Tabs Open Relative

[afuna]

So after switching to Firefox 3 beta, I found that a lot of my extensions no longer worked, which I expected. What I didn't expect was how much I'd miss the invisible extensions. These are the extensions that don't require any configuration, don't have to be triggered by any buttons, don't show up in the interface; they just work.

I could get used to losing "Colorful Tabs", and have my tab bar be a dull monochromatic gray. It was losing Tabs Open Relative (and Submit to Tab) that I've found really irritating, because there are no visual indicators that they no longer work. I only find out/remember when I try to open a new tab, and find myself at the end of the tab bar, not beside my current tab. Just a few minutes ago, I restarted Firefox (because I keep forgetting that the RTE pop-up windows won't work with Firefox 3 and I can't close that pop-up otherwise), clicked on a link... and it opened beside my current tab.

I feel so incredibly happy! This is almost better than if the Web Developer toolbar had been updated -- almost.

Comments

[snakeling]

You know which one I miss most? The one that puts the Page Style menu in the contextual menu. *facepalm* Losing Paste and Go was annoying, too, though that's better since I managed to make Fx3 the default browser.

[afuna]

Mm, true. Though Page Style is at least not that deep in the View menu. I don't know what Paste and Go is, though. What does it do?

[snakeling]

It's similar to what already exists in Opera. Instead of, say, pasting an URL in your address bar and then clicking on the green arrow, you choose Paste and go, and you don't need to click the green arrow. Lazy people ftw! :D

The extension's here, if you want more info :)

[afuna]

Ooh interesting. I usually paste and hit enter. But I can see how it would be annoying to have that, and then have to go without *g*

Seriously, it's the tiny things that are the hardest to adjust to.