Help me to show my browser who's the boss

BeBro · January 1, 2011, 13:46

New year, new computer. Everything's fine and shiny, just that the newly installed FF 3.6.13 thinks it can play games with me or something...

I set up "downloads" so that it asks where to save them every time - but FF always switches the message box to select the location immediately into the background, behind it's main window...so that I have to bring it in front again.

I never had that before on earlier FF installations...I'm afraid buying another new computer wouldn't help. Of course I could just dl everything into the standard "downloads" folder without confirming a msg box, but I'd rather have specific destinations.

Has anyone an idea how I can get FF to behave??? /crybaby

N35t0r · January 3, 2011, 16:43

Uninstall/reinstall?

DaShi · January 3, 2011, 18:23

Chrome?

BeBro · January 4, 2011, 15:14

Hmmm...wasn't able to iron this out so far, even with help from some FF forums...currently I have given out a download boycott to teach my browser a lesson. I hope he'll come back begging for pardon

Do people really like Chrome? Never cared 'bout it. Maybe I try it now if I can't get the prob solved...

SlowwHand · January 4, 2011, 19:19

Chrome is better, to me. I still like Opera the best though.

Asher · January 4, 2011, 20:39

FF4 and Chrome are all awesome in different ways. Opera is crap in so many ways.

Hueij · January 11, 2011, 19:13

Ah, the broken record act...

Asher · January 11, 2011, 19:18

Yes, that's mostly been Opera's problem. Same problems, so many versions, so little market share. Over and over.

baying · April 15, 2011, 09:54

Whats wrong with opera

Asher · April 15, 2011, 10:30

Mostly the fact that it always comes across as looking awkward with the odd behaviour quirk, combined with hit-or-miss website compatibility.

Mercator · April 15, 2011, 14:14

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Asher · April 15, 2011, 15:11

I'm so sorry.

N35t0r · April 22, 2011, 13:18

Good luck Merc

loinburger · April 22, 2011, 13:55

I use Firefox Portable, and if I ever switch to Chrome I'll use Chrome Portable. There are three reasons for this:
1. It makes it easy to encrypt my passwords and cookies etc - just put the program directory on an encrypted partition. (Yes, I'm aware that there's a master password feature in Firefox, but I'd rather be safe than sorry, especially since I've already got an encrypted partition anyway - plus the master password doesn't protect my cookies.)
2. It makes it easy to sync my browsers between computers. Whenever I need to do a major update, or whenever I need to put the browser on a new computer, I just copy-paste the program directory.
3. It makes it easy to perform program backups, which would have prevented your problem. I backup the program (meaning that I 7-zip the program directory) every 2-4 weeks, so that if the program gets corrupted I can just delete it and go back to a backup copy rather than reinstalling. Including my add-ons the program is 40mb compressed.

Asher · April 22, 2011, 14:05

#2 is kind of pointless now with FF4/latest Chromes, which offer sync functionality.

Chrome even synchronizes your extensions and settings.

loinburger · April 22, 2011, 14:12

The "extensions" one is the reason I still occasionally sync Firefox browsers, thought not often - I'd had a plugin that syncs bookmarks and cookies for forever (Xmarks, then whatever briefly replaced it - Foxmarks?) before it became an integrated part of the browser, and it's not as though my extensions changed very often (plus they're intentionally out of sync now - my work computer has Firebug, my home computers don't).