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 Flurry Level: 37 Posts: 197/251 EXP: 315182 Next: 23071 Since: 02-19-07 From: Mirabel, Québec, Canada Last post: 6186 days Last view: 1819 days |
Flurry #&postrank& I haven't had any serious problems with Internet Explorer either, but still switched to Firefox about 2 years ago and never went back (except when I needed to) ... I haven't even bothered with Internet Explorer 7 
I only use one extension (Adblock), but it's definitely nice to have ... then I use a compact theme, and this is all I have at the top: - Menu bar - Small icons for previous, next, refresh, stop, home | URL bar - Tabs I still haven't tried Opera yet  ____________________ |
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Spike Dragon Level: 57 Posts: 254/705 EXP: 1483661 Next: 2267 Since: 02-19-07 From: 
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I use adblock, webdeveloper, and customizeable toolbar buttons.
To download flvs, I have two bookmarklets. One is for getvid, and the other's for videodownloader. I mainly use getvid, but that likes to go down, so I have videodownloader as a backup.  ____________________  |
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 Beezo Level: 49 Posts: 46/480 EXP: 831869 Next: 52014 Since: 03-15-07 Last post: 5773 days Last view: 5639 days |
I use firefox, and right now, I only have a few extensions
-Forecastfox(I don't know why, I never use it) -FireBug -Translator After reading this thread though, I'm thinking of getting some more. ____________________ There are things I want to put here. Like a cool picture, my 8-bit theatre character test result, my MS and RO characters... But it's 12 AM, and I'm sleepy. |
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... Level: 73 Posts: 288/1220 EXP: 3368357 Next: 117511 Since: 03-25-07 From: no Last post: 6097 days Last view: 6081 days |
Posted by KailieannOMFG thank you. That's like the most annoying "feature" of Firefox. |
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 Red Paragoomba Level: 19 Posts: 14/54 EXP: 31450 Next: 4327 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 5934 days Last view: 5934 days |
I don't have too much extensions installed either, but I really adore the mouse gestures extension, epecially the one by the Optimoz team. Cannot think to use Firefox without them since Firebird 0.9- and although Opera introduced them first, and usually being a usually nice browser, I rather use Firefox.
As for the popular extension AdBlock (Plus): I don't have it anymore installed, since this seems to slow down my Firefox significantly. It still has a reasonable speed, but without Adblock it seems way faster for me. Don't get me wrong, some advertisements are really more than annoying, especially in flash (or even those, which come with sound), but due to the sites I visit I rarely get pages with a crapload of them. Another great extension is DownThemAll, which helps you to download many files at once. |
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Gone Level: 88 Posts: 1262/1881 EXP: 6465191 Next: 185473 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 6152 days Last view: 6143 days |
I removed the home button from my Firefox as I don't have a home page. Why? Because the first site I visit when I open Firefox is different each time, and I'd rather not have the computer load a page that I won't be using every time I open Firefox. I used to have it set to Google, but now I use the Google bar in the upper right-hand corner if I want to do any searching.
It's also a holdover from my dialup days when all pages would take forever to load. Even now, DNS lookups with my ISP are highly unreliable so it can take a while to load a page (not nearly as much as before, but I get impatient). |
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 Koopa Level: 26 Posts: 69/110 EXP: 91435 Next: 10840 Since: 02-19-07 From: Oklahomaland Last post: 5936 days Last view: 4647 days |
Well, if we're doing the explainy thingy.... I won't bother with the ones I got after going through Jeshua's post, but as for the ones I had before...
Adblock: It blocks ads. ColorZilla: Adds an eyedropper thing that allows me to get the color of a single pixel from any web page or image or whatever. Quite handy for web design and digital imaging stuff. DictionarySearch: Adds "Search Dictionary for [highligted text] to right-click menu. Basically saves me the trouble of changing my search bar to Answers.com just to look up a word. IE View: Opens page in IE. Had this long before I was aware of IE Tab (I think it predates it), and I was putting off switching. Right now it's disabled while I try out IE Tab. Image Zoom: Allows one to zoom an image in or out on a web page. Quite handy. rikaichan and the dictionaries for it: How to put it.... This allows active interpretation of Japanese text on a web page. It doesn't translate the page, but if you toggle it on you can use it to determine what specific Japanese words on a page are by hovering over the first character in them. Open Image In New Tab: It's like View Image, but in a new tab! Smart Middle Click: This has already been mentioned. It is made of win and "why wasn't this already built in?" Tab Mix Plus: I put off the switch to Firefox 2 for a good while, but when my Firefox 1.whatever started acting up one day, I decided to go ahead and upgrade hoping it would fix it. Turned out to just be a setting document that got messed up somehow and needed to be deleted... But now I had Firefox 2. And I absolutely hated how it handled tabs! I figured "surely I cannot be alone in missing Firefox 1's way of doing things" so I went searching for tab-related extensions. Tab Mix Plus did the job perfectly, and so much more. Talkback: The "ONOZ I CRASH! TELL MOZILLA?" extension. Disabled due to recent increase in crashing (I suspect IE Tab). User Agent Switcher: Rarely used. Installed when people found out you can access the Wii's "Shop Channel" pages by making your browser claim to be a Wii. Fun stuff. VideoDownloader: Because sometimes Youtube has stuff worth saving. |
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 Red Cheep-cheep Level: 34 Posts: 44/211 EXP: 242005 Next: 11646 Since: 04-07-07 Last post: 6077 days Last view: 6077 days |
Hey guys, just a notice though, don't over do it on the extensions.
I, at one time, had 62 extensions. Okay? Bad. You need to go through them and see which ones you really DO NOT NEED/WANT. Too many extensions causes firefox to load up like a retarded child. The key is to get useful and tiny extensions, if your extension is big, it better be something smart like Adblock or some shit. Okay? Also check to see if they are OS compatible. I use different extensions in Swiftfox, just a few different ones. I will show you those when Im in Linux next time. Anyways, for Adblock plus, pick up the following filter lists; Easylist Easylist Element ABP Tracking Filter http://easylist.adblockplus.org/ JAB Creations JamiePlucinski.com http://adblockplus.org/en/subscriptions Good luck! |
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I've always used IE6, and I've never really had problems with security... I've tried Firefox several times, but there are a couple of things that make me prefer IE for web browsing(or maybe I haven't learned how to customize Firefox properly yet). I never really saw the use for tabs - having the pages separately always worked well for me, and the interface somehow doesn't look as good as in IE6. Also, if I open a new window, it'll start at my homepage, which is interfering when I want to keep the page history intact (if I wanted to go a few pages back, for example). Also, Firefox will always send my downloaded files to the desktop (though I suspect that I simply didn't bother looking hard enough for an option to change this). |
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Gone Level: 88 Posts: 1287/1881 EXP: 6465191 Next: 185473 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 6152 days Last view: 6143 days |
I like the tabs better than several individual windows because my taskbar is often cluttered with windows already. Typically, I at least have Firefox, my Gaim buddy list, and a Gaim conversation window open, and if I'm working on stuff, I may have 4 or more OpenOffice.org and folder windows open as well. |
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 Fuzzy Level: 60 Posts: 430/778 EXP: 1719970 Next: 52808 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 2496 days Last view: 1657 days |
This extention is awesome... More awesome than any words can describe. 
Yeah... this is what I have 
Some good gems in there I suppose... ____________________  |
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... Level: 73 Posts: 310/1220 EXP: 3368357 Next: 117511 Since: 03-25-07 From: no Last post: 6097 days Last view: 6081 days |
Posted by Chef StefNo, you didn't. It's under Downloads. |
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Koopa Level: 26 Posts: 72/110 EXP: 91435 Next: 10840 Since: 02-19-07 From: Oklahomaland Last post: 5936 days Last view: 4647 days |
Oh, and it should be noted that when I started using Firefox... It was Firebird |
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Red Cheep-cheep Level: 34 Posts: 46/211 EXP: 242005 Next: 11646 Since: 04-07-07 Last post: 6077 days Last view: 6077 days |
Posted by Kernal SHAZAAM, SOMEONE FIGURED IT OUT! That is why I use tabs. See, I have my IRC Window, full of tabs. My IM Conversation window, Full of tabs. My Firefox window, Full of tabs. My contact list hides in my tray. This leaves about 3-4 other spots on my windows taskbar, with tray icons hidden by SysTrayX, for things like Thunderbird to check my mail, Paint.NET/PSP9/Photoshop, Directory Opus 8 (With build in panels), and other misc stuff. Winamp Playlist when not tray'd, UltraEdit, Media Player Classic, OpenCanvas, FDM, Super Collapse! 3, The Sims 2. Same principle in Linux. GAIM full of tabs, XChat full of tabs, Swiftfox full of tabs, space for Thunderbird, The Gimp, gFTP, etc. I enjoy my space. |
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Red Cheep-cheep Level: 34 Posts: 137/216 EXP: 251596 Next: 2055 Since: 02-19-07 From: Georgia Last post: 5572 days Last view: 5544 days |
THIS JUST IN!!
Well, I once said that I liked IE6 way too much, and that I'd never use another browser.... It wasn't here, but in chat for another website... Anyways... I had actually been considering this for a while, but never really did it... I've switched to Firefox now.... And I'm actually kinda GLAD I did, too. So.... Anyone have any idea what all this thing can do? |
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... Level: 73 Posts: 313/1220 EXP: 3368357 Next: 117511 Since: 03-25-07 From: no Last post: 6097 days Last view: 6081 days |
Go to https://addons.mozilla.org/?application=firefox and see.
Tabs are nice, yes. They're like a way of categorizing individual documents/views, like a sub-taskbar. I have my taskbar vertical to get the most space out of it, and still tend to fill it up, so being able to have the 8 web pages, 32 source code/text files, 4 AIM conversations and 12 Photoshop documents I have open at once take up only 4 buttons on the taskbar is nice. (OK, I usually don't have this much open, but it happens.) I can be a bit anal about my screen space, moving things to pixel-precise positions and sizes. I also love having things like Gaim and Winamp in the tray since I don't use them as often. As for downloading, I do tend to use my desktop as a temporary file dump, but if I know where a file is going to go and I intend to keep it, it's more convenient to just navigate to the right place from within the browser. |
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Gone Level: 88 Posts: 1338/1881 EXP: 6465191 Next: 185473 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 6152 days Last view: 6143 days |
Yeah, I often download files to the desktop, especilly .exe installers as they're going right in the trash...err, "recycle bin" after the relevant program is installed.
What I hate is programs that don't recognize "Desktop" as being a folder outside the drive structure of the computer. I have a lot of files stored in folders on my desktop, and don't want to have to navigate through c:\Documants and Settings etc. because some idiotic program is stuck in the Windows 3.1 days. |
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