Comments on: Firefox’s Tabbed Browsing And Your Middle Mouse Button

By: 2Perfect

2Perfect — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:47:24 +0000

yeah, I love firefox and I love the middle mouse button. One of the multiple cool things about Firefox is, when you’re really really lazy you can do with just using your keyboard, or just using your mouse (given that you’ll only read, and only sites that you’ve previously been to). And when you’re not feeling lazy, combine the keyboard and mouse shortcuts and you get things done a lot faster.

The thing I didn’t know about the middle button is the scrolling through tabs. I usually just use the keyboard for that though..

And if you love Firefox, you might be interested in this little hack for Speeding up Firefox

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:00:36 +0000

Damn! And here I am stuck without a 3-button mouse

Thanks for the great tips all the same Derek. I’m sure some of them will come in handy soon.

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:59:27 +0000

Hmmmm … yet another thing I’ll need to check out. I’ve been using Foxmark Bookmark Synchronizer and Session Saver separately, which both work quite well.

By: HMTKSteve

HMTKSteve — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:15:12 +0000

Look at me now! I’m at home on Firefox!

By: Bobs

Bobs — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:37:39 +0000

I wish I could say the same! But since I found out about FireFox, I have never gone back to IE as my primary browser. I only use it to verify that my pages will still display correctly for the masses. Speaking of which [IE Tab] is a great little took in FireFox for these needs. Also, recently, I started using [MultipleIEs] to test my compatibility with older IE browsers. Those above tools are great for those who want to know how the masses see your sites.

By: Bobs

Bobs — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:31:18 +0000

Gotch’ya - I can read it that way now with your explanation…..I was merging the two comments together and just confusing the heck out of myself!

I guess with nothing else to compute, it was coming off like you were defending IE, so sorry to judge so quickly…..

I absolutely love the way you describe IE7! Isn’t it so true

By: Zaib Kaleem

Zaib Kaleem — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:13:12 +0000

Nice tip…just works with my very old MS scroll mouse and and IE7 so I start using it.

By: HMTKSteve

HMTKSteve — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:34:44 +0000

I’ve been using FireFox since it was FireBird!

By: HMTKSteve

HMTKSteve — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:33:42 +0000

Sorry,

I was talking about pushing the click wheel button to move around the page. IE6 did not have tabs!

I only use IE6 when I am at work. At home I use FireFox and only touch IE7 when I need to verify my CSS will work in a broken browser that can not follow web standards!

By: Gary Lee

Gary Lee — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:22:52 +0000

Great Post Derek! The multiple home page thing has always been one of my favorite features.

By: Bobs

Bobs — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:32:59 +0000

I just noticed that your posts definitely say that you are using IE6 when you post, I just don’t understand when you are saying that you are currently using tabs in IE6 - maybe there was an add-on that I never used in IE6 since I stopped using it so so so long ago…..

If you are an IE user and we can’t convert ya to the better product, well, at least there was an attempt.

If you have no web applications or anything that would be blocked by switching to IE7, I would suggest at least upgrading to the newest browser version.

By: Bobs

Bobs — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:26:54 +0000

Hello HMTKSteve,
Your other comment said that you are using IE6? IE6 did not allow for tabs….this was another feature they stole from Firefox when they upgraded the browser to IE7. When they stole this feature, it came with all the bells and whistles that were already established in Firefox.

So are you sure you are running IE6? All the features that your posts imply to features only found in IE7…which I can’t stress enough, cherry-picked the good stuff from Firefox.

By: HMTKSteve

HMTKSteve — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:52:26 +0000

As for setting home pages…

All you have to do is open all the tabs you want, in the order you want, and go into the options menu and set your current view as your homepage.

You need not mess around with pipes and such, especially when dealing with computer illiterate relatives!

By: HMTKSteve

HMTKSteve — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:50:16 +0000

I’m using IE6 and it works.

You can also use it to move left and right as well as up and down.

By: Culture Shiok!

Culture Shiok! — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:56:37 +0000

I’m not really a fan of Firefox but I’m on it.

The middle button is cool! I just tried it! I won’t miss an interesting page anymore. I can just click on it while I browse then check it out later!

The extra home pages is also helpful, especially now that I always want to know my rank at Technorati, it gets me there quick. Although I already have the bookmarks toolbar, the multiple home pages makes sure I get to check them first.

Thanks for the info Derek!

By: Everyday Weekender

Everyday Weekender — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:07:45 +0000

I can’t use the middle mouse button.. I keep closing the window when I want to scroll

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:14:07 +0000

It’s hardly a news flash.

Firefox had this before IE7 came out.

Also I don’t think IE has all of these features, hence why this is about Firefox.

By: HMTKSteve

HMTKSteve — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:04:39 +0000

NEWS FLASH:

This works on IE too. It is not a FireFox feature.

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:46:54 +0000

I hear it’s supposed to read minds.

But shhh…you didn’t hear that from me.

By: lyndonmaxewell

lyndonmaxewell — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:22:10 +0000

It’s a good thing I’m using a mouse with my laptop!