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Originally posted by: VirtualLarry

Forgive me for PM'ing this to you, I didn't want to bump the semi-OT thread about Firefox in HD any more.

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Originally posted by: user1234
the cpu slowdown mostly occurs when I use java applets for more than 20 minutes, so I'm not sure if it's the java runtime environment that's causing it, or the way it interfaces with the browser. In any case, it worked better with IE (back in the day before microsoft decided to disable java). I find it astounding that today with my high end machine I get worse performance in java applet online games than I did 3 years ago with machines which were entry level even than (Athlon 1500+), not to mention that I cannot continue for more than an hour becuase of the cpu usage issue which happens within an hour, requiring a restart.
one word -> pathetic



That must be due to the Sun Java plugin then, since I have Java completely disabled in Firefox. I don't seem to miss much, but now that I think about it, I think that there were a few sites with Java-driven ads, and they did seem to lag pretty badly.

I also keep the MSJVM installed for IE, because while I don't use IE generally, that was simply a much faster Java interpreter/compilier. I don't know how MS made theirs so much faster than Sun's, but it was certainly impressive.
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Yeah, Java in firefox sucks....... unfortunately this is one of the most important things.
 
my current install of firefox 0.9 doesn't detect any updates. do I have to uninstall 0.9 and then install 1.0?
 
Used it since it was released, and I don't like it. I think many people are quick to jump to something just because it's not Microsoft. The bookmark menu take 13 seconds to open after I click on it. They're not organized the way I have them in IE, and just hangs when I try to change their order. Pages load up fast enough, but pauses after I click a link. Loading a fast page, after it pauses for 3 seconds, isn't much help to me. Uninstalling.
 
Originally posted by: Rob9874
Used it since it was released, and I don't like it. I think many people are quick to jump to something just because it's not Microsoft. The bookmark menu take 13 seconds to open after I click on it. They're not organized the way I have them in IE, and just hangs when I try to change their order. Pages load up fast enough, but pauses after I click a link. Loading a fast page, after it pauses for 3 seconds, isn't much help to me. Uninstalling.
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Obviously you have a problem with your setup if it's taking 13 seconds to open a bookmark menu.

That is all I have to say about that!
 
I finally installed Firefox. I have .93, and never got around to installing it. I just installed 1.0. Had it carry over all my IE settings, Favorites, etc. Now, people told me I needed a tabbed browser (isn't that what this IS?), because I often have many browser windows open, sometimes 20 or more. Now, what I'm seeing so far is the same thing as IE - a separate icon in my tray for each browser window. I don't see anything so far that's a benefit versus IE 6.x. Am I doing something wrong?

Other obvious immediate issues: I don't see any Google Toolbar support out of the box. I had Google Toolbar installed in IE, along with Autofill and popup blocking. I realize that Firefox has built-in popup blocking (so I've heard), but I don't see any Autofill support off the bat. Do I have to install Google Toolbar from scratch to get that support (or some other utility)? Thanks!

Edit: One more thing: What was Links in my IE is now a similar thing in Firefox except for the fact that there's a toolbar (the lowest one) that has buttons for each linked URL. Thing is, I have around 40+ Links, so only A-C is represented! That's just a waste of space for me. I don't see Toolbar customizing options yet in Firefox, such as there is in IE. Thanks for any help.
 
Originally posted by: Muse
I finally installed Firefox. I have .93, and never got around to installing it. I just installed 1.0. Had it carry over all my IE settings, Favorites, etc. Now, people told me I needed a tabbed browser (isn't that what this IS?), because I often have many browser windows open, sometimes 20 or more. Now, what I'm seeing so far is the same thing as IE - a separate icon in my tray for each browser window. I don't see anything so far that's a benefit versus IE 6.x. Am I doing something wrong?
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When you right click on a link, you have the option to either open it in a new window or in a new tab.

Or hit Ctrl-T to open a new tab.
 
It's not that I'm quick to jump on something thats not Microsoft. This browser is noticeably quicker than IE in load times. Good enough for me. Tab Browsing is so simple yet genious as well. What did we get with IE over the years? Nothing useful if you ask me.
I'm sold and now a converter🙂
 
Originally posted by: shurato
It's not that I'm quick to jump on something thats not Microsoft. This browser is noticeably quicker than IE in load times. Good enough for me. Tab Browsing is so simple yet genious as well. What did we get with IE over the years? Nothing useful if you ask me.
I'm sold and now a converter🙂
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I'll definitely stick with it, at least for a while, however I've never used anything consistently but IE, so it will take some getting used to. I did notice some very quick load times, and that's a big plus. Can anyone answer my question about what happened to my Google Toolbar Autofill? Do I need to install Google Toolbar to get that back? Thanks!
 
Whoa! Can somebody tell me what's going on? I installed Firefox 1.0 today and it's around 6-7 hours later now. I used to use IE 6 and had around 30-40 URL's in IE's Links folder. I opted to bring all the IE stuff over into FF during the install. Today, I'm using FF and IE too, sometimes (both are open). Well, I just went to close a FF browser (I have a coupel open) and get a message asking me if I want to close all 38 tabs! It appears that somehow FF opened all my Links! I sure didn't do it. What's up with this? I'm seeing great pages I haven't visited in a long time, and that's cool alright, but I didn't ask it to open them. Thanks for any guidance here!
 
Originally posted by: Muse
Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
You can open an entire folder full of bookmarks as a set of tabs. That must be what happened.
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Unbeknownst to me! What did I do? :Q
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there's a couple ways to do this, but i'll tell u the most common way ppl do. click on Bookmarks on the file menu, then middle click on any particular folder and all the links inside that folder will open up as tabs. it's quite useful when u want to load multiple sites at once w/o going back and forth into the bookmark section.

//krunk (^_^x)
 
Originally posted by: weepul
Originally posted by: Muse
Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
You can open an entire folder full of bookmarks as a set of tabs. That must be what happened.
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Unbeknownst to me! What did I do? :Q
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there's a couple ways to do this, but i'll tell u the most common way ppl do. click on Bookmarks on the file menu, then middle click on any particular folder and all the links inside that folder will open up as tabs. it's quite useful when u want to load multiple sites at once w/o going back and forth into the bookmark section.

//krunk (^_^x)
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Oh, boy. That sounds like a REALLY great feature and I'd like to use it. But please help me understand this. I don't see "Bookmarks" under the File menu. There's a separate Bookmarks menu (where the IE Favorites menu item is). Now, on my machine I have a utility I use that gets activated when I press the middle mouse button. It's a macro launching application, sort of. It's called Clickflick, and it has hot keys to show popboxes, each button of which is assigned to something. That something can be a macro, an application launch, etc. Well, normally it would intercept the middle button press I believe, but maybe not. Anyway, clarifying this would help. I'd like to be able to open a tab for each item in a Bookmarks folder. I could try launching Clickflick with one of the other mouse buttons (I use a 5 button mouse), or a combination of things such as CTRL+Middle_mouse_button. Thanks.

 
Does anyone know how to get rid of the 'Additional plugins are required to display all the media on this page.' and 'Firefox prevented this site from opening a popup window. Click here for options...' message from showing everytime I'm missing a plugin that i don't want to install or a popup is stopped?
 
Firefox allows me to surf the web without feeling dirty like I would with IE. and without missng all the pictures like with Lynx.

It has made my all-time list of best things on the planet. Right under Excedrin.
 
Originally posted by: corinthos
thanks. i haven't used IE in about a year, except for those few picky sites that won't work right w/o it.. time to update my firefox.
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Ditto


Ausm
 
Originally posted by: Muse
Oh, boy. That sounds like a REALLY great feature and I'd like to use it. But please help me understand this. I don't see "Bookmarks" under the File menu. There's a separate Bookmarks menu (where the IE Favorites menu item is). Now, on my machine I have a utility I use that gets activated when I press the middle mouse button. It's a macro launching application, sort of. It's called Clickflick, and it has hot keys to show popboxes, each button of which is assigned to something. That something can be a macro, an application launch, etc. Well, normally it would intercept the middle button press I believe, but maybe not. Anyway, clarifying this would help. I'd like to be able to open a tab for each item in a Bookmarks folder. I could try launching Clickflick with one of the other mouse buttons (I use a 5 button mouse), or a combination of things such as CTRL+Middle_mouse_button. Thanks.
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Instead of middle-clicking, try right clicking and selecting "Open in tabs."
 
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