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wooger: Apr 16, 2005; YOU RESENT?

Bugsy posted:

Is there a way to backup multiple different (home vs work) profiles with sync, or am I just stupid?

I'm only seeing 3 options, none of which I want to do. I can: merge with the already synced profile, replace this device's data with the previously synced profile, and replace the other profile with this device.

Sync isn't meant as a backup, it's for syncing the same data everywhere. If you want *different* data in your profile at work vs. your one at home, then you need to do use something else.

You may be able to use a selective sync (e.g. bookmarks only, addons only) to get some of what you want though.
If you're not sure what you're doing, manually backup your profiles and have a play first though.

There's an extension called FEBE that lets you export your extensions and settings. You can also simply backup your profile folders by copying the relevant folder from ~/.mozilla/firefox/<name of profile>/

I guess you could use firefox sync as a backup by simply using different accounts on each PC, though you wouldn't be able to sync anything between accounts that way.

# ? Mar 30, 2013 23:47

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# ? Apr 19, 2024 18:59

Fangs404: Dec 20, 2004; I time bomb.

Bugsy posted:

Is there a way to backup multiple different (home vs work) profiles with sync, or am I just stupid?

I'm only seeing 3 options, none of which I want to do. I can: merge with the already synced profile, replace this device's data with the previously synced profile, and replace the other profile with this device.

Xmarks does this.

# ? Mar 31, 2013 00:05

Keyboard Kid: Sep 12, 2006; If you stay here too long, you'll end up frying your brain. Yes, you will. No, you will...not. Yesno, you will won't.

WattsvilleBlues posted:

Firefox shouldn't be sluggish or locking up regularly. I've got 10 extensions installed in Aurora and usually have around 2 dozen tabs open and it works really well. I have a fast computer but even with a lower spec machine you shouldn't be getting crap performance. Have you tried the troubleshooting steps in the OP?

Huh. My Firefox crashes every day or two. Aside from that it also locks up for about a minute while Flash decides it's going to crash, probably every other day. Any clue to find out why? I have a lot (a lot) of tabs open, it uses around 1.5GB of memory, commonly have multiple flash streams/videos open at once, and I regularly put my computer to sleep (once or twice a day). Nothing seems to trigger a crash, it just kind of happens. The crash reporter doesn't have any info. This is on a fairly modern system - Win7 with SP1 and all updates, every plug-in and add-on is updated, i5-2500K and pretty standard hardware. Only Firefox has issues. No programs seem to to anything heavy to cause a crash, nor do they have any problems running 24/7.

All of my submitted crash reports (I don't always submit them, but there's a list of 50 here) tell me that they were 'held back from submission' and declined as a 'form of throttling'... https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/about/throttling

Completely different subject: with Tree Style Tabs, I'd like to just have vertical tabs (no indents, no real trees). Turning all the New Tab options to 'independent tab' doesn't help for ctrl+click or right-click 'Open in New Tab' which is... pretty much every tab I open. Any ideas?

# ? Mar 31, 2013 00:13

Fangs404: Dec 20, 2004; I time bomb.

Keyboard Kid posted:

Huh. My Firefox crashes every day or two. Aside from that it also locks up for about a minute while Flash decides it's going to crash, probably every other day. Any clue to find out why? I have a lot (a lot) of tabs open, it uses around 1.5GB of memory, commonly have multiple flash streams/videos open at once, and I regularly put my computer to sleep (once or twice a day). Nothing seems to trigger a crash, it just kind of happens. The crash reporter doesn't have any info. This is on a fairly modern system - Win7 with SP1 and all updates, every plug-in and add-on is updated, i5-2500K and pretty standard hardware. Only Firefox has issues. No programs seem to to anything heavy to cause a crash, nor do they have any problems running 24/7.

All of my submitted crash reports (I don't always submit them, but there's a list of 50 here) tell me that they were 'held back from submission' and declined as a 'form of throttling'... https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/about/throttling

Completely different subject: with Tree Style Tabs, I'd like to just have vertical tabs (no indents, no real trees). Turning all the New Tab options to 'independent tab' doesn't help for ctrl+click or right-click 'Open in New Tab' which is... pretty much every tab I open. Any ideas?

Have you followed the instructions in the OP?

# ? Mar 31, 2013 02:25

Zhentar: Sep 28, 2003; Brilliant Master Genius

Keyboard Kid posted:

it uses around 1.5GB of memory, commonly have multiple flash streams/videos open at once, and I regularly put my computer to sleep (once or twice a day). Nothing seems to trigger a crash, it just kind of happens. The crash reporter doesn't have any info. This is on a fairly modern system - Win7 with SP1 and all updates,

32-bit Windows 7? Given everything else, I'd bet it's out of memory crashes.

# ? Mar 31, 2013 17:25

NihilCredo: Jun 6, 2011; iram omni possibili modo preme:
plus una illa te diffamabit, quam multæ virtutes commendabunt

Keyboard Kid posted:

Completely different subject: with Tree Style Tabs, I'd like to just have vertical tabs (no indents, no real trees). Turning all the New Tab options to 'independent tab' doesn't help for ctrl+click or right-click 'Open in New Tab' which is... pretty much every tab I open. Any ideas?

In the Appearance options, turn off tab indentation, tree collapsing/expanding, and twisties. Then under Tree options, make new tabs open as the first child. You should now only notice the "tree" structures if you rearrange tabs (you'll drag child tabs along), otherwise they will just be a bunch of vertical tabs.

# ? Mar 31, 2013 20:21

gary oldmans diary: Sep 26, 2005

I thought the hierarchy was the best part. poo poo is so organized, my eyes always go straight to the tab I'm looking for.

# ? Mar 31, 2013 22:07

The Drifter: Apr 21, 2006

Firefox 20 will be released today.

# ? Apr 2, 2013 14:53

Sereri: Sep 30, 2008; awwwrigami

Yeah, mine just updated. What's this one again? New download manager and H.264 via OS ?

Time to update the thread title :v:

# ? Apr 2, 2013 15:03

Fangs404: Dec 20, 2004; I time bomb.

Sereri posted:

Yeah, mine just updated. What's this one again? New download manager and H.264 via OS ?

Time to update the thread title

Also per-window (and per-tab) private browsing.

I saw that H.264 support is disabled by default. Will it come enabled by default ever?

[edit]
If I'm reading this article right, it looks like FF23 will come with H.264 enabled by default. Until then, media.windows-media-foundation.enabled must be turned on manually.

Fangs404 fucked around with this message at 15:39 on Apr 2, 2013

# ? Apr 2, 2013 15:36

m2pt5: May 18, 2005; THAT GOD DAMN MOSQUITO JUST KEEPS COMING BACK

Fangs404 posted:

Also per-window (and per-tab) private browsing.

I saw that H.264 support is disabled by default. Will it come enabled by default ever?

[edit]
If I'm reading this article right, it looks like FF23 will come with H.264 enabled by default. Until then, media.windows-media-foundation.enabled must be turned on manually.

Just for fun I tried opening the SA User Control Panel in a private tab, and I had enabled the h264 support, but the video that is on that page is messed up; it's all angled and weird. Is that a problem with my codecs or is it a Firefox thing? (It looks fine in Chrome.)

# ? Apr 2, 2013 18:22

Doc V: Mar 20, 2010

m2pt5 posted:

Just for fun I tried opening the SA User Control Panel in a private tab, and I had enabled the h264 support, but the video that is on that page is messed up; it's all angled and weird. Is that a problem with my codecs or is it a Firefox thing? (It looks fine in Chrome.)

I just tried and got the same thing, so I guess that's why it's disabled by default!

# ? Apr 2, 2013 19:02

Swilo: Jun 2, 2004; ANIME SUCKS HARD

That's an issue with the way that file is encoded and how Windows is handling it, nothing Mozilla can really do about it. But there's also some unresolved issues with HTML5 fullscreen mode that don't affect Flash such as network activity popups appearing on top of the video, not restoring the bookmarks or history sidebar upon exit, and automatically exiting when focus is lost to another window or monitor.

Still worth enabling to reduce Flash's presence on your computer, though.

# ? Apr 2, 2013 19:12

Bugsy: Jul 15, 2004; I'm thumpin'. That's
why they call me
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wooger posted:

Sync isn't meant as a backup, it's for syncing the same data everywhere. If you want *different* data in your profile at work vs. your one at home, then you need to do use something else.

You may be able to use a selective sync (e.g. bookmarks only, addons only) to get some of what you want though.
If you're not sure what you're doing, manually backup your profiles and have a play first though.

There's an extension called FEBE that lets you export your extensions and settings. You can also simply backup your profile folders by copying the relevant folder from ~/.mozilla/firefox/<name of profile>/

I guess you could use firefox sync as a backup by simply using different accounts on each PC, though you wouldn't be able to sync anything between accounts that way.

Fangs404 posted:

Xmarks does this.

Thanks, I'll check out both of those.

# ? Apr 3, 2013 00:08

zachol: Feb 13, 2009; Once per turn, you can Tribute 1 WATER monster you control (except this card) to Special Summon 1 WATER monster from your hand. The monster Special Summoned by this effect is destroyed if "Raging Eria" is removed from your side of the field.

So it looks like private windows disable personas/appearance settings? Any way to disable that? Tried googling around but I'm not sure how to phrase it.

# ? Apr 3, 2013 02:25

Ryokurin: Jul 14, 2001; Wanna Die?

So where did they move the option to clear cache in Aurora? I found the Cookies and history in settings but can't find where Cache was moved.

# ? Apr 3, 2013 04:42

Space Gopher: Jul 31, 2006; BLITHERING IDIOT AND HARDCORE DURIAN APOLOGIST. LET ME TELL YOU WHY THIS SHIT DON'T STINK EVEN THOUGH WE ALL KNOW IT DOES BECAUSE I'M SUPER CULTURED.

Ryokurin posted:

So where did they move the option to clear cache in Aurora? I found the Cookies and history in settings but can't find where Cache was moved.

It's under "Clear Recent History," which you can get to with ctrl-shift-del or Aurora->History->Clear Recent History. If you select "Advanced" then you can choose to clear cache along with plenty of other stuff.

# ? Apr 3, 2013 05:26

Ryokurin: Jul 14, 2001; Wanna Die?

Space Gopher posted:

It's under "Clear Recent History," which you can get to with ctrl-shift-del or Aurora->History->Clear Recent History. If you select "Advanced" then you can choose to clear cache along with plenty of other stuff.

Thanks. I can't see a reason why they moved it. Guess we'll see with time.

# ? Apr 3, 2013 05:34

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m2pt5 posted:

(It looks fine in Chrome.)

Chrome doesn't use Media Foundation. It uses FFmpeg, which is out of the question for Firefox due to patents. It's also why Firefox on Mac/not-Android Linux won't support H.264 immediately while Chrome does. The patent situation surrounding H.264 is really unfortunate, since FFmpeg is pretty awesome.

# ? Apr 3, 2013 07:30

NihilCredo: Jun 6, 2011; iram omni possibili modo preme:
plus una illa te diffamabit, quam multæ virtutes commendabunt

When I use a non-default theme, how do I stop the tab titles from getting that stupid shadowed effect? It seems to happen with any custom theme, and I don't believe it's from an extension.

# ? Apr 3, 2013 08:34

gary oldmans diary: Sep 26, 2005

NihilCredo posted:

When I use a non-default theme, how do I stop the tab titles from getting that stupid shadowed effect? It seems to happen with any custom theme, and I don't believe it's from an extension.

I had a problem with tab shadows making things look really blurry one session, so I went to Stylish and this works well for me at the distance I sit from my screen:

code:

@namespace url(http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul);

tab .tab-text{
      text-shadow: 0px 0px 5px white, 0px 0px 5px white, 0px 0px 5px white !important; 
      color:black !important; 
      font-weight: 600 !important;
}

gary oldmans diary fucked around with this message at 09:05 on Apr 3, 2013

# ? Apr 3, 2013 09:03

midnightclimax: Dec 3, 2011; by XyloJW

NihilCredo posted:

When I use a non-default theme, how do I stop the tab titles from getting that stupid shadowed effect? It seems to happen with any custom theme, and I don't believe it's from an extension.

What add-on is this? Are the tabs to the left of the page? Cool.

# ? Apr 3, 2013 10:06

xamphear: Apr 9, 2002; SILK FOR CALDÉ!

midnightclimax posted:

What add-on is this? Are the tabs to the left of the page? Cool.

Tree Style Tab. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-tab/

# ? Apr 3, 2013 13:34

The MUMPSorceress: Jan 6, 2012; ^SHTPSTS; Gary’s Answer

Did the update break downloadstatusbar for everyone else?

# ? Apr 3, 2013 14:49

xamphear: Apr 9, 2002; SILK FOR CALDÉ!

I stopped using downloadstatusbar once they moved the downloads into that little toolbar icon dropdown thingie.

# ? Apr 3, 2013 15:12

Dice Dice Baby: Aug 30, 2004; I like "faggots"

xamphear posted:

I stopped using downloadstatusbar once they moved the downloads into that little toolbar icon dropdown thingie.

Me too!

They were finally able to modernize download (still hate the downloads window though)

# ? Apr 3, 2013 17:55

aarstar: Mar 7, 2004

Just updated and downloadstatusbar seems to be working okay.

# ? Apr 3, 2013 17:56

The MUMPSorceress: Jan 6, 2012; ^SHTPSTS; Gary’s Answer

xamphear posted:

I stopped using downloadstatusbar once they moved the downloads into that little toolbar icon dropdown thingie.

I don't like it. I liked having the bar at the bottom with my downloads listed there until I opened them.

# ? Apr 3, 2013 18:56

YggiDee: Sep 12, 2007; WASP CREW

For Downloadstatusbar, just go to the options and select 'full mode'. Now your downloads will be in a little bar at the bottom of the screen again.

# ? Apr 3, 2013 19:06

gary oldmans diary: Sep 26, 2005

LeftistMuslimObama posted:

I don't like it. I liked having the bar at the bottom with my downloads listed there until I opened them.

This is what I still have and it's up to date. Don't even know what you guys are seeing. :confused:

Maybe you need to go to its options and choose full mode or maybe you need to drag it to the bottom from wherever it is (View > Toolbars > Customize... > [drag and drop interface objects]).

E: TreeStyle Tabs's context menu options don't yet work in FF 20. Even the newer version from the author's site.

gary oldmans diary fucked around with this message at 19:45 on Apr 3, 2013

# ? Apr 3, 2013 19:11

The MUMPSorceress: Jan 6, 2012; ^SHTPSTS; Gary’s Answer

I dragged it to the bottom and it's been set to full mode, still nothing. I'll have to blow away the extension and reinstall or something.

# ? Apr 3, 2013 20:44

Lum: Aug 13, 2003

Dice Dice Baby posted:

Me too!

They were finally able to modernize download (still hate the downloads window though)

Download Manager Tweak lets you put that download window into a tab.

# ? Apr 3, 2013 21:20

Color Gray: Oct 10, 2005; BARF!

Sereri posted:

Yeah, mine just updated. What's this one again? New download manager and H.264 via OS ?

Time to update the thread title

They also made a change where hitting the Escape key will longer stop a page from loading or stop animated GIFs from animating:

http://blog.ffextensionguru.com/2013/01/11/changes-to-esc-key-behavior/

Fortunately, there's an extension (mentioned in the above link) to get this back with Shift+Escape:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/superstop/

# ? Apr 4, 2013 08:47

NihilCredo: Jun 6, 2011; iram omni possibili modo preme:
plus una illa te diffamabit, quam multæ virtutes commendabunt

Customizable Shortcuts does the same thing (in fact I would not have been aware of any changes to Escape without your post) and it's a more useful extension in general.

# ? Apr 4, 2013 09:38

Ihmemies: Oct 6, 2012

NihilCredo posted:

Customizable Shortcuts does the same thing (in fact I would not have been aware of any changes to Escape without your post) and it's a more useful extension in general.

I have escape bound to stop with Customizable Shortcuts, but it doesn't stop gifs repeating in ff20.

# ? Apr 5, 2013 14:29

Modus Trollens: Sep 12, 2010

is anyone's snap links no longer working?

(yes I'm on Plus)

# ? Apr 5, 2013 15:35

Tivac: Feb 18, 2003; No matter how things may seem to change, never forget who you are

Modus Trollens posted:

is anyone's snap links no longer working?

(yes I'm on Plus)

I grabbed 2.3.2b15 from http://code.google.com/p/snaplinksplus/ and it's working fine in Aurora, so I assume it'd work in 20 as well.

# ? Apr 5, 2013 15:52

Modus Trollens: Sep 12, 2010

Tivac posted:

I grabbed 2.3.2b15 from http://code.google.com/p/snaplinksplus/ and it's working fine in Aurora, so I assume it'd work in 20 as well.

I'm on Aurora too, downloaded the beta and it works now, thanks.

# ? Apr 5, 2013 16:38

The Dark One: Aug 19, 2005; I'm your friend and I'm not going to just stand by and let you do this!

I've noticed with 20.0 that the first time I open a link in a new window after having closed a private window, that new window will have two tabs. Sometimes the extra tab is blank, other times, it's a random page from my browsing history.

The Dark One fucked around with this message at 20:16 on Apr 5, 2013

# ? Apr 5, 2013 20:13

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# ? Apr 19, 2024 18:59

Pilsner: Nov 23, 2002

Can anyone think of a way to make Firefox not even respond to system calls that open a specific URL or domain? My issue is that I have a "freemium" application that does a nag browser call every once in a while. I'm 99% sure it does this simply by calling "http://www.nagwebsite.com" as a system command. This is interpreted a HTTP protocol call of course, which makes Firefox handle it and load the site. I want to intercept this so FF, or any other default browser, doesn't even respond.

Any ideas? I tried an FF addon called BlockSite, but it doesn't prevent FF from handling the call and make a new (blank) tab.

# ? Apr 5, 2013 20:28

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