Recent Firefox convert

[state 08]

Been using Opera for the past 6 years and after installing Windows 7, I wanted to give Firefox a chance and I'm hooked.

Things I like:
-Gmail formats better
-Facebook formats better
-Right click on google maps works
-Dont get sent to WAP version of some sites (kfc, tacobell)
-thru jus a couple of extensions, my favorite Opera features now in FF (paste and go, letter searches, middle clicking tab/tab bar, undo tab close)
-supernova flash videos go to fullscreen
-sometimes, when clicking through pictures in facebook albums, I get sent back to pic 1/60 when i was only at perhaps 37/60

and a few more that aren't coming to mind right now.

 

[lxskllr]

Opera's my second favorite browser, but I like Firefox much more. Opera's faster, but the customization wins the day for me.

 

[ShawnD1]

Originally posted by: state 08
-thru jus a couple of extensions, my favorite Opera features now in FF (paste and go, letter searches, middle clicking tab/tab bar, undo tab close)

What does this mean?


Firefox always had much better customization than Opera but what always pissed me off was that I needed about 5 plugins just to get the same basic function as Opera. Now that I keep Firefox as a portable app on a USB drive, it doesn't bother me so much. firefox portable.

 

[state 08]

those letter searches are when you type the letter "g" for google in the URL area followed by a space and then the search query.

You can do other searches too like, wikipedia (w), amazon (z), yahoo (y), etc

 

[ShawnD1]

Originally posted by: state 08
those letter searches are when you type the letter "g" for google in the URL area followed by a space and then the search query.

You can do other searches too like, wikipedia (w), amazon (z), yahoo (y), etc

In both browsers, you make these by right clicking on a search box and selecting "add a keyword for this search". I have lots of these custom searches in both browsers. If I type in "wiki firefox" it takes me here. Or "tube8 tranny" takes me to....

 

[0roo0roo]

i use firefox because of the extensions...
and chrome for gmail and stuff.
as for undo close tab, tabsmixplus keeps a list of recently closed tabs. ctrl shift t reloads last closed tab.

 

[ForumMaster]

i dunno. i'm using the 10 alpha. been pretty stable for me, faster and the features they added are cool.