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Outfox, Outsearch With Firefox
Scrivs writes "This article goes into detail showing users how to effectively utilize the hidden search powers of Firefox. Instead of using the basic search that just sends you to an 'I'm Feeling Lucky' page from Google, you can customize the browser to perform any type of search you want."
Right, but vi and emacs are very different. Moz and Firefox are virtually identical, as long as you limit yourself to web browsing. It's really more like talking about two different versions of the same product rather than two separate products. A more apt comparison would be Emacs and XEmacs, though Moz and Firefox are much more similar. And of course, Moz is going to be replaced by Firefox et al. Real Soon Now, probably in time for the first Duke Nukem Forever patch, so if you have to choose just one I guess it makes the most sense to choose Firefox.
If firefox wasn't -quite- so limited on it's pref UI. Mozilla has too many default configuration items and Firefox has too few.
I know about about:config, but my father will probably never get it (and he's a geek from the old days, he's just tired of fidgeting with hidden widgets).
A simple entry in the tools/options menu that says "advanced features" which pulled up about:config in a separate window along with better documentation and some tweaks to the UI display for about:config to allow deep help searches would be enough.
Something to make it easier for the non-expert (not necessarily newbie) to realize all the power hidden under the hood and some more explanations on what things do.
I would like to see a few more items in the Firefox pref UI as well, like more of the tabbed browsing parameters, but if not possible then the above would be sufficient.
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