Comments on: CyberNotes: Creating A "Sandbox" To Test Firefox Extensions

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 14:43:30 +0000

I use Firefox a little more mostly because of my Google Bookmarks but I would say that I use Opera 30% of the time. Yes, it is really that nice. Everything just works without the need to download any extensions.

By: OldManDeath

OldManDeath — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 03:48:57 +0000

Ryan wrote:

The extension did help but I think Opera's still provides more information.

You talk a lot about Opera. Do you like it that much? Do you use it more or less than Firefox?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 15:51:00 +0000

Yeah, it was the Download Manager Tweak that lets you open your downloads in a new tab but I don’t think they have updated it to work with Firefox 2. The extension did help but I think Opera’s still provides more information.

By: ffextensionguru

ffextensionguru — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 04:35:20 +0000

It is something you definitely have to get used to but I think the download manager is something Mozilla needs to work on in Firefox. I particularly like Operaâ€™s which opens in a new tab because it is nicely laid out and offers a lot of information, but at the same time I like the condensed view that Download Statusbar offers for Firefox.

Odd, I use to get the download manager to open in a new tab…may be…I think I had the download manager tweak extension doing that. I do think that one broke Bon Echo though so I ditched it.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:15:31 +0000

After I downloaded the Download Statusbar that is exactly what happened to me as well. I noticed myself clicking on download links multiple times to figure out why I could never get the download started…by that time I had 5 different copies downloaded.

It is something you definitely have to get used to but I think the download manager is something Mozilla needs to work on in Firefox. I particularly like Opera’s which opens in a new tab because it is nicely laid out and offers a lot of information, but at the same time I like the condensed view that Download Statusbar offers for Firefox.

By: OldManDeath

OldManDeath — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:02:19 +0000

I tried CustomizeGoogle, but decided that I do not need it. I am using DownloadStatusbar and am loving it. Thanks Ryan.

However, I first used it this morning after installing it yesterday. The very first download had me wondering where the hell the download dialog box was and I thought the download was not happening. I finally noticed the bar at the bottom of the browser. DOH!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:00:40 +0000

I think that CustomizeGoogle does have some nice features but I’m currently wrestling with the idea of whether I need them. Sure many people love to get rid of the ads but they don’t really bother me because they are so unobtrusive. In reality it is a bunch of Greasemonkey scripts all tied up into one application.

By: ffextensionguru

ffextensionguru — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:07:25 +0000

OldManDeath wrote:

Have you used the CustomizeGoogle much? What are your thoughts about it?

I've used it mainly to remove the ads from the search results. It has some other features such as accessing a secure server for the calendar and GMail (should that already be on a secure server).

By: OldManDeath

OldManDeath — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:53:58 +0000

Have you used the CustomizeGoogle much? What are your thoughts about it?

By: ffextensionguru

ffextensionguru — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 01:43:24 +0000

I really like Download Statusbar, especially when I use it with the PDF Download Extension which I use with Foxit Reader. I love being able to easily delete the PDF file when I am done with it. Greasemonkey (and now works with FF 2) is awesome, for those of us who use Delphi Forums, their WYSIWYG Editor would not support Firefox so, the Go Firefox! forum hostess using Greasemonkey created a WYSIWYG Editor we could use with Firefox. She also wrote a couple of other scripts as well for use within Delphi Forums.