Comments on: firefox nitpicks http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/19/firefox-nitpicks/ Ramblings on law school in New York, free software, and the spaces in between. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:04:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Slashtard: News for the Special » A month with Epiphany http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/19/firefox-nitpicks/#comment-25919 Slashtard: News for the Special » A month with Epiphany Sun, 09 Dec 2007 02:06:10 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/19/firefox-nitpicks/#comment-25919 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Hey there Kevin,I’ve been using Epiphany for a very long time now and I gotta say I don’t miss Firefox at all. About your first problems, the Session restore is a default thing in Epiphany, I am not sure where to set it but I have it. The cursor in the URL when opening a new tab is frustrating I know, but I’m used to doing ctrl+l now. For some other comparisions you might want to check out this link from a GNOME hacker:http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/19/firefox-nitpicks/ [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] Hey there Kevin,I’ve been using Epiphany for a very long time now and I gotta say I don’t miss Firefox at all. About your first problems, the Session restore is a default thing in Epiphany, I am not sure where to set it but I have it. The cursor in the URL when opening a new tab is frustrating I know, but I’m used to doing ctrl+l now. For some other comparisions you might want to check out this link from a GNOME hacker:http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/19/firefox-nitpicks/ [...]

]]> By: Mark Dennehy http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/19/firefox-nitpicks/#comment-24318 Mark Dennehy Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:47:15 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/19/firefox-nitpicks/#comment-24318 Yeah, I can see how that would work, but for the initial morning "newspaper reading" part of the day, it's just too inconvienent. Oh well. Yeah, I can see how that would work, but for the initial morning “newspaper reading” part of the day, it’s just too inconvienent. Oh well.

]]> By: Stewart Smith http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/19/firefox-nitpicks/#comment-24317 Stewart Smith Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:39:06 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/19/firefox-nitpicks/#comment-24317 Sorry Mark, but I have no idea... About the time google came on the scene I stopped using bookmarks seriously (apart from what fits on the bookmarks toolbar) and instead just googled... Sorry Mark, but I have no idea… About the time google came on the scene I stopped using bookmarks seriously (apart from what fits on the bookmarks toolbar) and instead just googled…

]]> By: Mark Dennehy http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/19/firefox-nitpicks/#comment-24316 Mark Dennehy Fri, 29 Jun 2007 07:50:05 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/19/firefox-nitpicks/#comment-24316 Thanks Stewart, that's a help - but I'm still a bit stuck because I can't seem to get epiphany to take some directories in my firefox bookmarks and not mess them up with recatagorising them into topics. Don't get me wrong, the topics idea is a good one, it's just that if you're coming to epiphany with a bookmarks file that you've been maintaining and adding to for the guts of a decade, it doesn't work so well. :( Is there a way to take a directory of bookmarks from a firefox bookmarks file and have those bookmarks put in a topic (and those bookmarks alone, without extra catagories being put in there or cross-links)? Thanks Stewart, that’s a help - but I’m still a bit stuck because I can’t seem to get epiphany to take some directories in my firefox bookmarks and not mess them up with recatagorising them into topics.

Don’t get me wrong, the topics idea is a good one, it’s just that if you’re coming to epiphany with a bookmarks file that you’ve been maintaining and adding to for the guts of a decade, it doesn’t work so well. :(

Is there a way to take a directory of bookmarks from a firefox bookmarks file and have those bookmarks put in a topic (and those bookmarks alone, without extra catagories being put in there or cross-links)?

]]> By: Stewart Smith http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/19/firefox-nitpicks/#comment-24301 Stewart Smith Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:01:49 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/19/firefox-nitpicks/#comment-24301 Mark - the latest epiphany (in Ubuntu 7.04) has a "open in tabs" option - at least for the categories you put in the bookmarks toolbar. Can't say I use it though... liferea for RSS does the job for me.. Mark - the latest epiphany (in Ubuntu 7.04) has a “open in tabs” option - at least for the categories you put in the bookmarks toolbar.

Can’t say I use it though… liferea for RSS does the job for me..

]]> By: Mark Dennehy http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/19/firefox-nitpicks/#comment-24291 Mark Dennehy Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:58:51 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/19/firefox-nitpicks/#comment-24291 The only reason I'm not switching to Epiphany as we speak is that topic-based bookmarks setup. Look, I see the point of it and it's pretty darn snifty, but the fact is, I have a regular bunch of sites that I read every day and I want to be able to go to my "Daily items" folder in my bookmarks and hit "Open all in tabs", go grab coffee while the browser snags all those pages for me, and get back and read through them quickly. Going to each page serially is not fun and clicking on each item in a long list of items (ever read a lot of webcomics over lunch to get your head out of the job for ten minutes? You *need* "Open all in tabs" :D ) isn't efficient either. Is there some sort of workaround for epiphany to do this? The only reason I’m not switching to Epiphany as we speak is that topic-based bookmarks setup. Look, I see the point of it and it’s pretty darn snifty, but the fact is, I have a regular bunch of sites that I read every day and I want to be able to go to my “Daily items” folder in my bookmarks and hit “Open all in tabs”, go grab coffee while the browser snags all those pages for me, and get back and read through them quickly. Going to each page serially is not fun and clicking on each item in a long list of items (ever read a lot of webcomics over lunch to get your head out of the job for ten minutes? You *need* “Open all in tabs” :D ) isn’t efficient either.

Is there some sort of workaround for epiphany to do this?

]]> By: Trying out Epiphany - Frederik's Blog http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/19/firefox-nitpicks/#comment-11182 Trying out Epiphany - Frederik's Blog Sun, 25 Mar 2007 03:21:22 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/19/firefox-nitpicks/#comment-11182 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] also read this related blog article by developer Luis Villa where he explains why he prefers Epiphany to Firefox. Posted by Frederik at 23:08 | Comments (0) [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] also read this related blog article by developer Luis Villa where he explains why he prefers Epiphany to Firefox. Posted by Frederik at 23:08 | Comments (0) [...]

]]> By: Epiphany & Foresight at sil’s babbling http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/19/firefox-nitpicks/#comment-11080 Epiphany & Foresight at sil’s babbling Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:08:31 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/19/firefox-nitpicks/#comment-11080 [...] Luis Villa recently published a link of things, in his opinion, Epiphany did superior to Firefox. (No, I’m not trying to start a flamewar, just food for thought on why you might want to try Epiphany!) [...] [...] Luis Villa recently published a link of things, in his opinion, Epiphany did superior to Firefox. (No, I’m not trying to start a flamewar, just food for thought on why you might want to try Epiphany!) [...]

]]> By: Stewart Smith http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/19/firefox-nitpicks/#comment-10931 Stewart Smith Fri, 23 Mar 2007 05:37:41 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/19/firefox-nitpicks/#comment-10931 Pretty much a good list of reasons why I use ephy and not ffox. Pretty much a good list of reasons why I use ephy and not ffox.

]]> By: Firefox ed Epiphany punto per punto... risultato scontato? « pollycoke :) http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/19/firefox-nitpicks/#comment-9405 Firefox ed Epiphany punto per punto... risultato scontato? « pollycoke :) Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:28:53 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/03/19/firefox-nitpicks/#comment-9405 [...] Luis Villa, l’autore del confronto, è uno dei più autorevoli hacker di GNOME, e - parlando di browser - è normale aspettarsi da parte sua un elogio di Epiphany rispetto a Firefox… anche se lui stesso ha dichiarato che ultimamente è dovuto passare a Firefox per cause di forza maggiore. Ecco quindi la sua rassegna abbastanza obiettiva: [...] [...] Luis Villa, l’autore del confronto, è uno dei più autorevoli hacker di GNOME, e - parlando di browser - è normale aspettarsi da parte sua un elogio di Epiphany rispetto a Firefox… anche se lui stesso ha dichiarato che ultimamente è dovuto passare a Firefox per cause di forza maggiore. Ecco quindi la sua rassegna abbastanza obiettiva: [...]

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