Firefox problems

bobzomer · 2004-12-01 15:15:22

I've got several problems to submit to you :

1) Since I updated to firefox 1.0-1, new tabs open only in background (while in the options it says it will open them with focus). Furthermore, if I middle-click on a link, it opens a new tab (in background) but doesn't load any URL. It seems even stranger since, before updating, all worked without any problem.

2) Always with Firefox but older problem, and less annoying: when I click on the OK button in the options dialog, it says it failed to save options (but actually it saved them). Has anyone the same problem? If yes, how to remove that message? (I checked the file permission and so on...)

3) I need to go on a website which checks my user-agent and uses java applet. I've got to browser : Firefox and Konqueror. Firefox doesn't allow me to change my user-agent (at least in the options dialog) and Konqueror isn't able to find my java (1.5) plugin (while the path is good and it finds other plugins). Has anyone an idea on how to change make one of them allow the both?

PS: Arch is a very very very good distro, but it lacks gcj !!!

Stinky · 2004-12-02 05:53:14

I've got the same problem with middle click opening blank new tab since upgrading to 1.0 on one of my Arch boxes but it works fine on the other. Very strange. Haven't figured it out yet though.

bobzomer · 2004-12-02 16:29:03

Sorry but the third problem fixed itself... Konqueror seems to accept Java without any change.

Gnipper · 2004-12-03 06:52:31

I've got the same problems with opening pages in new tabs in Firefox 1.0.

Also, 'find' does not work at all.

And the edit keys don't work properly - the left and right arrow keys don't move the cursor over the text, for example in the Google search box and when editing text in this post.

I'm running Arch with Xfce.

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bobzomer · 2004-12-03 09:01:56

I also these two problems but they don't seem to come from Arch because one of my friend is under Red Hat and has the same problem...

MatrixP · 2004-12-05 03:18:19

hi there, got the same problem.

is there any solution available?

aias · 2004-12-05 04:18:32

sign me up for the *exact* problems. I was looking for a soln. if it is also under RH, it could be a firefox problem...

ScottTFrazer · 2004-12-06 16:54:26

For the User Agent problem: There's a User Agent Switcher Extension o the official Mozilla Extensions page, but it changes the user agent on all subsequently visited pages. I prefer Konqueror's method of allowing you to specify a UA for a domain

orjanp · 2004-12-09 10:19:31

1. I had the same problem when I upgraded Firefox. I think I solved it by removing Firefox completely(user prefs folder to) and reinstall it again.

Gnipper · 2004-12-10 00:03:59

OK, I removed firefox completely and reinstalled and it appears that everything is fixed. Regarding Point 1 in the original post, under 'Preferences - Advanced - Tabbed Browsing' checking 'Select new tabs opened from links' causes new tabs to receive focus when middle clicking on a link.

'Find' now seems to work, as do the editing keys. I assume something in the package is not quite right when you upgrade an existing installation.

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bobzomer · 2004-12-10 09:24:43

Lots of thanks to orjanp who gave the final solution. All works now !!!

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