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Offline Thomas S. England

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Tips on using Firefox?
« on: May 16, 2009, 05:44:20 AM »
Since Safari is no longer available to me (see my thread on that problem), I've begun to use Firefox as my browser.

That's fine, since it is a fine browser and I know a lot of people are devoted to it.

But, since it is relatively new to me, I'm looking for any advice. I know that there are many addons, are there any you especially like?

One problem I'm having is when I choose to open a folder of bookmarks all at once, in separate tabs. Those tabs are added to any I already have open, rather than replacing them, as happens in Safari. As a result, I wind up with a large number of tabs open.
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« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2009, 10:34:52 AM »
Adblock Plus is worth its weight in cannibals to me. I also use FoxClocks, only because I persist in conversing with folks in New Zealand and Israel. It didn't help me to comprehend the International Date Line, though.
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« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2009, 11:53:24 AM »
I'll second Adblock Plus, which prevents so much junk.... it's easily deactivated from the menu bar to allow a site or just a page.

For clocks I use a widget that brings up a clock for each chosen city. Simply called World Clock.
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« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2009, 12:03:05 PM »
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One problem I'm having is when I choose to open a folder of bookmarks all at once, in separate tabs. Those tabs are added to any I already have open, rather than replacing them, as happens in Safari. As a result, I wind up with a large number of tabs open.


I don't see a way to adjust that, although there might be an add-on that would work. It's funny, when I switch over to Safari, I get annoyed when it replaces the page I'm looking at. biggrin.gif

Add-on: I third Adblock, and here's the ones I use:

Adblock Plus
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865
and I subscribe to EasyList (USA)

Flashblock
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433

Video DownloadHelper 4.4
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006

this is the page at Mozilla with Recommended Add-ons - some look interesting, some look silly:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/recommended

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« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2009, 04:05:47 AM »
(yet another smooth scrolling) FireFox AD-ON

Thomas, since FF is new to you... and your not locked-in to it... you may want to also consider Opera
http://www.opera.com/
It's fast, with many options and has an impressive mini browser too. It will sync every machine you have and it has a email option if you choose. http://www.opera.com/mail/

I've been ever so slowly moving to Opera which handles half my browsing needs with no failures so far.

I think there are others around these parts that also use Opera.
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« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2009, 02:26:11 PM »
Firefox has that WebDeveloper toolkit, its wonderful.
Opera is also one of my favourites.
Though I much prefer Safari's bookmark system, than the way Firefox bookmarks are handled.
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