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== Minimize to tray == | == Minimize to tray == | ||
I know there is an extension that does exactly this, but the extension often doesn't get updated if a new Firefox version comes out and so has to be disabled due to incompatibility (as is the case currently with Fx 1.5). Of course it should be optionally, so users can still minimize to taskbar. | I know there is an extension that does exactly this, but the extension often doesn't get updated if a new Firefox version comes out and so has to be disabled due to incompatibility (as is the case currently with Fx 1.5). Of course it should be optionally, so users can still minimize to taskbar. | ||
* Is this really relevant for a browser? For Thunderbird OTOH, I use such functionality myself. Though not sure, whether that's not something to be rather handled at OS level (since not even all OSes sport a tray). ~ [[User:Zeniko|Zeniko]] 15:17, 8 Feb 2006 (PST) | |||
== Flash blocker == | == Flash blocker == | ||
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== Autocomplete URL == | == Autocomplete URL == | ||
This is one of the very few (or the only?) thing I missed when leaving IE for Fx. While typing in an URL or anything in a textbox Fx should instantly try to complete the string like this: | This is one of the very few (or the only?) thing I missed when leaving IE for Fx. While typing in an URL or anything in a textbox Fx should instantly try to complete the string like this: | ||
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/597/ieautocomplete5wg.png | http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/597/ieautocomplete5wg.png | ||
I only typed "www.mozi" and the rest got added automatically and changes constantly while typing. Best see for yourself if you can get a copy of IE. | I only typed "www.mozi" and the rest got added automatically and changes constantly while typing. Best see for yourself if you can get a copy of IE. | ||
* Have you tried setting the boolean pref [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Inline_autocomplete browser.urlbar.autoFill] to true? ~ [[User:Zeniko|Zeniko]] 15:17, 8 Feb 2006 (PST) | |||
== Profile manager == | == Profile manager == | ||
For unexperienced users (as others maybe too) finding the profile manager is difficult to impossible as it can only be invoked by passing the 'profilemanager' argument to firefox. I think many windows user don't know how to run a programm other than by clicking on the icon and even passing an argument is maybe too much. So why not add a menu entry that opens the profile manager? | For unexperienced users (as others maybe too) finding the profile manager is difficult to impossible as it can only be invoked by passing the 'profilemanager' argument to firefox. I think many windows user don't know how to run a programm other than by clicking on the icon and even passing an argument is maybe too much. So why not add a menu entry that opens the profile manager? | ||
* As I understand it, the Profile manager is not targeted at "unexperienced users" but mainly at developers/testers (see [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302087#c3 bz302087]). Normal users should use the OS's profile facilities instead. ~ [[User:Zeniko|Zeniko]] 15:17, 8 Feb 2006 (PST) | |||
Revision as of 23:17, 8 February 2006
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Show & Hide bars
Almost all pop-ups do hide the bars (menu, status, etc). Most of the time this is wanted by the user, so disabling this feature completely in the Javascripts-Settings menu isn't advisable. But sometimes having the menu available in a pop-up is necessary. So integrating a "view bars" command in the right-click menu would be handy.
Minimize to tray
I know there is an extension that does exactly this, but the extension often doesn't get updated if a new Firefox version comes out and so has to be disabled due to incompatibility (as is the case currently with Fx 1.5). Of course it should be optionally, so users can still minimize to taskbar.
- Is this really relevant for a browser? For Thunderbird OTOH, I use such functionality myself. Though not sure, whether that's not something to be rather handled at OS level (since not even all OSes sport a tray). ~ Zeniko 15:17, 8 Feb 2006 (PST)
Flash blocker
I don't think this should be integrated into Fx as the Adblock extension is a powerful extension that besides other things allows flash blocking. You can either create a filter to automatically block specific (flash-)content or disable any flash by hotkeys (strg+shift+f).
Autocomplete URL
This is one of the very few (or the only?) thing I missed when leaving IE for Fx. While typing in an URL or anything in a textbox Fx should instantly try to complete the string like this:
I only typed "www.mozi" and the rest got added automatically and changes constantly while typing. Best see for yourself if you can get a copy of IE.
- Have you tried setting the boolean pref browser.urlbar.autoFill to true? ~ Zeniko 15:17, 8 Feb 2006 (PST)
Profile manager
For unexperienced users (as others maybe too) finding the profile manager is difficult to impossible as it can only be invoked by passing the 'profilemanager' argument to firefox. I think many windows user don't know how to run a programm other than by clicking on the icon and even passing an argument is maybe too much. So why not add a menu entry that opens the profile manager?