# Question About Firefox 0.8 **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 31, 2004, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox-0-8/257775 "2004-07-31T21:14:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox-0-8/257775/1 "2004-07-31T21:14:38Z")
I’ve been using Firefox 0.8 for about three weeks now, and it has a behaviour that’s getting more annoying by the day: I’m browsing one of the forums in SDMB, and I click on one of the threads. I read the thread, and when finished, I click on the “back” button to return to the original forum. I’m always returned to the top of the forum, not to the location of the thread that I just read, as IE would do. Which means I have to scroll, scroll, scroll down to where I was before. This doesn’t happen universally as there are some sites that does return me to the same location as before, but the SDMB is one of my “most visited” sites, and the constant scrolling is getting on my nerves. Is there a user setting on the board that can prevent this (I can’t find anything in User CP), or is there a Firefox extension that can help? ---
**Author:** ![citrus\_x\_paradisi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@citrus\_x\_paradisi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/citrus_x_paradisi)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox-0-8/257775/2 "2004-07-31T21:17:52Z")
I know what you mean, but haven’t heard of any extensions that remedy this. I avoid the problem by clicking thread titles with the mouse wheel (that’s a ctrl click for those without) to open them in new tabs. Hope that’s of some help. -S ---
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox-0-8/257775/3 "2004-07-31T21:24:14Z")
Thanks **Citrus** , Yeah, that works - it’ll take some getting used to… Curious why this _behavior_ is related to just some sites and not all. Thanks for the tip. ---
**Author:** ![siberia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/siberia/32/9129_2.png) [@siberia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/siberia)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox-0-8/257775/4 "2004-07-31T22:11:16Z")
The same thing happens when browsing eBay. I have finally become accustomed to opening threads in a new tab and in fact find it more convenient. ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox-0-8/257775/5 "2004-07-31T22:29:12Z")
Why browse that way? Far better to open the thread in a new tab and then when you return to the forum page tab you are _exactly_ where you left it. And your browser doesn’t need to go re-read things from the cache. This is the beauty of tabbed browsing. And there’s a newer Firefox release. I’m using 0.9. ---
**Author:** ![citrus\_x\_paradisi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@citrus\_x\_paradisi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/citrus_x_paradisi)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox-0-8/257775/6 "2004-07-31T22:42:12Z")
Though some might tell you that 0.8 is better, and a more stable release of 0.9 is pending. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox-0-8/257775/7 "2004-07-31T22:49:45Z")
I read about Firefox on this board before I switched, and I heard about problems with 0.9 - the general consensus was that 0.8 was more stable. Yeah, browsing with tabs is a powerful feature, but I’ve been using IE for so long that the behavior I complained about is hard to get past… ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox-0-8/257775/8 "2004-07-31T22:49:51Z")
Not that 0.9.2 would likely solve that issue, but is there a reason you are using .8? I’m on 0.9.2, and it seems utterly stable to me. (Home use, of course.) ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox-0-8/257775/9 "2004-08-01T06:31:19Z")
I’m amazed when I hear of people who don’t know about the wheel-click. It’s half the reason I use Firefox. Hmmmmm… Tabbed browsing. There’s even an extention out there that will save all your tabs when you close the browser, and open them again when you open the program agan. At that point, it’s almost the perfect browser. Opera will remember the tabs even after a crash. I’ve personally been crashing 9.2 a lot recently by runnng Quicktime videos in browser windows. ---
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox-0-8/257775/10 "2004-08-01T16:32:26Z")
> [@Cardinal](#): > > I’m amazed when I hear of people who don’t know about the wheel-click. It’s half the reason I use Firefox. OK, this is what I’m missing - a wheel click does nothing for me. I have a Logitech wireless, and although I can reassign different actions to the wheel, Control Click is not listed as one of actions. Or is this called something else by Logitech? ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox-0-8/257775/11 "2004-08-01T16:52:49Z")
I’m using 0.9.2 and am not having any problems. It’s seems completely stable, certainly as stable as Internet Explorer. ---
**Author:** ![citrus\_x\_paradisi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@citrus\_x\_paradisi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/citrus_x_paradisi)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox-0-8/257775/12 "2004-08-01T17:40:44Z")
“As stable as Internet Explorer” is a funny statement. 😃 I’ve tried it, though, and that seems to be true. **Fritz** : Control click isn’t really the _name_ for the function, but that _is_ how youj can substitute it if your mousewheel doesn’t click. I had a Dell mouse with a very easy-to-press wheel, but this new wireless optical one doesn’t obey as well. Anyway, if you press and hold ctrl, click a link, and release it, the link will open in a new tab. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox-0-8/257775/13 "2004-08-01T18:13:14Z")
I should have said, “Firefox 0.9.2 seems stable, certainly more stable the Internet Explorer.” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox-0-8/257775/14 "2004-08-01T18:17:37Z")
Thanks **Citrus**. Control Click does work as you say - it’s just that I have to use the keyboard when browsing - not something that I had to do when using IE. Just a little bit inconvenient. It’s too bad that my scroll wheel doesn’t work as other scroll wheels do…perhaps someone that also has a Logitech wireless will come along and offer a suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_DePigg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@Arnold\_DePigg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_DePigg)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox-0-8/257775/15 "2004-08-01T18:22:45Z")
I too switched to Firefox 0.9.2, mainly because I get almost no pop up ads, and much less spyware on my computer than with Internet Explorer. My only gripe is that sometimes I went to certain web pages that played sounds or music when I used IE, but with Firefox, I hear nothing. ---
**Author:** ![retry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@retry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/retry)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox-0-8/257775/16 "2004-08-02T23:55:09Z")
This is a known bug: [http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show\_bug.cgi?id=215405](http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215405). If you’d like to see it get fixed sooner, register (just email is enough) and vote for it. ---
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox-0-8/257775/17 "2004-08-03T00:15:46Z")
Thanks!