Firefox 2 Alpha 2 available

[iago]

I don't know if Alt-D doesn't work in Linux (I think it does), but it's A&ddress in Windows, so the accelerator key for it is Alt-D. 

If you're talking about IE, that doesn't run on Linux anyways. 

If you're talking about FireFox, alt-E brings up the "&Edit" menu.

[Super_X]

On Mozilla 1.7 Alt+D is the address bar.  So, it's true on linux for my standards.

[MyndFyre]

If you're talking about IE, that doesn't run on Linux anyways. 

If you're talking about FireFox, alt-E brings up the "&Edit" menu.

Alt+D works for FireFox and IE both for the Address bar.  Alt+E brings up the Edit menu for both.  But on Wikipedia, for instance, they have the "S&earch" box so Alt+E doesn't work there, and they have "&Delete" accelerated too, for Alt+D.

[iago]

If you're talking about IE, that doesn't run on Linux anyways. 

If you're talking about FireFox, alt-E brings up the "&Edit" menu.

Alt+D works for FireFox and IE both for the Address bar.  Alt+E brings up the Edit menu for both.  But on Wikipedia, for instance, they have the "S&earch" box so Alt+E doesn't work there, and they have "&Delete" accelerated too, for Alt+D.

Ah, Alt+D works fine here.  Blame that on some form of dimentia on my part. 

[iago]

Another thing that is bothering me about this version: they got rid of the backspace shortcut to go "back". 

I wish they would allow all user-defined shortcuts for everything, from back/forward/submitting the current form/etc.  That would be my ideal solution to all of this. 

[rabbit]

GOOD!! I fucking hate backspace being back.  Firefox (Windows and Slack) and IE both randomly go back a page when I hit backspace when typing in a message in a textbox or textarea somewhere.  It pisses me the hell off.

[Newby]

I wish they would allow all user-defined shortcuts for everything, from back/forward/submitting the current form/etc.  That would be my ideal solution to all of this. 

Opera.

[nslay]

I wish they would allow all user-defined shortcuts for everything, from back/forward/submitting the current form/etc.  That would be my ideal solution to all of this. 

Opera.

Yeah, Opera has some pretty nice features.
Among those:
- A built in Bit Torrent client (acts like any other download)
- A 'site preferences' feature allowing you to disable specific plugins, change java script rules, change pop-up rules, change cookie rules and so forth for specific websites.
- A block content feature ... although Firefox has an AdBlock extension
- Widgets
- Thumbnail preview for tabs (so you can just hover on a tab to see what it is)

You can see all of Opera's features here: http://www.opera.com/products/desktop/

Things Opera doesn't have:
- SOCKS support ... shame on them 

It does have other types of proxy support...just not SOCKS.

[rabbit]

I prefer adblock to Opera's "Block Content"...

[iago]

Yeah, Opera has some pretty nice features.
Among those:
- A built in Bit Torrent client (acts like any other download)
- A 'site preferences' feature allowing you to disable specific plugins, change java script rules, change pop-up rules, change cookie rules and so forth for specific websites.
- A block content feature ... although Firefox has an AdBlock extension
- Widgets
- Thumbnail preview for tabs (so you can just hover on a tab to see what it is)

Sorry, but I have to put down Opera, even though I do occasionally use it

Bit Torrent -- I don't like my browser having stuff like that.  I can see it being useful for certain downloads, I suppose, but I'd rather have BitTorrent run as its own program.
Site Preferences -- Neat, but probably not terribly useful
Block Content -- AdBlock owns it
Widgets -- I don't know what those are, so they probably suck
Thumbnail preview sounds like a lot of overhead, and I don't think many people have dozens of tabs open at once, likely..

I still like my FireFox