Take advantage of the new Aero interface features on Windows 7 in Firefox 3.6 by making a few changes within everyone’s reach.
N.B. : these tricks are intended for users of Firefox 3.6 and Windows 7 only.
Ctrl + improved Tab
Under Firefox 3.6, open a new tab and type about:config. Pass the security warning by clicking on the button I'll be careful, I promise!.
Then look for the following key: browser.ctrlTab.previews
Then switch the value to True.
To visualise the new visual effect, press the keys Ctrl + Tab, a keyboard shortcut to switch between the different tabs — it is therefore necessary to open several of them.
Preview your Firefox tabs
Just as you would for Internet Explorer, it is possible to require Firefox to miniaturise tabs — not windows, in the taskbar to allow a preview.
This long-awaited option is unfortunately not enabled by default... just look for it. browser.taskbar.previews.enable, always via the tab about:config.
Then switch the value to True to have this feature. The result in image:
Each tab is now previewable, as the Firefox icon has multiplied to indicate it.
Mozilla gives us here 2 hidden features specifically dedicated to Windows 7. Why are they not enabled by default? Surely to allow me to communicate them to you today...
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I would have only one word in fact: Thank you
Beyond a number of tabs, the ctrl+tab is useless (it doesn‘t show everything), so I’m content with Foxtab (which shows me the tabs “Exposed”
On the other hand, the preview in the Superbar is great. There’s only a chrome menu missing with the right click.
Maybe I have a tip in reserve for that kind of thing...
No more than a menu has chromium with the right click.
When you do ctrl+tab, it displays 6 tabs but below you “display X tabs”, which displays all tabs.
Okay. Friendly.
And by doing ctrl+maj+tab, it displays all the tabs.
Okay. Friendly.
Indeed, a search field appears.
I admit that I too would like to know why this two functions (very useful anyway) are not enabled by default, and especially why Mozilla did not communicate on it anymore...
I hesitated to talk about it on my site but after experimenting with 2 crashes in 1 week of Firefox looking at the previewed tabs in the task bar I thought that maybe that was why he didn't turn it on by default...
But good view the practical side compared to 2 poor crashes if one does not seek optimal stability jumping on it is logical!
So there would be some stability problems. Maybe 3.6.1 will work better.
However, I have not encountered any concerns yet.
OK nickel with maj (I had seen the option show everything, but too long ^^)
As soon as I test chromium, I'm starting to find it right, and hop! Caught up with mozilla, and I also ask myself the question, “Why isn't it activated?”
to the limit they could have proposed it in the options.
It’s true that Google Chrome is making a dramatic breakthrough but I don't want my browsing data to be used for commercial purposes.
Actually it slows the bouzin a bit but nothing serious (good, at the same time, with 4 GB of RAM I have margin ^^)
I just tested it and noticed some bugs with preview, so I removed it from my Firefox.
No luck because it works very well at me...
For the switch between tabs, its work under XP pro
After 4 jorus, I ended up turning off the tabs forecast. My browser behaved strangely and above all, never way to have the tabs in full or in the right order.
For the improved Ctrl+tab on the other hand, ca amche nickel