Algernon

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Algernon
layingback wrote:

Bummer! Glad I selected the Logitech Trackman Marble over the Marble Mouse, although I chose it for the thumb ball, because I couldn't live without middle click/scroll!
Not a problem... click both buttons at once and use Ball to scroll.

Algernon wrote:
I don't want to switch tabs immediately. I prefer to let the next page load in the background.
layingback wrote:

Agreed. IWC you may be interested in about:config, set browser.tabs.closeButtons set to 0, which resets FF to FF1 behaviour of only putting Close Tab 'X" on the current tab - saves accidentally closing a Tab you haven't read yet.
Brilliant! Just checked this site and with FF2 I've set it to 3 which gives me just the one Red X on the Right of the Tab Bar... just like v1.5... Not sure that I like it now after not using it for a few years.


Algernon wrote:
So we have to have rubbish browsers because they are bringing out rubbish screens
layingback wrote:

'Fraid so. Discovered this when BIL wanted to upgrade his 15" 4x3 just for browser use really, and we discovered that most 19" widescreens were just wider 15" screens. Unbelievable! And most manufacturers had the gall to call them HD when the only HD-like element was the 16x9 a/r. (FWIW finally settled on the BenQ 21" with 1920x1080 HD res for under £100.)

Dunno what I'll do when my 1900x1200 monitor or ditto laptop dies ...
I've set this Samsung SyncMaster 971P (4x3) to 800x600 for the time being so that pics on this forum fill the screen. Not many monitors apart from CRC's handle 800x600 too good.... I can switch back to 1280x1024 when I need to.

Comment by Algernon posted on Firefox 4 don't bother! at 18/04/2011 - 10:30

Algernon
From what I remember Hugin is a front end for the freeware commandline Panaorama Tools and PT Lens was originally developed for use with Panaorama Tools.

AcroPano costs $99

Comment by Algernon posted on Hugin panorama stitching software - anyone else use it? at 18/04/2011 - 09:53

Algernon
The freeware VLC Player normally plays anything you throw at it. The codecs are built in so no need to install.

Media Player Classic (MPC) is also good with FFDShow, but is beginning to fall behind slightly. It's often included with codec packs and is well worth installing just because it allows you to change the aspect ratio by dragging with the mouse.

Comment by Algernon posted on Video from K5....can't open in PC?! at 18/04/2011 - 09:25

Algernon
If the original email was a "Special Offer" they should have honoured it.

Comment by Algernon posted on Pentax SMC DFA 100mm F/2.8 Macro at 18/04/2011 - 09:00

Algernon
I can't middle click, because I use a Logitech Marble Mouse which has a marble ball where the middle button goes. much better than a normal mouse, especially for a laptop, although I'm mostly using a desktop. I could probably assign it to "click both buttons" or one of the other 2 buttons, but don't need it.

I don't want to switch tabs immediately. I prefer to let the next page load in the background.

So we have to have rubbish browsers because they are bringing out rubbish screens

Comment by Algernon posted on Firefox 4 don't bother! at 18/04/2011 - 08:57

Algernon
It was discussed on here some time back that IE isn't fully
colour managed..... one reason not to use it

My right click to open goes back to Opera which had TWO
options "Open and go to the TAB" or "Open hidden". The last
one is the only one available in Firefox, you have to click
the TAB to go to it which I'm used to.

The only improvement I've seen In Firefox 4 is the
"Paste and GO" which they have copied off Opera.

Comment by Algernon posted on Firefox 4 don't bother! at 17/04/2011 - 21:39

Algernon
The polarizers creating more than one image, which is why it looks like shake. It could even be letting un-polarized light through and it's that causing the blur. You can see it best on the twigs on the right the extra images run right to left.

Comment by Algernon posted on Help me with a weird problem at 17/04/2011 - 21:35

Algernon
The green "go back" and "go forward" buttons have also gone replaced with grey ones that you can hardly see. I used to use that as a warning that I had gone forward a page and not onto a new tab.

I've now gone back to v2 and the Fasterfox add-on which I've always missed because they never took it beyond v2 It has a progress bar and time for how long each page takes to load. This one took 0.330 seconds

Also with v2 any new tabs always open at the end of the line of tabs, not wherever they want like with v3 and v4.

I'd like to go back to v1.5 which had the Red Close Tab Button an the right of the screen on the tab line, so you didn't have to look for which one to press. It always closed the page you had open and you could keep clicking to close as many as you want. The latest v4 has a + and a cross together and you have to be careful not to click the wrong one.

Comment by Algernon posted on Firefox 4 don't bother! at 17/04/2011 - 21:26

Algernon
woodworm wrote:
I've upgraded to Firefox 4 and haven't really noticed any difference?

I'm quite happy with it ...
You mustn't open many URL's by right clicking? They've changed the "open in a new tab" and "open in a new window around" and I'm that used to doing it without looking that I kept opening New Windows instead of New Tabs.

I'm referring to the Windows PC version of Firefox 4 not the Mac version. I don't know anything about that apart from stay well away from their browser in Windows, because it won a competition for being the easiest browser to hack!!

Comment by Algernon posted on Firefox 4 don't bother! at 17/04/2011 - 17:56

Algernon
Don's right Pro's never wanted built in light meters and shock! horror! auto-focus. Nikons first AF lenses were about half the price of the MF lenses, because they were aiming purely at amateurs

Comment by Algernon posted on When a Pentax Full Frame at 17/04/2011 - 17:05

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