Firefox: Tabbed browsing options added to branch

[IceDogg]

Thanks semifamous, I know.. but I was hoping that these new tab Browsing options would do it without extensions.. my extensions list is getting gigantic.

[supernova_00]

Staind: Tinderbox creates new build every 2 or so hours and the patches were checked in about 4 hours ago...I download a new build after the official release for the day and I have the options along with the other people in this thread.

IceDogg: Remove any of those tabbed extensions so that they dont mess up anything and then use the same options as I have selected above.

You do not need the Single Window extension anymore as long as you have both of the options that refer to using a single tab/reuse window selected.

Edited September 30, 2004 by supernova_00

[IceDogg]

I do, and I did remove TBE and all others of the like. Here is SS:

Last updated: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:53:07 GMT

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040930 Firefox/0.10

*** Extensions (enabled: 14, disabled: 0):

BBCode 0.3.5.1

DOM Inspector 1.0

Copy Plain Text 0.1

Adblock 0.5.2.039

All-in-One Gestures 0.12.4

User Agent Switcher 0.6

OpenBook 1.0

SecurePassword Generator 0.5

SpellBound 0.6.0

InfoLister 0.7

BBCodeXtra 0.2

Sound Extnsion 1.0

Zoomy 1.1

Download Manager Tweak 0.5.2

*** Themes (11):

Lure 0.5.1

Firefox (default) 2.0

Archaic 0.2.1

Noia 2.0 (eXtreme) 2.77

Qute 2.1.3

Nautipolis for Firefox 0.10

Mostly Crystal 1.0

Plastikfox Crystal SVG 1.5

Winstripe + Noia 1.2

Phoenity 1.3 (now using)

Silver Skin 2.5

*** Plugins (9):

Mozilla Default Plug-in

RealJukebox NS Plugin

RealPlayer G2 LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In (32-bit)

RealPlayer Version Plugin

QuickTime Plug-in 6.5.1

Adobe Acrobat

Shockwave Flash

Microsoft? DRM

Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library

any ideas?

[supernova_00]

maybe restart firefox? You might have to create a new profile because TBE might have messed up some settings.

check about:config setting, here are what mine look like.

[D0401]

alright... i was able to elimate the single window extension thanks to the new tab features in firefox

[eevoo]

Finally! Thanks for the heads up. Going to grab this now.

[IceDogg]

still not working for me :( tried all that and still not working.. did new profile and everything.. dang it.. guess it was over due.. everyone been having some problem here or there and I've been lucky. I did install over the top.. maybe I uninstall and redo that now.

[ootput]

still not working for me :( tried all that and still not working.. did new profile and everything.. dang it.. guess it was over due.. everyone been having some problem here or there and I've been lucky. I did install over the top.. maybe I uninstall and redo that now.

Yeah, I had to uninstall (I kept my profile, though) for a smoother transition.

[supernova_00]

IceDogg do you have a user.js file in your profile? if so you might have something in there that is overriding the settings.

[The Jorge]

This must sound like a retarded question but how does one exactly back up their user profile? Do I just copy the profile folder located in C:\Documents and Settings\<<Username>>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles?

Thanks for any help in advance.

[supernova_00]

^^ NO! This small zip can do it for you http://backup.jasnapaka.com/ or someone can list the files for you...maybe they are listed in the read me though

[Redestium]

^^ NO! This small zip can do it for you http://backup.jasnapaka.com/ or someone can list the files for you...maybe they are listed in the read me though

Yeah, that thing is great. :)

[IceDogg]

Ok I did put bak. in front of all that and still no good. here is a copy of these files. user.js and prefs.js

but like I said I but bak. in front to disable them and still no good. I did have an error when instaling here is a picture of that

I had to close it down but it ran fine..just these options are not working.

[The Jorge]

Was I suppose to import the backup I made? I uninstalled Firefox after making the backup and reinstalled this new copy and my settings are all intact. That program suppose to work that way? :blink:

Anyway. This is awesome. I can finally preview layouts from Dreamweaver in one Firefox tab! TBP was allowing me to see them in the same window, but it created a new tab everytime I would preview a layout.

Is this going to be in the Final release of Firefox? Can't wait...

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

can you always hide the tabbar and use the ctrl+tab feature to switch from tab?

[supernova_00]

kgraphik: you did the right thing. usually you dont have to start a new profile but its highly reccomended that you uninstall firefox and then install the new version (doesnt touch the profile like that) And yes it will be in 1.0.

finalcut: try setting this to true 'browser.tabs.forceHide'

IceDogg: just ignore that error. This is really hard to explain, well kinda...the server for QFA was/is down when that build was built so the QFA wasnt included and the installer doesn't notice that so it thinks its an error. Also try these settings in the screenshot below.

EDIT: Just looked throught your user.js all is good there but your user.js :blink: could be a number of things in there...those preferences override any option set in the program itsself. I'm gonna suggest you do a complete clean install of firefox and of your profile...of course you can backup your bookmarks, passwords and the other import things...but do not put that pref.js back in there!

Edited October 1, 2004 by supernova_00

[IceDogg]

Ok I tried it and still no go. I'll just live with it. This is the problem I have been trying to fix from day one with Fx I used TBE for a while, but it messes up so many other things. Thanks for trying to help me. Outside of reformat (which is not worth it) I don't know what else to try. I totally removed all FX stuff and started over and it still doesn't work for me.

[supernova_00]

ok, uninstall firefox, delete your whole profile (keep your bookmarks), run regedit. Search for and delete anything that contains "Mozilla" "Phoenix" "Firebird" and "Firefox" Do a custom install of Firefox, uncheck the QFA, finish install, Change the options as you wish...DO no use that pref.js file, the user.js file is ok though! everything should work perfectly!

btw just to make sure what your trying to do can actually be done. Please explain again what you are trying to do and post links if possible...I just want to make sure I am totally understanding you correctly

EDIT: Please tell me your OS is Windows?

Edited October 1, 2004 by supernova_00

[ehanson]

I am glad that these features are finally in the branch, but the program still cannot trap window.open popups into a new tab. Is this planned for the future?

[arrrgh]

IceDogg, if you are talking about links in gmail emails, they open in new windows because they are javascript links. These patches won't have any effect on them, there's a patch in the same bug that forces also javascript links into new tabs but I'm not sure if it will be checked in. It probably won't make it.

[IceDogg]

Thanks Elendil, that's exactly what I was talking about.. glad I'm not losing my mind here. And thanks for trying to help supernova_00 it wasn't your fault. :)

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

wierd because bookmark are not loaded in a new tab like I choose in options

so I can't ctrl+tab to switch between them

[supernova_00]

:argh: :argh: :argh: i thought you was talking about links when searching via www.google.com :pinch:

[IceDogg]

LOL NP I didn't explain it well.

[Daybreak]

Great stuff, can't wait for the 10-01 build to be released.

On a side note, AiO Gestures is now at 0.12.5. Those still using 0.12.4 might want to upgrade :)