OT Firefox

My favorite browser has been Maxthon for some time, but it recently
has been having problems with a few web sites that I needed to get to.
So I decided to try Firefox again, which I haven't tried in a while.

So far, I like what I see, but I have a few questions:

1. When I type a URL or click on a favorite, it opens the page in the
current tab, overriding the page that was already open. If I remember
to hold down the Ctrl key when I do that, it will open it in a new
tab, but I would like opening it in a new tab to be automatic. Is
there a way to make that happen, either within Firefox or using an
addon?

2. I would like to see the row of open tabs on the top, not on a
sidebar. Is there a way to change that?

3. There is a long list of addons. Any that are particularly
recommended?

On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 12:06:29 -0700, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

1. When I type a URL or click on a favorite, it opens the page in the
current tab, overriding the page that was already open. If I remember
to hold down the Ctrl key when I do that, it will open it in a new
tab, but I would like opening it in a new tab to be automatic. Is
there a way to make that happen, either within Firefox or using an
addon?

Not sure, but if you click on the link with the middle button of your
mouse, it should open in a new tab.

2. I would like to see the row of open tabs on the top, not on a
sidebar. Is there a way to change that?

By default, tabs show on top. I have no idea how you manage them to
appear in a sidebar. (?)

3. There is a long list of addons. Any that are particularly
recommended?

NoScript
Adblock Plus
Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus
Blur (formerly DoNotTrackMe)
HTTPS-Everywere
BetterPrivacy

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s|b

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
My favorite browser has been Maxthon for some time, but it recently
has been having problems with a few web sites that I needed to get to.
So I decided to try Firefox again, which I haven't tried in a while.

So far, I like what I see, but I have a few questions:

1. When I type a URL or click on a favorite, it opens the page in the
current tab, overriding the page that was already open. If I remember
to hold down the Ctrl key when I do that, it will open it in a new
tab, but I would like opening it in a new tab to be automatic. Is
there a way to make that happen, either within Firefox or using an
addon?

2. I would like to see the row of open tabs on the top, not on a
sidebar. Is there a way to change that?

3. There is a long list of addons. Any that are particularly
recommended?



You need to look at Options, Tabs; and View, Sidebar.

Ed

On 3/19/2015 3:06 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
1. When I type a URL or click on a favorite, it opens the page in the
current tab, overriding the page that was already open. If I remember
to hold down the Ctrl key when I do that, it will open it in a new
tab, but I would like opening it in a new tab to be automatic. Is
there a way to make that happen, either within Firefox or using an
addon?

In Tools, Options, Tabs
Make sure the option "Open new Window in a new tab instead"

I also have the two "Warn me ......" options clicked and "Don't load
tabs until selected"


2. I would like to see the row of open tabs on the top, not on a
sidebar. Is there a way to change that?

I believe if you have what is called tab groups open, if you hit cntrl
shift E, that will close the tab group and return the tab to the top of
the Firefox window where they should be.

I use the addon "Clasic Theme Restore"
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...themerestorer/

This allows me to put the Tabs where they should be on the bottom of the
header information and a couple of other things.

I also use "Hide Tab Bar With One Tab "
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...rc=userprofile

With this addon when you only have one tab open the tab disappears, but
comes back when you open the second tab.

Note: You can open a Tab by pressing the scroll wheel on the mouse. I
was very happy when I learned this.


3. There is a long list of addons. Any that are particularly
recommended?

The recommended list is completely dependent on your habits and
preferences. However these are some that I find very useful

Clippings.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...ppings/?src=ss

When I first downloaded this, I was using different signatures with
different emails. ie one for business letters and resumes, and the
other for private correspondence.

However since you can add several paragraphs to one clipping. it use is
limitless. I use it for parts of my address when filling in forms. I
use it for different forms of my address. ie me, my wife and I, etc.
For my email address, my wife email address, my telephone number,
................

To use a clipping you right click in an editable window select Clippings
and then the clipping you want.

Another nice thing about Clipping is it can be used in both Thunderbird
and Firefox, with the same Clippings. So you only need to add your
address once and it is available for use in Firefox and in Thunderbird.

The only other addon I could not do without is Quicknote. Like
Clippings the notes you create in Firefox are available in Thunderbird.
These are free form notes, so what ever you want to keep track of can
be added to the notes.

Clippings and Quicknote can be used in Firefox and Thunderbird. They
must be installed in each and then you must point one to the file
location of the others.

On 19-Mar-2015 15:06, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
My favorite browser has been Maxthon for some time, but it recently
has been having problems with a few web sites that I needed to get to.
So I decided to try Firefox again, which I haven't tried in a while.

So far, I like what I see, but I have a few questions:

1. When I type a URL or click on a favorite, it opens the page in the
current tab, overriding the page that was already open. If I remember
to hold down the Ctrl key when I do that, it will open it in a new
tab, but I would like opening it in a new tab to be automatic. Is
there a way to make that happen, either within Firefox or using an
addon?

2. I would like to see the row of open tabs on the top, not on a
sidebar. Is there a way to change that?

3. There is a long list of addons. Any that are particularly
recommended?


Go play in tools/options for awhile you will find a few answers to your
questions.

On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 20:22:48 +0000, Ed Cryer
wrote:

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
My favorite browser has been Maxthon for some time, but it recently
has been having problems with a few web sites that I needed to get to.
So I decided to try Firefox again, which I haven't tried in a while.

So far, I like what I see, but I have a few questions:

1. When I type a URL or click on a favorite, it opens the page in the
current tab, overriding the page that was already open. If I remember
to hold down the Ctrl key when I do that, it will open it in a new
tab, but I would like opening it in a new tab to be automatic. Is
there a way to make that happen, either within Firefox or using an
addon?

2. I would like to see the row of open tabs on the top, not on a
sidebar. Is there a way to change that?

3. There is a long list of addons. Any that are particularly
recommended?



You need to look at Options, Tabs; and View, Sidebar.


Thanks, but I've spent lots of time looking at these before I asked
here.

Options|Tabs has the following checked: Open new Windows in a new tab
instead, Warn me when opening multiple tabs might slow down Firefox,
Don't load tabs until selected, and When I open a link in a new tab,
switch to it immediately

and

View|Sidebar has nothing checked.

On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 16:35:55 -0400, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

On 3/19/2015 3:06 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
1. When I type a URL or click on a favorite, it opens the page in the
current tab, overriding the page that was already open. If I remember
to hold down the Ctrl key when I do that, it will open it in a new
tab, but I would like opening it in a new tab to be automatic. Is
there a way to make that happen, either within Firefox or using an
addon?

In Tools, Options, Tabs
Make sure the option "Open new Window in a new tab instead


It is.


I also have the two "Warn me ......" options clicked and "Don't load
tabs until selected"


2. I would like to see the row of open tabs on the top, not on a
sidebar. Is there a way to change that?

I believe if you have what is called tab groups open, if you hit cntrl
shift E, that will close the tab group and return the tab to the top of
the Firefox window where they should be.


The sidebar is there even I have only a single web page open.
Nevertheless, I tried what you suggested and I hit ctrl-shift-e. That
didn't help.


I use the addon "Clasic Theme Restore"
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...themerestorer/


At a friend's recommendation, I installed that yesterday.


This allows me to put the Tabs where they should be on the bottom of the
header information and a couple of other things.


How did you use it to do that? On its "Tabs" Screen, I've selected
"Tabs on top (default)," but they didn't move; the sidebar stayed
there.



I also use "Hide Tab Bar With One Tab "
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...rc=userprofile

With this addon when you only have one tab open the tab disappears, but
comes back when you open the second tab.


I'm not sure whether I would want to do that, but I don't want to try
it until the other issues are fixed.


Note: You can open a Tab by pressing the scroll wheel on the mouse. I
was very happy when I learned this.


3. There is a long list of addons. Any that are particularly
recommended?

The recommended list is completely dependent on your habits and
preferences.


Of course. But recommendations can be helpful.


However these are some that I find very useful

Clippings.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...ppings/?src=ss

When I first downloaded this, I was using different signatures with
different emails. ie one for business letters and resumes, and the
other for private correspondence.


I never use a browser for e-mail.


However since you can add several paragraphs to one clipping. it use is
limitless. I use it for parts of my address when filling in forms. I
use it for different forms of my address. ie me, my wife and I, etc.
For my email address, my wife email address, my telephone number,
...............

To use a clipping you right click in an editable window select Clippings
and then the clipping you want.

Another nice thing about Clipping is it can be used in both Thunderbird
and Firefox, with the same Clippings. So you only need to add your
address once and it is available for use in Firefox and in Thunderbird.


I never use Thunderbird. But I use AutoHotkey, which does similar
things to what you describe with Clippings. But unlike Clippings, it
works in *all* programs, not just two.




The only other addon I could not do without is Quicknote. Like
Clippings the notes you create in Firefox are available in Thunderbird.
These are free form notes, so what ever you want to keep track of can
be added to the notes.

Clippings and Quicknote can be used in Firefox and Thunderbird. They
must be installed in each and then you must point one to the file
location of the others.



I'm very happy with Evernote, which I've been using for a while.

On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 16:43:20 -0400, Disguised
wrote:

On 19-Mar-2015 15:06, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
My favorite browser has been Maxthon for some time, but it recently
has been having problems with a few web sites that I needed to get to.
So I decided to try Firefox again, which I haven't tried in a while.

So far, I like what I see, but I have a few questions:

1. When I type a URL or click on a favorite, it opens the page in the
current tab, overriding the page that was already open. If I remember
to hold down the Ctrl key when I do that, it will open it in a new
tab, but I would like opening it in a new tab to be automatic. Is
there a way to make that happen, either within Firefox or using an
addon?

2. I would like to see the row of open tabs on the top, not on a
sidebar. Is there a way to change that?

3. There is a long list of addons. Any that are particularly
recommended?


Go play in tools/options for awhile you will find a few answers to your
questions.


Before asking here, I spent lots of time looking and trying different
options. If you have suggestions as to what to do there, please be
specific and tell me.

On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 12:06:29 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
wrote:

My favorite browser has been Maxthon for some time, but it recently
has been having problems with a few web sites that I needed to get to.
So I decided to try Firefox again, which I haven't tried in a while.

So far, I like what I see, but I have a few questions:

Got it! Finally fixed the tabs on the side problem. I had an addon
called "Tree Style Tab" installed. I didn't remember installing it,
but I just tried disabling it and restarting Firefox and it
immediately fixed the problem. The tabs are now on the top.

That leaves me one major problem that I asked about earlier: When I
type a URL or click on a favorite, it opens the page in the current
tab, overriding the page that was already open. If I remember to hold
down the Ctrl key when I do that, it will open it in a new tab, but I
would like opening it in a new tab to be automatic. Is there a way to
make that happen, either within Firefox or using an addon?

I could have lived with tabs on the side, but I'm sure not that I can
live with Firefox unless I find a way to do this.

On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 21:09:24 +0100, "s|b" wrote:

On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 12:06:29 -0700, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

1. When I type a URL or click on a favorite, it opens the page in the
current tab, overriding the page that was already open. If I remember
to hold down the Ctrl key when I do that, it will open it in a new
tab, but I would like opening it in a new tab to be automatic. Is
there a way to make that happen, either within Firefox or using an
addon?

Not sure, but if you click on the link with the middle button of your
mouse, it should open in a new tab.

Whether the mouse wheel is clickable and acts like a third wheel
depends on the mouse. My mouse doesn't.


3. There is a long list of addons. Any that are particularly
recommended?

NoScript
Adblock Plus
Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus
Blur (formerly DoNotTrackMe)
HTTPS-Everywere
BetterPrivacy


Thanks, I'll look into these.

On 3/19/2015 5:16 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
The sidebar is there even I have only a single web page open.
Nevertheless, I tried what you suggested and I hit ctrl-shift-e. That
didn't help.

As some one else said this is troubling, in that the only way that I
know of to get any thing like a side bar is to adjust the size of the
tab group window.

Are you running pure Firefox downloaded from the Mozilla site, or a
variant from some other provider. ie one that some one modified, for
their own purpose. Some places provide Firefox with preinstalled
addons, and toolbars.


What is showing in the addon window.

Tools, addons.

I did a little investigating and found there is an addon that will move
the Tabs from the top to a side bar. It is called "Tab Sidebar 2.5 +"

Is this showing in the Addons found above? If so uninstall it.

However it is not suppose to work in Version 36.

On 3/19/2015 5:16 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
The sidebar is there even I have only a single web page open.
Nevertheless, I tried what you suggested and I hit ctrl-shift-e. That
didn't help.


Are you looking at Tabs or are you looking at the history of sites visited.

Go to View and see what is checked in the option Sidebar.

On 3/19/2015 5:33 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 12:06:29 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
wrote:

My favorite browser has been Maxthon for some time, but it recently
has been having problems with a few web sites that I needed to get to.
So I decided to try Firefox again, which I haven't tried in a while.

So far, I like what I see, but I have a few questions:

Got it! Finally fixed the tabs on the side problem. I had an addon
called "Tree Style Tab" installed. I didn't remember installing it,
but I just tried disabling it and restarting Firefox and it
immediately fixed the problem. The tabs are now on the top.

That leaves me one major problem that I asked about earlier: When I
type a URL or click on a favorite, it opens the page in the current
tab, overriding the page that was already open. If I remember to hold
down the Ctrl key when I do that, it will open it in a new tab, but I
would like opening it in a new tab to be automatic. Is there a way to
make that happen, either within Firefox or using an addon?

I could have lived with tabs on the side, but I'm sure not that I can
live with Firefox unless I find a way to do this.


With the side bar addon removed, go back and make sure the open in new
windows is checked.


Either you have another addon that is changing this behavior or you have
the settings wrong.

I have the tab settings checked to open in new window,

As I am review a web page like a news site, I open all URLS that look
interesting on the page in a new tab and then go back and review all of
the tabs that I have opened.

I use the center mouse wheel to open new tabs, but you can open new tabs
by right clicking on the URL and selecting open in new Tab.

On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 17:55:41 -0400, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

On 3/19/2015 5:16 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
The sidebar is there even I have only a single web page open.
Nevertheless, I tried what you suggested and I hit ctrl-shift-e. That
didn't help.

As some one else said this is troubling, in that the only way that I
know of to get any thing like a side bar is to adjust the size of the
tab group window.

Are you running pure Firefox downloaded from the Mozilla site,


Yes.



But I've solved that problem. See the message I sent a few minutes
ago. That leaves me with only one problem (which I repeated in that
message).


Thanks for your efforts on the tab location problem.

On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 18:06:13 -0400, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

On 3/19/2015 5:33 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 12:06:29 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
wrote:

My favorite browser has been Maxthon for some time, but it recently
has been having problems with a few web sites that I needed to get to.
So I decided to try Firefox again, which I haven't tried in a while.

So far, I like what I see, but I have a few questions:

Got it! Finally fixed the tabs on the side problem. I had an addon
called "Tree Style Tab" installed. I didn't remember installing it,
but I just tried disabling it and restarting Firefox and it
immediately fixed the problem. The tabs are now on the top.

That leaves me one major problem that I asked about earlier: When I
type a URL or click on a favorite, it opens the page in the current
tab, overriding the page that was already open. If I remember to hold
down the Ctrl key when I do that, it will open it in a new tab, but I
would like opening it in a new tab to be automatic. Is there a way to
make that happen, either within Firefox or using an addon?

I could have lived with tabs on the side, but I'm sure not that I can
live with Firefox unless I find a way to do this.


With the side bar addon removed, go back and make sure the open in new
windows is checked.


Sorry, where do I find that option?

Ken