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Don McKenzie
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Firefox 4 Mini Review, and fix.
Been reading a lot about Firefox 4 crashing computers, and having other problems. I kept getting a nag about upgrading,
so I bit the bullet, and went ahead.
I just successfully installed Firefox 4 on two computers without drama. A core i7 64 bit Windows 7 Pro machine, and a
little XP N270 netbook. Initially I thought, not a lot of difference with this new browser.
First big difference noticeable for me, was that he page tabs had jumped from the old V3 position, right to the top of
the screen. View> Toolbars> Tabs on top, setting unchecked fixed this, and made it look much the same as the old
version. I feel this is simply personal preference. Mozilla claim it is easier to see and fetch open Tabs from the very
top of the screen.
After a few hours use, I had forgotten what the old version looked like, but I knew I was still missing something very
important. Something that I had used daily in the past.
So I headed off to Mozilla, and checked out the old screen shots:
http://www.oldapps.com/firefox.php?images=194, and found what it was.
Firefox 4 History drop down window next to Forward-Back arrows is gone:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/792269
Quite a thread building there. I think Mr Mozilla better get in and fix this pretty quick.
However a temporary fix can be grabbed and installed in seconds.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/backforedrop/
Firefox 4 has a wealth of features that I am yet to explore. They claim super speed, and easy sync between devices.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/features/
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/mobile/sync/
Story at:
http://www.godzillaseamonkey.com/firefox-4-mini-review-and-fix/
Cheers Don...
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Been reading a lot about Firefox 4 crashing computers, and having other problems. I kept getting a nag about upgrading,
so I bit the bullet, and went ahead.
I just successfully installed Firefox 4 on two computers without drama. A core i7 64 bit Windows 7 Pro machine, and a
little XP N270 netbook. Initially I thought, not a lot of difference with this new browser.
First big difference noticeable for me, was that he page tabs had jumped from the old V3 position, right to the top of
the screen. View> Toolbars> Tabs on top, setting unchecked fixed this, and made it look much the same as the old
version. I feel this is simply personal preference. Mozilla claim it is easier to see and fetch open Tabs from the very
top of the screen.
After a few hours use, I had forgotten what the old version looked like, but I knew I was still missing something very
important. Something that I had used daily in the past.
So I headed off to Mozilla, and checked out the old screen shots:
http://www.oldapps.com/firefox.php?images=194, and found what it was.
Firefox 4 History drop down window next to Forward-Back arrows is gone:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/792269
Quite a thread building there. I think Mr Mozilla better get in and fix this pretty quick.
However a temporary fix can be grabbed and installed in seconds.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/backforedrop/
Firefox 4 has a wealth of features that I am yet to explore. They claim super speed, and easy sync between devices.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/features/
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/mobile/sync/
Story at:
http://www.godzillaseamonkey.com/firefox-4-mini-review-and-fix/
Cheers Don...
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Don McKenzie
Dontronics Blog: http://www.GodzillaSeaMonkey.com
Dontronics Site Map: http://www.dontronics.com/sitemap
E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.dontronics.com/email
Web Camera Page: http://www.dontronics.com/webcam
No More Damn Spam: http://www.dontronics.com/spam
These products will reduce in price by 5% every month:
http://www.dontronics-shop.com/minus-5-every-month.html
http://www.dontronics-shop.com/ics.html
Bare Proto PCB for PIC or AVR projects?
"I'd buy that for a Dollar!".