Disable Firefox 13 Live Bookmarks Loading "On Demand"

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Disable Firefox 13 Live Bookmarks Loading "On Demand"

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I am using Firefox 13 and have noticed that Live Bookmarks load "on demand".

I hate this new implementation immensely.
Is there a way to disable "on demand" and have Live Bookmarks work like previous Firefox versions?


Thanks. :)
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Re: Disable Firefox 13 Live Bookmarks Loading "On Demand"

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Moving to Firefox Builds, where pre-release versions are discussed.
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Re: Disable Firefox 13 Live Bookmarks Loading "On Demand"

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I set the following to true:

browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground

I think it does what I want.
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Protocol wrote:I set the following to true:

browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground

I think it does what I want.

it's not for disable "on demand" loading.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries
Focus behavior of new tabs from bookmarks & history
True: When you open a bookmark in a new tab then that tab will load in the background without taking focus from the current tab.
False (default): When you open a bookmark in a new tab then that tab will become the current tab.
Note: you likely want to set this to the same setting value as used in browser.tabs.loadInBackground (Bug 469456)
Note: Firefox 1.0.x had a Tabs option for "Select New Tabs from Bookmarks or History"
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Re: Disable Firefox 13 Live Bookmarks Loading "On Demand"

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No, it can't be disabled. The asynchronous/on-demand implementation replaced the synchronous/timed-reload implementation.

The old synchronous API is still around, but it is planned to be removed as well, if it hasn't been already.

Reference bug (do not comment in it):
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=613588
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Re: Disable Firefox 13 Live Bookmarks Loading "On Demand"

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pal-moz wrote:
Protocol wrote:I set the following to true:

browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground

I think it does what I want.

it's not for disable "on demand" loading.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries
Focus behavior of new tabs from bookmarks & history
True: When you open a bookmark in a new tab then that tab will load in the background without taking focus from the current tab.
False (default): When you open a bookmark in a new tab then that tab will become the current tab.
Note: you likely want to set this to the same setting value as used in browser.tabs.loadInBackground (Bug 469456)
Note: Firefox 1.0.x had a Tabs option for "Select New Tabs from Bookmarks or History"

Thanks for the info. Nothing on that page you linked to though.
Also. I have "browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground" set to "true", but it doesn't behave like stated above. It opens in the current tab.

And I haven't noticed Live Bookmarks loading "on demand" since changing it to "true".
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Re: Disable Firefox 13 Live Bookmarks Loading "On Demand"

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URL got screwed up in copy/paste, I guess.

Try this: http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries

Edit: Okay, it's the site that's being dumb. Go to that link, then replace the ":" bit with a single colon (:).
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Re: Disable Firefox 13 Live Bookmarks Loading "On Demand"

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Interestingly, the link above doesn't have "browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground" listed.
But it mentions it in the meaning of "browser. tabs. loadInBackground".
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Re: Disable Firefox 13 Live Bookmarks Loading "On Demand"

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Sorry, but I somehow got a double post.

Please delete.
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Re: Disable Firefox 13 Live Bookmarks Loading "On Demand"

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You can delete your last post if no one has replied.

In fact, if I delete this post, you can delete yours as, then, I wouldn't have, in essence, replied.

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Re: Disable Firefox 13 Live Bookmarks Loading "On Demand"

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Protocol wrote:Interestingly, the link above doesn't have "browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground" listed.

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Re: Disable Firefox 13 Live Bookmarks Loading "On Demand"

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I think this bug is what you are looking for:

Bug 734073 - Add a preference to set expiration interval for async livemarks
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Re: Disable Firefox 13 Live Bookmarks Loading "On Demand"

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Hell, Bluefang gives the answer... see many of the last comments, as: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.c ... 13588#c106
In short: for to recover the previous behaviour: no. Wait for someone uploading a extension for this to AMO.
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Re: Disable Firefox 13 Live Bookmarks Loading "On Demand"

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Please restore this feature! It was really useful for me, to cache live bookmarks before leaving a wifi area and being able to still read the headlines on my way.
I can't understand why Firefox keeps losing features (download status bar, direct display of all previous pages instead on long-click on the previous button, ...), relying on extensions to bring them back. I miss the 3.6 branch, which was really covering my needs, at least from a usability point of view.
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