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Firefox beta 2

Posted: July 11th, 2006, 21:17
by Dr. kitteny berk
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32957

usual warnings apply, backup your bookmarks to be safe.

(bookmarks > manage bookmarks > file > export)

Posted: July 11th, 2006, 21:21
by Dr. kitteny berk
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.

Posted: July 11th, 2006, 21:36
by Stoat
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.

Posted: July 11th, 2006, 21:38
by Dr. kitteny berk
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.
:above: That.

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

Posted: July 11th, 2006, 21:46
by Stoat
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.

Posted: July 11th, 2006, 21:48
by Dr. kitteny berk
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

Posted: July 11th, 2006, 22:11
by deject
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?

Posted: July 12th, 2006, 0:15
by cashy
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

Posted: July 12th, 2006, 0:18
by Dr. kitteny berk
cashy wrote:
sounds like the reason why i wont buy a mac
I think that's called "Taste"

Posted: July 12th, 2006, 1:01
by Grimmie
deject wrote:Tab Mix Plus is your friend.
This.

Posted: July 12th, 2006, 1:09
by Dr. kitteny berk
Grimmie wrote:
deject wrote:Tab Mix Plus is your friend.
This.
That doesn't make it work with firefox beta 2...

Posted: July 12th, 2006, 1:25
by deject
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.

Posted: July 12th, 2006, 9:27
by spoodie
A spellchecker sounds like a nice bonus, I'm shit at speeling :roll:

Posted: July 12th, 2006, 9:31
by Dr. kitteny berk
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.

Posted: July 12th, 2006, 11:22
by webclam
I'm worried it'll screw with my greesemonkey add-ins and scripts

so I'll give it a miss for now

Posted: July 12th, 2006, 12:02
by Woo Elephant Yeah
What's this? Change? Why fix it if it isn't broke etc...... :lol:

Posted: July 12th, 2006, 12:47
by Stoat
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.

Posted: July 12th, 2006, 15:57
by spoodie
Speel cheking gudniss :likesitall:

Posted: July 12th, 2006, 16:21
by Woo Elephant Yeah
Maybe the spell checker could pick up on my always typing ; instead of '

And the fatc I haev fta finegr syndroem

Posted: July 12th, 2006, 18:53
by pixie pie
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.