New Microsoft Patch Blocks Firefox Downloads

Scrappleface ^ | 12/19/04 | Scott Ott

[MineralMan]

Satire should not be posted in News topics. It gets takens seriously far too often on Free Republic. There is a Humor topic. That's the appropriate place for satirical posts.

[goldstategop]

I tell you... liberals will not find you funny. They take ridicule as a sign conservatives are as uptight as they're pictured to be. Of course the Left never takes the time to reflect they're the ones missing a sense of humor. That's why we can appreciate the irony on here.

[Sgt_Schultze]

Try CTRL-T. It opens a new BLANK tab for immediate use.

[clyde asbury]

If it must be spelled out for you, here it is:

You can:
1) whine
2) add your own topic(s) and keyword(s)

[Big Giant Head]

Or, double click the Tab bar. Same new blank tab.

[clyde asbury]

CTRL-N which opens a new window identical to the current one

I don't know if FF can do that.
But, if your mouse has a middle button or roller, clicking on the tab bar opens a new, blank tab.

[clyde asbury]

I meant to say double-clicking, left button.

Clicking on an open tab with the middle button closes the tab.

[Condor51]

Try looking here: Tips & Tricks

The odd thing is according to HELP (F1) Ctrl+N is supposeed to work the same way?!?

I found this to:
Reveal More Tab/Window Options

There are some hidden options for the Tabbed Browsing that will allow you to force links that open new windows to open in the current or a new tab. First, add the following code to your user.js file:

// Reveal more tab/window options: user_pref("browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs", true);

Restart Firefox and go to Tools > Options... (Edit > Preferences... under Linux and Mac OS X), select Advanced and click on Tabbed Browsing. The following options should be visible:
Force links that open new windows to open in: the same tab/window as the link a new tab The options should be self-explanatory.

[SouthTexas]

Guess I got the early "trial version" last week. Crashed everything.

[Monti Cello]

Thanks for the tips. Merry Christmas and Happy Freeping!

[RedWhiteBlue]

Try this. I am now replying to your response #19. At the bottom of this reply, the last line looks like this:

[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies | Report Abuse ]

Right click below on To 19, then choose "open link in new tab." The new tab will open with your reply #19 at the top. #19 may not be the response you wanted to find, but at least you've got new tab open to the same page.

[Condor51]

I was going to suggest that too - because that's what I do :-).

But I thought he was looking for key board shortcut keys.

In any case I'm finding out new stuff about Firefox almost daily. I've now had it about three months or so.

The options and goodies seem endless. But there is ONE THING lacking and I've written to Mozilla support about it... an extension like IE spellcheck. IE spellcheck is much more powerful than the spell check we have here below. Many times I wind up tabbing over to Dictionary.com to find-verify a somewhat obscure word's spelling.

[Condor51]

Hey you're welcome.

And a Merry Christmas to you too :-)

[RedWhiteBlue]

Many times I wind up tabbing over to Dictionary.com ..

I really love the firefox extensions that allow you to highlight a word and search Dictionary.com, IMDB.com, and Amazon.com. So handy!

[xusafflyer]

Using Firefox and Thunderbird now. Both are great programs.

[Ben Chad]

One feature it doesn't have that IE does is the CTRL-N which opens a new window identical to the current one with all typed text included. This is a handy feature for a Freeping when you want to jump back to re-check article text, or to grab a quote from a troll who needs a smack upside the head. Instead Firefox opens a new window to the designated home page.

Here's an extension I have loaded that provides the New-Window (Ctrl-N) behavior of IE. I can't vouch for trustworthiness, but it hasn't crashed my machine and has generally positive feedback at the download website.

[clyde asbury]

Satire should not be posted in News topics. It gets takens (sic) seriously far too often on Free Republic. There is a Humor topic. That's the appropriate place for satirical posts.

(sarcasm tag on)
Scrappleface is a news site. If it is ever demonstrated otherwise, I'd like to be the one to break that story.
(sarcasm tag off)

[Founding Father]

Thunderbird is a great screwtop, aged in transit, wine.

What's the word...
Thunderbird,

What's the price...
Twenty twice.

[Jackknife]

bump

[FreedomPoster]

>>I've been wondering: How do you know whether a given firefox extension is trustworthy from the standpoint of malware, spyware, or whatever?

I'm under the (perhaps mistaken?) impression that anything at the mozilla site is pretty safe.