Firefox

[JustJon]

I was wondering if anyone else on the board is using firefox. I got tired of using IE and finally switched over yesterday.

So far so good, except that it doesn't like the forward and back buttons on my mouse. And java likes to lag once in a while.

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[TheKnicks23]

I've been a big supporter of Mozilla for a while now. I switched over to Mozilla well over a year ago and have never looked back.

About 4 months ago I swtiched over to the lighter and quicker Firebird and stuck with it when it became Firefox. Definetly my favorite browser, they've got tons of add on supporter and options, the pop up blocking rules, and ya gotta love tabbed browsing.

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[Meve]

I've been using firfox for awhile and i think it's the best browser. true that java loads slow but i think its worth it. i haven't had any problems with it and there are absolutely no popups.

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[Hottub]

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Firefox = Clint kicks everyone's ass!!
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[Meve]

oh yea tabbed browsing is the best almost forgot.

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[cheezeemee]

what's next a thread on D&D? nerds

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[Reephdweller]

I've been using the new firefox for a few days now. I used to test their previous browsers as well. I like it though I've had the same problems with the foward and back buttons and the lag in java. I thought it was just me.

Overall though it's a pretty responsive browser.

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[Mike Teacher]

pretty responsive browser.


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[TheMojoPin]

A-geh-geh-AWESOME.

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[Fallon]

I've been using it for a couple of weeks. I like it better than IE. Upgraded to 0.9.1 yesterday.

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[JustJon]

Another nice thing is it hasn't crashed on me yet, and any crash won't take out the entire WinXP.

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[TastelessGinny]

I currently use FF 0.9.1, and for email I use Thunderbird 0.7. I uninstalled Internet Explorer and Outlook and freed up a cubic assload of disk space.

The greatest thing about Firefox? A lot of the popup crap that annoys the rest of the internet simply no longer pertains to you. You decide which sites you want popups on, the rest you never ever see.

And the browser is so small you can install it and use it on a USB port memory stick--just plug it in and you go. I am getting tired of lugging my laptop to work, so I am going for the memory stick route--just ordered a SanDisk 256 mb one, for my chat program (Trillian) and browser, so my day-to-day online goofing off is going to be no farther from me than my keychain.

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[Bama]

I've used it for a month now. It's OK. The popup thing is nice but it has crashed a couple of times on me. Nowhere near what IE did though.

I just lost all my bookmarks on it today for some reason so that sucks.

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[JustJon]

I still use outlook as my mail program because it can sync with my pocket pc.

There are days M$ pisses me off, I think about just switching all my pcs to Linux and being done with it.

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[Reephdweller]

Hopefully this guy (http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.07/linux.html) won't kill Linux off.

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[Cybersoldier]

Just downloaded it today, going to give it a try on later this weekend, any browser that need less security patches I will always give a chance

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[TastelessGinny]

Just an update--got my memory stick in the mail, got Firefox installed on it so it's runs off of the stick 100%--also installed my chat program, Trillian, the same way--so I can chat on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, anfd ICQ all at once and not get in trouble at work for installing software. Carrying around a teeny-weeny memory stick is a hell of a lot better than a 5 lb laptop, and everything is running well--and I have more than 3/4 of the stick's memory left over to store whatever I want on it.

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[vegeta]

It's not all that I want in a browser, but it still kicks ass. Better than Explorer

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[Reephdweller]

Just an update--got my memory stick in the mail, got Firefox installed on it so it's runs off of the stick 100%--also installed my chat program, Trillian, the same way--so I can chat on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, anfd ICQ all at once and not get in trouble at work for installing software. Carrying around a teeny-weeny memory stick is a hell of a lot better than a 5 lb laptop, and everything is running well--and I have more than 3/4 of the stick's memory left over to store whatever I want on it.


Good idea. I have a 256mb memory stick, and while I have administrative control over my PC for now. It may pay to have programs like Firefox and AIM, Yahoo Messenger, Winzip, etc installed to avoid getting in trouble at work for installing applications.

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[Ryan the Great]

i've been on Firefox for a month or so now with no problems. I use firefox for normal shit, and Opera for porn. It's a pretty good system i've got going. my IE is infested with spyware or something because everyday my favorites is filled with porn links, so i just stopped using it altogether. Firefox is faster anyway.

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[Fallon]

I fucked up my Firefox fonts. Can somebody tell me what the default was?
<b>EDIT:</b> Jon helped me out, thanks!

Also an awesome FireFox feature is "Block Images". I used it on 1wrestling and pwinsider. They load so much quicker without any ads.

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[TheKnicks23]

Right click your Firefox icon, go to properties, and the first box that is highlighted, past this into it:

"C:Program FilesMozilla Firefoxfirefox.exe" /Prefetch:10

Should make websites load a bit faster.


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[furie]

I'm on Mozilla's Camino, because this board hates Safari.


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[Fallon]

I did what Knicks said. Don't notice a difference.

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[ADF]

I'm all about the Firefox now. I even got rid of my IE shortcuts so I won't be tempted.

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[SatCam]

I still use IE and only use FF to test sites :8o: :| :8|: :confuse: :gasp:

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[Meve]

Firefox's popup blocker is failing me. I'm getting all those nasty popups. I won't give up on it but it's making me sad. :(

"Suck it. Suck it dry"

[Reephdweller]

Firefox's popup blocker is failing me. I'm getting all those nasty popups. I won't give up on it but it's making me sad.


I use Ad-Watch which is a part of Ad-Aware's suite of software. It blocks pretty much everything. Once in a while I have to turn it off for certain websites that have pop ups, but overall I'm very happy with the job it does of keeping popups from appearing.

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[JustJon]

Yeah, there are those who have figured out how to get around firefox's blocker, but I find it's so few and far between that I don't care.

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[furie]

the offenders are paypopup.com and fastclick.net.
I use adblocker to supress them.


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[monsterone]

don't see much of a difference between ff/ moz/ns. same shit, different interface. not really any better than ie, only on a mac platform.

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[yarpwizard]

I tried Firefox and it didn't work too well with Goggle and totally fucked up my brand new computer. I had to do a destructive recovery. I did like it until then. I would try it again but I'd hate to lose all my porn files again.

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[Reephdweller]

<p>Firefox 1.0.4 was released to resolve recent security risks...</p><p><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/">http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/</a></p>

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[LordJezo]

<font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 9px;">quote:</font>I
tried Firefox and it didn't work too well with Goggle and totally
fucked up my brand new computer. I had to do a destructive recovery. I
did like it until then. I would try it again but I'd hate to lose all
my porn files again.<br />It sounds like you did something horribly wrong for that to happen..<br />


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[Duke]

im on it its much faster then I.E<br />


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[Fallon]

<a href="http://www.petebevin.com/archives/2005/03/10/firefox_popups.html" target="_blank" title="sweet!">Get rid of popups that FireFox misses.</a><br />


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<font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 9px;">quote:</font><a title="sweet!" target="_blank" href="http://www.petebevin.com/archives/2005/03/10/firefox_popups.html">Get rid of popups that FireFox misses.</a><br />



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[BrooklynKat]

<div><font size="2">I used Firefox for about a month.&nbsp; The tabs were a great feature but it kept crashing on me and it drains the hell out of my computer's memory so I switched back to IE</font>. </div>

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[SpicyMcHaggis]

One of my roomate's friends last year showed me firefox and I think it's great.&nbsp; <br />


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[Evilpete]

I use Firefox and love it, much better than IE, and I haven't had a
crash yet.&nbsp; I can't use their email program since I have MSN, and
their invoming server is an HTTP address, so I'm stuck using OUtlook
Express (anyone know how to get around this let me know, but I don't
want to go to a website to check my email)<br />


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[Bama]

<p>Fallon, you are a prince. A prince I say.</p><p> </p><p>I use Firefox for everything except listening to WJFK online. For some reason I have to use IE for it. </p>

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[SatCam]

<p>I dont have enough memory to run Firefox... occasionly I'll use it for a few things IE fucks up (for example, I cant run&nbsp;Java applets in IE correctly)</p>

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[SilentSpic]

I've been told by computer experts that FF is so far the best program
to browse the web.&nbsp; Since then, I have gotten rid of everything
else.&nbsp; Fire fox party rock!!!<br />


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[Meve]

As a graphic/web designer I use firefox as my primary brower. The Web
Developer Toolbar is an amazing tool for perfecting web pages. I love a
lot of the extensions&nbsp; especially the forecastfox, gmail notifier,
and auto copy. The tabbrowser preferences and pdf download extensions
are neccesary.<br />


"Suck it. Suck it dry"

[JustJon]

FAllon, you're my hero<br />


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[Evilpete]

I just had to redo everything on my firefox, wher I had to reimport my bookmarks, redo all my settings, from scratch. I think it was because of the weather plugin or extension I have, anyone else have this happen?

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[Meve]

nope

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[furie]

no


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[Death Metal Moe]

OK, so I'm checking out Firefox a little. It's nice.

Why are so many of you switching to it? Just curious.

What kind of add ons do I need or do the Ronfez.net community recommend?

Has anyone seen any downsides to Firefox?

I'm open to change, just been using IE so long without any major problems.

[Chob]

You'll definitely want Adblock Plus.

[boosterp]

Oh my, I could write an entire article on why switch and what extensions to use.

I will begin by saying I started using FF way back when after Netscape (the company that made the browser) was or had crashed. FF had security, had stability, and expandability. Plus, it was not MS but worked in a MS environment. I have stuck with it since and will likely never go back. It has been a month or so since I used IE and that was on a buddy's computer while resolving a problem with his security software.

[PilotJeff]

I use Adblock plus and couldn't be without it. No more popups and 95% of all advertisements disappear, helping most sites load even faster. I also like and use Forecast Fox. While its not a make-or-break add-on, I certainly like the ease of finding frequently updated weather forecasts right there on my browser without having to go to weather.com

Another life-saver Firefox add-on I use is Reminder-Fox. It saved my ass the other day when it was approaching my chick's birthday and I had forgotten. It's just a simple reminder program that puts a short line of text in the toolbar to remind you of events or dates.

[SatCam]

NoScript is the only add-on I use. Live it learn it love it

[Devo37]

just checking out firefox now??

i stopped using IE years ago after i got some nasty malware on my pc (yes, i probably visited some questionable sites), but i've been clean ever since.

at any rate, as for firefox add-ons:
- AdBlock Plus (which i disabled for rf.net among other sites)
- Download StatusBar (shows a progress bar on top of the bottom of the browser instead of a pop-up for each thing you download)
- ForcastFox (weather forcast)
- IE Tab (renders pages as if it's IE , in case they don't show up right in firefox)

[sailor]

flashblock - flash objects don't play until you tell them to. great for youtube threads.

fuzzy time - displays time in status bar

foxmarks - sync bookmarks on multiple computers

[Chob]

I also use Old Location Bar since I hate the new "smart bar" in Firefox 3. And this add-on lets you download youtube videos.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10137

[Space Edge]

I figured most tech savy people have been using firefox for a while now, why would someone want to stick with IE ?

Here is a couple of sites with some of the add ons that are the "best" or must have

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/recommended
http://stylizedweb.com/2008/02/07/30-best-firefox-add-ons/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

[Rockpile]

Now that Google has its own browser the next big push is going to be towards Google Chrome, ie they wont be pushing Firefox any more.

Chrome has a very good javascript engine which is much faster that the IE or Firefox engines, it renders pages quicker.. Too bad it doesnt have the addons that Firefox does (yet). Eventually it will.

Though, my fav pick for browsers and security still goes to Opera 9

[Death Metal Moe]

I've been using IE because when I tired Firefox out a few years ago it wasn't working properly. It just refused to load video right and I got fet up and stuck with IE. I don't feel I have any more crashes, infections and hardware failures than the normal user so it's not a big deal for me.

But I appreciate everyone's suggestions. I'm gonna go back yet again and give it another try. I've only heard good things about it the past year or so.

[PapaBear]

A friend of mine has been having a lot of problems with Firefox and I don't know what to tell her. I've never had any problems myself. First, she was telling me she was having script errors. Now she's also saying this...

usually my pages only freeze up on facebook....myspace is really kinda slow....i get not responding messages when i am on facebook a lot

Anyone have any ideas of what she can do to fix this?

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[Rockpile]

A friend of mine has been having a lot of problems with Firefox and I don't know what to tell her. I've never had any problems myself. First, she was telling me she was having script errors. Now she's also saying this...



Anyone have any ideas of what she can do to fix this?


Well, myspace has always been notoriously slow. However, if she is now noticing a difference, i would venture a wild guess that she either
a) Has torrenets loaded and sharing, taking up her bandwidth ..
b) Has some type trojan or virus, making her PC a part of a bot-net, stealing her bandwidth
or..
c) If she has an unsecured wireless router, maybe she has "visitors" surfing her connection and taking up her bandwidth

Other than that, to ensure its not her PC baggin shit down, download CCLeaner (Crap Cleaner) and run all the tests/cleaners. Then see how it goes.

When in doubt, format c:

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[PapaBear]

Well, myspace has always been notoriously slow. However, if she is now noticing a difference, i would venture a wild guess that she either
a) Has torrenets loaded and sharing, taking up her bandwidth ..
b) Has some type trojan or virus, making her PC a part of a bot-net, stealing her bandwidth
or..
c) If she has an unsecured wireless router, maybe she has "visitors" surfing her connection and taking up her bandwidth

Other than that, to ensure its not her PC baggin shit down, download CCLeaner (Crap Cleaner) and run all the tests/cleaners. Then see how it goes.

When in doubt, format c:

:)

She doesn't seem to have trouble with Explorer (other than the fact that it sucks), so I don't think it's something that's effecting the whole comp. She doesn't do torrents, her network is secured, and she uses Avast, so I'm confident she doesn't have any viruses or trojans. She also ran cCleaner.

[SP1!]

NoScript is the only add-on I use. Live it learn it love it
Noscript is a must!

She doesn't seem to have trouble with Explorer (other than the fact that it sucks), so I don't think it's something that's effecting the whole comp. She doesn't do torrents, her network is secured, and she uses Avast, so I'm confident she doesn't have any viruses or trojans. She also ran cCleaner.
Well IE ignores a lot of page requests, firefox doesnt, also some virus's and trojans hide really well and most crap comes in on those stupid toolbars women like to download to their computer. I would get her to check deeper. Super anti-spyware is pretty good to check out.


And DMM, just now trying out firefox? Hell its been the browser of choice for me since late 2005, it loads better for most sites and its only a minor inconvenience for me to open the 3 other websites that wont work with firefox.

[Fez4PrezN2008]

The thing about FF that I am not crazy about is when you download a file you get that separate popup box. Is that something that you can turn off? Otherwise FF is great.

[Space Edge]

The thing about FF that I am not crazy about is when you download a file you get that separate popup box. Is that something that you can turn off? Otherwise FF is great.

Yup you can turn that off go to the settings in the main tab look for downloads and uncheck the show download window when downloading a file.

It looks like this (except I have mine set to popup that seperate window)

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I've been using IE because when I tired Firefox out a few years ago it wasn't working properly. It just refused to load video right and I got fet up and stuck with IE. I don't feel I have any more crashes, infections and hardware failures than the normal user so it's not a big deal for me.

But I appreciate everyone's suggestions. I'm gonna go back yet again and give it another try. I've only heard good things about it the past year or so.


I think if you get to know the browser and get familiar with it and throw some of the add ons on it you will end up loving FireFox.

[Fallon]

The thing about FF that I am not crazy about is when you download a file you get that separate popup box. Is that something that you can turn off? Otherwise FF is great.

Ya, you can turn it off. You'll see the download status in the lower right corner.

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[PapaBear]

Fallon would have won the race without the personalized writing.

And Fallon beat me.
Last edited by Fallon; Today at 01:43 AM. Reason: Damn you Space Edge! I would have beat you if not for my fancy editing!

[Fallon]

Fallon would have won the race without the personalized writing.

And Fallon beat me.

FACE!

[Space Edge]

I was going to do the mspaint edit also but i still would have beaten you :wink:

[Fez4PrezN2008]

Ha HA - love it.
Thanks guys.

[LordJezo]

Adblock Plus: http://adblockplus.org/en/

Flashblock: http://flashblock.mozdev.org/

All-In-One-Gestures: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12
Really speed up browsing by doing things like opening tabs, closing tabs, and navigating with the flick of the mouse.

Google Toolbar: http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/toolbar/FT3/intl/en/

Cooliris: http://www.cooliris.com/?s=1
Coolest way to browse pictures and movies, makes you feel like you're in the Matrix, except with Google Picture Search and Youtube.

[ToiletCrusher]

adobe flash and shockwave... also there is a "windows media" plug-in for it so XMRO will work nicely...


I have used firefox since it has come out.

[Thebazile78]

just checking out firefox now??
....
- IE Tab (renders pages as if it's IE , in case they don't show up right in firefox)



Oooh! Does that only fix the display issues or does it resolve compatibility issues as well?

I use several internal and external sites for work but they aren't compatible with FF (loss of functionality, freezing, crashing, wrong versions of Java, etc.) ... would that resolve the compatibility issues?

[boosterp]

Oooh! Does that only fix the display issues or does it resolve compatibility issues as well?

I use several internal and external sites for work but they aren't compatible with FF (loss of functionality, freezing, crashing, wrong versions of Java, etc.) ... would that resolve the compatibility issues?

It should, it did for me when I had to log into my work sites through SAP.

[Death Metal Moe]

I don't seem to have a "New Tab" button up on Firefox like I do on IE. I don't see an option to activate it anywhere in the tools.

I know I can press control T to get it up,but it's not nearly as fast.

[ihaveabadmonkey]

Firefox fan since day one.

[Death Metal Moe]

OK, so a lot of my pages do load faster. I have AdBlock Plus in there, I have NoScript in place and I think I have most of the pages worked out. I'm having 2 problems:

The problem I mentioned above. I have no New Tab button up in the upper left hand corner. I haven't found how to fix that.

Also, I tried to load some videos before and they all don't load. I thought I got all the appropriate plug ins but it won't load certain things.

Video was my sticking point last time with Firefox, can anyone help me out?

[SP1!]

OK, so a lot of my pages do load faster. I have AdBlock Plus in there, I have NoScript in place and I think I have most of the pages worked out. I'm having 2 problems:

The problem I mentioned above. I have no New Tab button up in the upper left hand corner. I haven't found how to fix that.

Also, I tried to load some videos before and they all don't load. I thought I got all the appropriate plug ins but it won't load certain things.

Video was my sticking point last time with Firefox, can anyone help me out?

Well the new tab button was IE's response to firefox, I dont think there is a button but you can right click on a tab to open a new one, I have my home page set to google and just use the middle button on my mouse to open a new page.

As far as the video, which videos are you talking about, you tube? I have noticed in firefox they will stop after 2 secs and you have to disable, then enable shockwave flash in the add ons under the tools drop down, its probably the most annoying thing.

[Death Metal Moe]

Well those are 2 things that may make me go back, that sucks.

I just had a big problem trying to view Tigerdirect too. I told me I needed to allow Java but I have it allowed and I told NoScript to allow that page. Still no dice.

Getting tired of this already. I downloadedthat IE tab and that didn't even work. Why would I need an IE tab anyway? I'll just go back to IE.

[JPMNICK]

Well those are 2 things that may make me go back, that sucks.

I just had a big problem trying to view Tigerdirect too. I told me I needed to allow Java but I have it allowed and I told NoScript to allow that page. Still no dice.

Getting tired of this already. I downloadedthat IE tab and that didn't even work. Why would I need an IE tab anyway? I'll just go back to IE.

go to View, then customize toolbar and add the new tab button

also, press f5 if they video does not work, it might have not loaded properly

[Death Metal Moe]

go to View, then customize toolbar and add the new tab button

also, press f5 if they video does not work, it might have not loaded properly

OK, I'm back in for now. I forgot I hadn't installed the Flash Player extension on my desktop here, but I had installed it last night on my laptop.

Also, the new tab thing worked too.

Still having problems with Tigerdirect.com and the problems Firefox had loading Java even though I seem to have it enabled in the tools.

[SP1!]

Weird, must be something strange going on in your add ons, tiger direct loads just fine for me, what error is it giving you? Just the java error?

[Death Metal Moe]

Weird, must be something strange going on in your add ons, tiger direct loads just fine for me, what error is it giving you? Just the java error?

Yes, just the Java one. It's NoScript. When I allow the whole site it's OK but when I put it back on untrusted it gives me the warning.

[SP1!]

Yes, just the Java one. It's NoScript. When I allow the whole site it's OK but when I put it back on untrusted it gives me the warning.

Ah, yeah no script is good but sometimes it hurts perfectly good sites, I dont let it get too strict with what it doesnt load and it works fine usually.

[SatCam]

Yes, just the Java one. It's NoScript. When I allow the whole site it's OK but when I put it back on untrusted it gives me the warning.

Java or javascript? Im not sure what youre trying to do here. What's wrong with making tigerdirect a trusted site?


Also for tabs you can just double click the tab bar

[Death Metal Moe]

It said 'Javascript' but I have it enabled.

My problem is when I only have the main window open there is no tab buttons or anything. Now that I added the new tab button I have something but there's not tab area with only one window open.

And I made Tigerdirect a trusted site but now a side ad of their pops up because my only choice was to allow the whole site.

[hanso]

Here's something to try with FF.
See that deal in the upper right hand corner that spins when you open pages. (called a throbber Lil trivia ) If you click on it. A Firefox home page will open

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/central/
ad block with no-script are great to have.
most sites have
googlesyndication
http://www.google.com/search?q=+googlesyndication++&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official
and Google Analytics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Analytics
Along with other stuff that can track you.
But these are blocked.

I don't think a tab will open unless something other than a main page is clicked.

The new no-script is a lil overboard blocks alot more like videos.
If you right click & temp allow it works for the most part.

[LordJezo]

Mouse gestures are the fastest way to open a new tab.

You hold the right mouse button, move the mouse up, and release the right mouse button. It's a whole lot quicker than having to move the mouse all the way up to the top of the screen, get to the button, and click it, the gesture can be done from anywhere within the Firefox window.

Then to close the tab the gesture is an L, just as fast as opening one.

[Death Metal Moe]

Ok now this is weird.

I installed Firefox on my laptop and my desktop, typical install, I did it the exact same way on both machines.

On my laptop, even with 1 window open there's a tab in the upper left hand corner. I can double click the area next to the tab and open a new one.

But on my desktop, that isn't there. If I have one window open, the tab bar isn't there, that's why I asked for a new tab button in this thread.

Does anyone know why it installed differently on 2 machines, how I can get it to default to open the tab line even with one window and how I can make my homepage open with each new tab?

Vista on both machines, just in case someone asks.

[Fallon]

Ok now this is weird.

I installed Firefox on my laptop and my desktop, typical install, I did it the exact same way on both machines.

On my laptop, even with 1 window open there's a tab in the upper left hand corner. I can double click the area next to the tab and open a new one.

But on my desktop, that isn't there. If I have one window open, the tab bar isn't there, that's why I asked for a new tab button in this thread.

Does anyone know why it installed differently on 2 machines, how I can get it to default to open the tab line even with one window and how I can make my homepage open with each new tab?

Vista on both machines, just in case someone asks.

http://i43.tinypic.com/6s5fo1.jpg

[Death Metal Moe]

OK, well that was just dumb on my part, thanks Fallon.

Any idea how to get a new tab to open with my homepage?

[biggestmexi]

Its faster than the older one.

Still doesnt seem as fast as chrome yet but closer.

They did add the "new tab" button like in IE right next to the tabs.

some of the add-ons i had dont work yet.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

"Improved tools for controlling your private data, including a Private Browsing Mode."

a nice thing to have.

[underdog]

I used Tab Mix when I used firefox and it always gave me the "new tab" button.

[furie]

i'm trying now. we'll see how fast it is

[KnoxHarrington]

Running it in both Windows and Mac OS, I'm seeing pretty substantial performance increases in both platforms. My extensions work fine, and I haven't had any weird crashes yet.

So my recommendation would be go for it.

[Charlie_Don't_Surf]

Try Opera 10 Beta and give a comparison. I'm using it right now and it's pretty fast but I would like an assessment from a firefox user.

[Fallon]

So far so good. It's running smoooooth.

[rob126]

[QUOTE=biggestmexi;2295240]

some of the add-ons i had dont work yet.


Try using Nightly Tester Tools . Install it then override compatibility. I use over 20 extensions and all of them work .
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6543

[weekapaugjz]

i'm using it now. the computer i'm on is slow as shit, but i can definitely tell a difference in the speed that it is loading pages. and i haven't had any problems with add-ons, but i really only use adblock plus, no script, google toolbar, and the flashblock.

[boosterp]

Great find. I had been behind the news due to traveling on this beta.

[PD]

[QUOTE=biggestmexi;2295240]

some of the add-ons i had dont work yet.


Try using Nightly Tester Tools . Install it then override compatibility. I use over 20 extensions and all of them work .
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6543
yeah nightly tester tools is very useful when people don't update the compatibility of their extensions

[biggestmexi]

ill have to try that opera one.

right now those are all on the laptop.

The only one that dosnt work is firegestures.

And i have to say. when you do get accustom to it, its simply amazing.

[TooLowBrow]

the beta worked fine until... Crash!
crash!
crash!
crash!
one more try...
crash again!


boo!

[biggestmexi]

the beta worked fine until... Crash!
crash!
crash!
crash!
one more try...
crash again!


boo!

where are you going to crash it?

I have tried chromexperiments.com and it didnt crash it.

are you going to

crashmyfirefoxbetanow.com by chance?

[TooLowBrow]

where are you going to crash it?

I have tried chromexperiments.com and it didnt crash it.

are you going to

crashmyfirefoxbetanow.com by chance?

it said i might have too many (4!) tabs open and i should try closing some

[biggestmexi]

it said i might have too many (4!) tabs open and i should try closing some

odd i was doing that with the fancy useless 3d tabs thing.

[boosterp]

I am using it now with 5 tabs open, Adobe Flash working, and 16 extensions without a problem. No crashes yet.

[boosterp]

Rated (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2349494,00.asp?kc=PCRSS02129TX1K0000530) tops by independent sources (http://www.pcworld.com/article/167065/firefox_3_5_rc2_first_look.html?tk=rss_reviews) and trusted by many on the internet, this new version looks and performs great.

I've used FireFox since the pre-1.0 days and I love this new version so much that I beta tested it and watched it grow.

[Radioguy]

Many extensions are still not compatible yet, so I'm still holding off.

[PD]

Many extensions are still not compatible yet, so I'm still holding off.

as I posted at our other site, most are now compatible;
if you can't find a critical extension at first (like tabmix plus), search and you will find a workable version.

Tab Mix Plus dev build (http://tmp.garyr.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9864)

cnet.com-Firefox add-ons: Which work in 3.5? (http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-10276017-12.html)

[Radioguy]

I know I can force those that aren't via MRI, but I still think that's too many so far. I don't want to have to hunt for which is crashing FF, so I'll wait a little more.

[boosterp]

Released this morning Pacific time we are already at 2.3 million downloads. (http://downloadstats.mozilla.com/) Not as dramatic as when 3.0 was released it will be interesting to see the stats after a full 24 hours.

[instrument]

We? Did you submit some code! Congrats then!

[boosterp]

We? Did you submit some code! Congrats then!

Well, not code but in the Alpha I was able to contribute in their developer's forum about 3 issues. I have long been a member of their developer's group/forum and have contributed since 2.something. I will also be testing 3.6 once it hits it's first alpha.

[TheGameHHH]

I just downloaded it. Now I'm fairly computer illiterate, I know how to work one better then the average person but people that know moderate to complex features about computers blow me out of the water. This doesnt seem different to me at all except that I can now click a simple button to add a new tab. Whats the main differences here?

[PD]

at first glance it seems to be quicker/less a resource hog.

[Charlie_Don't_Surf]

I just downloaded it. Now I'm fairly computer illiterate, I know how to work one better then the average person but people that know moderate to complex features about computers blow me out of the water. This doesnt seem different to me at all except that I can now click a simple button to add a new tab. Whats the main differences here?

It's now closer to the easy to use Opera browser.

[boosterp]

It's now closer to the easy to use Opera browser.

Opera is nice but not as customizable and not always compatible to some web standards. The ssl of Opera (last I heard) did not support SSL 3.0 nor does it have quite the filter selection of FF 3.5.

[KEITHJAY]

I've used firefox for a year now and all of a sudden I seem to have a weird virus.I get pop up windows like crazy I ran Spybot,F-secure ,Avg, CC ,and a bunch of other tests to no avail :wallbash:,it doesen't happen in Explorer for some reason :help:explorer sucks

[boosterp]

I've used firefox for a year now and all of a sudden I seem to have a weird virus.I get pop up windows like crazy I ran Spybot,F-secure ,Avg, CC ,and a bunch of other tests to no avail :wallbash:,it doesen't happen in Explorer for some reason :help:explorer sucks

I'd have to check the security bulletins but I know of nothing currently that would cause this. There was a few months ago a flash (i think) exploit that hit FF. If you play flash based games, etc. this could be the exploit. But, subsequent upgrades should have fixed the problem so it could be that you need to uninstall FF the reinstall the most current version.

[furie]

I've used firefox for a year now and all of a sudden I seem to have a weird virus.I get pop up windows like crazy I ran Spybot,F-secure ,Avg, CC ,and a bunch of other tests to no avail :wallbash:,it doesen't happen in Explorer for some reason :help:explorer sucks

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/furie1335/pics/logo_apple.jpg


As to Firefox, I love it. it's been my default browser since it come out
A must have add on would have to be Stumbleupon (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/138). which something i've promoted here before.

[hanso]

OK, well that was just dumb on my part, thanks Fallon.

Any idea how to get a new tab to open with my homepage?

New tabs open with the scroll wheel (on my FF set up anyhow).
I just put mouse over the home icon in upper left toolbar.
And my home page did open in a new tab.

I do something like this myself. Using homepage with other web pages.
But I always do it running more open FF browsers.

[KEITHJAY]

I'd have to check the security bulletins but I know of nothing currently that would cause this. There was a few months ago a flash (i think) exploit that hit FF. If you play flash based games, etc. this could be the exploit. But, subsequent upgrades should have fixed the problem so it could be that you need to uninstall FF the reinstall the most current version.

I did uninstall yesterday but I left my bookmarks and such, so today I did a complete uninstall and so far so good,thanks for the reminder :thumbup: oops I spoke to soon!!!!!!!!!!!!! its back fuckin crappy ads for hotels,dating, fuck I don"t play any flash games or anything

[hanso]

Do you have ad block plus & no script add ons installed?

[KEITHJAY]

Do you have ad block plus & no script add ons installed?

I have ad block on but not the no script there I just got one for 404 Dating and win a Dell comp. fuck I'm close to re installing windows, but I always have hard time with sound drivers

[hanso]

Ip filters also block stuff like ads.
PeerGuardian 2
http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/
Also apps like
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (the free ones not bad).
help as well

[KEITHJAY]

they slowed down a bit we'll have to see later http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:vyyerAkyipGjIM:http://www.soontob.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/crossed-fingers.jpg

[PapaBear]

Cooliris: http://www.cooliris.com/?s=1
Coolest way to browse pictures and movies, makes you feel like you're in the Matrix, except with Google Picture Search and Youtube.
I just got this the other day. I'm really liking it!

[LZMan1]

FF is ok but i prefer OPERA (http://www.opera.com)

moe, give opera a try you may have to download a few plugins here and there but i think you'll be happy with it.

fuck i just clicked my own link and found that OPERA 10 is available. i just installed it on 2 of my PCs and my lil netbook is next. so far i'm liking it!

[furie]

I just got this the other day. I'm really liking it!

yeah, i just downloaded it.
it's neat

----------------
Now playing: Tenacious D - Wonderboy (http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/tenacious+d/track/wonderboy)
via FoxyTunes (http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/)

[weekapaugjz]

A must have add on would have to be Stumbleupon (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/138). which something i've promoted here before.

added this on about a week ago from this suggestion and love it. highly recommended.

[Fallon]

I'm digging Firefox Personas. Just found out about it yesterday.

http://www.getpersonas.com/gallery/All/Popular

[weekapaugjz]

I'm digging Firefox Personas. Just found out about it yesterday.

http://www.getpersonas.com/gallery/All/Popular

i've been using the dark theme.

[Suspect Chin]

Firefox released a new version today. Good so far.

[JPMNICK]

Firefox released a new version today. Good so far.

firefox kills my laptop, makes it run WAY to slow. i am using chrome now and love it

[Suspect Chin]

firefox kills my laptop, makes it run WAY to slow. i am using chrome now and love it

Running it makes the entire computer run slow or is just surfing slow?

[brettmojo]

Does anyone know what's causing some pages to not display properly? Some text overlapping, menus being covered, scrolling windows now scrolling etc. I checked my preferences and they seem to all be correct. I allow for pages to choose their own fonts and shit... WTF???

[furie]

i haven't had any problems as of late

[opie's twisted balls]

no problems here.....running chrome on xp and all is fine

[StanUpshaw]

Does anyone know what's causing some pages to not display properly? Some text overlapping, menus being covered, scrolling windows now scrolling etc. I checked my preferences and they seem to all be correct. I allow for pages to choose their own fonts and shit... WTF???

You might have the text sized zoomed in. It happens by accident quite easily (Ctrl+Mousewheel).

Firefox saves your zoom preferences on a per-domain basis, so perhaps that's why it's only affecting certain sites.

[brettmojo]

You might have the text sized zoomed in. It happens by accident quite easily (Ctrl+Mousewheel).

Firefox saves your zoom preferences on a per-domain basis, so perhaps that's why it's only affecting certain sites.
BINGO. That fixed it.

[CaptainBlowhole]

I got an alert on my iMac that there was a new version of Firefox tonight and I got it. version 3.6.3
I have to applaud them for this, but they went and did something really cool. They have now given us the ability to use skins for your window and I spent like an hour just browsing different layouts and color schemes and I am impressed with this.
Its called Persona's, check it out if you get it, and discuss themes etc.

[StanUpshaw]

So you get to paste some tacky skin onto Firefox? That's it?

[CaptainBlowhole]

I havent checked any of the tech stuff yet, I guess I was dazzled by the skins.

[StanUpshaw]

You being a Mac user and all, I understand that you value eye candy more than functionality.

[CaptainBlowhole]

I rarely think about the functionality because it just seems so well put together and fine that I see no need to improve it.

[ScottFromGA]

the guy likes his persona skins....hell, I thought it was cool, too.


jeez, let the guy have his fun, Buzz Killington.:thumbdown:

[LZMan1]

just use opera instead. years ago i tried firefox and wasn't impressed but in my search for a better browser i found opera (http://www.opera.com/). i've been using for years now. it just gets better and better with every build.

[Death Metal Moe]

I resisted Firefox for awhile because I tired it once and the just didn't have the plug ins figured out properly.

I use it as my exclusive browser now. Between ABP and NoScript my computer has been a lot better protected, or at least I feel it is. I decide when content starts on my page, not them. It would be an annoyance for the average user but it's invaluable for me.

[CaptainBlowhole]

Usually I keep my window slightly smaller than my desktop, so I can click right on it. The background I have for my desktop would often blend in with the borders of the firefox window, but now that I have the choice of skins, it really makes the window pop out.

[GalvinBrown]

Effective discussion running for firefox over here.can anyone please suggest me that
"How do i get my tool bar back in firefox accedently got rid of them all, toolbar, standerd buttons, and adress bar?"

[TjM]

Effective discussion running for firefox over here.can anyone please suggest me that
"How do i get my tool bar back in firefox accedently got rid of them all, toolbar, standerd buttons, and adress bar?"

View, Status Bar (Check it off) ,Toolbars (Check off all of them)