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    firefox 3.6 - changed new tab placement

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by helikaon, Jun 30, 2010.

  1. helikaon

    helikaon Notebook Consultant

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    Hi guys,
    just small rant here ...
    I use CentOS, so i've always been behind with firefox versions (and was happy). Now at the latest upgrade, i've got firefox 3.6 - exactly:
    Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.4) Gecko/20100624 CentOS/3.6-8.el5.centos Firefox/3.6.4
    one guy (Dave Zatz) at his blog
    Two Firefox 3.6 Tips (Fullscreen, Tab Placement)
    said this (cite)
    "Firefox 3.6 change that surprised me is that new tabs open directly to the right of an existing tab, rather than at the far right in the last position. As I frequently have a dozen or more tabs open and often open tabs for later review, I prefer stacking new stuff at the end. Fortunately, while there isn’t a Preference pane option to restore the prior functionality, the prior behavior can be re-enabled (top pic): In the address bar, type about:config to bring up the much more granular and obscure options. Then filter those elements via ‘tab’ and change browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent from true to false by merely double clicking it."

    Exactly! this is it. According to me it's stupid. Your opinion?

    nice day btw :)
     
    helikaon, Jun 30, 2010
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  2. aznguyphan

    aznguyphan Notebook Evangelist

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    Well it's just a personal preference thing. Which is the great thing about firefox, if there is something done a way you don't like it, you can change it.

    Personally it doesn't matter to me, if you have a bunch of tabs to look at later, as in, not look at immediately, then why does it matter what order the tabs are in. But if I want to look at something in a new tab right after the page I'm currently looking at, a single Ctrl-Tab gets me there.
     
    aznguyphan, Jun 30, 2010
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  3. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    What's that? Something on the keyboard? :p :p
     
    theZoid, Jul 2, 2010
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