Posts Tagged ‘firefox 3.1’
This just out: WordPress MU 2.6, Firefox 3.1 Alpha 1
WordPress MU 2.6
The new version of the multi user version of blogging software WordPress it out, and it now matches the feature of the "standard" WordPress 2.6. Download at mu.wordpress.org | Donncha has more info
Firefox 3.1 Alpha 1
The first alpha in the Firefox 3.1 branch has just been released. New features include a new tab switching interface (which I have already disabled) and »several improvements« to the Awesome Bar, the new address bar introduced in Firefox 3.0. Read more at Mozilla Developer News
Tags: Browsers, Firefox, Firefox 3, firefox 3.1, firefox builds, Mozilla, Open source, Software, wordpre0ss, wordpress mu
New tab switching interface in Firefox 3.1
I just updated my Firefox nightly to the latest build (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1a1pre) Gecko/2008072103 Minefield/3.1a1pre ID:2008072103) and noticed a visual update to the tab switching interface.
It appears when you have three (or more) tabs opened in your browser. It looks very Mac'ish, if you ask me. You can activate it by pressing CTRL+TAB.
Of course it may be a plugin, but if so, I think I would have noticed earlier. Anyhow, it looks cool. Notice how the favicon is included. Click image for a larger version.
Update 1:
Okay the new tab switching interface might be pretty, but so far also pretty useless.
CTRL+TAB (previously one tab to the right) allows you to flip through the two most recent tabs, and CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (previously one tab to the left) flips through the tabs sorting by last visit, starting with the oldest. Quite the useless feature when you're use to the old right/left interface…
Update 2:
I should mention that the above is when you press a shortcut combination and then release the keys. If you press for instance CTRL+TAB and hold the CTRL key down you can jump right by pressing the TAB key again. Going the other way? Hold CTRL and SHIFT keys down and press TAB.
So if you use it like that (which I have to get accustumed to :-)) you can actually use the feature in the same way as you used to.
Update 3:
I just couldn't get along with flipping through the history of the tabs instead the location of them (forward/backwards contra left/right), so I deactivated the new tab switching interface. Here's how to do it:
Type "about:config" in the address bar and change browser.ctrlTab.mostRecentlyUsed to false. Restart Firefox and you're done.
Update 4:
Just discovered that my solution is also listed in this thread.
Tags: Browsers, Firefox, Firefox 3, firefox 3.1, firefox builds, Mozilla, Software