#289173 - 03/11/2006 12:25
FireFox 2
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
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Loc: London
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Any better for memory leakage?
Also I've just upgraded and seem to have lost my session history, more than a little annoying, I had 43 tabs open.
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#289174 - 03/11/2006 12:42
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: tahir]
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Registered: 08/03/2000
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Loc: Sterling, VA
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I don't know about the memory leakage problem, but I'm liking the upgrade so far. I haven't at work yet, but only because I'm waiting to find solutions to some UI problems I see. They made the Go button unmovable and changed that little X that I use all the time to close tabs. Small issues, to be sure, but annoying.
But I like the spell checker for text boxes. That's a fantastic feature.
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#289175 - 03/11/2006 13:23
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: Dignan]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1914
Loc: London
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But I like the spell checker for text boxes. That's a fantastic feature.
Yeah, taht's why I changed.
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#289176 - 03/11/2006 13:24
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: tahir]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1914
Loc: London
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Although it doesn't appear to be working
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#289177 - 03/11/2006 13:31
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: Dignan]
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old hand
Registered: 07/01/2005
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They [...] changed that little X that I use all the time to close tabs. Small issues, to be sure, but annoying.
Type about:config in the address bar. Change browser.tabs.closeButtons to the value you want:
- 0 - Display close button only on the active tab
- 1 - Display close buttons on every tabs
- 2 - Never display close buttons
- 3 - Display single close button at the end of the tab strip (The way it used to be)
Personally, I use Ctrl-F4.
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#289178 - 03/11/2006 13:46
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: sein]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1914
Loc: London
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Anyway to get the tabs to display in multiple rows rather than scrolling through them?
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#289179 - 03/11/2006 14:16
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: tahir]
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old hand
Registered: 07/01/2005
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I think there was a Firefox 1.5 plugin that could do it... Tab Mix Plus, maybe? Anyhow, you can get a bit more mileage from the number of tabs in your window before the scrolling sets in from the browser.tabs.tabMinWidth variable. Default is 100. I like 75. 0 will turn off scrolling.
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#289180 - 03/11/2006 14:19
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: sein]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1914
Loc: London
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Yeah it was TabMixPlus, no v2 compatibility yet. Have set my tabwidth to 75, thanks
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#289181 - 03/11/2006 14:21
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: sein]
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Registered: 08/03/2000
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Loc: Sterling, VA
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Thanks for the tip, I'll change that setting. Apparently they know about the immobility of the Go button too and are working on that.
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#289182 - 03/11/2006 14:28
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: Dignan]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1914
Loc: London
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Where does session history live now?
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#289183 - 03/11/2006 14:35
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: tahir]
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14493
Loc: Canada
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Yeah it was TabMixPlus, no v2 compatibility yet. Have set my tabwidth to 75, thanks
Works just fine if you "force version" on it. Install "Mr Tech" utilities first to get that option.
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#289184 - 03/11/2006 15:01
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: mlord]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1914
Loc: London
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Install "Mr Tech" utilities first to get that option.
Thanks, I've installed Mr Tech Local Install, is that what you mean? Can't see an option for force version
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#289185 - 03/11/2006 15:39
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: Dignan]
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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They made the Go button unmovable
If you just want to get rid of it, like I did, you can edit your userChrome.css file.
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#289186 - 03/11/2006 16:12
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: tahir]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14493
Loc: Canada
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Install "Mr Tech" utilities first to get that option.
Thanks, I've installed Mr Tech Local Install, is that what you mean? Can't see an option for force version
It just "appears" whenever I try to install a pre-v2 extension.. the little dialog popup has a checkbox to override version checking.
Cheers
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#289187 - 03/11/2006 16:17
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: wfaulk]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 08/03/2000
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Loc: Sterling, VA
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They made the Go button unmovable
If you just want to get rid of it, like I did, you can edit your userChrome.css file.
Oh no, I want the opposite. I want it to be more accessible. My toolbar is set up as such (on 1.x):
Back, Forward, Refrech, Stop, Home, Search Box, Go, Address bar. By default, Firefox is set up to have the search and Go buttons on the far right, and they expand with the window. This becomes a problem when viewing it on a large monitor (I would have the back button and the search box over 2400 pixels apart at home). In 1.x, I can move the search box and Go button. I can't move the Go button in 2.
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#289188 - 03/11/2006 16:19
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: Dignan]
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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Out of curiosity, what do you use the go button for?
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#289189 - 03/11/2006 16:22
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: mlord]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1914
Loc: London
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It just "appears" whenever I try to install a pre-v2 extension.. the little dialog popup has a checkbox to override version checking.
Maybe I need to uninstall the extension and re-install. Will try it.
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#289190 - 03/11/2006 16:32
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: wfaulk]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12338
Loc: Sterling, VA
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Out of curiosity, what do you use the go button for?
To be honest, at the moment I can't think what I use it for, but I swear I use it quite often. Often enough for me to notice if it's on the right-hand side or not... Wow, I think I'm losing my mind. Maybe it's the lack of sleep...
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#289191 - 03/11/2006 16:44
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: tahir]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1914
Loc: London
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Maybe I need to uninstall the extension and re-install. Will try it.
Well, got TabMix installed but it wasn't working at all well so I've uninstalled it. It's a killer not having session history.
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#289192 - 03/11/2006 16:49
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: tahir]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1914
Loc: London
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#289193 - 03/11/2006 17:55
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: Dignan]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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at the moment I can't think what I use it for
I was going to say that the only thing that I can think of that I'd ever use it for is after pasting a URL into the location bar. But I'd press Ctrl-V for that under Windows, so hands already on the keyboard, thus, Enter. Maybe for pasting a URL under Unix, since that's usually a mouse operation, but then I'd just paste into the browser window directly and not bother with the location bar at all.
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#289194 - 03/11/2006 19:12
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: wfaulk]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12338
Loc: Sterling, VA
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Pasting URLs is one thing, but my hand is never on the keyboard when I'm doing that. Usually I've selected the text with the mouse, so I'm copying with the keyboard, putting the cursor in the address bar with the mouse, pasting with the keyboard, and hitting Go with the mouse.
Although sometimes I'll be holding the mouse and I'll reach over to the Enter key on the numpad with my thumb...
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#289195 - 03/11/2006 19:36
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: tahir]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 12/02/2002
Posts: 2298
Loc: Berkeley, California
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Anyway to get the tabs to display in multiple rows rather than scrolling through them?
I don't know, but I went right back to the previous setting for minimum tab width. All I want is the site icon visible. My tabs don't scroll any more, and it's so much better.
Matthew
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#289196 - 03/11/2006 19:54
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: Dignan]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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Although sometimes I'll be holding the mouse and I'll reach over to the Enter key on the numpad with my thumb...
Yeah, I do that all the time.
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#289197 - 03/11/2006 20:38
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: wfaulk]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK
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Anybody know how to make a long click turn into a right click on the mac like 1.x did?
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#289198 - 06/11/2006 19:23
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: tahir]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 10/06/1999
Posts: 5916
Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
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After 4 days use I now know that 2.0 suffers from the same old problem that I had with 1.5 and before. After the Firefox process is running (sometimes hours, more often days) the same thing always happens. What appears to be a blank toolbar, which you can't interact with, appears below the window title bar. At the same time, some web pages are rendered as if the screen around 2000 pixels wide. To restore the normal functionality you have to close all the Firefox windows and reopen. It happens on both the Windows boxes that I use regularly. This evening is the first time it has happened to me on 2.0 Here is an example of it happening on 2.0: http://www.norman.cx/photos/links/firefox.pngWhen you make Firefox fullscreen it looks like this: http://www.norman.cx/photos/links/firefox_full.pngI have tried to look through the Firefox bug lists to see if it a know issue, but it is difficult to know exactly what to search on (or even which area of the app has the bug).
Edited by andy (06/11/2006 19:34)
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#289199 - 06/11/2006 19:35
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: tahir]
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new poster
Registered: 21/11/2001
Posts: 40
Loc: Maine, USA
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Anyway to get the tabs to display in multiple rows rather than scrolling through them?
In the same vein, I'm really missing Tabbrowser Extension, and I doubt it will be updated for v2.0. I know it was a bit buggy, but I really miss having a vertical tab bar on the right with color-coded tab groupings.
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#289200 - 06/11/2006 19:40
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: andy]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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What appears to be a blank toolbar, which you can't interact with, appears below the window title bar.
I have never seen that before. Sounds like an interaction problem with something else you've got installed on those systems.
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#289201 - 06/11/2006 19:45
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: wfaulk]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 10/06/1999
Posts: 5916
Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
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I don't really have anything exotic running on these systems. I only have a handful of extensions that are common between the two (Adblock, Google toolbar, IE Tab).
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#289202 - 06/11/2006 21:40
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: andy]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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I was suggesting something external to FireFox, like some other application that modifies a Windows DLL or something.
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#289203 - 07/11/2006 07:32
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: wfaulk]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
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My tuppence-worth: I have been running FF2 since the day it came out and although it does appear to suffer mildly from memory leakage, I get no odd symptoms even after 10 days uptime (that is my max so far, as I have been playing with my new system so it hasn't had time to test major uptimes)
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#289204 - 07/11/2006 15:26
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: Dignan]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1914
Loc: London
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Just installed TabMixPlus 0.35, feels a lot better
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#289205 - 07/11/2006 16:13
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: tahir]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1914
Loc: London
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Add Bookmark Here is crashing FF.
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#289206 - 19/11/2006 18:44
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: tahir]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 20/05/2001
Posts: 2616
Loc: Bruges, Belgium
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I've just started to use FF 2. I've waited until now because Tab Mix plus wasn't 2.0 compatible until recently. One thing annoys me with 2.0 (so far  ): when clicking a link to download something, instead of the window where I can choose where to download the clicked file to popping up, now first a little window pops up saying 'you have chosen to open thisfile.ext which is a xxxxxx from http://www.blabla.com. What should FF do with this file? 'Then I have to click on 'save to disk', and only then the usual 'where should I download this file to?' box pops up. Is there a way I can get rid of this new step? I don't want it, I don't need it and I have no idea what it's good for. Anybody have any idea? Thanks!
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#289207 - 20/11/2006 06:43
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: andy]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 10/06/1999
Posts: 5916
Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
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After 4 days use I now know that 2.0 suffers from the same old problem that I had with 1.5 and before.
After some further use I now know that it suffers from the other long-term bug that I was aware of with 1.5
This particular bug is amazingly specific. Sometimes when I go to http://www.natwest.com/ and click on "Log in" to login to my online banking, the Firefox window closes without any error. It only closes the current window, it doesn't kill the process and it only happens very occasionally. I have never seen it happen on any other website...
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#289208 - 20/11/2006 09:14
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: andy]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1914
Loc: London
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Have you told Natwest? I used to have issues using the Co-Op site with Opera, they actually got someone to look at it and do something about it.
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#289209 - 20/11/2006 13:33
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: tahir]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 10/06/1999
Posts: 5916
Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
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Have you told Natwest?
I've never bothered because it happens relatively rarely and I don't have any repro steps.
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#289210 - 20/11/2006 19:10
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: BartDG]
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Registered: 11/06/2003
Posts: 384
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One thing annoys me with 2.0 (so far ): when clicking a link to download something
DownThemAll!
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#289211 - 20/11/2006 20:31
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: Mataglap]
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Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12338
Loc: Sterling, VA
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One thing annoys me with 2.0 (so far ): when clicking a link to download something
DownThemAll!
I second that! My favorite extension (plugin? whatever...) by far! I use this all the time, and it's essentially the second half of my net/vidcast collector (Protopage being the first half).
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#289212 - 22/11/2006 10:26
Re: FireFox 2
[Re: Dignan]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 20/05/2001
Posts: 2616
Loc: Bruges, Belgium
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I also use it, but I don't think it's worth it for very small downloads. It can't be beat for large downloads though.
For smaller downloads I use the 'download statusbar' extension, and I love it!
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