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The Problem with Tabs in Firefox...
By leelefever on January 29, 2005 - 11:12am
...Is that my brain hasn't quite caught up. The transition from IE was effortless in some ways, but I seem to be "challenged" by the tabbed interface. I exhibit great skill creating new tabs (ctrl + t), but when my intention is to go to another browser window, I still waste time looking at the bottom of the screen, like I would with IE.
I'm dedicated to changing this behavior because tabs are better and faster (like so many things with Firefox). I have been trained for years that new browser windows are located in the task bar and anything else simply goes against the natural order of things (or so my brain thinks). I'm thinking this is just a phase.
Oh, and let me say that my favorite extension is Spellbound. It's a spell checker for any web based form (like blog posts, online discussions)... like ieSpell. Second would be ForecastFox.
The Problem with Tabs in Firefox...
Hang in there and you too will become a tab jedi master. And Spellbound is the greatest extension so far invented.
The Problem with Tabs in Firefox...
Haven't heard of Spellbound, so I'm on my way to check it out.
Regarding tabs, though, get yourself the 'tabbrowser extensions' extension. Good stuff and gives you total jedi-like control over tabs.
In fact, once you've installed it, feel free to use my exported template for a jumpstart:
http://slackermanager.com/files/tabextensions.js
The Problem with Tabs in Firefox...
You know scroll clicking ona link opens it in a new tab?
The Problem with Tabs in Firefox...
Ah, sweet. I did not know that, but I do now. I wondered what "scroll clicking" was, but figured out that its clicking with the scroll wheel on a mouse.
The Problem with Tabs in Firefox...
I started using Firefox full-time a few months ago (I guess that campaign worked on me) and am loving it. Now I can't stand I.E. The plugins I like best, though, are the Bloglines one that lets you know when your feeds have been updated and subscribe with just a couple clicks to a blog's feed. And I also love the ScrapBook plugin, which lets you capture pieces of or an entire page EXACTLY as is... I adore it.
The Problem with Tabs in Firefox...
Scroll clicking is good to know. You can also scroll click on tabs to close them. And, I think this may only be with Tabbrowser Extensions installed, but you can reopen tabs you've closed by scroll clicking on an area of the tab bar that is not a tab (just above or to the side of the tabs). Quite often, I close tabs accidentally or before I should and it's quicker than opening the history to get back to them.
Scrapbook is turning out to be one of the most useful extensions for me. You may also want to check out the Wikalong extension, since you've mentioned wikis in the past.