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Cheers!

In addition, NONE of my XUL/XPI/whatever plug-ins/skins work. The plug-ins and tabs are what makes Moz worth running in my opinion.

That's strange. None of my XUL/XPI/whatever plugins don't work in Firebird and there are considerably more of them available for Firebird than for Mozilla (74 for Firebird vs. 51 for Mozilla extensions at last count at http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/index.html and 55 themes for Firebird http://texturizer.net/firebird/themes.html vs. about 25 for Mozilla http://themes.mozdev.org/)

--Asa

Mozilla Firebird has a nice Autoscroll Extension that adds the middle-click-to-scroll feature.

This is not true. Remember that the engine, Gecko is common between the two, so something this low-level would definitely be the same on both. Unfortunately phoenix isn't as polished, so the preferences aren't settable out of the box (hopefully this will change soon!)

Solution: Get Advanced Prefernces. Go to browser.cache.check_doc_frequency, edit it to (1). Of course, you can also modify your stylesheet to set this property.. but I like adv. prefs, lots of stuff to tweak.

Please check out all the extenstions!!!

Ever tried typing keywords in the location bar?
That gives you a "I'm feeling lucky" search. Just tweak your config in order to point to the standard google page [or google groups if you google for code] et voila!
http://texturizer.net/firebird/tips.html#beh_searc h

Actually, with the amount of extensions available on Firebird, I'd say it's as feature rich (or even more so) than its Big Brother Navigator.

I've also found that Firebird swaps a lot less frequently than the old Mozilla. I mean, when your browser window doesn't freeze for 10 seconds when restored, the difference is incredible.

I see no advantages using Firebird over IE on windows

Let's see, Firebird has built-in pop-up blocking, IE doesn't. Firebird has *much* better support for CSS than IE (for Windows), IE Windows CSS support *laugh*. Firebird has built-in tabs support, IE doesn't. Firebird allows you to choose which JavaScript function to allow (e.g. Don't allow the status bar to be altered, etc...), IE doesn't, and I don't even think that Safari does. Firebird supports alpha transparencies for PNG, IE doesn't. Firebird supports MNG, err, wait, some stupid bastard decided to pull MNG support for Firebird... Firebird allows you to apply your own CSS styles to pages (useful for taking out annoying or obnoxious styles, and removing advertisements from pages), IE doesn't. Firebird lets you apply custom CSS styles to the interface itself and customize every single aspect of the UI imaginable, IE doesn't. Firebird has built in support for blocking advertisements, IE doesn't. Firebird does in fact have ActiveX support, as does IE obviously. (It was always an option for Mozilla, is just had to be compiled it. ActiveX is compiled in Firebird by default). You can customize the Firebird theme (icons and all, not just the Windows widgets), with IE you cannot. According to c|net's benchmarks the Gecko rendering engine used by Firebird is faster than IE's rendering engine. http://www.texturizer.net/firebird/features.html

IE has, uhh, eh.... a colorful Windows logo in the corner?

if your running phoeninx, this plugin helps. if your not running phoenix, well, start :)

Here's the Googlebar for you

http://texturizer.net/firebird/extensions.html#Goo glebar

Heh, nope!

Mozilla isn't the database, Firebird is.

No, wait.. that's the wrong URL -- this is the right one.

Mozilla Firebird has an extension for Mouse Gestures, at :
Mozilla-Firebird Mouse Gesture Extension link
There are a lot of extensions for Moz*, and all of them are easy to install, with one click. My favorite is "Nuke Image".

Looks like there is a plugin (extension) for it here. Haven't tried it out yet though.here

Autoscroll extension

As for sorting bookmarks, you can do that. Go to Bookmarks->Manage. Change the display order.

Cheers,

Anyway, that URL for mouse gesture extensions was:

http://texturizer.net/firebird/extensions.html

Cheers,
~Tris

Anyway, that URL for mouse gesture extensions was:

http://texturizer.net/firebird/extensions.html

Cheers,
~Tris

It groups things by catagory, so you aren't totally overwhelmed like the first time you see about:config

Most importantly it has a description for a good majority of the item.

Extensions are cool! I just wish they would include a way to uninstall them, it can't be that hard...

* I want to sort bookmarks with folders first.
So click and drag them.

* I always want the tab bar displayed.
You need tab browser extension HERE

* I want bookmarks (clicked in both the sidebar and in the Bookmarks Toolbar) to always open on a new tab.
Middle click it and/or Use the same tool i already pointed out, Tab Browser Extension.

Cheers,

--fred

I have none of the suggested registry intries in my registry and Flash works perfectly fine here.

I installed it by following the instructions in my own FAQ. Not sure what I'm doing "wrong", because it works perfectly.

Download Statusbar

Flash click to view
(still quite new, but amazing)

That's exactly what is planned to happen for Mozilla 1.5. http://texturizer.net/firebird/faq.html#5.1

The first link the guy posted -- to texturizer.net -- is correct.

All In One Gestures: Works well enough IMHO

You need the Tabbrowser Extensions extension. It re-adds this feature and a mulititude of others. If you're in Firebird now, click here to install it.

More extensions can be found over on Firebird Help.

If you don't see what you're looking for, check the extension page at Firebird Help. Otherwise, ask in the Mozillazine Forums, which are linked in a dozen places.

The whole point of firebird is that different people want different things from their browsers. A web neophyte and a web developer will have different requirements. With the extension mechanism, the needs of both can be satisfied.

For example, my setup looks like this. The features shown there are a mix between built in mozilla features and extensions, several of which I've either created or tweaked.

The features they list are pretty pedestrian, but since it's pretty easy to create extensions, a lot of interesting functionality is being created. I believe that the creativity of extension makers will be a key source of innovation for web browsers and the ideas that are currently in development will be listed as key features of mozilla in the future.

Finally, I personally would keep using firebird even if IE or Opera duplicated the functionality of everything in Fb including the extensions. Why? If I want to have a new feature in Fb, I sit down and hack it out. If a feature is almost right, I dive into the source and tweak it. Mozilla interface code is really easy to hack and that is very valuable to me and something that Opera lacks.

That second link should be this.

That second link should be this.

For more information about Mozilla Firebird and how to customize it, change themes and install extensions, visit Mozilla Firebird Help

Among other things, you'll find instructions on how to disable two of the new features: smooth scrolling and automatic image resizing.

(One more thing I wish they would fix, however, and that is links that open in a new window.[...])

You can fix it by yourself:

// disable target="_blank" (open in same window):
user_pref("browser.block.target_new_wind ow", true);


Check this page for more interesting tweaks.

ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/phoenix/nightly/latest-t runk

Also check out all of the extensions, most of which still work on the latest nightly build.

Pick your poison:

Phoenix/Firebird - blocked
Opera - blocked
Mozilla - blocked
Netscape - blocked
IE - oh thats a feature.

I found out about this name change earlier this morning as I was looking to change my Phoenix theme. I found that they have made the switch at the main theme site for Pho ... er ... Firebird here. When performing a search on the new name on Google, I found nothing about the Mozilla based browser, but I did find sites about a database I had never heard of before and my first car (1983 pontiac firebird). The results can be found here . Further investigation led me to the Mozilla homepage where the announcement is posted here. It seems that Phoenix Technologies (A BIOS manufacturer) has an embedded browser for some digital systems. Let's hope they don't have to change the name once again due to a few angry users who may become confused when they attempt to open their browser and a database opens instead.

dan

In Phoenix Page Info->Links This lists all the links on the page, too bad you can't have it as a sidebar or something (yet). For opening all links (Or all picture links, or all pictures, or several other options) phoenix has the Linky Extension, which does what you need. I personally don't think looking at so much Pr0n is a good idea, but I do use those features for other purposes, so I thought I would inform you of their existence

You basically install the extension you want (Tabbed Browsing Extensions, Mouse Gestures etc...) , while not getting all the stuff you don't want (In my case that's things like the Digger extension) This way the overall download size is decreased, and the features usefull (And only the features usefull) are increased.

Just as the roadmap talks about embedding Minotaur into Phoenix, the way forward for the calendar could be as an embedded extension for Minotaur.

Some people like a standalone mail/news client that isn't your jack-of-all-trades Outlook/Evolution replacement. That's going to be Minotaur.

But Minotaur could also be an Outlook replacement for those who are looking for that sort of solution. Allow the calendar to be installed as an extension (like Phoenix's extensions) and you've got three of the main features of a PIM (mail, address book, calendar). Develop some sort of stickynote-style scratchpad extension and you've mostly got the whole thing.

Evolution at the moment is only available for Linux and friends, and it seems as if there are no plans for a Windows port any time soon. This would provide a lever for those on Windows to abandon MS Office entirely. I mean, OpenOffice.org replaces much of the rest of MS Office bar Outlook; a Minotaur that can be extended to be that Outlook replacement would finish the job.

Not to mention having a further competitor to Evolution on Unix and Linux, particularly once Kontact gets going.

Going the extension route makes far more sense than adding the Calendar to the monolithic Mozilla suite, slowing everybody down.

And anyway, does a stand-alone calendar really make sense? A stand-alone Composer perhaps. But a calendar naturally fits into a PIM environment - surely this is the way forward?

Thexder.

I'll be happily browing the web with Phallus 0.7 on my Enlightenment 1.0 setup any minute now!

Yeah, the kind of stuff that Microsoft doesn't feel the need to work on. Gotta love the tabs and popup blocking.

My favorite zilla plugin

sortof. You can download this plugin for Phoenix,
tabbed browsing extensions (and I'm there's probably one for mozilla too) that has an auto-reload feature. You can have phoenix reload a page every few seconds or minutes.

As a warning, I set it to reload slashdot every 60 seconds at work and left it on over the weekend only to come back to work banned :( Use sparingly...

Well, if that's adequate for you, then you should really use the Preferences Toolbar. It gives you the Fonts/Colors/Images/JavaScript/User Agent configuration in your toolbar.

I think the point though was that you can't do that until the tab is loading or loaded.

A LOT slower than it actually is (because the rendering is actually quite good.. but the "feel" of the speed is just completely wrong).

Have you tried this performance hack? It's off by default. OSS project as such always not optimize its release to its full-extend, you've to find your way out. :)

I know it might not help much, but all Opera user should give Phoenix a shot.

I used Opera and I really like it very much as its efficiency and functionalities can really beat any other alternatives. However, I failed to get Java and flash work properly on Linux, it always has some glitches here and there. Opera works fine in this regard in Windows, though.

Then I gave Phoenix a try. To my surprise, not only java and flash works flawlessly, its performance is even comparable to Opera! Although it doesn't have the same functionalities I'd find in Opera, but I can install extensions to enhance its usabilities. Above all, it wouldn't give you annoying banner ad(yes I didnt pay for Opera :)

I just tell from my experience, and I've no association with Phoenix development team. :) (yeah, kudos to Phoenix developers!)

I know it might not help much, but all Opera user should give Phoenix a shot.

I used Opera and I really like it very much as its efficiency and functionalities can really beat any other alternatives. However, I failed to get Java and flash work properly on Linux, it always has some glitches here and there. Opera works fine in this regard in Windows, though.

Then I gave Phoenix a try. To my surprise, not only java and flash works flawlessly, its performance is even comparable to Opera! Although it doesn't have the same functionalities I'd find in Opera, but I can install extensions to enhance its usabilities. Above all, it wouldn't give you annoying banner ad(yes I didnt pay for Opera :)

I just tell from my experience, and I've no association with Phoenix development team. :) (yeah, kudos to Phoenix developers!)

Did you file a bug report about this problem that you found? If not, please do so. It won't take but a second. Basically just copy and paste your /. post. Thanks. Hopefully they can get it fixed for the next version.

Hi :-) I don't dispute the virtues of css in general, at all. All I meant (and maintain) is that this is a rather poor implementation.

Yes...they should use CSS....
It actually makes a page much prettier, yes you read that correctly, prettier.

Just take a look at the (unoffical) Phoenix FAQ.

It's in strict XHTML & CSS... and it looks wonderfull!

Or get the Full List Here thats the link from the 'get more themes' button the the prefs.

If, like me, you've been using Mozilla's mouse gestures feature for a while you're probably hooked. The good news it that they are available for Phoenix as well:

http://texturizer.net/phoenix/extensions.html#gest ures

Unfortunately there is no menu option to trigger them with the right mouse button (they default to being activated by the left button). If you want them on the right mouse button you will have to edit your prefs.js file. On Windows (depending on what version you are running) this can be found in C:\Windows\Application Data\Phoenix\Profiles\???\???\prefs.js

Before editing the prefs.js file you will need to install the gestures XPI, then restart your browser and shut it down again (this will create the default mouse gesture preferences in the prefs.js file). Now open the file in a text editor and look for the following line:

user_pref("mozgest.mousebutton", 0);

Change the number to 2 for right mouse button (or 1 for middle mouse button) and you're done.

The best place to discuss Phoenix is at the Mozillazine Phoenix forums.

Extensions are available here -- including radial context and mouse gestures.

Themes are available here and there's a beautiful page of similar-but-different themes here.

The best place to discuss Phoenix is at the Mozillazine Phoenix forums.

Extensions are available here -- including radial context and mouse gestures.

Themes are available here and there's a beautiful page of similar-but-different themes here.