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It's the really small things that annoy me about Firefox. For example, in gmail, when writing an email, I can't hit cmd+right arrow to go to the end of a line.

It's the really small things that annoy me about Firefox. For example, in gmail, when writing an email, I can't hit cmd+right arrow to go to the end of a line. And because links are set to open in a new window, I can't cmd+click them to open them in the background.

jadyoyster 13y ago
Middle click causes tabs to open in the background in Firefox. IIRC cmd+click is a left click? Ctrl-click also seems to work (on Linux).
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- Shivetya 13y ago
  Probably the one feature I dislike most about firefox. Having to go to about:config to make changes to my browser behavior. Example, recent install puts tabs on top of address bar. I prefer the old method. Its not a setting I can access through Options, I have to load up about:config, click past the "world is ending" dialog. Then comes the game of guessing what they named this item!
  - freehunter 13y ago
    This is better than Chrome's complete lack of configuration. I like my browser to select the entire URL when I click in the URL bar once. On Windows, all browsers do this. On Linux, I don't know of any that do. The difference is, Firefox lets me change that option in about:config whereas the Chrome team blows me off by saying "that's the way native Linux browsers work". How many Linux users accept "that's the default and you can't change it"?
olog-hai 13y ago
Agreed about the small things. I'll never understand why they decided to put the ctrl+F find dialog at the very bottom of the window. It trips me up almost every time I use Firefox, which isn't often. The vast majority of computer users are not conditioned to look down immediately after invoking find.
- takluyver 13y ago
  Out of interest, where are you conditioned to look? I prefer an in-window find bar to a dialog getting in my way, and I use programs with the find bar at the bottom (Firefox, Libreoffice) more often than ones with it at the top (Chrome, gedit). For me, the position isn't an issue, as I notice the movement wherever it occurs on my screen.
seabrookmx 13y ago
Maybe you're on a Macbook that doesn't have one, but the 'End' key serves this exact purpose (jumping to the end of a line).

jadyoyster 13y ago

Middle click causes tabs to open in the background in Firefox. IIRC cmd+click is a left click? Ctrl-click also seems to work (on Linux).

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Shivetya 13y ago
Probably the one feature I dislike most about firefox. Having to go to about:config to make changes to my browser behavior. Example, recent install puts tabs on top of address bar. I prefer the old method. Its not a setting I can access through Options, I have to load up about:config, click past the "world is ending" dialog. Then comes the game of guessing what they named this item!
- freehunter 13y ago
  This is better than Chrome's complete lack of configuration. I like my browser to select the entire URL when I click in the URL bar once. On Windows, all browsers do this. On Linux, I don't know of any that do. The difference is, Firefox lets me change that option in about:config whereas the Chrome team blows me off by saying "that's the way native Linux browsers work". How many Linux users accept "that's the default and you can't change it"?

olog-hai 13y ago

Agreed about the small things. I'll never understand why they decided to put the ctrl+F find dialog at the very bottom of the window. It trips me up almost every time I use Firefox, which isn't often. The vast majority of computer users are not conditioned to look down immediately after invoking find.

takluyver 13y ago
Out of interest, where are you conditioned to look? I prefer an in-window find bar to a dialog getting in my way, and I use programs with the find bar at the bottom (Firefox, Libreoffice) more often than ones with it at the top (Chrome, gedit). For me, the position isn't an issue, as I notice the movement wherever it occurs on my screen.

seabrookmx 13y ago

Maybe you're on a Macbook that doesn't have one, but the 'End' key serves this exact purpose (jumping to the end of a line).