Firefox 4 - No More Status Bar

[DarkBlood]

http://firefox.uservoice.com/forums...suggestions/888695-done-bar-should-be-canned-

Status Bar is completely removed in Firefox 4, instead, an add-on bar will replace it.

 

[Dynash]

Another reason to stick to just Opera.

 

[iBrightDev]

one word...
RETARDED!!!!!!
why the heck would they do that? stupid move IMO

 

[dmmcintyre3]

I like how chrome does it better anyway.

 

[[JSH]John]

I like how chrome does it better anyway.

Same here, so hopefully Firefox does something very similar. I haven't really used Firefox much lately since installing Chrome.

 

[DarkBlood]

Might want to check this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1601868

Status 4 Evar has an option to hide the destination link display in the address bar, and is a replacement for Fission.

 

[foo2thabar]

one word...
RETARDED!!!!!!
why the heck would they do that? stupid move IMO

The info is displayed elsewhere.

You just get a few extra pixels of reading area.

I don't mind it, it'll look cleaner. Like Chrome.

 

[iBrightDev]

i guess i'll have to wait to use it before i can really say then

 

[themoose]

In other news, Opera 11 Beta has just been released and it's freakin' awesome.

 

[Dynash]

in other news, opera 11 beta has just been released and it's freakin' awesome.

+∞

;d

 

[DarkBlood]

In other news, Opera 11 Beta has just been released and it's freakin' awesome.

I don't see a point in mouse gestures.

I'll stay with firefox thanks.

+∞

;d

-∞

 

[Dynash]

Mouse gestures were in Opera 9 I think. I find them annoying, not used them for anything. But 11 is just awesome. Only thing I can complain about is AdBlock doesn't seem to work at all.

 

[DarkBlood]

Mouse gestures were in Opera 9 I think. I find them annoying, not used them for anything. But 11 is just awesome. Only thing I can complain about is AdBlock doesn't seem to work at all.

Use hosts file: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

Blocks the ad site from ever connecting in the first place. (This means embedded video player code such as funny or die on icanhaz as well as ABC's Go player will not work, as they require ads to play, no matter what.)

 

[Dynash]

Can't be arsed editing my hosts file. Some websites I don't mind ads showing because it helps some people out.

 

[DarkBlood]

Can't be arsed editing my hosts file. Some websites I don't mind ads showing because it helps some people out.

Windows Vista and newer use a batch file to edit the hosts file:

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostswin7.htm

 

[Dynash]

I know how to edit it, just don't fancy going that way. I use XP too

 

[Lankesh]

I also surprised to do not see any inbuilt option for Website blocking in Firefox. It only provides options to block attack sites reported by Google.

 

[TaoPhoenix]

I dunno, I liked my status bar. Everyone is talking about wasted space except now it's the left half of the addon bar that will get wasted instead of the right half of the address bar. I know it's a whole Netbook thing, but I do my power computing from a large widescreen at home or work.