Firefox 3 questions

Factual Questions
1

I switched from Firefox 2 to 3 a couple of days ago and now have some annoyances I hope someone can help with.

First, I used a tab addon that allowed me to switch tabs by just putting my mouse over the tab. Now I have to click on the tab to change to it. I liked the old way better.

Second, When I would type in a URL in the address box, it would open it in a new window. Now it opens in whatever tab I have open.

I thought these settings were controlled by Firefox, but it was apparently the addon that is not supported by version 3 that did it. Anyone know of an extension that will allow this or a way to change Firefox to do so?

2

Can’t help you with the first one; it’s possible that the creator of the addon has released a FF 3.0 compatible version, or is in the process of doing so. But the second is easy to fix. Go to Tools > Options > Tabs tab. Select the radio button to open new pages in a new window.

3

Choose: Menu - Tools - Addons

Go to the addon you want to disable and click disable.

Instead of disable you can look for an options box and click that if available. You can then set the options differently.

Thirdly you can also choose uninstall.

4

Q.E.D., my bad, I want it to open in a new tab, not a new window. but it isn’t doing that. It is opening in whatever tab I have open.

Harmonious Discord, I don’t have anything to set options on. The extension I was using isn’t supported by FF3. I want to find an extension, or maybe something in the about: settings that will allow the behaviors that were in the disabled extension.

5

You can try to force your addons to be compatible with FF 3.0 by following the instructions here. Note that this won’t actually make the extension work with FF 3.0 if it truly is incompatible, but it will force FF to forgo the version check.

6

A co-worker recommended Tab Mix Plus addon – I think this will do the things you need. For FF3 you’ll have to get the latest dev build rather than the version on the mozilla site.

7

Q.E.D., I was hoping to avoid that, but I may have to give it a try.

Preview is nice. Thanks Apollyon, I will give that a try later tonight and see if it works.

8

I’ve been using a slightly older build of Tab Mix Plus and it’s been working well. I should get the latest build. Thanks for the nudge, Apollyon.

9

It seems to be working well, and doing everything I want. Thanks for the help everyone.

10

Also there’s a beta of TabMix Plus that’s designed for FF3.