Firefox and this board

Pyser · 08-22-2005, 08:34 PM

why does this message board never remember where i have scrolled to on the previous page? every time i read a thread, then click back, it takes me to the top.

is there a setting im missing, or does it do this pain in the ass thing for everyone?

Tasan · 08-22-2005, 08:37 PM

I get the same thing with Firefox. Kinda annoying.

Cuckoo · 08-22-2005, 08:58 PM

Me too - one of the only things I don't like about FF.

Taco · 08-22-2005, 09:10 PM

That's what tabs are for

kcchief19 · 08-22-2005, 09:35 PM

Used to work fine for me, but since the whole server switching issue I contantly get logged out and lose the ability to utilize that features and other that are dependent upon you always being logged under your account name.

Cuckoo · 08-22-2005, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kcchief19

Used to work fine for me, but since the whole server switching issue I contantly get logged out and lose the ability to utilize that features and other that are dependent upon you always being logged under your account name.

I never get logged off. Everything's fine for me, except for remembering the scrolling on the page. And it's been that way since the first day I tried FF.

Rizon · 08-22-2005, 11:05 PM

I get the same problem too. Just been too lazy to post it after all these months.

Alf · 08-23-2005, 04:44 AM

No pb with FireFox at work. I just can't login from home. The password "cell" emptys itself as soon as I click on "login" button.

Yossarian · 08-23-2005, 05:22 AM

Kinda unrelated but my long term real bugbear with firefox is the download manager thing.

When it gets very large it can take up to ten seconds to start a download and during that time , the whole browser is unresponsive. This happens even when downloading a tiny file.

Its really really annoying. I know the solution is to just empty the history on the download manager but really, I (as a user) shouldn't have to babysit the app in that fashion.

Taco · 08-23-2005, 05:32 AM

Tools -> Options -> Download Manager History -> Remove files upon successful download

Done, no more babysitting.

Yossarian · 08-23-2005, 06:54 AM

I like having the history there though... but that is better than manually babysitting.

ZXTT · 08-23-2005, 12:35 PM

I think Firefox reads the page again when you navigate back. I believe, from things I've read, that this is the correct behavior according to standards, ie. the website software can assume that the browser will read the page again. Of course, it sucks from a user's point of view and I have this problem on pretty much all web forums.

Currently, Opera caches pages and does not reread them, thus giving very fast back/forward behavior. IE seems to work pretty quickly and return back to the correct place too. I understand the next major release of Firefox will have a similar feature. I believe it is available in the "Deer Park" alphas you can download.

Pyser · 08-23-2005, 01:49 PM

thats good to know ZXTT.

i feel better knowing everyone has the problem, and its not something i could have fixed months ago.

its not all that annoying, really. but if i was given a choice, its something i would change.

Mac Howard · 08-23-2005, 07:15 PM

It's particularly annoying when you have this very slow rendering of pages with broadband - which is occurring again today but not yesterday. It can slow to as much as 3 seconds an item on the thread list page, so rendering the page from scratch each time you return from reading a thread becomes a real pain.

Taco · 08-23-2005, 07:24 PM

When you click on a thread, open it up in a new tab. Then you don't have to use the back button and wait until the page renders again.

08-22-2005, 08:37 PM	#2
Tasan College Starter Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Houston, or there about	I get the same thing with Firefox. Kinda annoying. __________________ 2011 Golden Scribes winner for best Interactive Dynasty

08-22-2005, 08:58 PM	#3
Cuckoo College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Edmond, OK	Me too - one of the only things I don't like about FF. __________________ Commissioner - North American Football League Dallas Cowboys GM

08-22-2005, 09:10 PM	#4
Taco High School JV Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New Zealand	That's what tabs are for __________________ CFL - Durham Bulldogs WOOF - Des Moines Monks

08-23-2005, 04:44 AM	#8
Alf Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Rennes, France	No pb with FireFox at work. I just can't login from home. The password "cell" emptys itself as soon as I click on "login" button. __________________ FOFL - GML - IHOF - FranceStats

08-23-2005, 05:32 AM	#10
Taco High School JV Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New Zealand	Tools -> Options -> Download Manager History -> Remove files upon successful download Done, no more babysitting. __________________ CFL - Durham Bulldogs WOOF - Des Moines Monks

08-22-2005, 09:35 PM	#5
kcchief19 Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Kansas City, MO	Used to work fine for me, but since the whole server switching issue I contantly get logged out and lose the ability to utilize that features and other that are dependent upon you always being logged under your account name.

08-23-2005, 05:22 AM	#9
Yossarian High School Varsity Join Date: Jul 2003	Kinda unrelated but my long term real bugbear with firefox is the download manager thing. When it gets very large it can take up to ten seconds to start a download and during that time , the whole browser is unresponsive. This happens even when downloading a tiny file. Its really really annoying. I know the solution is to just empty the history on the download manager but really, I (as a user) shouldn't have to babysit the app in that fashion.

08-23-2005, 06:54 AM	#11
Yossarian High School Varsity Join Date: Jul 2003	I like having the history there though... but that is better than manually babysitting.

08-23-2005, 12:35 PM	#12
ZXTT n00b Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Beaverton, OR, USA	I think Firefox reads the page again when you navigate back. I believe, from things I've read, that this is the correct behavior according to standards, ie. the website software can assume that the browser will read the page again. Of course, it sucks from a user's point of view and I have this problem on pretty much all web forums. Currently, Opera caches pages and does not reread them, thus giving very fast back/forward behavior. IE seems to work pretty quickly and return back to the correct place too. I understand the next major release of Firefox will have a similar feature. I believe it is available in the "Deer Park" alphas you can download.

08-23-2005, 01:49 PM	#13
Pyser Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Los Angeles	thats good to know ZXTT. i feel better knowing everyone has the problem, and its not something i could have fixed months ago. its not all that annoying, really. but if i was given a choice, its something i would change.

08-23-2005, 07:15 PM	#14
Mac Howard Sick as a Parrot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Surfers Paradise, Australia	It's particularly annoying when you have this very slow rendering of pages with broadband - which is occurring again today but not yesterday. It can slow to as much as 3 seconds an item on the thread list page, so rendering the page from scratch each time you return from reading a thread becomes a real pain. __________________ Mac Howard - a Pom in Paradise Last edited by Mac Howard : 08-23-2005 at 07:16 PM.

08-23-2005, 07:24 PM	#15
Taco High School JV Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New Zealand	When you click on a thread, open it up in a new tab. Then you don't have to use the back button and wait until the page renders again. __________________ CFL - Durham Bulldogs WOOF - Des Moines Monks

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