kcredden
October 14th, 2006, 03:57 PM
Saw this, and thought about you :).
The team that's brought us Firefox, is now posting a feature suggestion web site whereby you can post what you'd like to see in the next version of Firefox (v3). So if your interested, and have some ideas, drop them a line here (http://wiki.mozilla.org./Firefox/Feature_Brainstorming#Browser_customization) and see what you can do.
Now here's an idea. If you could design your own browser, what would YOU like in it, that's not being covered by your favorate one at the moment; be it IE, Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, or Safari? Here's some of my desires:
Opera had a great pull down menu whereby you could stop the download of several elements in a page, including graphics, java, and javascript, Active X, etc. But if you didn't download graphics for example, it still left the page "shaped" right, by putting in place holders for the graphics. Made it really fast downloading pages. (would be WONDERFUL to be able to stop the download of shockwave/flash too, to block out those idiotic ads)
One of the most annoying things I'm running into, is these companies I've done business for, that insists on you using MSIE. A lot of times I can't even get on the site, without IE. Or at least I can't upload pictures. I think Opera has a feature whereby you can switch to the MSIE engine for sites like this. but I never used Opera on these sites (I don't even have it installed to test web pages.) But if this would work, but also make it safe to use, then I'd like a feature like that. This would be even better, for people who use linux (raises a hand) and can't use MSIE
Be able to use your own default fonts and colors. If you check this on any browser, it'll just render pages useless, 99% of the time.
A real cookie, and bookmark manager. nuff said
Being able to put the cache folder, and other temp junk where you want it. Mozilla does that, but not FF, and they're by the same company. - Weird.
An automatic bookmarking backup agent! How many here have lost their bookmarks, and spend weeks or months trying to rebuild them? (agg!!)
A 'sandboxing' feature. If you hit a site that is dangerious, all things it does is cordened off from the rest of the computer, so malware can't be installed on your system and such. Such things exist, like sandboxie (http://www.sandboxie.com/) (which I'm testing and learning to use, for a later write-up, and HOW-TO for you folks), but this should be automatic anymore.
And finally. An easy to use off-line browser feature. All I've used wants to download the entire site, or is so hard to configure, it'd take a guru to even understand it. What I'd like is one where I could download a page at a time, when I want it. I just click on 'off-line this page' (or soemthing such) and it downloads all the pages associated with it, graphics, and other files, and stores it so I can read it later, off-line.
So what's your thoughts, and desires? Lets hear it, even if you don't partisipate in FF's request.
- Kevin
The team that's brought us Firefox, is now posting a feature suggestion web site whereby you can post what you'd like to see in the next version of Firefox (v3). So if your interested, and have some ideas, drop them a line here (http://wiki.mozilla.org./Firefox/Feature_Brainstorming#Browser_customization) and see what you can do.
Now here's an idea. If you could design your own browser, what would YOU like in it, that's not being covered by your favorate one at the moment; be it IE, Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, or Safari? Here's some of my desires:
Opera had a great pull down menu whereby you could stop the download of several elements in a page, including graphics, java, and javascript, Active X, etc. But if you didn't download graphics for example, it still left the page "shaped" right, by putting in place holders for the graphics. Made it really fast downloading pages. (would be WONDERFUL to be able to stop the download of shockwave/flash too, to block out those idiotic ads)
One of the most annoying things I'm running into, is these companies I've done business for, that insists on you using MSIE. A lot of times I can't even get on the site, without IE. Or at least I can't upload pictures. I think Opera has a feature whereby you can switch to the MSIE engine for sites like this. but I never used Opera on these sites (I don't even have it installed to test web pages.) But if this would work, but also make it safe to use, then I'd like a feature like that. This would be even better, for people who use linux (raises a hand) and can't use MSIE
Be able to use your own default fonts and colors. If you check this on any browser, it'll just render pages useless, 99% of the time.
A real cookie, and bookmark manager. nuff said
Being able to put the cache folder, and other temp junk where you want it. Mozilla does that, but not FF, and they're by the same company. - Weird.
An automatic bookmarking backup agent! How many here have lost their bookmarks, and spend weeks or months trying to rebuild them? (agg!!)
A 'sandboxing' feature. If you hit a site that is dangerious, all things it does is cordened off from the rest of the computer, so malware can't be installed on your system and such. Such things exist, like sandboxie (http://www.sandboxie.com/) (which I'm testing and learning to use, for a later write-up, and HOW-TO for you folks), but this should be automatic anymore.
And finally. An easy to use off-line browser feature. All I've used wants to download the entire site, or is so hard to configure, it'd take a guru to even understand it. What I'd like is one where I could download a page at a time, when I want it. I just click on 'off-line this page' (or soemthing such) and it downloads all the pages associated with it, graphics, and other files, and stores it so I can read it later, off-line.
So what's your thoughts, and desires? Lets hear it, even if you don't partisipate in FF's request.
- Kevin