Firefox beta 2

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » July 11th, 2006, 21:17

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32957

usual warnings apply, backup your bookmarks to be safe.

(bookmarks > manage bookmarks > file > export)

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » July 11th, 2006, 21:21

Stuff I've noticed.

Slight change to search bar.
Tabs now have a close tabs button on each tab, rather than a global one.
Tabs now have a scroll function, rather than just getting smaller.
Spellchecker in text boxes.

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » July 11th, 2006, 21:36

Hmm. I prefer the one close button... You can swap between in Opera, but I haven't found an option for it in this yet.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » July 11th, 2006, 21:38

Stoat wrote:Hmm. I prefer the one close button... You can swap between in Opera, but I haven't found an option for it in this yet.

That.

but not the stuff about opera, it's a girl's browser, and shite.

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » July 11th, 2006, 21:46

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:but not the stuff about opera, it's a girl's browser, and shite.

The new one is quite nice. It's not get me to leave Firefox yet, although with enough patience you make it look and act the same.
My main gripe with Opera is that it loads bookmarks from cache, which means you have to load your forums twice.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » July 11th, 2006, 21:48

Stoat wrote: The new one is quite nice. It's not get me to leave Firefox yet, although with enough patience you make it look and act the same.

Somehow making effort to make something looks like firefox does out of the box... well, I'll stick to firefox

Post by **deject** » July 11th, 2006, 22:11

Stoat wrote:Hmm. I prefer the one close button... You can swap between in Opera, but I haven't found an option for it in this yet.

Tab Mix Plus is your friend.

edit: er wait, did you mean the FF beta 2?

cashy · Post by **cashy** » July 12th, 2006, 0:15

Dr. kitteny berk wrote: Somehow making effort to make something looks like firefox does out of the box... well, I'll stick to firefox

sounds like the reason why i wont buy a mac

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » July 12th, 2006, 0:18

cashy wrote:
sounds like the reason why i wont buy a mac

I think that's called "Taste"

Post by **Grimmie** » July 12th, 2006, 1:01

deject wrote:Tab Mix Plus is your friend.

This.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » July 12th, 2006, 1:09

Grimmie wrote:
deject wrote:Tab Mix Plus is your friend.
This.

That doesn't make it work with firefox beta 2...

Post by **deject** » July 12th, 2006, 1:25

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:
That doesn't make it work with firefox beta 2...

well, I noticed that when I made my post, which is why I edited it. It's not my fault grimmie isn't paying attention.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » July 12th, 2006, 9:27

A spellchecker sounds like a nice bonus, I'm shit at speeling

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » July 12th, 2006, 9:31

It's kinda handy, but picks up stuff it *really* shouldn't, like "firefox" - needs a little training.

also, it has a suggestions thingy for searches, which is kinda handy.

webclam · Post by **webclam** » July 12th, 2006, 11:22

I'm worried it'll screw with my greesemonkey add-ins and scripts

so I'll give it a miss for now

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » July 12th, 2006, 12:02

What's this? Change? Why fix it if it isn't broke etc......

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » July 12th, 2006, 12:47

webclam wrote:I'm worried it'll screw with my greesemonkey add-ins and scripts so I'll give it a miss for now

FireFTP doesn't seem to work in FF2. However, it doesn't overwrite old Firefox, so you can have both. It seems to share a lot though, so it gets confused and says 'Firefox 1.5.x has been updated!' a lot.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » July 12th, 2006, 15:57

Speel cheking gudniss

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » July 12th, 2006, 16:21

Maybe the spell checker could pick up on my always typing ; instead of '

And the fatc I haev fta finegr syndroem

pixie pie · Post by **pixie pie** » July 12th, 2006, 18:53

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Tabs now have a close tabs button on each tab, rather than a global one.

Oooh, They had this on Safari, and I was thinking "Thats nice, I don't have to change to the tab to close it". That will be a welcome addition to Firefox for me.