responder <respon...@nospam.net> wrote:
> Nothing but double talk...for what reason, I don't understand.
> What is most interesting is that we don't hear a word directly from
> the developers.
> Only from those who act as their surrogates.
They don't generally post here, hopefully preferring to spend their
time working on the browser. Links have been posted to their
reasoning; their decisions and the reasons are public.
FWLIW, I understand the reason, and I agree with it.
Does this Add-on allow you to right-click an active link (only) within a page,
or does it merely send the entire page like when choosing File - Email Link?
> Does this Add-on allow you to right-click an active link (only) within a
> page,
> or does it merely send the entire page like when choosing File - Email
> Link?
> Neil ¦¬D
> --
Email link ONLY sends the link, not any information ON the page. the right-click process will send the link you have selected. It also doesn't send anything else on the page.
> Does this Add-on allow you to right-click an active link (only) within a
> page,
> or does it merely send the entire page like when choosing File - Email
> Link?
> Neil ¦¬D
> --
>>Email link ONLY sends the link, not any information ON the page. the >>right-click process will send the link you have selected. It also doesn't >>send anything else on the page.
> Does this Add-on allow you to right-click an active link (only) within a
> page,
> or does it merely send the entire page like when choosing File - Email
> Link?
> Neil ¦¬D
Both, actually. If you r-click generally on the page it will send that page, just like file-email link. If you r-click on an active link, it will send just that link.
The extension works just like FF did before they changed it.
>> Does this Add-on allow you to right-click an active link (only) within a
>> page,
>> or does it merely send the entire page like when choosing File - Email
>> Link?
>> Neil ¦¬D
> Both, actually. If you r-click generally on the page it will send that
> page, just like file-email link. If you r-click on an active link, it
> will send just that link.
> The extension works just like FF did before they changed it.
Kinda makes you wonder, no?
Works well for me and I appreciate the efforts and talent of the person who wrote the extension.
> I can recommend the Alt+F, followed by E shortcut.
> No need to scroll/move away from the interface.
Suppose I'm on a page with 5 links, I don't want to open the links. I just want to Right Click and Send Link. It's quick, it's easy, and now it's gone. Alt F + E doesn't work in this situation, unless I actually open each link.
If this was software I purchased, I'd be on the phone with someone until it was back the way it was. And it would be put back, because without users, your software is nothing.
>> I can recommend the Alt+F, followed by E shortcut.
>> No need to scroll/move away from the interface.
> Suppose I'm on a page with 5 links, I don't want to open the links. I just want to Right Click and Send Link. It's quick, it's easy, and now it's gone. Alt F + E doesn't work in this situation, unless I actually open each link.
> If this was software I purchased, I'd be on the phone with someone until it was back the way it was. And it would be put back, because without users, your software is nothing.
There are extensions that add back this feature. Check them out. Note that just because you use this feature, doesn't mean everyone does. I never noticed, partly because I consider it good internet etiquette to make sure a link is good before sending it to anyone else. Ie, I visit the link to check it before sending.
On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 10:26:11 PM UTC-4, erich...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> I wonder why the developers think they know how to use firefox best. Why not give the user the option to set up the context menu the way they like it?
Oh, wouldn't that be _loverly_! I wonder how difficult it would be for Firefox developers to give us that option. I use Right-click > "Send link" so often that I'm not going to upgrade from Firefox 15.0.1 until it's put back in.
On 11/13/2012 4:24 PM, gloria.hamil...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 10:26:11 PM UTC-4, erich...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>> I wonder why the developers think they know how to use firefox best. Why not give the user the option to set up the context menu the way they like it?
> Oh, wouldn't that be _loverly_! I wonder how difficult it would be for Firefox developers to give us that option. I use Right-click > "Send link" so often that I'm not going to upgrade from Firefox 15.0.1 until it's put back in.
Not to worry, Gloria, as an extension to return the capability is available, and it works fine. Good luck...
On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 5:34:04 PM UTC-5, nobody wrote:
> On 11/13/2012 4:24 PM, gloria.hamil...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 10:26:11 PM UTC-4, erich...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> >> I wonder why the developers think they know how to use firefox best. Why not give the user the option to set up the context menu the way they like it?
> > Oh, wouldn't that be _loverly_! I wonder how difficult it would be for Firefox developers to give us that option. I use Right-click > "Send link" so often that I'm not going to upgrade from Firefox 15.0.1 until it's put back in.
> Not to worry, Gloria, as an extension to return the capability is
On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 5:44:21 PM UTC-5, gloria....@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 5:34:04 PM UTC-5, nobody wrote:
> > On 11/13/2012 4:24 PM, gloria.hamil...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 10:26:11 PM UTC-4, erich...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> > >> I wonder why the developers think they know how to use firefox best. Why not give the user the option to set up the context menu the way they like it?
> > > Oh, wouldn't that be _loverly_! I wonder how difficult it would be for Firefox developers to give us that option. I use Right-click > "Send link" so often that I'm not going to upgrade from Firefox 15.0.1 until it's put back in.
> > Not to worry, Gloria, as an extension to return the capability is
> Thanks for the prompt response! But I think I'll stick with FF 15.0.1 anyhow and wait to see what other unexpected changes are going to happen.
An example of another unexpected - and unannounced - and unwanted change: See Google Group mozilla.dev.apps.firefox: Tabs-on-bottom mode: keep it - 147 posts
On 11/13/2012 05:05 PM, gloria.hamil...@gmail.com wrote:
> An example of another unexpected - and unannounced - and unwanted
> change: See Google Group mozilla.dev.apps.firefox: Tabs-on-bottom
> mode: keep it - 147 posts
The only thing that's changed is that Firefox hides the "Tabs on Top" checkbox in the UI to discourage new users from switching to it. If you have tabs on bottom already, nothing will change, and if you make a new profile, you can toggle a hidden pref to put tabs on the bottom: browser.tabs.onTop
On 11/13/2012 4:24 PM, gloria.hamil...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 10:26:11 PM UTC-4, erich...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>> I wonder why the developers think they know how to use firefox best. Why not give the user the option to set up the context menu the way they like it?
> Oh, wouldn't that be _loverly_! I wonder how difficult it would be for Firefox developers to give us that option. I use Right-click > "Send link" so often that I'm not going to upgrade from Firefox 15.0.1 until it's put back in.
Excuse! Go install the extension that puts it back, and then update.
> On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 5:34:04 PM UTC-5, nobody wrote:
>> On 11/13/2012 4:24 PM, gloria.hamil...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 10:26:11 PM UTC-4, erich...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>>>> I wonder why the developers think they know how to use firefox best. Why not give the user the option to set up the context menu the way they like it?
>>> Oh, wouldn't that be _loverly_! I wonder how difficult it would be for Firefox developers to give us that option. I use Right-click > "Send link" so often that I'm not going to upgrade from Firefox 15.0.1 until it's put back in.
>> Not to worry, Gloria, as an extension to return the capability is
Ron Hunter wrote:
> On 11/13/2012 4:44 PM, gloria.hamil...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 5:34:04 PM UTC-5, nobody wrote:
>>> On 11/13/2012 4:24 PM, gloria.hamil...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 10:26:11 PM UTC-4, >>>> erich...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>>>>> I wonder why the developers think they know how to use firefox >>>>> best. Why not give the user the option to set up the context menu >>>>> the way they like it?
>>>> Oh, wouldn't that be _loverly_! I wonder how difficult it would be >>>> for Firefox developers to give us that option. I use Right-click > >>>> "Send link" so often that I'm not going to upgrade from Firefox >>>> 15.0.1 until it's put back in.
>>> Not to worry, Gloria, as an extension to return the capability is
>> Thanks for the prompt response! But I think I'll stick with FF 15.0.1 >> anyhow and wait to see what other unexpected changes are going to happen.
> Sigh.
I guess I know what you mean by, "Sigh," .... but on the other hand, I am also glad that my list of extensions is holding at 16 (!! 16?! - that's really about 10 more than I'd like to have). I, too, am tired of having to seek out extensions to make up for shortcomings introduced by upgrades. I do not consider - There is an extension that fixes that - to be a real solution. These quick fix extensions (e.g., add one item *back* into a context menu) are stop-gap measures - temporary patches that should really be folded into the main product. I am still holding at FF13 because it has things the way I like them ..... or have settled for. Every extension adds one more fold to the convolution of troubleshooting when FF misbehaves. I wish I did not have the need for any.
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> On 11/13/2012 05:05 PM, gloria.hamil...@gmail.com wrote:
>> An example of another unexpected - and unannounced - and unwanted
>> change: See Google Group mozilla.dev.apps.firefox: Tabs-on-bottom
>> mode: keep it - 147 posts
> The only thing that's changed is that Firefox hides the "Tabs on Top"
> checkbox in the UI to discourage new users from switching to it. If you
> have tabs on bottom already, nothing will change, and if you make a new
> profile, you can toggle a hidden pref to put tabs on the bottom:
> browser.tabs.onTop
> - Jim
That post in mozilla.dev.apps.firefox is mostly about removing that pref from about:config aka bug 755593 IIRC.
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»Q« <boxc...@gmx.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:43:24 -0500
> nobody <nob...@none.invalid> wrote:
> > When on a web page I often want to shar it with others. Up until
> > this version there was an option in the r-click menu to "send link"
> > which worked well for this behavior. It is gone in this version.
> 50000 posts later, WaltS has found a new extension to do it. :)
People are still having trouble finding the solution in this long
thread, so I'm posting again just to add a [solved] tag to make it more
likely they'll see the extension.
Thanks again for finding and posting the extension, Walt.
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:54:31 -0500
> »Q« <boxc...@gmx.net> wrote:
>> On Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:43:24 -0500
>> nobody <nob...@none.invalid> wrote:
>>> When on a web page I often want to shar it with others. Up until
>>> this version there was an option in the r-click menu to "send link"
>>> which worked well for this behavior. It is gone in this version.
>> 50000 posts later, WaltS has found a new extension to do it. :)
> People are still having trouble finding the solution in this long
> thread, so I'm posting again just to add a [solved] tag to make it more
> likely they'll see the extension.
> Thanks again for finding and posting the extension, Walt.
WaltS should have added the [solved] tag when he posted the fix.
YW
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> On 10/16/2012 1:56 PM, Sailfish wrote:
>> My bloviated meandering follows what Rod graced us with on 10/16/2012
>> ...
>>> You used to be able to right click on a link on a page and send that
>>> link
>>> via email. Now you have to either open the link, or copy and paste
>>> into the
>>> email mail client. Including having to open the client, this creates
>>> several more steps. Mozilla has gone backwards with this move by
>>> reducing
>>> operability.
>> That's a different question than the one I answered but I'll respond
>> nonetheless. I've never used that capability (never knew of it until you
>> just brought it up, actually) and doubt that, now after knowing, I would
>> ever have used it anyway since I would always want to know what is on a
>> page before emailing it to another. I could be wrong, admittedly, but
>> this seems like an extremely edge-case issue (albeit it a possible
>> regression issue).
> Some folks 'never' is other folks 'always'.
> I use Send Link daily... Well, used to anyway.
> I really appreciated how it would compose an email without having
> Thunderbird open or opening Thunderbird and leaving it open.
> Off to check the ESR version. Maybe it hasn't been neutered yet!
I've found that nearly all the links I receive by email, with nothing
else added, are links to packages of malware (such as over 300 computer viruses that will be installed if I click the link).
Does the old capability at least allow adding a few lines describing
what the link leads to?
Robert Miles <robertmiles...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/17/2012 11:12 AM, clay wrote:
> > On 10/16/2012 1:56 PM, Sailfish wrote:
> >> My bloviated meandering follows what Rod graced us with on
> >> 10/16/2012 ...
> >>> You used to be able to right click on a link on a page and send
> >>> that link
> >>> via email. Now you have to either open the link, or copy and
> >>> paste into the
> >>> email mail client. Including having to open the client, this
> >>> creates several more steps. Mozilla has gone backwards with this
> >>> move by reducing
> >>> operability.
> >> That's a different question than the one I answered but I'll
> >> respond nonetheless. I've never used that capability (never knew
> >> of it until you just brought it up, actually) and doubt that, now
> >> after knowing, I would ever have used it anyway since I would
> >> always want to know what is on a page before emailing it to
> >> another. I could be wrong, admittedly, but this seems like an
> >> extremely edge-case issue (albeit it a possible regression issue).
> > Some folks 'never' is other folks 'always'.
> > I use Send Link daily... Well, used to anyway.
> > I really appreciated how it would compose an email without having
> > Thunderbird open or opening Thunderbird and leaving it open.
> > Off to check the ESR version. Maybe it hasn't been neutered yet!
> I've found that nearly all the links I receive by email, with nothing
> else added, are links to packages of malware (such as over 300
> computer viruses that will be installed if I click the link).
> Does the old capability at least allow adding a few lines describing
> what the link leads to?
Yes. It just opens an e-mail composition with the link already in
the body. You can type whatever description you want.
> On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:20:11 -0600
> Robert Miles <robertmiles...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Does the old capability at least allow adding a few lines describing
>> what the link leads to?
> Yes. It just opens an e-mail composition with the link already in
> the body. You can type whatever description you want.
Indeed, and so does the convenient "Alt+F, followed by E" keyboard shortcut, which usually also adds meaningful text in the subject line.
