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Anubis_AF
31-10-06, 11:50
Just downloaded it. Just installed it. Just launched it. Just gave me one more reason to love Firefox :tmb:
Anyone know some pretty nice themes? I looked on the site but didn't find any ones I liked.

Mytly
31-10-06, 11:56
There's plenty of beautiful themes out there, but I don't know if most of them are compatible with Firefox 2 as yet. Try the Glowy series - GlowyWine, GlowyBlue, GlowyGreen and GlowyGold. They're absolutely gorgeous, though kinda dark. And I'm pretty sure they are compatible.

Mad Tony
31-10-06, 13:41
I downloaded it last week, much better than the prevous version.
I love the spell checker.

2kool4u
31-10-06, 13:41
can u podst a link plz. is it frre?

Night Crawler
31-10-06, 13:49
The spell checker rocks, except when it tries to correct "Flavour" "Rumour" "Colour" etc. I'm British! :mad:

Mad Tony
31-10-06, 13:52
The spell checker rocks, except when it tries to correct "Flavour" "Rumour" "Colour" etc. I'm British! :mad:
Well they have to cater for the majority, most people in the world spell things as color etc.

Dazzy
31-10-06, 14:21
FireFox 2 is has very shiney buttons, so that is awesome.

Anubis_AF
31-10-06, 14:32
can u podst a link plz. is it frre?

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/ :wve:

Eleanna123
31-10-06, 14:34
I noticed another new thing about it yesterday.
My PC sort of crashed and before that I had some websites open all in the same Firefox window but in different tabs. After I logged onto Windows again and opened Firefox it came up with this :tmb: :

http://img430.imageshack.us/img430/2814/firegi7.jpg

Cool huh? :jmp:

Anubis_AF
31-10-06, 14:36
Cool! I always hated it when Firefox accidently crashes. Now I can restore my tabs :jmp:
Anyone know how to use the Spell Checker?

Dazzy
31-10-06, 14:37
You've gotta love the tabs though, you can open so many websites lol.

2kool4u
31-10-06, 14:37
nooooo all my bookmarks were deleted!!!

Mad Tony
31-10-06, 14:37
Cool! I always hated it when Firefox accidently crashes. Now I can restore my tabs :jmp:
Anyone know how to use the Spell Checker?

It's automatically on there.
If you type any no recognized word, it will tell you.

Dazzy
31-10-06, 14:40
nooooo all my bookmarks were deleted!!!

Really? How?

2kool4u
31-10-06, 14:43
i hve no idea! i downloaded the new mozilla i look for my bookmarks and there gone!!!

Anubis_AF
31-10-06, 14:44
My bookmarks are all safe. I wonder why have yours been deleted. Perhaps you uninstalled Firefox first?

It's automatically on there.
If you type any no recognized word, it will tell you.
Does it work on the forums?

Mad Tony
31-10-06, 14:44
i hve no idea! i downloaded the new mozilla i look for my bookmarks and there gone!!!
That's odd.
Mine were still there when I downloaded them.

Dazzy
31-10-06, 14:45
Same here Tony, maybe you did remove Firefox first and then install the new one. If you didn't, it is a spooky thing to happen, it's Halloween after all, something is happening.

Mad Tony
31-10-06, 14:46
Same here Tony, maybe you did remove Firefox first and then install the new one. If you didn't, it is a spooky thing to happen, it's Halloween after all, something is happening.
Oh get real! :p
Halloween is an excuse to legitimize begging! :p

Night Crawler
31-10-06, 14:47
Does it work on the forums?


It doesn't work in the quick reply box for some reason, but it works if you edit a post or "go advanced" :)

Dazzy
31-10-06, 14:51
Oh get real! :p
Halloween is an excuse to legitimize begging! :p

Ok, I'm going over the top there, my bad.

Agent 47
31-10-06, 14:51
Oh get real! :p
Halloween is an excuse to legitimize begging! :p

and so is celebrating an act of terrorism (November 5th)

failed attempt i might add ;) :jmp:

2kool4u
31-10-06, 14:51
yes i had to imporrt them again from internet explorer-i havent been on that for a month i kept getting screens that would pop upo!!

Mad Tony
31-10-06, 14:52
and so is celebrating an act of terrorism (November 5th)


It's celebrating the fact that guy Fawkes didn't blow up the Houses of Parliament.
It's a shame he didn't succeed, but oh well.
I don't celebrate it anyway.

Dazzy
31-10-06, 14:52
I hope you get your favorites back somehow 2Kool4u. How about a system restore to a past day, then you could try again.

george_croft
31-10-06, 14:54
Cool! I always hated it when Firefox accidently crashes. Now I can restore my tabs :jmp:
Anyone know how to use the Spell Checker?


The spell checker starts automatically.

2kool4u
31-10-06, 15:14
I hope you get your favorites back somehow 2Kool4u. How about a system restore to a past day, then you could try again.
thanks im happy i got it 2 work

Lavinder
31-10-06, 15:18
Just downloaded it, so far I have only notices that there are different icons for some things.

And as for Mad Tony, export your bookmarks on a regular basis because Firefox has a rare (sort of) error which makes Firefox close and lose all bookmarks :)

Mad Tony
31-10-06, 15:28
And as for Mad Tony, export your bookmarks on a regular basis because Firefox has a rare (sort of) error which makes Firefox close and lose all bookmarks :)
It wasn't me who had the problem, it was 2kool4u.

Legends
31-10-06, 15:30
Downloaded! :D

Lavinder
31-10-06, 15:30
It wasn't me who had the problem, it was 2kool4u.

Oh, I must be more tired than I thought. -goes for nap-

Does anyone know how I can keep the spell checker on constantly?

Mad Tony
31-10-06, 15:32
Oh, I must be more tired than I thought. -goes for nap-

Does anyone know how I can keep the spell checker on constantly?
It is already on as default isn't it?
It is for me anyway.

Lavinder
31-10-06, 15:37
It isn't on for me :confused::( I have to switch it on every time..

Mytly
01-11-06, 04:26
I noticed another new thing about it yesterday.
My PC sort of crashed and before that I had some websites open all in the same Firefox window but in different tabs. After I logged onto Windows again and opened Firefox it came up with this :tmb: :

http://img430.imageshack.us/img430/2814/firegi7.jpg

Cool huh? :jmp:

That was previously available as an extension for Firefox 1.5 - the Session Manager which came with the extension Tab Mix Plus extension. I guess now it has been integrated into Firefox 2. That extension is excellent, btw - if anyone (like me) prefers the older version of Firefox, I strongly recommend downloading Tab Mix Plus. :tmb:

jamieoliver22
01-11-06, 07:05
yes i had to imporrt them again from internet explorer-i havent been on that for a month i kept getting screens that would pop upo!!
All your bookmarks are automattically saved everyday, and you can inport them whenever anything goes wrong.

Can be found under:
C:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ [profile].default

Under a folder called Backups or bookmarkbackups

Lavinder
01-11-06, 12:53
All your bookmarks are automattically saved everyday, and you can inport them whenever anything goes wrong.

Can be found under:
C:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ [profile].default

Under a folder called Backups or bookmarkbackups
Jamie, I lost my bookmarks too about a year ago. I researched high and low for answers how to get my bookmarks back but this solution does not work 100% of the time because the crash forces a new profile to be made the next time Firefox starts up which deletes/overwrites the default profile and makes a new one.

The only way I was able to get mine back was go in to the Norton Recycle bin a sift through all the hundreds of data the computer had deleted. After about an hour I gave up hope, but then something drew me towards a file and I restored it and BAM everything was back. I cannot remember what the filename was but it was a string of random numbers and letters.

Just pointing out that this is not a failsafe option and you should backup ever so often, or I think I remember that there was an extension which backs up your bookmarks; I did not use this because it was for an older version of Firefox, I did not fancy going back to an older version.

That reminds me, I have not backed up in about 2 weeks...

Lara Croft!
01-11-06, 20:43
A new Firefox???I must download it at once!!!

Lenochka
02-11-06, 02:13
I really like the new firefox :) i downloaded it a while ago and am having no problems what so ever hehe :D

MattTR
02-11-06, 02:22
Great! Downloading it now. :)

Anubis_AF
02-11-06, 18:48
The buttons/tabs are very smooth and good looking :tmb: Something which wasn't found in the previous version.

Lew
02-11-06, 20:15
OMG! Its so much better than Internet Explorer 7.

Mytly
03-11-06, 04:27
OMG! Its so much better than Internet Explorer 7.

Of course! Firefox beats IE hands down! :D