Firebird Discussion

[SPeedY_B]

from ftp.mozilla.org - some blurb removed
Status: Connecting to ftp.mozilla.org ...
Status: Connected with ftp.mozilla.org. Waiting for welcome message...
Response: 220 tricia.cc.gatech.edu FTP server (Version wu-2.6.2-11.73.1external) ready.
Command: USER anonymous
Response: 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Command: PASS *******************
Response:
230-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Response: 230- There are currently 158 users on this system,
Response: 230- out of a possible 200 anonymous Users.
Response: 230-

Response: 230-
Response: 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
Status: Connected
Status: Retrieving directory listing...
Command: PWD
Response: 257 "/" is current directory.
Command: PORT 213,177,225,204,10,12
Response: 200 PORT command successful.
Command: TYPE A
Response: 200 Type set to A.
Command: LIST
Response: 150-Opening ASCII mode data connection for directory listing.
Response: 150 Restricting network throughput to 393216 bytes/s.
Response: 226 Transfer complete.
Status: Directory listing successful

see 😀

you beat meh 😛

 

[gonaads]

bleh...

 

[Perris Calderon]

plug in request please.

anyway to get a "find" box on the tool bar?

I love find...this would be great

 

[Perris Calderon]

I didn't know that...that's it..thanx

 

[X-Istence]

It can also search dmoz and stuff 🙂

 

[gballard]

I am trying my best to use firebird and like it...but...I have been using MyIE2 and absolutely love how it opens a new tab for each bookmark you click...I also like how you can choose where the tabs appear...can I set Firebird to do this as well?

 

[Vector_One]

Sure you can.

To open bookmarks in tabs, just use the middle (scroll) button when you click them. That's how all tab links work, with the middle button.

To reorder tabs, you need the TabBrowser Extension. This will give you a context menu (right-click menu) for tabs that you can use to move tabs around.

 

[X-Istence]

If you use the TabBrowser Extension you can set it to always open windows in a new tab.

 

[lynchknot]

From a post at mozillazine:

As for the resizing thing, here's a list of the various preferences to prevent Web sites from changing your browser: (about:config)

Code:
pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.close", true);
pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.directories", true);
pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.location", true);
pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.menubar", true);
pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.minimizable", true);
pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.personalbar", true);
pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.resizable", true);
pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.scrollbars", true);
pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.status", true);
pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.titlebar", true);
pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.toolbar", true);

If you have it set to "true" then it prevents the Web site from doing that - "false" allows it

**edit - hmmm. did not seem to work..........

 

[chaos945]

Check this trick out, not very useful but it could be if developed:

Under your taskbar properties, turn FIREBIRD on as your internet button to show in the start menu, in the "Customize Start Menu" options page.

Open your start menu after applying this and right click the FIREBIRD icon now there. A PREFERENCES buttton should be there, clicking on it will open a big options section, although most of it does not work.

Kinda interesting, looks like something someone forgot to finish? Or decided not to. There is probably an easier way to get this menu up, a command or applet somethere.

Check out the screener below if you don't get it up.

 

[NetRyder]

Yes, that's actually the Preferences dialog from the original Mozilla suite.
You can also access it by entering chrome://communicator/content/pref/pref.xul into the address bar.

 

[gonaads]

Originally posted by NetRyder
I've started experiencing the annoying front-page stretching problem 🙁

I was wondering if you have the ADs on the top of the page or you have blocked them?

Reason for question is that at work I am usin the 0.7 Firebird but with the AD blocker code added and I am usin the same browser at home on my Daughter's machine without the AD blocking code and it does streach out on the machine at home but not the one at work. Both machines have XP on them XP home at work and XP pro at home. Just a thought.

 

[Ego]

Just switched to Firebird from IE and i'm getting some pages displaying with weird formatting (click HERE for example) Any ideas why and a solution?

 

[SPeedY_B]

Yup, that's known as the "stretching problem" happens on a few sites, read a few pages back on this thread for info 🙂

 

[jileiwin]

I have found that the K-Meleon has the same issue when loading ntfs.org.I am using K-Meleon 0.8.0 Build 828,it seems faster than firebird(loading pages and startup).

 

[SPeedY_B]

K-Meleon uses the Gecko engine so it will render content the same as Mozilla and FireBird.

 

[NetRyder]

Originally posted by gonaads
I was wondering if you have the ADs on the top of the page or you have blocked them?

Reason for question is that at work I am usin the 0.7 Firebird but with the AD blocker code added and I am usin the same browser at home on my Daughter's machine without the AD blocking code and it does streach out on the machine at home but not the one at work. Both machines have XP on them XP home at work and XP pro at home. Just a thought.

Possibly. 😉
I've fixed it temporarily by changing my default front page theme to Orbitz, rather than Orbitz Expanded. I don't seem to have a problem with either of the non-expanded themes.
Guess I'll leave it that way till the bug is fixed.

 

[gonaads]

I do beleave it DOES have to do with the "Orbitz Expanded" theme. I just did some testing with and without the AD blocking code plus with and without "expanded" or regular "Orbitz" theme and it is a definate expanded theme thing.

It seems that "Orbitz" has always been a little buggy, 😕 ever since it was put in.

 

[chaos945]

I like the Ekko theme, Orbitz is too bright! 😀

/me hides from the light

 

[gonaads]

I wear my sunglasses at night... 😛