I use this all the time. I google search a topic and load pages into seperate tabs. But sometimes the pages are very long and I just want to see te context of the search item so I have "start searching when I start typing" enabled. After you stop typing, there's a few second delay and the search bar automatically goes away. I really love this browser. You install what you want and ignore what you don't want. And by the time I can recognise something that would be neat, someone has already created it. Thanks for the dictionary search plug-in. I'm all over that. If you aren't using the Trillian messenger, get it. If you haven't upgraded to the newest version, do it. There's a similar feature where it will underline words that are defined in the free wikipedia and when you hover over them, you get quick definitions. Click the words and you can go directly to the wiki definition. Pretty interconnected and down-right cool.
Also, when you are reading them long web pages, just tap the space bar to move down one screen - and shift/space bar for up. Sure beats doing the mouse/scroll bar thing. Also, if the font is to small . . . control/+ (plus) to increase the font size, and control/- (minus) for smaller fonts. Do it multiple times till you get the best font . . . it will go "legally blind" large or "eagle eye" small.
Thanks for that! I didn't realize FF had this capability and discovered that I had the option to "Begin finding when you begin typing" box unticked.
Me either! Lovely!! I return to work tomorrow after three weeks of vacation, and the first thing I'm going to do is plug in Firefox as the default browser on my work PC. We were in the depths of product release during Nov. and Dec., and I had no time and didn't want to take the chance of the change in browsers affecting the development environment. (Unlikely, but you're developing software under Windows, which means (a) don't take chances, (B) don't take chances, and © don\'t take chances! )
OOPS, Thanks Tag. I thought it was on as a default. I should have told people that the way to turn it on is: Tools> Options> Advanced> Accessibility> then check box next to “Begin finding when you begin typing†While in Options> Advanced go to Web Features and make sure Block Popup Windows is enabled. FireFox will let you know when a popup is blocked, and give you any easy option to “Allow popups for xyz.com†. The site will be added to the allowed popup list and popups will not be blocked during future visits.
For those interested in tweaking their FireFox settings, here is a procedure that you can use. I wrote this up for my cow-orkers[sic] in an undying effort to get them to stop using the World's Highest Risk Web Browser. --- The Department of Homeland Security has a division named US-CERT (Computer Emergency Readiness Team] that has issued a warning against using IE for general web browsing purposes. http://www.internetnews.com/security/artic...cle.php/3374931 There seems to be no end to the discovery of major security flaws in IE. So, if you have started using Firefox, you may find that it is generally faster at rendering web pages than IE. I have come across a method that provides a dramatic boost in the speed of Firefox by enabling a feature called HTTP pipelining. Pipelining allows a web browser to make multiple simultaneous requests for the various objects embedded in a web page, instead of downloading them sequentially. Virtually all web servers support HTTP pipelining, and the greater the number of resources in a page (such as graphics] the more speed increase you'll get by enabling pipelining. To turn this feature on: 1] Start an instance of Firefox 2] In the address bar, where the URL would normally appear, type about:config a long page of options appears, sorted alphabetically 3] Scroll down to the entry that says network.http.pipelining click this line to select it 4] Right-click the selected line and a context menu appears 5] Select Toggle on the context menu, the Boolean value for this option changes from false to true 6] Select the next line down (network.http.pipelining.maxrequests] and right-click 7] Select Value on the context menu, and change the number to a value greater than 4 I'd suggest you go no higher than 12 to protect overloaded web servers. This sets the maximum number of simultaneous connections your web browser will create when fetching the resources for a particular page. 8] Go to any web page that you use frequently, and say Wow when you notice how much faster it is. The advantages of making this configuration change will be most noticeable on a fast Internet connection. If you are using a modem I'm not sure if it will seem much better, but it should not hurt anything.
I tried Firefox for the Mac. The only thing I couldn't do was import my Safari bookmarks. I was able to do this in Camino. I don't really feel like creating all those bookmarks again.
In Safari, export your bookmarks to a file, most web browser programs default to exporting as an HTML file. In Firefox: 1] Drop-down Bookmarks 2] Select Manage Bookmarks, the Bookmarks Manager appears 3] In Bookmarks Manager, drop-down File and select Import, the Import Wizard appears 4] Select the radio button labelled From File 5] Select the file you saved from Safari 6] You've got bookmarks!
[font=Comic Sans MS:9c3dcf183e]I just downloaded Firefox and am using all the little tips that I have read here. I had never used another browser except IE. This is great. I have one question so far. When I use internet explorer with Priuschat, I click view posts since last visit. When I look at these posts I use the back arrow to view the next post. The one I just looked at is gone. I like this feature. Firefox doesn't do this. The post is still there when I finish looking at it and go back. What can I do to get this feature. Mary Lou[/font:9c3dcf183e]
Same behavior here; with IE, going back eliminates the previously viewed post(s) while the posts remain using FF. Not sure anything can be done about it as I suspect this is just a matter of two browsers interacting differently with phpBB. FWIW, there appear to be other anomalies as well. For example, the scroll button on my trackball works normally with the site in IE but does not scroll when posting a reply using FF. Anyway, the workaround I use is simply to click "View posts since last visit" each time rather than the back button.
MaryLou and Tag, Here's what I do. Click "View Posts since last visit" Hold the [Ctrl] key and click the ones that interest you. This will open them all in individual tabs with the original page in its own tab. After you have read/responded/closed all other tabs, you are automatically back at the original. When you click "view posts..." again, the ones you've read will not appear unless someone posted since you did. Hope that helps.
Thanks for the tip, Tony! Wouldn't you know that I just plowed through a bunch of posts and this thread (with your suggestion) was the last one I hit? :lol: I'll try it next time for sure, though.
Another Extremely Critical IE6/SP2 Exploit Found! Microsoft notified on October 13, 2004 and still no patch. I like Secunia’s Solution: “Use another product.†How quaint. http://it.slashdot.org/it/05/01/09/0737248...tid=113&tid=218 http://secunia.com/advisories/12889/
