Firefox 2.0

Firefox mysteriously stopped working after I deleted some (supposedly) unrelated files in my program files folder. So I used shudder Internet Explorer to download the installer so I could fix it. I did, and was pleasantly surprised in more than one way.

1)My bookmarks are still there (I'm always paranoid about that).
2)My plug-ins and search engine bars are still there (paranoia, and Urban Dictionary rocks!).
3)There's an awesome automatic spell checker that I discovered whilst browsing another forum, and I've come here to tell you about. It's fantastagasmorical (I know that's not a word, get off my back, Firefox!)

There are some other things that are less helpful, though...
1)My some of my plug-ins will need to be updated by their respective authors before I can use them.
2)The red X at the very right of the tab bar is gone, now I have to move my hand to close the current tab.

And there are some stylish upgrades, including the new 'home' icon:

Still, I think this is some good progress towards a better browser that's not IE 7.

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Also change the texture of the dock. Docks are rarely tile. -Facepunch
As I Lay Dying

Not much to respond to... this reads like a feature list (you can find an official one on mozilla's site..). We're starting to get an awful lot of these blog/diary-like posts lately... :smile:

It's a little late for a topic on this, anyways, even if there is no discussion to be had. FF2.0's been out for.. what, nearly a month. Any + all gratitudes and gripes have made their rounds pretty well by now...

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-- midkay

I'm still on FF1.0. Nice, simple, and it works for me :smile: If you're interested;

you can read this.

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Breaking the laws of mapping since 2003 and doing a damn fine job at it

Bookmarks are an html file named "bookmarks.html" held in your window's user's directory. Plug-ins is in the same place.

What use does this have? Backup your bookmarks and stuff and you'll never need to worry about them.

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

you can change where the tab [x] is in your options, that's one of the new features, you can also change tab size and other stuff

2)The red X at the very right of the tab bar is gone, now I have to move my hand to close the current tab.

------------> The ultimate (and most useful ever) add-on for tabbing (middle click opens in tab and closes them... mmm)

I don't even have to see Firefox as an alternative to evil/bad IE anymore. It's just better.

May I also recommend:

• IE-tab for quick-viewing of IE only sites
• Addblock plus Filterset for the best ad-blocking in the history of the internet.
• FasterFox for the extra bit of performance
• smaller dowloader in the statusbar
• and of course the More Tools Window add-on to put all the extension menus in a seperate menu

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Why snark works.

As silly as this may sound, does anyone have a screenshot of FF2 to spare? Interface and looks are half of a browser, I say.

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Breaking the laws of mapping since 2003 and doing a damn fine job at it

That's pretty much default everything, with McAfee Site Adviser Add-on in the bottom right.

1)My some of my plug-ins will need to be updated by their respective authors before I can use them.

You can get Nightly Tester Tools to 'trick' the extensions into working, it works on most extensions (for me at least).

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SourDough2.0 - With Strawberry Jam

Thanks for the image french. Looks similar enough to my current version of FF, and I like how it appears there are "quick tabs" stuck on the top of the screen. I'll probably try it out soon :smile:

I only hope it works with Fire FTP though. It's the only extension I use, and it's quite nessasary, since I don't have an FTP program :/

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Breaking the laws of mapping since 2003 and doing a damn fine job at it

Quick tabs? You mean the links bar? That's been there since like Firebird 0.7. Any and every remotely serious browser has those.

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-- midkay

Despite the public display of my ignorance, I think I love the Snarkpit even more now...especially Reaper...

Ironically, fasterfox was the slowest one to download

I thought it seemed dry in discussion, that's why I added that last line about IE, but I guess it's time for a thread hijack.
The new topic is browser plug-ins, since the balls already started rolling on that.

I like FF's Adblock plug-in above all other plug-ins, since when I revisit sites, the ads may have changed, but their sources haven't, so I don't have to re-block the adds. (Why do I suddenly feel like I'm about to be verbally sparred by someone with superior technical knowledge about my choice of words?)

I'll undoubtedly have more to say on the topic after I restart Firefox and start using these new plug-ins.

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Also change the texture of the dock. Docks are rarely tile. -Facepunch
As I Lay Dying

Considering that most features of new IE7 are ripped off from FF and Opera I still think it's inferior to those two. But back to the topic.

I love Firefox for its speed and the fact that it doesn't stall when you have some 20+ pages opening at once(Opera stalls, some web pages don't open when you do that. I tested this with my brother as he is an Opera user to the core). Then the extensions: AdBlock is my favorite, ChatZilla is there too, I got FlashGot with FDM(what a pair), VideoDownloader is a must with some sites and of course FireFTP.

The only thing I don't like is that Snarkpit doesn't quite work as well as it did with 1.0.7 :sad: . Otherwise I haven't had any browser problems with FF.

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''Everyone wades in s**t until they're competent enough to walk on it. Jesus style.''
Dystopia - Empires

Tab Mix Plus is seriously useful. Lots of options for tweaking their behaviour - lets you setup the way things work exactly how you want.

I'm still using 1.5 at the moment, but I just thought I'd point out another extension that people might find useful, as I absolutely adore it...

Image Zoom

Seriously awesome tool that lets you hold down the right mouse button and then use your mouse wheel to zoom in on/out of images. Absolutely indispensible if you browse images a lot - zoom in on all those reference shots or screenshots that are too small by default with complete ease. Give it a try and you'll never want to be without it.

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Designer @ Haiku Interactive | ReNo-vation.net

my main problem with firefox is that i can't continue downloads i didn't finish in previous sessions, i heard there was an addon for this but i haven't located it yet

I must admit I use(d) Free Download Manager with FlashGot for lager files so I can exit FF and continue downloading.

BUT

Fatstring's post fortunately made me curious again to start a quick search in the firefox add-on pages and it turned out this little add-on called "DownThemAll!".

Downloading it now and tell you what I think :smile:

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Why snark works.

Hrm... I'm too lazy to go searching for links, but I have the following addons;

McAfee Security Advisor - Handy tool that sits in the bottom right. It can have 3 colours: green (safe) yellow (warning) red (gtfo the site). Plus, if I click on it, it opens a new tab that shows everything about the site, what sites it links to, and other users reviews of the site. Great tool :smile:

I have one that puts my downloads on the bottom bar, so instead of having that Download Manager window open, I can see progress right on the bottom of my browser.

(Just installed Reno's too, nice find :smile: )

Is there any add-on that keeps the email program from starting automatically when I (mostly accidnetly) click a mailto: adress?

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Why snark works.

You can make it pops up a warning with an ok and cancel option ... I don't know know if that feature made it through all the FF itterations though.

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

thank's reaper, i'll see how this works

sigh...delete...
But yeah, I have a lot of addons. And me likey. ^^

Too bad Firefox is a bit of a resource hog running under windows. Actually, it's proven that Opera is the fastest windows-browser, just because it's more optimized for the platform. It is - however - s**tty to configure, and I don't like it that much as I love firefox.

Firefox + Ubuntu Linux = the win. It's the fastest browsing I've ever done, really.

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:: Forceflow.be :: Nuclear Dawn developer

On topic:
Video downloader is frantastic.

On ForceFlow's tangent:
I've noticed that I need to restart firefox to free memory multiple times during long stretches of surfing the web/mapping. Usually it's due in part to youtube, but it's annoying nonetheless.

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Also change the texture of the dock. Docks are rarely tile. -Facepunch
As I Lay Dying

They should implement a garbage collector in FF. Where the garbage is old/unused cache information. (and the other crap that is taking up current space)

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

The new "Home" icon is the ugliest thing I've seen since Noriega.

I use the "Mostly Crystals" theme instead, in an attempt to preserve my aesthetics brain cells.

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"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge

macfox 2 for me
i like the blue slider

One problem still remains, the notorious question marks of the Gamespy forums.

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Also change the texture of the dock. Docks are rarely tile. -Facepunch
As I Lay Dying