no problems at all. bookmarks remain as i left them.
it's faster by a LOT, and the memory leak seems gone (probably, that's a "mostly").
i don't like the default theme much. it's like they tried for a mac-like look, but missed on those little subtleties that define close attention to a balanced look. the GrApple Yummy (graphite) theme solved those woes. Arkos' themes are beautiful and stable.
i'm not so sure about the new and improved url bar and the "smart" typing. i'll give it a bit and see; i'm told it takes a bit of time to learn what you do, but is very useful once that is done.
if you want to disable that:
1. Enter about:config in the location bar. 2. Enter urlbar in the filter bar. 3. Change browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped to True. 4. Change browser.urlbar.matchRichResults to 0.
Bookmarks fix: here It happens if you have used a prerelease version of firefox 3 in the past as it uses bookmarks/password etc data that was converted to firefox 3 format when you tried it previously.
Okay i am trying out V3. How do i get all my bookmark bar to be visible, as i have in Camino? At present ones that don't fit have to be accessed with the fly-out... which is LAME..
Yeah, i have more than 9 folders, and a whole lot of single site links (unrelated) that i need to access regularly. Is there an addon that enables the bookmark bar to accomadate more info?
Heehee, I installed it, and copied my FF2 profile over (some hacks...) All the extensions I use (and that's a heavy list) seem to be working, thanks to Nightly Tester Tools & MRTech Toolkit - forced version compatibility... The only downside being the theme I'm using, NASA Normal, needing some under-the-hood -work (it's great to be in contact with the dev of it - he has officially dropped it's support, but tried it on FF3 - a year after stooping it's developement, and now, I'm waiting fror some pointers from him:) He might actually pick it up again, for it needs only some minor work.) FF3 is speedy on my measly mac, even with the shitload of extensions I have...
i'm still not clear what meska needs from the bookmarks management.
more info? do you tag your bookmarks in Camino?
and.. does Safari have a robust ad-blocker addon? the only Ff extension i am really dependent on is Ad-block.
the scrolling thing is a really big deal for me. i read superfast, and have relied on my ability to scan as i speed-scroll through text. i've gotten a headache every time i tried to power-surf the last couple of days.
i've never seen anything like that, meska, outside of an over-stuffed Word toolbar. that's impressive.
Ff bookmark toolbar can have as many folders as you like, subfolders, even. every one of mysubfolders has at least a couple hundred bookmarks in it. the bookmarks in the toolbar are just the frequent flyers. there's more available through the file menu.
while i haven't [ever really] noticed a huge jump in speed from one to the next, i have had no bookmark or scrolling issues with ff3, seems to be just fine. and the less faux-shiny gray theme is ok too.
There is absolutely no excuse for this. These tabs have been in Firefox forever, yet they haven't been in the Mac OS since 10.2 Jaguar! Someone needs to give Firefox a GUI overhaul.
Beyond that, no keychain support (yet they built their own password manager) means this app is a ported Windows/Linux app, not a real Mac app. Their focus is not on the Mac platform, it's primarily on Windows - which is fine, as long as they can admit that.
Have you seen how the forms and buttons are pushed together (take a look at Google for an example)? Or, for that matter, how old-school Aqua they look? 10.2's Aqua look isn't old enough to look retro - they should give it a few more years.
They should just port extension support to Camino and be done with it. As it stands, Camino is a poor excuse for a Safari alternative, and Firefox is a big, clunky wolf in sheep's clothing.
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and if you are a web developer and are missing firebug for ff3, you can download a beta here: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/1843
edit: nevermind, a restart helped. Still not a fan though.
~goes to check
it's faster by a LOT, and the memory leak seems gone (probably, that's a "mostly").
i don't like the default theme much. it's like they tried for a mac-like look, but missed on those little subtleties that define close attention to a balanced look. the GrApple Yummy (graphite) theme solved those woes. Arkos' themes are beautiful and stable.
i'm not so sure about the new and improved url bar and the "smart" typing. i'll give it a bit and see; i'm told it takes a bit of time to learn what you do, but is very useful once that is done.
if you want to disable that:
1. Enter about:config in the location bar.
2. Enter urlbar in the filter bar.
3. Change browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped to True.
4. Change browser.urlbar.matchRichResults to 0.
and ffs, remember what you did!
have you tried scrolling a big block of text? totally unreadable, even when going really slow. gah
It happens if you have used a prerelease version of firefox 3 in the past as it uses bookmarks/password etc data that was converted to firefox 3 format when you tried it previously.
could you elaborate, meska? i gave up on Camino so long ago, i have no idea what you mean.
sidebar or bookmarks menu, is all i know about. (also think sidebar is lame; it takes up too much room)
what is this Safari that people speak of?
trouble is, those damn folders are stuffed and bulging at the seams. every bookmark is a precious jewel, though. *nod*
oh, and you can select/copy multiple text lines/blocks in ff3 by using the command key
middi.. you are bragging about your big screen, aren't you?
more info? do you tag your bookmarks in Camino?
and.. does Safari have a robust ad-blocker addon? the only Ff extension i am really dependent on is Ad-block.
the scrolling thing is a really big deal for me. i read superfast, and have relied on my ability to scan as i speed-scroll through text. i've gotten a headache every time i tried to power-surf the last couple of days.
Ff bookmark toolbar can have as many folders as you like, subfolders, even. every one of mysubfolders has at least a couple hundred bookmarks in it. the bookmarks in the toolbar are just the frequent flyers. there's more available through the file menu.
my toolbar:
http://takebacktheweb.org/
1. utilized the apple keychain for my username/passwords I can't ever remember
2. didn't screw up my bookmarks
3. synced with my iPod touch
i was using it all the time it became my default theme :)
used Grapple EOS for years, but it wasn't compatible with Ff 3 when i upgraded.
so.... you all have huge screens and don't have to scroll? no one else has the text-skitter problem?
dammit
i do have to scroll mick, dunno what i did but the scroll bars went and i like it
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Beyond that, no keychain support (yet they built their own password manager) means this app is a ported Windows/Linux app, not a real Mac app. Their focus is not on the Mac platform, it's primarily on Windows - which is fine, as long as they can admit that.
Have you seen how the forms and buttons are pushed together (take a look at Google for an example)? Or, for that matter, how old-school Aqua they look? 10.2's Aqua look isn't old enough to look retro - they should give it a few more years.
They should just port extension support to Camino and be done with it. As it stands, Camino is a poor excuse for a Safari alternative, and Firefox is a big, clunky wolf in sheep's clothing.