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    Disappointed with Firefox

    Am I the only person who is disappointed with the latest update of Firefox? I can no longer chose the regular addresses in my address bar, and it drives me crazy, as some that I want there do not appear despite going on them daily, while two blogs my girlfriend reads occasionally when my laptop is closer to hand (twice or three times a week) are permanently listed. Plus two different facebook addresses.

    Does anyone know a way of manually adjusting this?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bluebeard View Post
    Does anyone know a way of manually adjusting this?
    Ever used the keywords? I have my gmail account bookmarked, with the keyword "g". Now, "g" and enter on the address bar brings it up.

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    The only thing I have a problem with is that when I try to type an apostrophe when using hotmail, Firefox automatically opens a "quick find search" just above the taskbar.
    Last edited by osarusan; 20/08/2009 at 7:04 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by osarusan View Post
    The only thing I have a problem with is that when I try to type an apostrophe when using hotmail, Firefox opens a automatically "quick find search" just above the taskbar.
    That's a bug that occasionally annoys me. I think some PDFs trigger it. There's a fix here:
    http://www.liamdelahunty.com/tips/fi...trophe_bug.php
    I think restarting the browser also works as a quick fix.

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    Just switch over to Google Chrome, it's much better I find

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    Quote Originally Posted by John83 View Post
    I think restarting the browser also works as a quick fix.
    Just resizing it works, but it is such a bloody stupid function.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jebus View Post
    Just switch over to Google Chrome, it's much better I find
    Sure. When they address the privacy concerns and implement an equivalent of Adblock (it's broken in Firefox 3.5, which I updated to this morning, and I'm missing it a lot - there are pop-ups and ads everywhere).

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    Quote Originally Posted by John83 View Post
    Sure. When they address the privacy concerns and implement an equivalent of Adblock (it's broken in Firefox 3.5, which I updated to this morning, and I'm missing it a lot - there are pop-ups and ads everywhere).
    latest version of AdBlock (1.1.1) works in Firefox 3.5.2
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    Quote Originally Posted by tetsujin1979 View Post
    latest version of AdBlock (1.1.1) works in Firefox 3.5.2
    That's Adblock Plus. I'd been using an older version of Ablock. I've switched over now - cheers for highlighting it.

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