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 ) Tags - this will allow a bookmark to be at more than one place, it will place a bookmark in more than one 'folder', so you will still have hierarchal bookmarks
-) Later - a special tag (user-defined of course) that will store a page the user want to read later (for whatever reason, like saw it at work, but want to see it at home), this should have some time since the bookmark analogy, something like the color of the text goes from black to white in 30 days ( the time also should be user defined), the main reason for this is to alert the user to read it, after that time, the bookmark will be erased (or the user should be presented of a wway to store the bookmark  on his system as definitive ( this is a brainstorm of the idea, it's all open for discussion ).
+) Later - a special tag (user-defined of course) that will store a page the user want to read later (for whatever reason, like saw it at work, but want to see it at home), this should have some time since the bookmark analogy, something like the color of the text goes from black to white in 30 days ( the time also should be user defined), the main reason for this is to alert the user to read it, after that time, the bookmark will be erased (or the user should be presented of a wway to store the bookmark  on his system as definitive ( this is a brainstorm of the idea, it's all open for discussion ). The "Later" bookmarks should automatically become accessible offline.  When you are temporarily disconnected, they provide you with content.
 ) All of this should be able to sync between computers
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 * A 64-bit version of the browser is really welcome!
-* A possibility to make incorporation of other rendering engines and switching between them, e.g., MSHTML, KHTML is very welcome. Maybe it's possible to add a flexible interface to enable this?
+* A possibility to make incorporation of other rendering engines and switching between them, e.g., MSHTML, KHTML is very welcome. Maybe it's possible to add a flexible interface to enable this?  Auto-switching would be ideal ie switching to the IE engine when you go to the windows update site.
-* It would be useful to add some options to auto-completition. For a single form i would like to clear its history (for example a day I mistyped my login, and every time i have two choices but i don't want to clear all the forms). It would be also useful to say that i don't like auto-completition in a specific form (for example when asking for credit card number)
+* It would be useful to add some options to auto-completion. For a single form i would like to clear its history (for example a day I mistyped my login, and every time i have two choices but i don't want to clear all the forms). It would be also useful to say that i don't like auto-completion in a specific form (for example when asking for credit card number)
 == Typo? ==
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 PLENTY OF PEOPLE IN INDIA STILL USING WINDOWS 98 WHY U NOT SUPPORT THAT OS ? PLEASE CONCERN THIS - DIEHARD FAN OF FIREFOX
+=== Windows 98 is an unsupported OS anyway ===
+Microsoft has already dropped support for Windows 98 anyway. If you don't mind running an outdated, unsupported OS then why would you mind running an older version of Firefox on it?
 == Open New Tab Right Next the Parent Tab ==
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 There is an option in Firefox to detect automatically the proxy's
-But for me it isn't working, on Mac nor on Windows
+But for me it isn't working, on Mac nor on Windows.
 Can better?
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 -Detailed explanation/information could be provided as tooltips and within the documentation (help file).
--The most easy way to assess this (my) suggestion is at Wikipedia Featured Pictures page : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures]. Here, most pictures are usually way larger than common monitor resolutions; so when Firefox automatically scaled the picture, the first impression (of that picture) is not as good as it should be (imagine jaggies/aliasing when scaling a picture to 1/4th of its original size.
+-The most easy way to assess this (my) suggestion is at Wikipedia Featured Pictures page : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures. Here, most pictures are usually way larger than common monitor resolutions; so when Firefox automatically scaled the picture, the first impression (of that picture) is not as good as it should be (imagine jaggies/aliasing when scaling a picture to 1/4th of its original size).
 -This feature could be determined by Firefox at first run (after setup) whether to turn it on or not by assessing the system performance. Later, user could change through the Options...
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 -How about we also auto-configure other options to optimize the end-user experience? We may ask the user to close other running programs/tasks so the final result would be the best. Examples of settings that we can configure are:
-. Network speed (may including turn on pipelining)
+. Network speed (turn on pipelining, max connections, etc.)
 . Image scaling algorithm (refer here : [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Talk:Firefox3/PRD#Resampling_Options_for_Image_Scaling_.28Enables_Higher_Quality.29])
 . GUI effects/skins (turning off on ancient systems)
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 Regards,
 --[[User:Musafir 86|Musafir86]] 00:40, 13 March 2008 (PDT)
+== Bookmarks referring to unbookmarked sites ==
+First problem: some websites have multiple adresses.
+Simple example: http://www.wesnoth.org and http://wesnoth.org are two different websites with the same contents
+I had bookmarked the first one, but an other webpage on the web refers to the second one.
+Result: I didn't see the star from places and I bookmarked twice
+Second problem: I came on a webpage that is familiar but I don't remember from what.
+A nice to have would then be a system that indicates when you already have a bookmark referring to a webpage on that website.
+-> Bookmarked: ''http://www.wesnoth.org'' or ''http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Project'' or something else on the website,
+-> Indicates: ''http://'''wesnoth.org'''/'',
+''http//www.'''wesnoth.org'''/wiki/Play'' when you later are browsing on this pages
+so you can seen that you have already  been interested in this site.
+I have done it with bold tekst, but it is also possible with a background color or something like that.
+Some people might say that we have now the new dropdown menu in the locationbar.
+Yes, but what to do with some hundreds of bookmarks? Searching around costs in this case to many time, surely if you don't remember what you are searching.
+And this increases the easy of use from the places-system.
+== Protect tabs from accidental closing ==
+When the user clicks the Close Box on a tab, close the tab only it is already selected. Otherwise select the tab and leave it open.
+'''Why this would be useful'''
+Because the Close Box is surrounded by the label that one must click to select the tab, it is easy to close a tab when one intends to select it.  Once the tab is closed, there is no way to recover it.  This may result in losing a large amount of work (e.g., in a form) irretrievably and without warning.
+'''Why this would be intuitive'''
+If a user tries to close a non-selected tab by clicking its Close Box and finds that the tab does not close, her first impulse will be to click the Close Box again.  Because the first click selects the tab, the second click will close the tab as intended. After doing this a few times, the user will consciously or unconsciously come to understand the feature.
+--[[User:jhsachs]] 6 April 2008
+== SVG Performance Improvements ==
+SVG is often unbearably slow.  Since it has great potential for improving webmasters' layouting and webpage design, it should be sped up to a useful performance level.
+This may involve more hardware acceleration, I don't know.
+--[[User:Aetherane|Aetherane]] 07:39, 16 June 2008 (PDT)
+== Firefox 3 Compatibility issues ==
+I was wondering if there has been any success at making Firefox 3 compatible with Microsoft Silverlight. I really don't understand why it is compatible with Firefox 2.0.0.14 and not Firefox 3. There is a lot of documentation about this problem here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=432371
+I hope someone has an answer and can fix this.
+== Auto-hide Status Bar. ==
+It would be nice to have the possibility to choose an auto-hide option for the status bar, that could disappear when the page loading is complete. Something similar is present in Google Chrome browser and I find it useful...
+== Clearing private data should have a context option ==
+I find 'clear private data'-function very handy, but sometimes i want to clear session of a specific site without losing the other session on the other window on the other desktop.
+Clear private data should have a context option (dimension) or something like that, i.e:
+* clear private data for every site (default)
+* clear private data for current site
+* clear private data for all sites on this window
+== Why isn't the schedule updated? ==
+The schedule only has info up until Beta 4. Isn't a complete schedule the single most important thing to involve the users in Firefox's development? I think so.
+== "Firefox is already running, but not responding" suggestion ==
+This error message ticks me off to ''no end'' whenever I see it and it gets frustrating to keep seeing it time and time again on Firefox 3.5.
+And of course, the moment I open my Task Manager to close the 'not responding' Firefox process, IT EXITS!
+As such, I would like to make a request for the "Firefox is already running but not responding" dialog box: '''add a "Force Quit Firefox" button.'''
+Seriously. It'd end a lot of headaches.
+== Local content (from hard drive) should never be cached.  ==
+What reason is there for local content to ever be cached? In development, often most testing is local. This necessitates extra steps to ensure everything is refreshed every time an edit is made.
+== Clearing cache should be complete, every time. ==
+Some files don't get cleared for a page that is currently open. This problem has plagued Firefox for years. Where it is most noticeable is with Flash apps that load multiple Flash files. The subsequent SWF files are NEVER cleared from the cache unless the user closes the window or navigates away from the page the files are on. This makes for extra steps in clearing in the cache for every edit. As a developer I have to explain this process repeatedly to many clients and colleagues. They are either confused or frustrated by the issue.&nbsp;
+== Caching: The Ghost of the Internet ==
+Any developer knows, caching can be a confusing hinderance of development. I've often wondered how many times I've solved an issue, but was unaware because the page cached and I had already moved on to the next hacky attempt at a solution. As ubiquitous as caching is to the web, clearing of the cache should be simpler and options/controls for the cache could be me robust for every browser.
+I can think of several ways to improve caching. It seems like it's always a buried option that is always in a different place in the tools or preferences, and has a different and obscure hot key, for every browser. In Firefox, it's clumped in with a bunch of other "Private data", in IE it involves clicking through and confirmation in several annoying windows. Even the single window Firefox uses for confirmation is an annoyance to me. It makes people feel like they are doing something "techy" which is scary to them, when really there shouldn't be any risk to clearing a cache, and therefore no need for any confirmation. Just DO it!
+Seriously. Imagine as a developer, at the 11th hour of many projects, having to diagnose cached items for why your clients are seeing funny stuff, asking them what browser they are using, and going through the process of clearing the cache on the phone. Then imagine this being true for just about anything that goes wrong just because you need to rule that out.
+An option to have a "clear cache" button right next to the reload button would be awesome. How about an option to force every reload to clear cached items for the current page. How about a check box that defeats all caching without changing other caching options (in prefs would be cool but right on the browse would be cool too). There could be an indicator on the browser window that shows weather or not there are any cached items on the page. There could be a way to reveal what items are cached right on the page.
+I believe caching is important enough to be it's own preference panel. There, you could specify caching options for individual pages or domains, like max/min file size, file types to cache, duration to keep files and max cache size for each page/domain.
+Is this crazy? I know it would save me TON time, trouble, and sanity.
+== Tab Reordering/Tearing Animations ==
+It would be nice to have tab animations when the user grabs a tab, and rearranges it on the tabs toolbar. An example of this is in Chrome and Safari, where the tabs move themselves accordingly to where the user holds the grabbed tab at the moment. This makes the reorganization of tabs look more smooth. However, there should be an choice in the options page where the user can allow/disable these animations.
+Also, animations should be added for when tabs are torn from the toolbar, and are either used to make a new window, or join another window's tabs. These animations are also found in Chrome and Safari, and add a nice touch to the browsing experience. These animations would make the browsing on Firefox look more smooth and seamless.