Firefox

[wrg]

How well does firefox intergrate in Windows 7?

 

[noyb]

I haven't had any problems with it.

 

[Airbot]

How well does firefox intergrate in Windows 7?

It works just fine in 7.

 

[stormy13]

And even better if you backed up your Firefox profile from the previous install. then it is just a matter of installing Firefox and putting your profile back in the proper location (Users\Your Name\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla, easier if you backed up the Mozilla folder). Then when you open Firefox for the first time on the new install all your bookmarks and extensions are there.

 

[Quill]

And even better if you backed up your Firefox profile from the previous install. then it is just a matter of installing Firefox and putting your profile back in the proper location (Users\Your Name\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla, easier if you backed up the Mozilla folder). Then when you open Firefox for the first time on the new install all your bookmarks and extensions are there.

Better still, place all your Mozilla profiles on a separate partition/disk, then if you need to reinstall, just install fx/tb etc. in custom mode and point to the appropriate location of your profiles.

 

[swarfega]

No problems at all here.

 

[Uber Philf]

No problems at all

Enzo.

 

[Nikko]

Works fine, no problems

 

[Barman58]

Firefox works with Windows 7 without any problems but as of yet it does not really integrate with the OS in the way for example that IE8 does.

This type of integration will I'm certain be forthcoming in time and I believe that there is an external app available already that adds functions to the jump list menu.

 

[swarfega]

I think thats largely down to firefox's herritage as originating on another OS.

 

[Avien]

I did read that Firefox is planning to add jumplist support, but until they do, there is a workaround that you can use. I haven't tried it myself as it does not bug me all that much not having it at the current moment.

https://brentf.com/blog/software/winfox-ndash-firefox-and-windows-7/

Included a picture: Picture is from the above source ^^

 

[Fliplip]

I have three problems with Firefox.
On certain forums (might be all, ive not tested them) i cant cut and paste an address from one tab in to a reply box in another (Digital Camera Reviews and News: Digital Photography Review: Forums, Glossary, FAQ being the main one).
I find that the spell check is quite often off and have to switch it on.
Also my left and right arrow keys dont work.

These issues dont happen on my XP boxes.

Using the latest FF and also tired the latest beta.

Dave.

 

[swarfega]

Jumplists havent made it to v3.5 beta 4 so far.

 

[JMurr]

Firefox does not work well for me. I have used Moz backup/redstore and none of my entensions work. Updates for extensions will not install giving an unknown error @203.

 

[stormy13]

JMurr, welcome to the forums.

If you still have your old Windows install with Firefox on it, here is something to try,

1. go to "C:\Users\Your Name\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla" if it is on Vista or 7, or "C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name\Application Data\Mozilla"; and copy the entire Mozilla folder.

2. Go to "C:\Users\Your Name\AppData\Roaming" and delete the existing Mozilla folder

3. Transfer the copy you made over to your new Windows install and put it in the appropriate location, "C:\Users\Your Name\AppData\Roaming".

I have been doing the above for so long now that I have pretty much been using the same profile in Firefox for the last 3-4 years with no problems. On a clean windows install once Firefox is installed I put the above in the right place, open Firefox and it is just like it was. Never used/tried MozBackup or any other 3rd party backup, just the above.

P.S. It also works with Thunderbird.