Firefox - Page 2

Mikuro · #9 December 15th, 2005, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by boyfarrell

Is there away to override camino's builtin shortcuts? I find it impossible to hold alt+cmd+right with on hand on my powerbook?

Yes, you can do this using OS X's built-in method for customizing keyboard shortcuts. Go to System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts, scroll to the bottom of the list, and add a new entry. Set the application to Camino, the menu title to "Next Tab", and the shortcut to whatever you want.

This technique works with virtually all applications.

**mdnky** · #10 December 16th, 2005, 07:09 AM

Firefox is still utilizing QuickDraw for it's display, which is the main factor in it being "un-OS X" feeling. According to the roadmap at the Mozilla Wiki, Firefox won't go to Quartz until version 3.0 is released (Q1 2007).

kainjow · #11 December 16th, 2005, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by mdnky

Firefox is still utilizing QuickDraw for it's display, which is the main factor in it being "un-OS X" feeling. According to the roadmap at the Mozilla Wiki, Firefox won't go to Quartz until version 3.0 is released (Q1 2007).

From their website:

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Firefox will use cocoa widgets and become a Cocoa-based application

By then, Safari will have so many features, speed and stability, Firefox being a Cocoa app will be quite late in the browser market, but if it's popularity keeps up, it may be a huge move for them.

boyfarrell · #12 December 16th, 2005, 07:39 AM

Isn't QuickDraw very dated these days, I remember it back in System 8.5! So FireFox for mac is a Carbon app?

Also, with camino being Cocoa what's the point for firefox to be rewritten?

Dan

Mikuro · #13 December 16th, 2005, 02:03 PM

Yes, QuickDraw comes from Classic. It's been around since....well, since System 1.0, I guess.

Firefox uses Quartz-style text smoothing, though (thank goodness!), so as far as I'm concerned it doesn't make much of a difference as far as usability goes. It's not like you can't use standard interface elements with Carbon; they just don't.

Camino is Cocoa-based, but it doesn't have a lot of features, and it doesn't have an extension system like Firefox. I suppose it would be just as easy to create add-ons for Camino as it is for Safari, but for some reason there are none.

symphonix · #14 December 19th, 2005, 03:43 AM

I use firefox at work on my PC all the time. The plugins (Adblock, EXIF viewer, Google Suggest, Google & Yahoo ad-blocker, etc) are very helpful, and the quick-searches are very useful.

That said, I stil use Safari on my Mac, even though I have Firefox setup exactly the same. Safari is somehow more enjoyable to use - more milk for less moo, as it were.

baldprof · #15 January 4th, 2006, 01:04 PM

Hmm. Maybe this is the place to mention this, maybe not.

Firefox generally works well at this site unless you are a volunteer tech and try to check the Open Questions. Then it get's caught in a page refresh loop. At least that's what it does for me.

I am going back to Safari as the default browser.

ecirtap · #16 January 5th, 2006, 12:41 AM

Yes, Firefox definitely lacks that OS X feel, but:

There are all those fantastic Extensions - wow! Many I would not be able to live without.

Long-time fave: Session Saver.

patrice
patriceschneider.com/apple-osx/blog/