OT Firefox, gotta love it

[John Doe]

Being able to restore a tab that you just closed by mistake...

Or maybe there is a better feature. Or maybe you like some other
browser better. Okey-dokey.

 

[Franc Zabkar]

Being able to restore a tab that you just closed by mistake...

Opera can do that and much more.

For example, if my older version of Opera is having trouble rendering
a particular site, I can r-click the page and relaunch it in another
browser, eg Firefox.

One feature that I really love is being able to r-click a URL and open
Google's cached text-only version of it. This is particularly useful
when I know that the target web site will be full of banners, ads,
flash, and other annoyances. I can also choose to open the actual URL
in an alternative minimalist browser such as OffByOne which does not
support Javascript or Java. Of course, to do the above, I've had to
add my own customised extensions to Opera's context menus.

One other feature that I use extensively is Opera's customised
searches. I have created about 50 in all. These allow me to look for a
PDF manual, search for datasheets, search for Google images of a
certain type and minimum size, search for a spare part at various
suppliers, etc.

For example, the following search is initiated with a single click:
http://www.google.com/search?q="au-...+"manual"+OR+"guide"+OR+"instructions"&num=25

- Franc Zabkar

 

[Man-wai Chang]

Being able to restore a tab that you just closed by mistake...

Or maybe there is a better feature. Or maybe you like some other
browser better. Okey-dokey.

Is it called "session control"?

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[John Doe]

John Doe <jdoe usenetlove.invalid> wrote:

Opera... One feature that I really love is being able to r-click
a URL and open Google's cached text-only version of it. This is
particularly useful when I know that the target web site will be
full of banners, ads, flash, and other annoyances.

Thanks to Adblock, there are hardly any such annoyances in
Firefox. Without having to know anything about the target
website.


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[Flasherly]

Thanks to Adblock, there are hardly any such annoyances in
Firefox. Without having to know anything about the target
website.

Filters will vary in multiple levels of firewalls, routers, logistics
for blocking possibly whole countries. Problem with unique FF
extensions is pairing them to version that don't puke, devolving
regressively into FF's Achilles Heel, memory leaks. ExtEMM is one
that helps - restarts the tab sessions more or less successfully
according to browser shutdown preferences - periodically stuffing the
pig hole in FF's runaway memory issues. Big Brother's bother setting
it up with 15 or 20 extensions for customization levels, Opera won't
come near. Problem is, with these newer sites, the big ones, nothing
readily can be accomplished with FF. So, its back to Opera to order a
bag of peanuts from Wallyworld. Even with Opera, there's apt to be
issues. For one, mass obscenity. Tried Yahoo lately with an updated
IE ... a regular 3-ring circus for intrusive hacker scripts, to wider
levels of accepted competence for advertisers to practice a sort of
reverse engineered porn for kids.

 

[Same Guy]

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:43:13 +1100: written by Franc Zabkar

One feature that I really love is being able to r-click a URL and open
Google's cached text-only version of it. This is particularly useful
when I know that the target web site will be full of banners, ads,
flash, and other annoyances. I can also choose to open the actual URL
in an alternative minimalist browser such as OffByOne

I use AdBlockPlus as well, but this is good info to know regardless.
Thanks for posting.

 

[John Doe]

Filters will vary in multiple levels of firewalls, routers,
logistics for blocking possibly whole countries. Problem with
unique FF extensions is pairing them to version that don't puke,
devolving regressively into FF's Achilles Heel, memory leaks.
ExtEMM is one that helps - restarts the tab sessions more or
less successfully according to browser shutdown preferences -
periodically stuffing the pig hole in FF's runaway memory
issues.

I have not noticed any disruptive Firefox behavior lately.
Currently using version 10.0.2. Haven't been pushing my computer
much with gaming or other stuff, but have pushed the browser.

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[Flasherly]

I have not noticed any disruptive Firefox behavior lately.
Currently using version 10.0.2. Haven't been pushing my computer
much with gaming or other stuff, but have pushed the browser.

It's not as popular as it once was. Mine's really old compared to
yours, but I've extension additions that later FF versions rejected,
so I in return rejected FF and use Opera for its simplicity (one
install, copy the *small & simple* C\etc.\opera config dir and that's
it - wipe the hd whatever and with that dir backed up Opera may as
well be standalone). Not that I don't use FF exclusively for 99%
browsing and normal sites -- only not Walmart, Sears, HomeDepot, Ford
Motors, someplace like that. Forget it. Takes Opera and then if
lucky might get something done. If I "push" a browser, hard, I
restore the operating system -- some sites play mean hardball. Cross
my fingers, I guess - could be on borrowed time with my version of FF.

 

[Astropher]

Being able to restore a tab that you just closed by mistake...

Or maybe there is a better feature. Or maybe you like some other
browser better. Okey-dokey.

If only it was able to manage memory properly it would be an excellent
browser. Firefox is still plagued with memory leaks in its
Javascript/DOM machinery. I have seen long running enterprise web
applications running in FF which have eaten up a couple of GB of
memory. The same web app running for the same length of time in Chrome
or Safari used only a couple of hundred MB and the amount of growth
stabilized. With FF the amount of memory used increased forever.

The Firefox debugger (Firebug) is truly excellent however.

 

[Franc Zabkar]

Thanks to Adblock, there are hardly any such annoyances in
Firefox. Without having to know anything about the target
website.

In Opera you can specify undesirable URLs in Blocked Content. However,
you have to keep updating this list. I haven't tried, but it may be
possible to import a Firefox Adblock list.

I also have a Flash blocker.

- Franc Zabkar

 

[Davej]

Being able to restore a tab that you just closed by mistake...

I like it and use it but for me the last few months have been very
annoying due to the large number of released versions that did not
seem to be stable. I like the large number of plug-ins that have been
created for it.

 

[John Doe]

I have not noticed any disruptive Firefox behavior lately.

That is, with the exception of flash player, but it has messed up
in Internet Explorer too.