Firefox hints&tips thread

Post by **117** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:21 pm

think I already posted details about Tab Mix Plus, been using it for ages, is top dollar

will check out that backup thing

edit: the links to install/download Febe on it's site don't work (the url on the link just points to the top of the page, and if you search on mozilla.org they've only got Version 1.0

edit 2: ignore me, forgot to enable javascript for the page

Post by **fac51** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:29 pm

the one thing i dont think you can do on TBP that i really wish you could is have FF reopen only the protected tabs when it restarts rather than them all.

Post by **117** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:33 pm

i don't follow?

Post by **fac51** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:38 pm

well using the session manager you can have FF start back from where you left it, all the previous tabs are restored.

so as you can protect tabs with this extension i wish i could close FF down and just have the protected tabs reopen and not all of them.

I would like to say have my favourite 3 tabs there every time i use FF.

Post by **117** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:41 pm

why not just set the 3 tabs as your homepages then?

edit: i disabled the session manager function anyways coz it kept ballsing up on me and sometimes i randomly had millions of instances of FF running when i tried to restore a session

Post by **fac51** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:42 pm

Earl:117 wrote:why not just set the 3 tabs as your homepages then?

how do you do that?

Post by **117** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:44 pm

i thought everyone knew!

two ways of doing it:

a) seperate the urls with a | in the options menu
b) have the tabs you want open but no others, then go to the options menu and click "Use Current Pages"

Post by **fac51** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:48 pm

Sweeeeet

Post by **117** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:50 pm

Post by **fac51** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:02 pm

You tried this extension for coloured tabs? i've used it for a while now and give it the thumbs up

https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/m ... ox&id=1368

Post by **117** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:02 am

Firefox 1.5.0.2 now available, get it by clicking Help | Check for updates within FF, or download from the homepage

Post by **fac51** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 11:08 am

how many extensions stop working with it?

Post by **117** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 11:23 am

none of mine

thinks it's only a minor security release anyways, plus support for Intel-based Macs for the first time

Post by **fac51** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:18 pm

nm ff just prompted me to upgrade and gave me a handy list of extensions that wouldn't work if i did, pretty cool.

only a few themes wont work so no big deal

Eamonn · Post by **Eamonn** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 7:56 pm

ff just popped up the update message as I got onto this thread!