Firefox 0.9.1 (New Release)

[Seven7]

http://update.mozilla.org/

This Is the main site for Firefox 0.9 and 0.9.1 along with some for Mozilla and Thunderbird. It was abit rushed up for Firefox 0.9 release at last and is a bit of a hassle for themers/extension authors to get there stuff listed and updated as alot of that is done in bugzilla.mozilla.org. They do plan on allowing authors to have abillity to upload and manage their stuff in future.

http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/ is my favorite site for Extensions. Not all are for recent Firefox version(s) though they may still work along with the use of "Show Old Extensions" extension, or they may break firefox instead.

Firefox Help at http://texturizer.net/firefox/ now links to update.mozilla.org for extensions and themes.

http://texturizer.net/firefox/keyboard.html
http://texturizer.net/firefox/mouse.html

For plugins like flash: http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/windows.html

[Happydude]

what are the extensions? like add-ons?

[Seven7]

Originally Posted by happydude666

what are the extensions? like add-ons?

Originally Posted by update.mozilla.org

What is an Extension?
Extensions are small add-ons that add new functionality to Firefox. They can add anything from a toolbar button to a completely new feature. They allow the browser to be customized to fit the personal needs of each user if they need addtional features, while keeping Firefox small to download.

Not everybody uses/wants this or that feature in Firefox and there is often debates of whether certain things should be in core code instead. A few did get put in like "Copy image" for win/mac and also smooth scroll over time. Single window tabbed browsing is a tricky thing to have working properly as to why there are extensions for this still at moment.

[Happydude]

is there anyway to have tabs working ONLY, for example: when i click on a link that opens a new page, it opens a new window, but i would like it to just open a tab, is that posible to do?

also, in IE there is an option called "Auto in-line complete" where you just type in like 'www.ga' and it would fill the rest in in blue 'www.gametavern.net', is it posible to do with firefox?

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by happydude666

also, in IE there is an option called "Auto in-line complete" where you just type in like 'www.ga' and it would fill the rest in in blue 'www.gametavern.net', is it posible to do with firefox?

Mine does that...o_0....I didnt install anything extra, it just does it i think.

[Null]

Originally Posted by happydude666

is there anyway to have tabs working ONLY, for example: when i click on a link that opens a new page, it opens a new window, but i would like it to just open a tab, is that posible to do?

also, in IE there is an option called "Auto in-line complete" where you just type in like 'www.ga' and it would fill the rest in in blue 'www.gametavern.net', is it posible to do with firefox?

yes. it used to be a extention called tabbed prefrences to do that. and i cant find it since 0.9 came out.


im unsure if its on that site seven pointed out and if it would work in .9.........or if the Extention 'Single Window' does it.

Most people want that option and yes it most certainly does exist, infact there was like 5 different extentions that did that for 0.8


give me an example of a link that does it so i can test if ya would.

[Seven7]

Originally Posted by Null

yes. it used to be a extention called tabbed prefrences to do that. and i cant find it since 0.9 came out.


im unsure if its on that site seven pointed out and if it would work in .9.........or if the Extention 'Single Window' does it.

Most people want that option and yes it most certainly does exist, infact there was like 5 different extentions that did that for 0.8


give me an example of a link that does it so i can test if ya would.

"Tabbrowser Preferences" extension author Chris Cook (author of luna theme for firefox) is unable to maintain it do to time, so TheOneKEA has taken over for now.

He has two variants being tested at moment at:
http://www.pryan.org/mozilla/site/TheOneKEA/tabprefs/

There is also the bloated and tricky to maitain TBE (tab browser extensions) but that is overkill really.

I myself have barely used TBP or TBE over the last year as I have a couple of userContent.css tricks to know if link is going to open in new window or not by curser change for example or such and I use middle click button primarly to open links in tabs rather then have use extensions to force windows in tabs.

[thatmariolover]

If I want to open a link in a new tab I just click the link with my mouse-wheel button (I realize not everybody has one, but if you do, it works).

[GameMaster]

So, on my PC I'm using version 0.8. Is there anything real significant in 0.9.1 that I should update for?