When is Firefox 3 expected?

[cKGunslinger]

I like the speed and features of Opera, but I never saw a way to fully customize the bars to my likings.

I like the address bar and search bar on the same line as the Menu bar, followed by nav icons and bookmarks, then the tab bar.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
Ok guys if you just close FF once in a while, it won't kill you, but if you're like me and you leave your computer on 24/7, and never close FF, yeah it's gonna gobble up memory like mad. After 3 days, do you really need 5 windows each with 10 tabs? I bet half of those you stopped looking at 48 hours ago. Just close the damn windows. Even IE will start gobbling stuff up if you leave it open 3 days after doing general browsing.

ive had opera open with ~100 tabs and it footprint was less then 100 megs

and no opera does not have a addon like addblock that will automatically filter adds

HOWEVER

it does have addblocksing, simply right click on a page and go to "Block content" you can then manually select what you want to block, you have to do it manually for each site but it works just fine


also a edited hosts file > addblock anyway

 

[O2Deprived]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
http://opera-usb.com/operausben.htm

Thanks for the link. I'll give it a try.

 

[MegaVovaN]

mem bug is still not fixed
had a bunchawindows taking 400mb

closed ff and its all good

 

[Colt45]

I tried opera once, years ago. Built in ad banner = autodelete. GPL for life.

 

[dugweb]

I use firefox for the web developer add on, and ad block... but it seems like firefox crashes way more often than others :\ especially gmail. it's annoying that firefox gets so much praise when it's not that great. (granted i use it over the others b/c of the addons)

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Colt45
I tried opera once, years ago. Built in ad banner = autodelete. GPL for life.

there has not been a built in add banner in opera for liek 3 years

 

[MegaVovaN]

If you want to use alternative browser but it does not have ad blocker, install a HOSTS file.
This will prevent any program from downloading ads from most of ad farms.

Only downside is sometimes ad-farm links like some on slickdeals won't work.
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

 

[Sureshot324]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
I like the speed and features of Opera, but I never saw a way to fully customize the bars to my likings.

I like the address bar and search bar on the same line as the Menu bar, followed by nav icons and bookmarks, then the tab bar.

That's the same reason I didn't stick with Opera. Firefox literally lets you put any button/menu/bar whereever you want. Opera divides things by toolbars, and you generally can't put something that belongs to one toolbar on a different one.

 

[CptCrunch]

I tried the beta for FF3 and did not notice any drop in memory usage, thus far, disappointed. If they fix the memory issues, then I will upgrade the first minute it comes out

 

[prism]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Prism
I'm trying out Opera right now and I definitely think it runs smoother and quicker than Firefox, plus it it's not raping my meager 1gig of RAM...

The funny thing is I love Opera but not for it's RAM usage. I've just gotten spoiled by Wand, mouse gestures, speed dial and other features. I guess the RAM/stability is just icing on the cake?

I just wish more sites were Opera friendly and it rendered pages more accurately.

Explain this Wand thing to me, I'm still figuring it all out . Also, I've noticed that some drop-down menus aren't popping up in Opera. Any way to fix/modify this? Thanks for any info!

If Microsoft was smart/cool, they would make their next IE release work like Office 2007 with a customizable "ribbon" at the top of the program. Do any other browsers have this capability?

 

[Chryso]

Originally posted by: Colt45
I tried opera once, years ago. Built in ad banner = autodelete. GPL for life.

I did the same thing. I think it was version 3 ish.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Aflac
I don't understand how people can manage more than 7-8 tabs in a window. I've never had more than two browsers open, with not more than 8 tabs open per window. Doesn't all that crap get hard to manage after a while?

Assuming all the open tabs are of the same site/forums, I think anything under 35 is manageable. When I view a forum I like to open threads in new tabs in a group then read each tab individually. It helps a lot especially on a busy forum like AT.

I do the same, its much easier to read threads. I love firefox's colorful tab addon

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Prism

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: Prism
I'm trying out Opera right now and I definitely think it runs smoother and quicker than Firefox, plus it it's not raping my meager 1gig of RAM...

The funny thing is I love Opera but not for it's RAM usage. I've just gotten spoiled by Wand, mouse gestures, speed dial and other features. I guess the RAM/stability is just icing on the cake?

I just wish more sites were Opera friendly and it rendered pages more accurately.

Explain this Wand thing to me, I'm still figuring it all out . Also, I've noticed that some drop-down menus aren't popping up in Opera. Any way to fix/modify this? Thanks for any info!

If Microsoft was smart/cool, they would make their next IE release work like Office 2007 with a customizable "ribbon" at the top of the program. Do any other browsers have this capability?

The easiest way to demonstrate the Wand is a password protected site such as Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Email.

Go to that site or any other password protected site, enter your username, password, you will be prompted if you want to SAVE the info? Yes you do. Logout, go back to the login page and click the yellow wand. If you have multiple logins, you'll see a list and click whichever you want to use.

 

[Fritzo]

I use IE7. I've never had a problem, I don't get spyware, and I don't get viruses. It also works with every page and tool (except ATOT- I don't get the cool quick reply and spell check features).

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I use IE7. I've never had a problem, I don't get spyware, and I don't get viruses. It also works with every page and tool (except ATOT- I don't get the cool quick reply and spell check features).

Click Topic Tools at the bottom of the thread then Quick Reply. Click the Dock feature to make it permanent.

 

[Pepsi90919]

it will come bundled in a combo pack with Chinese Democracy and Duke Nukem Forever.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
Ok guys if you just close FF once in a while, it won't kill you, but if you're like me and you leave your computer on 24/7, and never close FF, yeah it's gonna gobble up memory like mad. After 3 days, do you really need 5 windows each with 10 tabs? I bet half of those you stopped looking at 48 hours ago. Just close the damn windows. Even IE will start gobbling stuff up if you leave it open 3 days after doing general browsing.

Yeah.. I keep about 35 tabs open at a time.. always having to research things.. My lappy is always either on or asleep.. I'm looking right now and Firefox is using 365MB of memory.. Was using 517MB this afternoon.. Yeah.. I never close it But it's never the same tabs. I just circulate throguh a lot of information.

 

[outofloop]

Firefox 3 is in its 3rd trimester ... final release expected soon

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: oynaz
The last version I installed was version 8.

Version 9 rocks.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: George P Burdell

Originally posted by: RossMAN
I would give it another shot:

http://www.opera.com/products/desktop/features/

Does Opera have something similar to Adblock Plus?

Yes it does.

http://virtuelvis.com/archives...and-firefox-extensions

 

[Googer]

Just a few of it's many capabilities. Much more isn't even shown, like voice abilities.

http://portal.opera.com/startup/
http://www.opera.com/products/desktop/screenshots/

 

[Journer]

my only complaint about FF is it takes up way too much memory and it doesnt play nicely with java....other than that it rocks. i would use something else if it had the extensions but nothing else does.

 

[RandomFool]

I checked out beta one of FF3 and was ok but most of my addons didn't work. I use FF2 still myself. I really liked IE7, not enough to stop using FF but it's just about as good minus a few extensions. Unfortunately, I have to keep IE6 on my laptop because of work. This thread has convinced me to try out Opera again. I think the last version I used was 7 or so.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: oynaz
The last version I installed was version 8.

Version 9 rocks.

yes yes it does