I've been using Firefox and Thunderbird (both Mozilla) for several months, but I still have and use IE and Outlook Express most of the time.
One reason that I hesitate on Firefox is that I can't cause the titles of the threads that I open in Free Republic to change color (to red, for example). I suspect I'm just missing a preference setting, but haven't found it.
This causes me to not be able to tell which threads I've already opened when I skip through FR.
Anyone have a solution to that one? If I can solve it, I'll probably preferentially use Firefox.
Try Tools:Options:General:Fonts&Colors. There's a Link Color section where you can control that. It should have worked right out the gate, though... I wonder if you have zeroed out your History so that Firefox doesn't keep track of where you've been?
Goto tools, options, general, fonts&colors, check color boxes for visited/unvisited links..
One reason that I hesitate on Firefox is that I can't cause the titles of the threads that I open in Free Republic to change color (to red, for example). I suspect I'm just missing a preference setting, but haven't found it.
This causes me to not be able to tell which threads I've already opened when I skip through FR.
Anyone have a solution to that one? If I can solve it, I'll probably preferentially use Firefox."
Are you red/blue colorblind by any chance? The reason I ask is that default links are blue, clicked on links are purple. My brother is red/blue colorblind. He can usually tell red from blue, but cant distinguish blue and purple.
Try this(I have 1.0 pre-release version):
1. Go to tools menu
2. Click Options
3. Go to general
4. Click on Fonts and Colors
5. Go to the links section and click on Visited Links
6. Select any color on the list you desire
7. Enjoy!