A quick whinge about FF

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Chris Corbyn
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A quick whinge about FF

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Just wanted to make a brief rant about something I think FF should implement.

Occassionally I'll stick alert() in a loop to test what's going on in a quick and dirty fashion. If you get your logic wrong and the alert keep firing there is no way to stop it. You can't even close the browser. Opera has a little check box to stop the script, but with FF the alert() just takes over the whole window. Grrr....
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Post by nickvd »

What I usually try to do is use the space bar to close the alert box, and at the same time try to hit alt-f4 to close the browser in the small time gap between the close of the previous box and the opening of the new one.
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Have to admit that, while Firefox is still great, Opera just seems a more mature product.
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Post by Luke »

It's all about Internet Explorer... now that's a fantastic application.
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yeah. IE nizzles my shizzle like eating pickled cucumbers for breakfast.
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Post by alex.barylski »

I like IE....but that infinite loop alert problem is a PITA for sure...

While on Ubuntu, I have no choice but to use FF or Opera...I must say I'm slowly growing a respect for Opera...it's a much better browser for me personally...
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Post by Todd_Z »

I think opera may be the best browser, but it implements a little *too* much functionality. Firefox is less bloated, also I'm a big fan of the idea that an oss browser would take over the marketshare.
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