, but nothing show stopping. In the past I've also had a problem with TBE causing Firefox to crash on certain webpages, but that hasn't happened in months.
Maybe some tab guru's can help me. I'm pretty sure I don't really need TBE, but it's the only thing that's given me the simple tab functionality I want. Basically, I want only one window. I want offsite links, bookmarks, and google searches opened in a new tab. It always seemed a bit overkill to use a big complicated extension like TBE to get this simple functionality.
Does anyone know how I can do this without TBE? I've tried TBP, but I couldn't do what I wanted.
Maybe some tab guru's can help me. I'm pretty sure I don't really need TBE, but it's the only thing that's given me the simple tab functionality I want. Basically, I want only one window. I want offsite links, bookmarks, and google searches opened in a new tab. It always seemed a bit overkill to use a big complicated extension like TBE to get this simple functionality.
Does anyone know how I can do this without TBE? I've tried TBP, but I couldn't do what I wanted.
Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 2:07 pm
you can do that with TBP. been doing that with TBP for the last few months.
Mozilla doesn't recommend use TBE because its pretty hackish.
Mozilla doesn't recommend use TBE because its pretty hackish.
Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 5:47 pm
Ok, I just uninstalled TBE and installed TBP. I don't see options for all that I'm looking for.
Specifically:
* Onsite (same domain) links open in current tab, offsite (different domain) links open in new tab (in background hopefully)
* Bookmarks open in new tab.
I did find options for some of my other requirements, but these two are the most important for me. Did I miss something?
*Edit - I just tried Tab Mix and it seems to do what I want.
Specifically:
* Onsite (same domain) links open in current tab, offsite (different domain) links open in new tab (in background hopefully)
* Bookmarks open in new tab.
I did find options for some of my other requirements, but these two are the most important for me. Did I miss something?
*Edit - I just tried Tab Mix and it seems to do what I want.
Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 8:11 pm
Vander, you running a recent version of Firefox?
Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 8:24 pm
It's 1.0.3
I had my settings like what you've shown, but they didn't seem to do anything for me. All links would open in the current tab no matter what. At first I thought it was because I had previously had TBE installed, so I did a fresh install with a new profile. Same thing. Anyways, Tab Mix does just what I want without TBE's bloat.
I had my settings like what you've shown, but they didn't seem to do anything for me. All links would open in the current tab no matter what. At first I thought it was because I had previously had TBE installed, so I did a fresh install with a new profile. Same thing. Anyways, Tab Mix does just what I want without TBE's bloat.
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 2:02 pm
TBE breaks both the popular pie-menu extensions: Radial Context and EasyGestures. And yeah, it's a dog.