Download firefox add-on "tab mix plus". Works great to control tabs in many
more ways than Firefox offers. I've been using it for years now.
Also, you might like to add Adblock Plus. I rarely see ads in the browser
anymore. :-) Be sure to enable an appropriate ad "subscription" (which just
serves to update the block list now and again). Ads that get through can be
easily blocked for the future from the browser as well.
Others I use: NoScript, which helps block various scripting exploits and
other annoyances. A bit to tech-y for many, but pretty inobtrusive once you
get it tweaked, and good at stopping lots of commercial crap that tries to
change, control or otherwise screw around with your browser..
What's the tide? Handy for coastal dwellers or for just keeping up on the
tide state at your favorite beach. Puts the tide at your selected location
in the bottom status bar.
Domain Details, also adds to the right end of the status bar, and shows
server type, headers, ip address, location flag and links to whois info.
All work flawlessly, or at least they have for me.
And finally, if you're one of those who is reluctant to give up Windows
because there's that one program you occasionally use that you just can't
find a linux replacement for...
Install Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager. Desktop edition (Officially called
"Open Source Edition", I believe) works very well and allows one to install
run XP, for instance, in a window under Ubuntu, Fedora or the like. Set up a
shared folder (easy!) and you have seamless transfer between Windows and
Linux on the same box, without dual-booting. BTW, A full XP install
typically takes some 6 hours from boot to fully patched when running native
on the hardware. When running the same XP install in a VirtualBox VM on
Fedora and Ubuntu, you can have the whole thing done in about 90 minutes.
And no, that is NOT a typo. Windows applications install as normally and run
at near-native-speeds. Windows performance can be tweaked, also.
And the final pluses? You can "snapshot" your Windows install at any (or
multiple) points. Got infected or Windows got screwed up? Just revert to an
earlier snapshot and in a couple of minutes, all is well. You can also back
up your entire Windows VM as a simple file copy portion of your home
directory backup of your linux system.
You *could* go the other way round, too, and install the Windows version of
Virtualbox, and then install linux as a virtual, but... that would sort of
defeat the whole purpose of a more robust and recoverable installation now,
wouldn't it? :-)
---
Scott
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 6:45 PM, Fernando Gonzalez Gentile <
fgonzalezgentile@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> No, it doesn't seem to work as I supposed ... shall continue to
> explore this issue.
>
> Fernando.
>
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:38 PM, Fernando Gonzalez Gentile
> <fgonzalezgentile@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Maybe this is the way to go:
> > <
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/fernando_gonzalez_gentile/5708399425/in/photostream/lightbox/
> >.
> > Didn't try it yet.
> >
> > I'm still running XP SP3 too, the screen capture looks different
> > because I changed almost anything in the Appearance settings :-)
> >
> > If I uncheck History in the second window, it shows checked after I
> > Apply it - then, I can uncheck it in the first (main window).
> > Again, just found this and have not tried it !.
> >
> > Lovely......
> >
> > Fernando.
> >
> > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:26 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >> OK, I see you have it unchecked. I can't offer more suggestions. I can
> >> comment that the window that you show in the link has a different
> appearance
> >> from mine. I wonder if you have an earlier release. I am still running
> >> Windows XP, so that may be the reason that the screen capture looks
> >> different from what I see.
> >>
> >> The only browser that I have seen that asks about closing multiple tabs
> is
> >> Internet Explorer. It asks each time I close it, but I seldom use it.
> >>
> >> Jim Nichols
> >> Tullahoma, TN USA
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Fernando Gonzalez Gentile" <fgonzalezgentile@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 8:16 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [OM] Firefox 4 problem noted by Fernando
> >>
> >>
> >>> Jim, List,
> >>>
> >>> Found it, see
> >>> <
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/fernando_gonzalez_gentile/5708914994/in/photostream/lightbox/
> >
> >>>
> >>> Question is that I had it unchecked _before_ I made the upgrade to
> >>> 4.0.1 (I'm quite sure about this), and installing 4.0.1 did not change
> >>> this Option.
> >>> Nonetheless, FF 4.0.1 doesn't warn me if I'm closing more than one
> >>> Tab, and offer the option to restore it after restarting FFox.
> >>>
> >>> More: FFox 3.6 in Ubuntu doesn't warn me either, and gives no option
> .....
> >>>
> >>> Ja!
> >>>
> >>> Fernando.
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:05 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Clear History check box.
> >>>> If it is checked, click on it to uncheck it.
> >>>>
> >>>> Jim Nichols
> >>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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