This tip will help you switch the tabs in Firefox much faster.
Especially if you, like me and many other users of this site, have many tabs open at the same time, possibly many windows in Firefox.
What you do is you reduce the minimal tab width in Firefox thereby allowing more tabs in one window. This reduces the number of windows needed. It also removes the need to "scroll tabs" left or right in Firefox.
How? Simple.
Start by typing about:config in your Firefox address bar. Locate item browser.tabs.tabMinWidth and set its value to 50 or some value smaller than the original value. Mine was 100 to start.
That's it!
There are indications that having fewer windows open in Firefox on Vista will reduce problems with blinking buttons and unresponsive behavior!
Let me know if this small change helps you navigate your Firefox tabs faster, and if it prevents Firefox from becoming unresponsive! Please leave me a comment with your observations!
Acer Touchpad Not Working
PROBLEM: ACER TOUCHPAD NOT WORKING
This is a funny story. I have today upgraded Vista through Microsoft Upgrade. However, the required restart didn't work. I had to turn the laptop off as it was stuck in the "Logging Off" screen.
Everything turned out fine after restart, except -- The Synaptics TouchPad did not work. Neither the Pad to move the mouse pointer, nor the Left and Right Buttons.
Luckily I had the external Microsoft wireless mouse attached. The USB wireless mouse worked, so I was not impaired.
Tried rebooting to no avail. Looked for the new driver on manufacturer's website, uninstalled, installed again (it was the same version anyways), no change. Touchpad is still not working!
A quick search on the web revealed what the solution is:
SOLUTION FOR "ACER TOUCHPAD NOT WORKING" SOUGHT
It turns out that, while trying to restart laptop after the software upgrade, I was pushing various buttons that I knew not what they were for. In the top row of the keyboard. Such as turn off screen, the ZZZ button that put laptop to sleep (but after coming back still ended in the "logging off" mode). etc. One of the infamous buttons was the Fn-F7. That one's pic has something that looks like a hand over a square - the Touchpad. It's an on-off switch for the Touchpad! Who knew! I played with this only as the computer was shutting down. I did not need touchpad at that time to find out it was disabled. Funny.
SOLUTION FOR "ACER TOUCHPAD NOT WORKING" FOUND
So press Fn-F7 and your touchpad is back. Simple as that.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
Did you have a similar problem? Where is the touchpad on/off button on your laptop? Leave me a comment, would you? Thanks!
This is a funny story. I have today upgraded Vista through Microsoft Upgrade. However, the required restart didn't work. I had to turn the laptop off as it was stuck in the "Logging Off" screen.
Everything turned out fine after restart, except -- The Synaptics TouchPad did not work. Neither the Pad to move the mouse pointer, nor the Left and Right Buttons.
Luckily I had the external Microsoft wireless mouse attached. The USB wireless mouse worked, so I was not impaired.
Tried rebooting to no avail. Looked for the new driver on manufacturer's website, uninstalled, installed again (it was the same version anyways), no change. Touchpad is still not working!
A quick search on the web revealed what the solution is:
SOLUTION FOR "ACER TOUCHPAD NOT WORKING" SOUGHT
It turns out that, while trying to restart laptop after the software upgrade, I was pushing various buttons that I knew not what they were for. In the top row of the keyboard. Such as turn off screen, the ZZZ button that put laptop to sleep (but after coming back still ended in the "logging off" mode). etc. One of the infamous buttons was the Fn-F7. That one's pic has something that looks like a hand over a square - the Touchpad. It's an on-off switch for the Touchpad! Who knew! I played with this only as the computer was shutting down. I did not need touchpad at that time to find out it was disabled. Funny.
SOLUTION FOR "ACER TOUCHPAD NOT WORKING" FOUND
So press Fn-F7 and your touchpad is back. Simple as that.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
Did you have a similar problem? Where is the touchpad on/off button on your laptop? Leave me a comment, would you? Thanks!
Firefox Unresponsive Workaround #7 for Flashing Minimize, Restore, Close Buttons
PROBLEM
We had a lengthy discussion previously about the problem with Firefox 3.5.3 - 3.5.5 about the situation where Firefox Minimize, Restore, and Close Buttons in the window frame start to flash and Firefox becomes unresponsive. For long periods of time. There is more discussion about this problem here.
I found yet another workaround (numbered #7) for this problem. There are six(!) other workarounds presented here. I am curious how this workaround #7 works for your guys. We still do not have the solution.
I found this to be the least painful workaround so far. What you do when you have Firefox Flashing Buttoms on Vista or Windows 7:
WORKAROUND #7
Go Start/Control Panel. Go Systems and Maintenance, then Performance Information and Tools. Go Adjust Visual Effects in the left pane. Then under the Visual Effects tab, unselect Enable Desktop Composition and hit Apply. I bet it was selected originally! That's it, wait maybe 30 seconds. Blinking should go away. Now you can select Enable desktop composition again, hit Apply, and wait another 30 seconds. No more blinking with fancy windows.
THIS WORKAROUND WORKED FOR ME, WHAT ABOUT YOU?
Let me know in the comments below if this worked for you. It is the quickest and least destructive workaround yet.
P.S.: FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE:
We had a lengthy discussion previously about the problem with Firefox 3.5.3 - 3.5.5 about the situation where Firefox Minimize, Restore, and Close Buttons in the window frame start to flash and Firefox becomes unresponsive. For long periods of time. There is more discussion about this problem here.
I found yet another workaround (numbered #7) for this problem. There are six(!) other workarounds presented here. I am curious how this workaround #7 works for your guys. We still do not have the solution.
I found this to be the least painful workaround so far. What you do when you have Firefox Flashing Buttoms on Vista or Windows 7:
WORKAROUND #7
Go Start/Control Panel. Go Systems and Maintenance, then Performance Information and Tools. Go Adjust Visual Effects in the left pane. Then under the Visual Effects tab, unselect Enable Desktop Composition and hit Apply. I bet it was selected originally! That's it, wait maybe 30 seconds. Blinking should go away. Now you can select Enable desktop composition again, hit Apply, and wait another 30 seconds. No more blinking with fancy windows.
THIS WORKAROUND WORKED FOR ME, WHAT ABOUT YOU?
Let me know in the comments below if this worked for you. It is the quickest and least destructive workaround yet.
P.S.: FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE:
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