Re: [Cialug] Mozilla Firebird / Thunderbird

[Lathrop Preston <laith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Odd. I am using it on my laptop running XP

hmmm...


Chris Hettinger wrote:

> Work PC is on Win XP. I haven't installed Firebird at home (also XP)
> yet, I will try it there see if I still get that problem.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cialug-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cialug-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Lathrop Preston
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 10:27 AM
> To: cialug@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Mozilla Firebird / Thunderbird
>
>
>
> Strange... I am using that build also but when I tried what you 
> described I don't get that problem...
>
> what platform are you using?
>
> Lathrop
>
> Chris Hettinger wrote:
>
>
> > I downloaded it to give it a try... I do like the Tab feature in the
> > modern browsers... I did find one bug in 0.6.1 If you browse the 
> > Bookmarks menu, then to a folder holding your sites, right click on a 
> > link within that folder and open it in a new tab, then go through the 
> > Bookmarks menu again, the folder which holds my sites will no longer 
> > expand until I restart Firebird. I found that if I right click and
>
> open 
>
> > a link in a new window, the menu resets and I can get them to expand 
> > again... Just when opening in a new tab does that happen ...That's 
> > annoying me.
> >
> >    -----Original Message-----
> >    *From:* daniel.juliano@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> [mailto:daniel.juliano@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>
> >    *Sent:* Monday, September 08, 2003 9:21 AM
> >    *To:* cialug@xxxxxxxxxx
> >    *Subject:* RE: [Cialug] Mozilla Firebird / Thunderbird
> >
> >    I been using firebird for a couple of weeks now on a couple of
> >    different windows machine.  The startup time is what I like most
> >    about it.  I'll use it to view html on localhost, and prefer to
>
> kill
>
> >    the browser when not needed, so it's a pest having IE be
> >    inconsistent about how fast/slow it wants to load.
> >
> >    -Dan
> >
> >    -----Original Message-----
> >    From: tim_linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tim_linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> >    Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 6:23 PM
> >    To: cialug@xxxxxxxxxx
> >    Subject: Re: [Cialug] Mozilla Firebird / Thunderbird
> >
> >
> >    In Mozilla and Netscape 7, there's an option to auto-complete best
> >    match.  I
> >    don't see that option in Firebird.  In NS 7 (and I believe Mozilla
> >    too, but I'm
> >    on NS 7 now), in preferences, Smart Browsing, there's an Advanced
> >    button.  In
> >    here, you can tell it to auto-complete best match.  I'm sure I can
> >    edit a file
> >    in Firebird to do it, I just haven't spent the time yet. :-)
> >
> >    -- 
> >    Tim W.
> >     > Not sure what you mean there... I use the "autocomplete" in the
> >    mozilla
> >     > (or firebird) location field like I do in bash - start typing,
> >    then hit
> >     > "tab".
> >     >
> >     > -dc
> >     >
> >     > Tim Wilson wrote:
> >     >
> >     > >I'm using it on that P120 laptop with Winders 95.  It's pretty
> >    small, and fast.
> >     > > I miss location bar autocomplete.  It completes, but Mozilla
> >    will actually
> >     > fill
> >     > >it in on the location bar so you don't have to hit the down
> >    arrow to select the
> >     > >first site.  I'm sure Firebird can do this, I just have to
>
> find the
>
> >     > >customization.  I usually run in "Full-screen" mode, which
> >    really helps on that
> >     > >little screen.  I'm considering putting it on my RH 7.2 box,
>
> but
>
> >    I'd prefer to
> >     > >wait until it reaches 1.0.  But, that might be a while. :-)
> >     > >
> >     > >--
> >     > >Tim W.
> >     > > 
> >     > >
> >     > >>Anybody else using the new Mozilla Firebird (browser) and
> >    Thunderbird
> >     > >>(email) yet? I decided to switch to them on the new laptop...
> >    I've been
> >     > >>pretty pleased so far.
> >     > >>
> >     > >>I like the way that Firebird defaults to loading new tabs in
>
> the
>
> >     > >>background... especially handy if you're googling for
>
> something
>
> >    and want
> >     > >>to open up a whole bunch of pages.
> >     > >>   
> >     > >>
> >     >
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