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diff --git a/content/posts/2006-09-15-thoughts-on-firefox-2-0b2.html b/content/posts/2006-09-15-thoughts-on-firefox-2-0b2.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..359d75d --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2006-09-15-thoughts-on-firefox-2-0b2.html @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +--- +date: "2006-09-15T17:25:35Z" +title: Thoughts on Firefox 2.0b2 +--- + +<p>I've switched over completely to <a href='http://mozilla.org/firefox/'>Firefox</a> 2.0b2. It's not out yet, +but the beta is a <em>lot</em> faster in Linux, so I decided not to wait. +What's new?</p> + +<ul> +<li>Faster. It's a lot faster than Firefox 1.5. It's still slower than +I'd like. It's still slower than I think it <em>should</em> be. But hey, +faster is always better.</li> +<li>Built-in Session Management. I was using the excellent +<a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/436/">SessionSaver plugin</a> in Firefox 1.5, but Firefox 2.0's +built-in session management is good enough for me. It's a bit +finicky, but I'm sure that will get sorted out.</li> +<li>Better Tab Management. The tab bar doesn't shrink tabs until they're +unbearably small any more. Instead, a nifty drop-down menu on the +right lists all your tabs, and you get a couple of scroll buttons. I +tend to open a lot of tabs, and after using the new tab interface for +a bit, I realized that works really well with my style of browsing. +Here are three shots of the new tab interface:</li> +</ul> + +<p><img src='http://pablotron.org/shots/firefox-2.0b2/ff2-1.png' + width='604' height='300' border='0' style='border: 1px solid black;' + title='Firefox 2.0b2 Tab Behavior (1 of 3): Tab Bar' + alt='Firefox 2.0b2 Tab Behavior (1 of 3): Tab Bar' /></p> + +<p><img src='http://pablotron.org/shots/firefox-2.0b2/ff2-3.png' + width='604' height='300' border='0' style='border: 1px solid black;' + title='Firefox 2.0b2 Tab Behavior (2 of 3): Pop-Up Menu' + alt='Firefox 2.0b2 Tab Behavior (2 of 3): Pop-Up Menu' /></p> + +<p><img src='http://pablotron.org/shots/firefox-2.0b2/ff2-5.png' + width='604' height='300' border='0' style='border: 1px solid black;' + title='Firefox 2.0b2 Tab Behavior (3 of 3): Scrolling Tabs' + alt='Firefox 2.0b2 Tab Behavior (3 of 3): Scrolling Tabs' /></p> + +<p>Unfortunately, Firefox 2.0 isn't all sunshine and roses. A huge number +of extensions broke. While most of the important ones (read: +<a href="http://adblockplus.org/">Ad Block Plus</a>), have been ported, really useful ones like +<a href="http://http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/">Greasemonkey</a> haven't. There appear to be some minor quirks +with inline find. They also attached the Go button on the URL entry to +the URL entry itself; you can disable it using the Customize context +menu option any more. I found <a href="http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=2449279&sid=395883098fcc1f429a5bee14f847b4ea">this forum post</a> after a bit +of searching, which basically says to add the following snippet to your +<code>userChrome.css</code> file:</p> + +<pre><code>/* don't display the annoying go button */ +#go-button { display: none; } +</code></pre> + +<p>You can disable the resizing search entry in there too. I still haven't +decided whether or not I like it. The behavior of the backspace key +changed too, although I'm not sure if that was a Firefox 2.0 change, or if my +config got munged during the upgrade. Anyway, you can switch it to go +back instead of doing nothing by setting <code>browser.backspace_action</code> to <code>0</code> in +good-old <code>about:config</code>.</p> + +<p>By the way, if you can't keep all the versions of Adblock and Adblock +plus straight, it's because the <a href="http://adblockplus.org/en/history">history of the both</a> kind +of reads like a soap opera.</p> + + |