TSGL: Firefox annoyances--is there an answer?

[Cyndi]

Thanks Ian! 


Cyndi
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of Ian Ramsey-Planck
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 12:33 PM Cyndi
To: 'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'
Subject: Re: TSGL: Firefox annoyances--is there an answer?

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1122 - Use that add-on, it
should fix your tabs problem.

Firefox doesn't store favorites/bookmarks in a folder, there saved in a
single .html file called bookmarks.html C:\Documents and
Settings\yourusername\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\

At the end of Profiles\ there will be one more folder, you will find the
bookmarks file in there.
 
To my knowledge you can't get the tab bar at the bottom in Firefox.

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of Don Penlington
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 11:02 AM
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
Subject: TSGL: Firefox annoyances--is there an answer?

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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