Does anyone know of a Firefox add-on that disables the text beside a bookmark in the bookmark toolbar? If anyone knows of/uses something that does this, I'd love to know your sources ¬¬

-b

This post has been edited by Barnz: 22 Jun, 2009 - 07:46 AM

Start off with a good browser http://www.opera.com/



This post has been edited by MageUK: 22 Jun, 2009 - 09:13 AM

Opera FTW!!

Definitely Firebug, if you do alot of web devving.

** Moved to Computer Support & Operating Systems **

Looks like I'll give Opera a try! Thanks guys.

Your opinions don't seem very professional. Maybe give a description to why you think Opera is the best, and not 'Opera FTW...' and stuff like that, next time.

I've been searching but I cannot find anything according to. However, these sites may have something similar:
http://internetreklama.com/computers/softw...firefox-addons/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

Opera sucks. Period. They think they're much better than they actually are. Much like dear old Rudi.

-twitterfox
-personas

This post has been edited by gabehabe: 23 Jun, 2009 - 03:57 AM

Think it's the best? I can't do that.
Know it's the best? Now I'll do it.

Here's the deal, everything you see (and will see) in Firefox was done by Opera (and even Safari *shudder*) first.

Opera comes with 10x more features than Firefox has, and ever will, in a smaller download package and with all languages included in this download (5mb for all languages rather than Firefox's 7mb for one language + less features).

Aside from that it's also stupidly fast and comes with technology that will syncronise everything around one account (speed dial etc), and will also aid (especially if you're on a laptop out and about) slow connections by compressing data before it's transferred to you, the same technology used in Opera Mobile.

Opera itself is trusted by almost every custom computing device manufacturer to provide a browser capable of providing fast speed that is compatible across any platform, including their own, thanks to the Opera SDK's flexibility and hardware independability, read more about it here.

They fix bugs almost instantly and their new versions of the browser always contain updated engines with faster speeds and better rendering, first browser to pass the Acid3 test rings a bell (Apple announced it on the same day, but 2 hours later, before you try and prove me wrong on this). Another good example is that I reported a crash (I'm using the alpha snapshot) when I visited codeproject.com, literally 3 hours later, CodeProject was working fine again, I did not need to redownload any portion of the browser. This is, I assume, thanks to Opera's (yet again, another innovation) UserJS.

Another perfect feature of Opera for developers is it's built-in web developer tools, Opera Dragonfly. They by far rival Firebug and any other alternative in power, you can view more about it here. Oh and aswell as that, you can also just hit Ctrl-U (View Source), make your changes, click apply and have them updated live in the browser, another great tool for web developers. Again, no addons required.

It also has a built in Mail client, Chat client, FTP client, RSS reader, notepad, 3d-on-web "engine", Opera Unite, speed dial, widgets, contact manager, download manager, etc. etc. etc.

Anyway -----------

With regards to the original question, rather than using the bookmark toolbar (which you can also create in Opera to show/hide whatever you like), there's a complete bookmark Panel down the left hand side that will allow him to display, visit, and manage his bookmarks in a single click. He could also drag/drop (simple customisation of Opera) the Bookmark's dropdown to his address bar, where it will give him a complete popup of all of his bookmarks (one that isn't bloated like Firefox's).

This post has been edited by MageUK: 23 Jun, 2009 - 04:14 AM

Well, I use IE8, Opera (most recent) and FF (most recent) and I prefer FF. Regarding your comments, I would like to ask to why Opera has not been a major success. Source: http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

It shows Opera lagging behind the rest and you say that
so if those features had been implemeted in Opera, then it should have had a far better success rate, than to one "supposedly" copied ideas.

One thing I dislike about Opera is the Turbo. It makes images appear distorted and fuzzy.

But, I'd like to thank you for your input. Very intriguing to know.

Well that's simple...

Opera used to be a commercial browser for years, one of the most successful browsers initially among businesses. It's obviously since then, become free, yet most people still think of it as a "business" browser with a commercial aspect.

Unlike IE, they don't have an OS to be distributed with.
Unlike Safari, they don't have an OS to be distributed with.
Unlike Firefox, they don't have an OS to be distributed with (nor a huge marketing campaign).

Opera isn't open source, it struggles to make haste with *nix users due to this so it won't gain an OS. Firefox rose in popularity thanks to geek-teens wanting to be different and thinking Firefox was the key, it's probably too big to rival now.

I could turn the question around and say, why doesn't Chrome have such a big market share?? Firefox users (since they're so brainwashed in thinking it's actually the most up-to-date/advanced browser) won't give Opera a try, most of the time.

Remember, Opera's only been free since late 2006.

There's no "supposed" about the feature stealing, it happened, nobody will admit to it, and Opera doesn't care about not getting credit
Opera Turbo was designed to make things "distorted and fuzzy", that's the point of compression. It should only be used when you're on Dial Up, or out and about on slow public wireless, or something. Just turn it off.
Another thing to note is that Opera has supported the future web standards for a long time already, CSS3, etc.

This post has been edited by MageUK: 23 Jun, 2009 - 04:28 AM

I smell a flame war brewing

Only if you make that comment again. So far, it has been a sensible, professional conversation. No flaming will happen.