Some peculiarities of Mozilla Firefox...

[Fozzer]

Peculiarities of Mozilla Firefox.

Hello All...!

Having been constantly infected with spyware, adware, Trojan viruses, etc, using Internet Explorer (IE), I recently have tended to use Mozilla Firefox to browse the Internet and also to access the SimV Forum, to reduce many of these annoying intrusions!

This has given me a few problems with the Firefox TEXT EDITOR which I did not experience when using the TEXT EDITOR in IE.

For example:
(1) Smilies can only be inserted DURING typing the text.
When the text is completed, any attempt to insert smilies at various points WITHIN the text only results in the smilie always being automatically inserted at the END of the text!

(2) Attempting to insert pictures within the text always fails, both for the Forum and Instant Messages.
Pressing the "Add Picture" icon and inserting the URL address in the usual place, as you do, only results in the complete command appearing within the text as follows:

[example]http//www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/fozzersfamouspic.jpg[/example]

...but NOT the picture!
It seems that the YA Bulletin Board HTML editor is not fully compatible with the Firefox HTML editor..!

Could I be missing some plug-in, add-on's to Firefox to make it compatible with Internet Explorer and it's text editor?

Any ideas...?

Many thanks...

Cheers all...!

Paul. The Phantom Moaner, and Peculiar Sort Of Person...LOL...!

P.S. Another rather annoying thing about the Firefox text editor: The command cursor is always placed directly over the letter, rather than in front of the letter, as is usual, which makes it confusing for a typist to estimate the result when using the "delete" and "space" key presses..!
    Also, before I forget, I have a very useful spell checker, (iespell.com), downloaded, installed, and incorporated in the tool-bar of my IE, handy for spell checking the text editor before posting on the Forum....anyone know of a link to a similar add-on installation for Firefox...?
    Fantastic...!

[eno]

Have you checked out the mozilla site for addons to solve your woes, there's hundreds of them.

The smiley thing is annoying  but if you learn the code then you can just type it in as normal  ;D

[Hagar]

That's the very reason I stuck with IE when visiting this forum. I use Firefox for most other browsing. They run quite happily together & I often have several browser windows open at the same time anyway so it doesn't bother me.

[_526th_Fireman]

Hagar is right, now and then with a few sites, I have to switch over to IE for everything to work correctly.

BUT, this is very easy to do with the "Launchy" Plug-In for Firefox. Get a page that you have problems with, click on Launchy and select "Open in IE". Do what you need or want to do in IE and then you can close it.

[Politically Incorrect]

Yes there is that plug-in and there was another that allows you to open IE pages in Firefox that I don't remember, but if Fireman says Launchy, I would go for that he has yet to steer me wrong

BTW thanks for that FireTune link that little thing works wonders!!

[Fozzer]

A very nice little add-on program for Mozilla ....>>>>

http://spellbound.sourceforge.net/

A handy spell checker for Mozilla Firefox which sits in your Task Bar.
Very handy for spell checking your SimV post... ...!
Follow the installation instructions, and select the language of your choice... ...!

Cheers all...!

Paul.

[Fozzer]

........The smiley thing is annoying  but if you learn the code then you can just type it in as normal  ;D.....

Hi eno...!
Teach me the Code...please... ....!
LOL...!
This smiley problem is annoying me, knowing how liberal I am in the use of smilies.... ... ...!

Paul....a laugh a minute... ...!

[_526th_Fireman]

Hmmm, I am at the firehall doing my morning reports. If I was home I would checking as I am almost positive I have no problems with smileys and Firefox.

Will check this when I get home. Might be in your firefox settings Fozzer.

The ONLY problem I have experienced is the cut and paste of of anything in these forums. I then have to use Launchy and open the page up in IE and do my cutting and pasting. Firefox says I have to enable this in my settings but I CAN'T FIND THEM!! lol  :(

Have also found a few, mind you VERY few sites that I have to switch to IE. One for example is Mapquest. The page displays properly but the map itself will not display until I open the page in IE. No problem though.

Will check the Smiley mystery when I get home.

[Fozzer]

I think I've got the problem with "inserting a picture" sorted out.....It's just a case of waiting for the picture to appear... ...!
Firefox is a bit slow in that respect...(A bit like me)... ...LOL...!

I still can't figure out why Firefox doesn't accept the command to "inset smiley" in the desired place in the text from the list of smilies displayed at the top of the page after the text has been completed.
Internet Explorer manages it OK... ...!

Cheers...!

Paul.

Maybe it can be done by inserting the the special "smiley code digits" in the desired place by hand after the text is completed, but that's much too fiddly for me...LOL...!

[_526th_Fireman]

Ok, I am home and wife let me get on my computer to "Pay Bills". SHHHHHhhhhhhh!

Smiley test in Firefox.......    ;D    8)  

...................Test complete. Seems to work fine for me!

[Politically Incorrect]

I have never met someone be so hard on the best and safest browser to date just because of smilies, LOL!!  ;)

http://www.totalidea.com/frameset-products.htm

Go there and get the Fire Tune for Firefox, and see what a difference it will make!

[Scottler]

Wow, I've never had any of those problems with FF.  lol

[Fozzer]

Ok, I am home and wife let me get on my computer to "Pay Bills". SHHHHHhhhhhhh!

Smiley test in Firefox.......    ;D    8)  

...................Test complete. Seems to work fine for me!

Hi _526...!
Do me a flavour...!
Select reply, type a small page of text.
When completed, with the mouse go back to various places within the text, and after selecting the desired smiley (or text style) from the top of the page, try positioning it at that place in the text.
Whenever I try that it ALWAYS positions the smiley (or text style) at the END of the text... ...!

Paul.
...smilies represent my English sense of humour... .. .. .. ...!

[Fozzer]

Thanks for the tip, Fret...>>>

http://www.totalidea.com/frameset-products.htm

Installed, ran it...
It certainly has speeded up my Firefox running on 56k dialup... ...!
Special Mozilla Icon on the desktop now... ...!

Cheers....!

Paul.

[Politically Incorrect]

Fireman posted the tip in another spot, and when the Fireman has a tip to a utility I usually give it a try, once again he pulls through with another great find

About the smilies I have noticed in any forum I go to if you don't enter the smiliy first before continuing then it will always be placed at the end, but there is where you find the "code" mentioned above , you can see what combinations of letters,punctuation mars ar whatever it is that makes up that smiliy

~S~ Doorknob