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#1 Mar 01 2007 at 3:36 AM Rating: Decent
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I finally broke down and decided to give Mozilla a shot. I have been using Opera.

I like the many extensions and add ons, but haven't grabbed too many yet, still browsing.

A big con... No mouse gestures, That is just lame. ;; But I'm sure I can find an add on for that...

I do see many good things about it though, and it seems to run rather smooth.

So, while I'm messing around with this browser, does anyone know of any good sites that have extensions/mods/skins/plug-ins etc. they could recommend to me? I would appreciate it.

Anyway, after cramming all the icons into the top bar, and hiding the Navigation and Bookmark toolbars, it seems a little more tidy... >.>

Also, I just noticed the spelling correction feature... Apparently "Toolbar" isn't a word. How strange... Oh well, good feature I guess.

I'm off now, to hopefully find a few extensions and skins. If anyone knows the name of a good mouse gesture extension tell me. :x
#2 Mar 01 2007 at 3:58 AM Rating: Decent
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Personally, I prefer IE to Firefox. Now I don't want anyone telling me how much better FF is, I don't care, I like IE.
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#3 Mar 01 2007 at 5:49 AM Rating: Decent
all-in-one gesture

is the extension i use for mouse gestures. the safe extension list is in your book mark section under... Firefox and Mozilla links.

enjoy.
#4 Mar 01 2007 at 8:22 AM Rating: Excellent
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What are these gestures you speak of?
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#5 Mar 01 2007 at 9:20 AM Rating: Excellent
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Debalic wrote:
What are these gestures you speak of?


In Opera, there are "gestures" you can do with your mouse in order to do basic web navigation stuff. For instance:


Go to previous page	Flip back: hold right button, click left button 
                        Hold right button, move mouse left 
 
Go to next page	        Flip forward: hold left button, click right button 
                        Hold right button, move mouse right 
 
Go to parent directory	Hold right button, move up then left 
 
Fast Forward	        Hold right button, move right then up 
                        Hold right button and Shift, move right 
 
Rewind              	Hold right button, move left then down 
                        Hold right button and Shift, move left 
 
Go to home page	        Double-click on blank page 
 
Reload page	        Hold right button, move up then down 
 
Stop loading	        Hold right button, move up


Edited, Mar 1st 2007 12:21pm by DodoBird
#6 Mar 01 2007 at 9:33 AM Rating: Excellent
Debalic wrote:
What are these gestures you speak of?


Not sure if you were referring to Opera or Firefox so here is a link to the Mozilla add on. Link


Takes a couple minutes to get used to but I can not imagine surfing the web without it.
#7 Mar 01 2007 at 11:08 AM Rating: Excellent
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Personally, I prefer IE to Firefox. Now I don't want anyone telling me how much better FF is, I don't care, I like IE.


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#8 Mar 01 2007 at 6:44 PM Rating: Good
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I appreciate the links and replies. I was able to find a gesture add on just like Opera's pretty easily.

And I did notice the default bookmarks, they just seemed a bit tedious to sift through, not sorted too well either. Also the themes section was next to dead. And I really gotta ditch this IE lookalike theme.

I just googled the site for the couple add ons I wanted, but the themes just suck.

However, I am definitely keeping this browser... I found this extension called ad block plus, and it kills banner ads! I am eternally grateful for this. I was so very sick of seeing those idiotic banners like "PUNCH BUSH IN THE EYE WIN A PS7" and "U WON 4 LOTTOS OMG CLICK HERE!". So anyway, yeah, I'm happy, the internet is cool again. :)

Lastly, whoever rated the thread down is missing out on some cool stuff, as well as the point of the thread. So enjoy paying for ringtones and buying downloads, ya' goon.

#9 Mar 04 2007 at 10:19 PM Rating: Decent
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This is amusing I just posted a thread in the OOt on how I was leaving FF to go to Opera.
#10 Mar 04 2007 at 11:18 PM Rating: Good
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I like Opera, really.

But welcome to Firefox! :D

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#11 Mar 05 2007 at 8:11 AM Rating: Decent
If you like Adblock then you will also like Noscript which gives you total control of scripts being run in your browser.

http://noscript.net/

edited for spelling..

Edited, Mar 5th 2007 11:13am by tsayid
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