Opera to Firefox

///M · August 13th, 2005, 4:06 PM

I'm trying out Firefox because Opera is a memory hog. It's great, but my laptop slows down to a halt when I'm running it for a while. I'm trying to get Firefox to be as similar to Opera as possible. I got the gestures working great, and I got the tabbed browsing settings down. Is there anyway I can tell Firefox to remember the pages I'm in when I close and have them there again when I open again? That was one kick ass feature in Opera.

MXM · August 13th, 2005, 5:43 PM

Yeah, I use Tab Mix extension, it can do that (any much much more).

///M · August 13th, 2005, 6:26 PM

Kick ass, thanks alot.

Any other cool extensions?

dutch_designer · August 13th, 2005, 6:36 PM

downTHEMall! : Mass picture downloader from html galleries.
Flashblock: VERY useful for blocking those annoying flash banners (you get a Flash icon instead, click it and it will show you the .swf file it represents).
BBCode: Insert pictures, links, etc. all in forum code.. really neat for.. duh.. forums images/smilies/wink.gif

MXM · August 13th, 2005, 7:02 PM

I came to firefox from MyIE (Maxthon), so to make it similar I use:

Adblock - a must have for everyone!

TabMix - changed opening order (new tab opens next to current one), shows a loading progress meter on tab, Undo closed tab, and saves a session.

Super DragAndGo - select any text and drag it to any direction. If it was URL, it opens it, it it wasn't an URL it makes a google search with selected text. Really like this one, dunno if I could swap Maxthon for Firefox without this.

Fetch Text URL - actually similar to previous one, but works from context menu and doesn't do google search. Don't remember why I have this installed, Super DragAndGo does the job in most cases.

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Originally Posted by dutch_designer

downTHEMall! : Mass picture downloader from html galleries.

Hmm, I wonder what kind of galleries you download with it images/smilies/wink.gif

Cruzz563 · August 13th, 2005, 8:09 PM

Get AdBlock and then get FilterSet.G: http://www.pierceive.com/
Follow the somewhat confusing instructions, and you'll NEVER SEE ANOTHER AD images/smilies/tongue.gif

If you do that, you won't need that FlashBlock extension for the most part images/smilies/smile.gif

Viper007Bond · August 13th, 2005, 10:21 PM

If you do any web development at all, then you gotta have this: http://chrispederick.com/work/firefox/webdeveloper/

And http://www.bitstorm.org/extensions/view-cookies/ rocks too

fbc · August 14th, 2005, 1:33 AM

Adblock, Tab Browser Preferences, IE View (for those occasional pita pages), Download Manager Tweak (download manager opens in a new tab) & DownTHEMAll.

images/smilies/firefox.gif

ESPNSTI · August 14th, 2005, 2:10 AM

Not really a plugin, but something you might want:
CPU specific optimized FireFox builds: http://www.moox.ws/tech/mozilla/

Overheat · August 14th, 2005, 9:48 AM

FlashGot is good too if you like using download managers.

Buba · August 14th, 2005, 11:22 AM

Forecastfox!!!

I don't have to outside anymore...

And Fireftp and chatzilla in case you don't wanna have other progs for it...

August 13th, 2005, 4:06 PM	#1
///M Joined: Feb 28th, 2005 Last Online: October 13th, 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,065 Rep Power: 0	Opera to Firefox I'm trying out Firefox because Opera is a memory hog. It's great, but my laptop slows down to a halt when I'm running it for a while. I'm trying to get Firefox to be as similar to Opera as possible. I got the gestures working great, and I got the tabbed browsing settings down. Is there anyway I can tell Firefox to remember the pages I'm in when I close and have them there again when I open again? That was one kick ass feature in Opera. __________________

August 13th, 2005, 6:26 PM	#3
///M Joined: Feb 28th, 2005 Last Online: October 13th, 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,065 Rep Power: 0	Kick ass, thanks alot. Any other cool extensions? __________________

August 13th, 2005, 6:36 PM	#4
dutch_designer Joined: Jul 31st, 2005 Last Online: November 25th, 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 226 Rep Power: 0	downTHEMall! : Mass picture downloader from html galleries. Flashblock: VERY useful for blocking those annoying flash banners (you get a Flash icon instead, click it and it will show you the .swf file it represents). BBCode: Insert pictures, links, etc. all in forum code.. really neat for.. duh.. forums __________________ have one of my south-african peace crisps!

August 13th, 2005, 8:09 PM	#6
Cruzz563 Needs a job! Joined: Dec 8th, 2003 Last Online: November 18th, 2009 Location: Houston, Texas, The States Posts: 2,684 Rep Power: 31	Get AdBlock and then get FilterSet.G: http://www.pierceive.com/ Follow the somewhat confusing instructions, and you'll NEVER SEE ANOTHER AD If you do that, you won't need that FlashBlock extension for the most part __________________ In the USA, 100% of the Federal Income Tax Money goes to paying interest on the national deficit, and nothing else. Where's the law that says we have to pay?

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August 13th, 2005, 5:43 PM	#2
MXM old porsches do run! Joined: Jun 9th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Finland Age: 27 Posts: 3,059 Car: 7, 944 LFS Status: Rep Power: 63	Yeah, I use Tab Mix extension, it can do that (any much much more).

August 14th, 2005, 1:33 AM	#8
fbc Moderator Joined: Jan 8th, 2005 Last Online: November 11th, 2009 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 34 Posts: 11,776 Car: 2006 MY07 Astra SRi Turbo Rep Power: 128	Adblock, Tab Browser Preferences, IE View (for those occasional pita pages), Download Manager Tweak (download manager opens in a new tab) & DownTHEMAll. __________________ www.sniffpetrol.com

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August 14th, 2005, 9:48 AM	#10
Overheat Joined: Sep 7th, 2004 Last Online: September 30th, 2008 Location: Bradford, UK Posts: 5,735 Rep Power: 29	FlashGot is good too if you like using download managers. __________________

August 14th, 2005, 11:22 AM	#11
Buba Wants Rick Astley's Babies Joined: Nov 12th, 2004 Last Online: 11:34 AM Location: Regensburg, Bavaria Age: 28 Posts: 6,384 Car: Golf V GTi DSG LFS Status: Rep Power: 51	Forecastfox!!! I don't have to outside anymore... And Fireftp and chatzilla in case you don't wanna have other progs for it... __________________ [18:11] MXM: it means buba is better than you now [18:12] sam-l: In what way? [18:12] Slycer: longer penis

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