SOme youtube videos do not play. (others do).

[James]

however the fact does remain the issue is not manifest in Chrome.

Chrome comes with its own Flash. If you disable that one then it will use the one that Firefox uses.

[esbo]

however the fact does remain the issue is not manifest in Chrome.

Chrome comes with its own Flash. If you disable that one then it will use the one that Firefox uses.

Indeed, but they realised Flash was a pile of trash and produced a version which worked.
Might be a good idea if mozilla did the same otherwise you are putting your future in the hands of the
maker of Flash (adobe??). I think Apple have done the same or similar, I don't think they want the
reputation of their products dependant on and ruined by the instability of Flash.

I mean they can admonish people who incorrectly blame their Ipad or what every saying it is not their
fault, but they probably won't be as forthcoming with an apology as me if they have spend £500 on a
product that does not work reliably.

You see not everyone would have bothered to find a solution as I did, most would simply have
switched to chrome or whatever.

So maybe I did you a favour in a roundabout way????

Flash works fine for me at the moment but I don't have the confidence to upgrade it.

If there is one improvement I would recommend for firebox it would be to improve the search function
so rather than have to type in the word you want to search for you just click on that word (in the current page).

You can do that with google tool-bar. I find it incredibly useful. No tool-bars in Chrome and that the reason
I didn't just switch to chrome. Hence I came here hurling abuse!!!

[patrickjdempsey]

If there is one improvement I would recommend for firebox it would be to improve the search function so rather than have to type in the word you want to search for you just click on that word (in the current page).

Double-click word. Right-click > Search Google for "word". This has been a standard feature of Firefox for as long as I can remember. Alternatively, you can also drag a selection to the search box.

And honestly, if you are using Google Toolbar that could be the source of some of your problems. It's been known to break websites and hasn't been compatible with Firefox for a long long long time.

[esbo]

If there is one improvement I would recommend for firebox it would be to improve the search function so rather than have to type in the word you want to search for you just click on that word (in the current page).

Double-click word. Right-click > Search Google for "word". This has been a standard feature of Firefox for as long as I can remember. Alternatively, you can also drag a selection to the search box.

And honestly, if you are using Google Toolbar that could be the source of some of your problems. It's been known to break websites and hasn't been compatible with Firefox for a long long long time.

But I don't want to search google, I want to search the current page.

The cumbersome method firefox uses is pre-historic.
I had written better than that 20 years ago on a text based terminal!!!

[patrickjdempsey]

That's called "find".

[esbo]

That's called "find".

It's called 'rubbish' in my book, it;s badly implemented, looks like it's been designed by a soviet planning committee.

I just hate to have to loads of extra repetitive task because software is so badly designed.

It pretty obvious that you do not need to type a word in if it's already on the page.

And it's kind of wonderfully ironic that I can search every other page on the entire web (all ten trillion of them) or a word without typing it
in *except* for the page I am on!!

Maybe some people just mindless performing unnecessary menial tasks - takes all sort I suppose.

[mightyglydd]

Hmmm, fascinating. Highlight word, drag into Find Bar WFM...2 seconds.

[James]

On Linux. I can highlight then Ctrl+F and it will show up in Find or if Find bar is already open I can highlight and middle-click to paste text in box.

[mightyglydd]

Thanks James, highlight then Ctrl+F works on XP too, nice!
More of a mouser myself but I should spend more time swotting up here..
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/key ... +shortcuts

[esbo]

mightyglydd


Hmmm, fascinating. Highlight word, drag into Find Bar WFM...2 seconds.

You have to open the find bar first. but it is still several operations when it is a one click operation on google toolbar

[esbo]

On Linux. I can highlight then Ctrl+F and it will show up in Find or if Find bar is already open I can highlight and middle-click to paste text in box.

But that requires a keyboard and a mouse!!! Terrible solution!!

And of course it is not necessary to paste, that just bad design, making life harder for people.

[esbo]

Thanks James, highlight then Ctrl+F works on XP too, nice!
More of a mouser myself but I should spend more time swotting up here..
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/key ... +shortcuts

I would not both, keyboard short-cut is a contradiction in terms.
You are just learning a laborious and inefficient method and fill your mind up with useless
rubbish you should not need to know. Apart from that it's a great method.

[mightyglydd]

Read my sig....

[James]

mightyglydd


Hmmm, fascinating. Highlight word, drag into Find Bar WFM...2 seconds.

You have to open the find bar first. but it is still several operations when it is a one click operation on google toolbar

But that requires a Google toolbar!!! A really terrible solution!!

Hey you are welcome to make your own web browser or even submit appropriate patches in Bugzilla if you think you can do better.

Also how much did you pay for this browser again?