[CentOS] Firefox and Thunderbird 2.0, Centos 5, and rpms

Jean Figarella jfigarella at vecna.com
Tue Jun 26 21:31:18 UTC 2007


Jim Perrin wrote:
> On 6/14/07, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:
>> So I am looking at Firefox and Thunderbird 2.0.
>> Should I install them?  Or is Redhat correct that there is nothing
>> improved here and wait for 3.0?  (well I have not even had a chance to
>> look at Thunderbird 2.0, that is new)?
> 
> Actually, Firefox 2.x irritates the crap out of me with the newer
> search option. Instead of /foo to search a page for foo and having the
> option to find it again, you now have to hit ctrl+f, windows style for
> searching. the /foo still works, but times out quickly and doesn't
> give you the option to move to the next found location.
> 
> I'd say sit tight for a while on the RH version unless there's a
> feature/plugin you REALLY need/want.
> 
> 

you can do "/' to search, and if it does finds something the "ctrl" + 
"f"  and it will give you the option to find more. But I agree it is 
annoying that it doesn't give you the "find next" option when using "/" 
to search.


-Jean



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