Comments on: Flocking Browsers. http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/14/flocking/ apparently much happier in person Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:03:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/14/flocking/#comment-83469 dnorman Tue, 22 May 2007 19:32:45 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/14/flocking/#comment-83469 @jason: I've since disabled many extensions (er, add-ons) and reverted to the default theme. It's a bit zippier, and tabs open quicker, but if I leave Firefox running for more than a day it bogs down. Easy fix, though. Quit. Relaunch. @jason: I’ve since disabled many extensions (er, add-ons) and reverted to the default theme. It’s a bit zippier, and tabs open quicker, but if I leave Firefox running for more than a day it bogs down. Easy fix, though. Quit. Relaunch.

]]> By: Jason Heffner http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/14/flocking/#comment-83468 Jason Heffner Tue, 22 May 2007 18:59:00 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/14/flocking/#comment-83468 Have you tried changing any of your FireFox settings? .. such as this http://forevergeek.com/open_source/make_firefox_faster.php It helped to speed it up on OS X for me. Have you tried changing any of your FireFox settings? .. such as this http://forevergeek.com/open_source/make_firefox_faster.php It helped to speed it up on OS X for me.

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/14/flocking/#comment-83398 dnorman Wed, 16 May 2007 04:49:59 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/14/flocking/#comment-83398 I tried disabling a bunch more add-ons in Firefox, and it's now pretty snappy. I think it's a memory leak that makes it slow down, so it might get laggy again... I did find <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4810">a cool Speed Dial add-on</a> that mimics the Opera Speed Dial feature. Very cool. I tried disabling a bunch more add-ons in Firefox, and it’s now pretty snappy. I think it’s a memory leak that makes it slow down, so it might get laggy again…

I did find a cool Speed Dial add-on that mimics the Opera Speed Dial feature. Very cool.

]]> By: Chris L http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/14/flocking/#comment-83397 Chris L Wed, 16 May 2007 04:43:49 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/14/flocking/#comment-83397 I use all kinds of Greasemonkey -- saved searches and some convenient missing features in Gmail being one big one, but many other fixes for Google searches and the like. and a new favorite for fixing horrible sites, a plugin called stylish (and a few dozen more)... just no way I could use Opera full time... but it does have some nice features I wish FF would steal! I use all kinds of Greasemonkey — saved searches and some convenient missing features in Gmail being one big one, but many other fixes for Google searches and the like. and a new favorite for fixing horrible sites, a plugin called stylish (and a few dozen more)… just no way I could use Opera full time… but it does have some nice features I wish FF would steal!

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/14/flocking/#comment-83394 dnorman Wed, 16 May 2007 02:06:12 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/14/flocking/#comment-83394 @davidicus: I've tried that setting, as well as "block unwanted pop-ups" and command+clicks still open in new tabs in the foreground. Doh! @davidicus: I’ve tried that setting, as well as “block unwanted pop-ups” and command+clicks still open in new tabs in the foreground. Doh!

]]> By: davidicus http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/14/flocking/#comment-83391 davidicus Wed, 16 May 2007 01:36:51 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/14/flocking/#comment-83391 mine open in the background. do you have tools -> options -> general -> pop ups -> open pop ups in background? i think that might be it. mine open in the background. do you have tools -> options -> general -> pop ups -> open pop ups in background? i think that might be it.

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/14/flocking/#comment-83389 dnorman Wed, 16 May 2007 00:22:49 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/14/flocking/#comment-83389 OK. I'm a flip-flopper. Opera's really nice, but it has a fatal flaw. I can't seem to find a way to force links to open in new tabs in the background. I go to a page and command+click a link, and it opens a new tab in front of what I'm reading. I have to alt+tab back to where I was then continue from there. This is really annoying, as I usually read a long page and load up a bunch of tabs to read next, without interrupting what I'm reading at the moment. I'll poke around to see if there's a way to do that in Opera, but for now it's Camino time again. OK. I’m a flip-flopper. Opera’s really nice, but it has a fatal flaw. I can’t seem to find a way to force links to open in new tabs in the background. I go to a page and command+click a link, and it opens a new tab in front of what I’m reading. I have to alt+tab back to where I was then continue from there. This is really annoying, as I usually read a long page and load up a bunch of tabs to read next, without interrupting what I’m reading at the moment. I’ll poke around to see if there’s a way to do that in Opera, but for now it’s Camino time again.

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/14/flocking/#comment-83387 dnorman Tue, 15 May 2007 21:48:37 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/14/flocking/#comment-83387 Hmm... It's not doing the bookmark shuffle on my laptop, so maybe something was funky on my desktop. It's pretty fast. I do miss Greasemonkey a bit, but I only really used it to pull more info on Flickr pages. I also really miss the del.icio.us integration, but it's easy enough to approach by using a separate app and a javascript bookmarklet. Not as elegant, but meh. Hmm… It’s not doing the bookmark shuffle on my laptop, so maybe something was funky on my desktop. It’s pretty fast. I do miss Greasemonkey a bit, but I only really used it to pull more info on Flickr pages. I also really miss the del.icio.us integration, but it’s easy enough to approach by using a separate app and a javascript bookmarklet. Not as elegant, but meh.

]]> By: Chris L http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/14/flocking/#comment-83386 Chris L Tue, 15 May 2007 21:00:38 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/14/flocking/#comment-83386 Opera is fast, but among other things I can't live without my Greasemonkey scripts, can't configure the tabs the way I want (and many other tweaks that I can with FF plugins), etc. It's nice for the occasional browse though... Opera is fast, but among other things I can’t live without my Greasemonkey scripts, can’t configure the tabs the way I want (and many other tweaks that I can with FF plugins), etc. It’s nice for the occasional browse though…

]]> By: davidicus http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/14/flocking/#comment-83384 davidicus Tue, 15 May 2007 20:43:08 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/05/14/flocking/#comment-83384 haven't seen that--could be the skin? then again, i leave bookmarks in the menu...my interface is menu bar, tabs, nav/url/find-in-page/zoom bar and that's it. faves in my persistent tab set or the speed dial. don't give up! haven’t seen that–could be the skin? then again, i leave bookmarks in the menu…my interface is menu bar, tabs, nav/url/find-in-page/zoom bar and that’s it. faves in my persistent tab set or the speed dial. don’t give up!

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