Comments on: Firefox.next Alpha 4 is both: performance and looks

By: pjdkrunkt

pjdkrunkt — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:30:23 +0000

Tabs on top will only be optional in the next version. It is very very easy to change the position by right-clicking on the toolbar and selecting it.

By: pjdkrunkt

pjdkrunkt — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:27:43 +0000

The pre-release versions of Firefox are NOT recommended for everyday use. And this version especially because there are so many changes in the UI that extensions and themes should not be expected to work.

By: David Naylor

David Naylor — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:04:57 +0000

Thanks for the article Percy, great to read about the progress being made. I hadn’t really registered these alphas mentally, since they were so anonymously labeled.

By: Té

Té — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:25:52 +0000

I wish matching pages in current tabs were listed at the top, so it could be used as an easy way to search among tabs, but it’s not the case right now.

Add a percentage sign (%) to the start of your query, followed by a space.

You could also change browser.urlbar.restrict.openpage in about:config to whatever you desire.

By: Reimer

Reimer — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:05:00 +0000

and that’s a reason why Chromes extensions aren’t as good as Firefoxs. Look at Jetpack. It’s the same thing. No-restart extensions but the extensions are much more limited in capability.

There’s a reason why you still haven’t seen a Downthemall or Adblock Plus equivalent for Chrome yet.

By: gxg

gxg — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:21:54 +0000

“Due to a lot of optimization, exiting Firefox is now lightning fast (97% faster), so you won’t have to think twice to perform restart Firefox for an update or a new extension.”
Funny! With Chrome you don’t have to restart anything to install extensions :)
Crazy, huh?
P.S. This phrase doesn’t appear on your blog anymore, did you delete it?

By: Ferdinand

Ferdinand — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:13:56 +0000

[q]Why put the most frequently accessed part of the UI the furthest away?[/q]
If the tabs go really on top of the screen and not below the titlebar it would become the closest UI.
[q]if you really like your Firefox watered down and hide the menu bar[/q]
in firefox you only need the menu 3 times per day at most.
[q]that the bookmarks toolbar will be hidden soon too[/q]
you could always disable it. It is just that it will be default in the future.

You should try starting bookmarks from the awesomebar. You can just type n and you get the newyork times if that is your favorite.
You could also make a bookmark page in netvibes.com or iGoogle so you can place hundreds of favorites on 1 page that don’t use screen space.

By: Ruslan_Y

Ruslan_Y — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:06:20 +0000

After installing 3.7pre all the extension’s buttons from default toolbar have been disappeared. And I cannot bring it back because they are not in “customize” list (it’s only firefox’s default buttons).

P.S. I’ve used existing profile from 3.6. So this may be the reason of this bug. If I have a time I’ll try to check with the clean profile.

By: Ken Saunders

Ken Saunders — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:55:06 +0000

Nice write up. Thanks.

I hate tabs on top. Why put the most frequently accessed part of the UI the furthest away? Although, bookmarks are the most accessed aren’t they? In any event, unless you browse with the keyboard alone, tabs on top is just dumb.

Well, if you really like your Firefox watered down and hide the menu bar also, and will like that the bookmarks toolbar will be hidden soon too, then I guess tabs on top works.

Firefox is my control center for the Internet. I don’t want to have to click on menu to submenus to get to things like bookmarks. That’s some of what I can’t stand about Chrome.

As long as I’ll always be able to customize and hack Firefox to my needs and liking, I’ll be happy.