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DACK FAYDEN: Feb 25, 2013; Bear Witness

I have a really specific muscle memory of hitting f6-tab to get to the search bar. That seems to have broken with the latest update when I'm not at 100% zoom or on a page that can be viewed in "mobile mode" or whatever they call it.

Can I uh, make tab not select those things? Or is there a better shortcut I should learn?

# ? May 28, 2019 20:38

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 22:36

astral: Apr 26, 2004

DACK FAYDEN posted:

I have a really specific muscle memory of hitting f6-tab to get to the search bar. That seems to have broken with the latest update when I'm not at 100% zoom or on a page that can be viewed in "mobile mode" or whatever they call it.

Can I uh, make tab not select those things? Or is there a better shortcut I should learn?

ctrl+k

# ? May 28, 2019 20:45

wooger: Apr 16, 2005; YOU RESENT?

astral posted:

ctrl+k

Or even better, turn it off and search from the addressbar.

# ? May 28, 2019 22:40

doctorfrog: Mar 14, 2007; Great.

Is new tab or new window not defaulting focus to the address bar for anyone else?

# ? May 29, 2019 00:42

c0burn: Sep 2, 2003; The KKKing

wooger posted:

Or even better, turn it off and search from the addressbar.

Address bar searching sucks when it thinks it's a URL.

# ? May 29, 2019 09:24

Geemer: Nov 4, 2010

c0burn posted:

Address bar searching sucks

# ? May 29, 2019 10:21

DACK FAYDEN: Feb 25, 2013; Bear Witness

astral posted:

ctrl+k

Nailed it. Thanks a million :shobon:

# ? May 29, 2019 14:34

astral: Apr 26, 2004

DACK FAYDEN posted:

Nailed it. Thanks a million

Happy to help out a fellow searchbar user.

# ? May 29, 2019 17:33

Ola: Jul 19, 2004

Ctrl-T, search, pop two or three results out in be tabs, leave them simmering for a few days. Tab krew represent.

# ? May 29, 2019 19:59

nielsm: Jun 1, 2009

c0burn posted:

Address bar searching sucks when it thinks it's a URL.

I've turned off all implicit searching from my URL bar, it's never a thing I want. Either I enter a full, valid URL, and that's exactly the URL I mean, I enter a fully qualified domain name and I mean to visit exactly that domain, or I enter a defined keyword. (Or I use the type-to-find in history and bookmarks and select something from the dropdown.) Search bar for submitting a search, URL bar for loading URLs.

I think the about :config settings to disabled for it are:
keyword.enabled
browser.fixup.alternate.enabled

I also disable browser.urlbar.autoFill so hitting Enter accidentally doesn't go to something semi-random from my history.

# ? May 29, 2019 19:59

wooger: Apr 16, 2005; YOU RESENT?

Edit: doublepost

wooger fucked around with this message at 21:05 on May 29, 2019

# ? May 29, 2019 20:58

wooger: Apr 16, 2005; YOU RESENT?

c0burn posted:

Address bar searching sucks when it thinks it's a URL.

c0burn posted:

Address bar searching sucks when it thinks it's a URL.

Can�t say I�ve ever had this happen. Just stick in g<space>yoursearchterm if you�re searching for something that looks like a URL.

Everything I search for contains spaces, so won�t ever happen. And about half the time I just get the result from history/bookmarks search, integrated into the same addressbar.

# ? May 29, 2019 21:02

i vomit kittens: Apr 25, 2019

I recently switched to Firefox from Chrome and there's really only two things I miss: a shortcut that can show/hide the bookmark bar so I don't always have to have it displayed and pinch to zoom (on a MacBook trackpad). Is there anything I can do to get either of these functions in Firefox or will I just have to deal with it?

# ? May 30, 2019 20:39

Klyith: Aug 3, 2007; GBS Pledge Week

i vomit kittens posted:

I recently switched to Firefox from Chrome and there's really only two things I miss: a shortcut that can show/hide the bookmark bar so I don't always have to have it displayed and pinch to zoom (on a MacBook trackpad). Is there anything I can do to get either of these functions in Firefox or will I just have to deal with it?

a) right-click on the address bar & bookmarks bar and select / unselect the bookmarks bar. weirdly it seems like macs can set an arbitrary keyboard shortcut for this. that's a pretty neat feature for an OS!

b) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-touch-zoom/

# ? May 30, 2019 23:29

Chuka Umana: Apr 30, 2019; by sebmojo

Any add ons that can make YouTube recommendations less poo poo? Or more like it was before the algorithm?

# ? Jun 1, 2019 18:34

doctorfrog: Mar 14, 2007; Great.

I was watching Netflix's Hill House show, and was wondering why they'd serve up their own programming looking like poo poo. Well, they just stream crappy quality to Firefox is how. This plugin signals to Netflix that it's OK to stream actual 1080p content. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/force-1080p-netflix/

# ? Jun 1, 2019 20:28

Ornedan: Nov 4, 2009; Cybernetic Crumb

Is there anything like Tab Mix Plus for current Firefox or am I stuck on Waterfox for now? Main things I need from TMP are the multi-row tab listing and not loading tabs until interacted with.

# ? Jun 1, 2019 22:24

Dylan16807: May 12, 2010

Ornedan posted:

Is there anything like Tab Mix Plus for current Firefox or am I stuck on Waterfox for now? Main things I need from TMP are the multi-row tab listing and not loading tabs until interacted with.

The not-loading is built into firefox. For multiple rows of tabs, well... there's CSS to do it but it tends to screw up drag and drop.

# ? Jun 1, 2019 22:31

hooah: Feb 6, 2006; WTF?

Firefox on my Android phone has been doing a weird thing for the past few weeks. I have my top sites on the new tab, let's call them A, B, C, and D. That's the order I visit these sites in every morning. Sometimes, after I visit C and then go to the top sites page to visit D, I'll find that C has moved to in front of A. When this happens I swap between A and B a few times until things are back in the correct order. Does anyone have any idea what the hell is going on and how to prevent Firefox from randomly putting C first?

# ? Jun 2, 2019 14:36

Geemer: Nov 4, 2010

It seems to do it by amount of visits. You can long tap a site and then select pin site to stick it to the front of the line, so I suggest you pin A B and C to keep them on the order you like.

# ? Jun 2, 2019 15:47

hooah: Feb 6, 2006; WTF?

Geemer posted:

It seems to do it by amount of visits. You can long tap a site and then select pin site to stick it to the front of the line, so I suggest you pin A B and C to keep them on the order you like.

Yeah, that's what I figured it did too. It's just weird that it feels like it does that most of the time. I'll pin them so they stay put, thanks. Forgot I can do that.

# ? Jun 2, 2019 20:44

hooah: Feb 6, 2006; WTF?

Lol when you pin sites it tries to alphabetize them, so now I have this awkward combination of pinned and unpinned sites. Good job, Mozilla.

# ? Jun 3, 2019 15:59

Megillah Gorilla: Sep 22, 2003; If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.; Bread Liar

Dylan16807 posted:

The not-loading is built into firefox. For multiple rows of tabs, well... there's CSS to do it but it tends to screw up drag and drop.

I've been using some CSS for multirow tabs and haven't had any issues so far with it.

code:

/* Multi-Row Bookmarks Toolbar Firefox 66+ */

#PersonalToolbar {
  min-height: unset !important;
  max-height: unset !important;
/* text-align: center !important; */
}

#PersonalToolbar #PlacesToolbarItems {
  overflow-x: visible !important;
  overflow-y: visible !important;
  display: inline-block !important;
}

#PlacesToolbarItems > .bookmark-item > .toolbarbutton-icon[label]:not([label=""]) {
  /* Reduce padding on individual bookmarks to fit rows closer together */
  margin-inline-end: 0px !important;
}

# ? Jun 3, 2019 16:35

isndl: May 2, 2012; I WON A CONTEST IN TG AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS CUSTOM TITLE

Is there a way to change the new tab behavior to insert after the current one on Android? The about:config option that's available on desktop doesn't seem to exist.

# ? Jun 5, 2019 05:02

WattsvilleBlues: Jan 25, 2005; Every demon wants his pound of flesh

https://www.cnet.com/news/new-mozilla-firefox-logo-arrives-next-week-you-can-see-it-now/

New Firefox logo incoming.

I prefer the current one.

# ? Jun 5, 2019 23:24

Ola: Jul 19, 2004

WattsvilleBlues posted:

https://www.cnet.com/news/new-mozilla-firefox-logo-arrives-next-week-you-can-see-it-now/

New Firefox logo incoming.

I prefer the current one.

I usually hate everything new, so I'm taking this opportunity to like it for a change.

# ? Jun 5, 2019 23:37

The Merkinman: Apr 22, 2007; I sell only quality merkins. What is a merkin you ask? Why, it's a wig for your genitals!

They should fix bugs instead of wasting time on a logo. :downs:

# ? Jun 6, 2019 00:15

Nth Doctor: Sep 7, 2010; Darkrai used Dream Eater!
It's super effective!

WattsvilleBlues posted:

https://www.cnet.com/news/new-mozilla-firefox-logo-arrives-next-week-you-can-see-it-now/

New Firefox logo incoming.

I prefer the current one.

I like it. Welcome little pandafriendo!

# ? Jun 6, 2019 00:50

Actuarial Fables: Jul 29, 2014; Taco Defender

Poor little fox lost its leg

e. "which hasn't been updated since 2017."

e2. For those that don't want to click through

Actuarial Fables fucked around with this message at 01:28 on Jun 6, 2019

# ? Jun 6, 2019 00:59

rujasu: Dec 19, 2013

In a few years, it will just be a blue circle inside a red circle

# ? Jun 6, 2019 01:36

astral: Apr 26, 2004

rujasu posted:

In a few years, it will just be a blue circle inside a red circle

A true success of flat design.

# ? Jun 6, 2019 01:43

doctorfrog: Mar 14, 2007; Great.

it's fine. tail looks more like fire and less like furry tail. that's fine too.

# ? Jun 6, 2019 01:53

Endymion FRS MK1: Oct 29, 2011; I don't know what this thing is, and I don't care. I'm just tired of seeing your stupid newbie av from 2011.

Personally a fan of the new look. It's cool

# ? Jun 6, 2019 04:55

Klyith: Aug 3, 2007; GBS Pledge Week

Fine with it. Shrink down to icon size and it's really not that different from the current one. Like that we can see little fox's face now!

The one thing I don't like: why is the globe so purple? It becomes very apparent on a blue background.

# ? Jun 6, 2019 07:16

Geemer: Nov 4, 2010

This new logo is a lot less offensive than what they did to the Mozilla logo.

And also a lot less offensive than most logo redesigns that have been going on lately, where they throw out any identity. At least this is still clearly a (fire) fox around an orb.

# ? Jun 6, 2019 09:53