Firefox 2.0

[€uroMeinke]

Despite all my prior poo-pooing, I've come to like using Firefox, I'm particularly thrilled that the new version spell checks my posts - or anything else I type into a web form. I wish I could use it a t work.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Ah, thanks for the heads up. I too am a former detractor turned Firefox user. Unfortunately, it looks like the spell check doesn't work in the quick reply box.

Gah! And "Alt-s" now brings up the History menu, so I can't use it as a "submit reply" shortcut anymore.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

it looks like the spell check doesn't work in the quick reply box.

Really? It works for me....

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

Really? It works for me....

Oh, oops. User error, yeah it's working.

Alt-S, however...

[Gemini Cricket]

Me likes Firefox 2.0, too.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Your post prompted me to download it - there's some cool new features.

Improved tabbed browsing: By default, Firefox will open links in new tabs instead of new windows, and each tab will now have a close tab button. Power users who open more tabs than can fit in a single window will see arrows on the left and right side of the tab strip that let them scroll back and forth between their tabs. The History menu will keep a list of recently closed tabs, and a shortcut lets users quickly re-open an accidentally closed tab.

I also had a look at add-ons and went with the download statusbar and Adblock Plus. We'll see how they pan out.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by the quote box in Cadaverous Pallor's post

...and each tab will now have a close tab button

It always had that. Or at least the 1.whatever version I have been using has it.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

It always had that. Or at least the 1.whatever version I have been using has it.

In 1.x, that was only available if you installed an extension that added it. That was not part of the standard Firefox configuration until 2.0.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

In 1.x, that was only available if you installed an extension that added it. That was not part of the standard Firefox configuration until 2.0.

I've never installed any extensions - just the basic vanilla Firefox

[Alex]

Then you ended up with an add-on without realizing it or a non-standard build. The close button on tabs definitely was not a default feature prior to 2.x. Searching for that functionality is what introduced me to Tab Mix Plus, my favorite tab management add on.