Let's see....what I would like to see in a new version of TB and FF....
1) Fully integrated internet applications: Okay, this isn't FF/TB specific, but I wonder if there would be any benefit in somehow tightly integrating an e-mail client, a web browser and an IM client. I'm not just talking about linking the applications, I'm talking about a single work space with common buttons, common tabs, common favorites and address bars etc. for all of these apps. Web broswers, e-mail and IM are the three most widely-used Internet apps, yet they all operate separate from each other. I'm sure that there would be some benefit to trying to merge them (like an IM-log in your e-mail "sent" box or tabbed IM seem like logical things to me).
2) Zero-footprint applications: I would love to see FF and TB be a non-installed, fully-contained application within a single directory (Windows side, at least). It would allow me to slap it on my USB memory key and surf the net and do my e-mail without leaving a trail. In the absolute least, that should be done with Thunderbird.
3) Aliases for webpages: It would be cool if I could just create aliases for some sites. For example, I could just type in SLASH versus SLASHDOT.ORG to get to Slashdot. Firefox would check my manually-entered aliases first to see if I had entered in a shortcut, then try and do a DNS resolve if it didn't find the shortcut. I know that these are essentially bookmarks, but I find typing easier than using the mouse to go to a bookmark (makes me feel like a real computer user).
4) Smart Address Bar dropdown: When typing in a site in the address bar, Firefox tries to do a match for me against previous visits. But the problem is that one site typically dominates the suggestion because of all of the sub-pages e.g. if I type in WWW.SLASH, Firefox will show me slashdot.org, slashdot.org/article1, slashdot.org/article2 etc when I really want to see all of the MAIN sites that start with WWW.SLASH, such as WWW.SLASHDOT.ORG, WWW.SLASHTHENASH.ORG etc.
Well, those are my two cents...(can I have my change please?)
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Let's see....what I would like to see in a new version of TB and FF....
1) Fully integrated internet applications:
Okay, this isn't FF/TB specific, but I wonder if there would be any benefit in somehow tightly integrating an e-mail client, a web browser and an IM client. I'm not just talking about linking the applications, I'm talking about a single work space with common buttons, common tabs, common favorites and address bars etc. for all of these apps. Web broswers, e-mail and IM are the three most widely-used Internet apps, yet they all operate separate from each other. I'm sure that there would be some benefit to trying to merge them (like an IM-log in your e-mail "sent" box or tabbed IM seem like logical things to me).
2) Zero-footprint applications:
I would love to see FF and TB be a non-installed, fully-contained application within a single directory (Windows side, at least). It would allow me to slap it on my USB memory key and surf the net and do my e-mail without leaving a trail. In the absolute least, that should be done with Thunderbird.
3) Aliases for webpages:
It would be cool if I could just create aliases for some sites. For example, I could just type in SLASH versus SLASHDOT.ORG to get to Slashdot. Firefox would check my manually-entered aliases first to see if I had entered in a shortcut, then try and do a DNS resolve if it didn't find the shortcut. I know that these are essentially bookmarks, but I find typing easier than using the mouse to go to a bookmark (makes me feel like a real computer user).
4) Smart Address Bar dropdown:
When typing in a site in the address bar, Firefox tries to do a match for me against previous visits. But the problem is that one site typically dominates the suggestion because of all of the sub-pages e.g. if I type in WWW.SLASH, Firefox will show me slashdot.org, slashdot.org/article1, slashdot.org/article2 etc when I really want to see all of the MAIN sites that start with WWW.SLASH, such as WWW.SLASHDOT.ORG, WWW.SLASHTHENASH.ORG etc.
Well, those are my two cents...(can I have my change please?)