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Firefox help.

Daistallia 2104
14-12-2008, 18:32
GHA!

I accepted the latest firefox update and it's awful. :-(

I had a nice tweak that put the tabs at the bottom along with the windows, and it's apparantly incompatable.

I hate it, and I can't seem to find anythging that'lll set it back to rights...

Any firefox geniuses out there that can help me?

Tabs on the bottom! :mad:
WallaWallaWallaby
14-12-2008, 18:44
I learned the hard way that (1) FF 3 sucks out loud and (2) there is no fix except to go back to FF 2. Unfortunately, Mozilla feels that it's unnecessary to let you go back gracefully, so you have to hunt around and find the developer's version of FF 2, which was called Bon Echo.

Fortunately, you have me, who has already done all the grunt work, and here is a link to let you get it

http://www.9down.com/Firefox-2-0-Alpha-Bon-Echo-Alpha-1--6363/

It takes you to the FTP portal for Bon Echo. It'll also update every night. Some of the add-ons may not work, but that's okay, you have FF 2 again.
WallaWallaWallaby
14-12-2008, 18:45
I learned the hard way that (1) FF 3 sucks out loud and (2) there is no fix except to go back to FF 2. Unfortunately, Mozilla feels that it's unnecessary to let you go back gracefully, so you have to hunt around and find the developer's version of FF 2, which was called Bon Echo.

Fortunately, you have me, who has already done all the grunt work, and here is a link to let you get it

http://www.9down.com/Firefox-2-0-Alpha-Bon-Echo-Alpha-1--6363/

It takes you to the FTP portal for Bon Echo. It'll also update every night. Some of the add-ons may not work, but that's okay, you have FF 2 again.
WallaWallaWallaby
14-12-2008, 18:50
The link I posted earlier is dead. http://assets.jolt.co.uk/forums/jolt/smilies/eek.gif
:eek: Sorry. Here's the updated one

https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/bonecho/alpha2/
WallaWallaWallaby
14-12-2008, 18:51
Dammit!! Sorry for the multiple post. Dunno what's up with that...
Xomic
14-12-2008, 19:01
Dammit!! Sorry for the multiple post. Dunno what's up with that...

probably your fail version of Firefox :D

Seriously you guys, suck it up, it's not the developer's fault the third party add-ons don't work.
Rameria
14-12-2008, 19:03
Try OldApps (http://www.oldapps.com).
Daistallia 2104
14-12-2008, 19:08
probably your fail version of Firefox :D

Seriously you guys, suck it up, it's not the developer's fault the third party add-ons don't work.

But it is the developers fault that instead of the nice simple grey scale tabs which looked just as the windows are now a horrid eye damaging purple and yellow monstrosity at the top of the screen.

Anywho, neither answers my ultimate question of how do I get rid of the monsterous purple and yellow tabs at the top and return them to their proper place...
Chumblywumbly
14-12-2008, 19:15
But it is the developers fault that instead of the nice simple grey scale tabs which looked just as the windows are now a horrid eye damaging purple and yellow monstrosity at the top of the screen.
They are? That's, to my knowledge, not a standard feature of FF3. Don't jump on the FF developer's backs; if you want to complain, complain at your 3rd party developers who haven't kept up with the changes.

And anyhoo, complaining about the look of a browser with customisable looks seems a little petty.

Anywho, neither answers my ultimate question of how do I get rid of the monsterous purple and yellow tabs at the top and return them to their proper place...
Download one of the many, many extensions compatible with FF3 that alters the behaviour of your tab bar.

EDIT: Or get Chrome (http://www.google.com/chrome) (if you've got Windows).
Fassitude
14-12-2008, 19:24
If the extension doesn't work just because it claims that it's not compatible with Firefox 3.1 (or whatever), try Nightly Tester Tools. (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6543) They allow you to override compatibility - most extensions work, it's just the versioning by poor extension builders that is the problem.

If it doesn't work despite overridden compatibility, then it may be that it truly is incompatible and you'll have to find an extension that supports newer versions of Firefox.

And by the by, "awful", pfft! 3.1 beta 2 is amazingly fast, especially with the new javascript tweaks.
greed and death
14-12-2008, 19:36
The link I posted earlier is dead. http://assets.jolt.co.uk/forums/jolt/smilies/eek.gif
:eek: Sorry. Here's the updated one

https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/bonecho/alpha2/

link is a trojan
WallaWallaWallaby
14-12-2008, 20:17
link is a trojan

No it's not. I have F-Secure Suite, and it doesn't alert. But if you don't trust it, you can go to Brothersoft.com (http://www.brothersoft.com/firefox-download-111811.html) and get 2.0.0.14

Also, it's not my "fail" version of FF, it's FF 3 that's fail. I don't have a lot of add-ons, and I suck it up if one doesn't work with an update.

When I installed FF 3, I was treated to a MASSIVE slow down of page loading and general useability, on DSL. After fighting with it for a day, and trying all the tweaks and fixes recommended, I uninstalled it and went on my quest for FF 2. I've been using the Bon Echo version for about 6 months or more, and had no issues.

About a month ago I decided to try FF 3 again, just to see if the issues were fixed. Nope. Even a bigger mass of sheer FAIL. So I went back to Bon Echo, and I'm not changing.

Just google Firefox 3 slow page loading and see what an issue it is... 270,000 pages. Here's (http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=684465) a really interesting one...
Redwulf
14-12-2008, 22:15
But it is the developers fault that instead of the nice simple grey scale tabs which looked just as the windows are now a horrid eye damaging purple and yellow monstrosity at the top of the screen.

Anywho, neither answers my ultimate question of how do I get rid of the monsterous purple and yellow tabs at the top and return them to their proper place...

Is your update more recent that 3.0.4? Mine doesn't have the purple and yellow tabs you're complaining about. As for returning them to the bottom, I never had the add on to do that so I can't help there.
Dimesa
14-12-2008, 23:07
Wow, you must be high or something. Firefox 2 sucks compared to 3, it's slow. You're complaining about incompatible extensions, which is stupid. You can find updates to most of them on the extensions site. Maybe even just by running, 'find updates'.

Actually, on 2nd thought, it might be a windows problem, vista crap or xp updates, perhaps even an intentional thing by microsoft. They've done it before with Realplayer. I've used firefox 3 on osx and linux without a problem, much better than 2. In fact on osx much better than safari.
WallaWallaWallaby
15-12-2008, 15:58
Don't know about the original poster, Dimesa, but I don't have any tweaks on my FF. Don't run a lot of extensions, either. But FF 3 is horrible on my system. I've tried it twice, and both times went back to FF 2. I just can't deal with 2 minute load times for pages I go to all the time. Might as well be on dial up.

What's odd is my husband has almost the same system, and his runs FF 3 just fine. We both are running XP SP3, all updates current, F-Secure security suite, high end Intel processors, lots o' RAM, lots o' drive space, both on DSL. Go figure.
Nanatsu no Tsuki
15-12-2008, 16:01
That's why, Dais-sama, that I only use Safari. Firefox is a conceited fox-bitch that likes to screw with your whorish system eveytime you update the damn browser. It completely sucks!:eek: