TSGL: Firefox annoyances--is there an answer?

Don Penlington deepend at tpg.com.au
Fri May 9 11:02:19 EDT 2008


I decided to give Firefox a go (at long last---more out of curiosity than 
need). I downloaded the latest version, and have tried Beta3 as well.

It looks nice, works well and efficiently, but I have 3 VERY major gripes, 
which I hope you kind Firefox fans can put me right on.

1. For the life of me, I can't get it to browse in tabs, except by right 
clicking each link and clicking "open in new window".  I've gone into 
options and ticked "New pages should be opened in new tab", but no joy.  I 
can't believe you have to use the right-click option every time. Have I 
missed something in the settings? It's no better in this respect than the 
old IE. I can't believe it. Maybe there's something wrong with my system.

2. I can't find where it stores its bookmarks. In Maxthon (IE) I just have 
a one-click key to open my bookmarks folder. I'd like to do the same with 
Firefox. Clicking "Bookmarks/Organize" is too cumbersome. The bookmark 
Organiser looks like a folder, but isn't. Nor can I find any easy way to 
import all my IE Favourites. (I expect there may be an add-on for this, but 
unless I can resolve these 3 points I won't persevere with it.)  Does 
Firefox have a Bookmarks folder somewhere?
The Links toolbar is fine, no problems there.

3. I want the tab bar at the foot of the page, where I'm used to it in 
Maxthon. There doesn't seem any way to move it there in Firefox. I find the 
default position very inconvenient.

Don Penlington
 From the Beach at Surfers Paradise in sunny Queensland.
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http://users.tpg.com.au/deepend/index1.html




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