Firefox 2

just downloaded and installed it and im getting really fustrated. I keep getting random pauses while trying to browse, heck, i've got three pauses just trying to type this post.

Anyone know a fix or can they link me to the previous version of Firefox since that worked fine
 
I'm not too fond of the individual close tab buttons either. I keep going to the far right and trying to click the X over on that tab. I hope I get used to it soon.

Can't believe ALT+S doesn't work. 1 step forward, 2 steps back!


EDIT: Randomly mashing the keys I found that SHIFT+ALT+S works....
 
KingAdora said:
EDIT: Randomly mashing the keys I found that SHIFT+ALT+S works....
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What, an extra keypress!! They make me mad :mad:!

Thinking about it, there's a good reason; so that genuine accesskeys (like the 's' for submit) don't collide with accesskeys in the application. I know that previously if you ALT+2'd as a shortcut to tab #2, it would throw up the 'new posts' page on this here forum (accesskey '2'). Good to see that issue is solved :).
 
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BillytheImpaler said:
Change it to suit your preference. Such is the beauty of Ff.
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Thanks for the link :).

Phalanx said:
sorry for sounding stupid but how do I change profile? can't find it anywhere

and what did alt+s do anyways?
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Change the shortcut/startup command for Firefox to have -ProfileManager at the end.

ALT+S causes the posting form to submit - so instead of using the mouse to click 'Submit Reply', you can submit your post instantly with ALT+S. Lots of others, like ALT+P for 'preview post', ALT+4 for the search box, ALT+1 for the frontpage and so on. Now it defaults to ALT+SHIFT+accesskey or you can edit the command with the link above.
 
thanks for that, it was still causing random pauses so i've reverted back to 1.5.3 (i think that's it) and absolutely no problems whatsoever.
 
Augmented said:
quick install.rdf edit
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FYI, Night Tester Tools makes this much easier. You can make all extensions compatible at a click of a button, or do it on an extension-by-extension basis, and it hooks into installs as well.

Aurgmented said:
Things I dislike:
  • Individual tab close buttons back... I'm now so used to the single close button, that I'm not exactly sure I like this behaviour as much :D.
  • Tab scrolling - it's rare that I have enough tabs open, but I much prefer the old system, and closing tabs is confined to the focused one (would seem more sensible with individual tabs to be able to close any opened tab).
  • Throbber is no longer clickable. Used to be able to bind it any url via browser.throbber.url, so I had an extra button I could use for a quick link.
  • Binding of the backspace key. Used to go history-1, but now seems to perform as a an auto-scroll to the top. Weird. (and also access keys via ALT+ seem not to work... certainly ALT+S no longer submits this form).
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1. I always middle click—uses up less space and is slightly easier, since there's a bigger target to mash.
2. Use Tab Mix Plus and make them go onto a new row :)
3. n/a
4. Don't know about backspace, but I too was annoyed by the stopping of alt as the accesskey key. I did, however, work out how to get it back; set "ui.key.generalAccessKey" to 18.
 
robmiller said:
FYI, Night Tester Tools makes this much easier. You can make all extensions compatible at a click of a button, or do it on an extension-by-extension basis, and it hooks into installs as well.
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Nice, I'll check that out.

1. I always middle click—uses up less space and is slightly easier, since there's a bigger target to mash.
2. Use Tab Mix Plus and make them go onto a new row :)
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1. Might well start doing that, though it doesn't feel right somehow :D.
2. I only have one row at the top for address-bar/buttons etc., and the tab row below as I specifically want as much browser area as possible, so having a second row appear would be less preferable than the side-scrolling. I can live with it.
 
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I only have one row at the top for address-bar/buttons etc., and the tab row below as I specifically want as much browser area as possible, so having a second row appear would be less preferable than the side-scrolling. I can live with it.
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Tab Mix Plus lets you scroll them too, though:

tabmix.png
 
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Binding of the backspace key. Used to go history-1, but now seems to perform as an auto-scroll to the top. Weird.
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In case anybody wants to revert to the old, better behaviour:
Code: 
about:config -> browser.backspace_action -> change to 0
Default value (1) is PgUp/PgDown.
 
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