[This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but since it's 
a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on topic by posting a 
Firefox tip.]

You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and 
Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to open 
with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you visited'? 
Well, this is one of those features that is still in Mozilla Firefox, 
but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the location 
bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference 
|browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and select 
Modify), and set the value.

The values:
0 = blank page
1 = home page
2 = last page visited

Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that doesn't 
mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)

Chris Ilias wrote:
> [This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but since it's 
> a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on topic by posting a 
> Firefox tip.]
> 
> You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and 
> Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to open 
> with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you visited'? 
> Well, this is one of those features that is still in Mozilla Firefox, 
> but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
> Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the location 
> bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference 
> |browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and select 
> Modify), and set the value.
> 
> The values:
> 0 = blank page
> 1 = home page
> 2 = last page visited
> 
> Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that doesn't 
> mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)

Good work, Chris....

Thanks for all the dedication and support....

burris

On 1/9/2006 2:23 PM On a whim, Chris Ilias pounded out on the keyboard

> [This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but since it's 
> a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on topic by posting a 
> Firefox tip.]
> 
> You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and 
> Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to open 
> with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you visited'? 
> Well, this is one of those features that is still in Mozilla Firefox, 
> but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
> Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the location 
> bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference 
> |browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and select 
> Modify), and set the value.
> 
> The values:
> 0 = blank page
> 1 = home page
> 2 = last page visited
> 
> Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that doesn't 
> mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)

I used to open with a blank page, but the FF Start Page isn't too busy 
like Yahoo or many others so I let it stay.

-- 
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On 1/9/2006 2:23 PM On a whim, Chris Ilias pounded out on the keyboard

> [This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but since it's 
> a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on topic by posting a 
> Firefox tip.]
> 
> You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and 
> Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to open 
> with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you visited'? 
> Well, this is one of those features that is still in Mozilla Firefox, 
> but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
> Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the location 
> bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference 
> |browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and select 
> Modify), and set the value.
> 
> The values:
> 0 = blank page
> 1 = home page
> 2 = last page visited
> 
> Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that doesn't 
> mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)

I used to open with a blank page, but the FF Start Page isn't too busy
like Yahoo or many others so I let it stay.

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Chris Ilias wrote:
> [This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but since it's 
> a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on topic by posting a 
> Firefox tip.]
> 
> You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and 
> Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to open 
> with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you visited'? 
> Well, this is one of those features that is still in Mozilla Firefox, 
> but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
> Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the location 
> bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference 
> |browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and select 
> Modify), and set the value.
> 
> The values:
> 0 = blank page
> 1 = home page
> 2 = last page visited
> 
> Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that doesn't 
> mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)

(Second reply attempt.  First attempt 2 hours ago has not shown 
up yet.)

Another alternative is the "SessionSaver" extension.  If you shut 
down FF (or if FF crashes or the OS crashes), then next time you 
start FF all of the same FF windows reopen in the same positions 
with all of the same tabs.

It also comes in handy if you install a new extension and you 
want to restart FF immediately to take advantage of the new 
extension - without having to worry about losing track of what 
windows and tabs you had open.

Chris Ilias wrote:

> [This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but since it's 
> a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on topic by posting a 
> Firefox tip.]
> 
> You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and 
> Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to open 
> with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you visited'? 
> Well, this is one of those features that is still in Mozilla Firefox, 
> but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
> Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the location 
> bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference 
> |browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and select 
> Modify), and set the value.
> 
> The values:
> 0 = blank page
> 1 = home page
> 2 = last page visited
> 
> Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that doesn't 
> mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)

For many years I've defined my bookmark page as my home page, which is where I 
open, and I honestly can't see why people would do anything else.  My 
bookmarks.html file is up to 857K and I desperately need to do some weeding :-(

-- 
Cheers,
Bev
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
While you can't fool all the people all the time, you can fool
enough of them most of the time to make the rest impotent.

On 1/10/2006 12:10 PM On a whim, The Real Bev pounded out on the keyboard

> Chris Ilias wrote:
> 
>> [This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but since it's 
>> a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on topic by posting a 
>> Firefox tip.]
>>
>> You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and 
>> Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to open 
>> with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you visited'? 
>> Well, this is one of those features that is still in Mozilla Firefox, 
>> but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
>> Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the location 
>> bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference 
>> |browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and select 
>> Modify), and set the value.
>>
>> The values:
>> 0 = blank page
>> 1 = home page
>> 2 = last page visited
>>
>> Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that doesn't 
>> mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)
> 
> For many years I've defined my bookmark page as my home page, which is where I 
> open, and I honestly can't see why people would do anything else.  My 
> bookmarks.html file is up to 857K and I desperately need to do some weeding :-(
> 

It's easier for me to have my bookmarks on the left (Ctrl-B) and have 
the FF Start Page with Google there. I can scroll the BM's quickly that 
way and still have access to the page. And at higher resolutions it 
doesn't take away much screen real estate.

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Terry wrote:
> On 1/10/2006 12:10 PM On a whim, The Real Bev pounded out on the keyboard
> 
>> Chris Ilias wrote:
>>
>>> [This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but since it's 
>>> a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on topic by posting a 
>>> Firefox tip.]
>>>
>>> You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and 
>>> Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to open 
>>> with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you visited'? 
>>> Well, this is one of those features that is still in Mozilla Firefox, 
>>> but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
>>> Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the location 
>>> bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference 
>>> |browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and select 
>>> Modify), and set the value.
>>>
>>> The values:
>>> 0 = blank page
>>> 1 = home page
>>> 2 = last page visited
>>>
>>> Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that doesn't 
>>> mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)
>> For many years I've defined my bookmark page as my home page, which is where I 
>> open, and I honestly can't see why people would do anything else.  My 
>> bookmarks.html file is up to 857K and I desperately need to do some weeding :-(
>>
> 
> It's easier for me to have my bookmarks on the left (Ctrl-B) and have 
> the FF Start Page with Google there. I can scroll the BM's quickly that 
> way and still have access to the page. And at higher resolutions it 
> doesn't take away much screen real estate.
> 

For a while I had my bookmarks.html as my home page.  I still 
have a bookmark in that file pointing to itself - makes it easy 
to load the bookmark into a new tab and then either browse it 
their or use "find in this page" to look for things.

On 1/10/2006 2:10 PM The Real Bev loudly proclaimed:

> Chris Ilias wrote:
> 
>> [This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but since 
>> it's a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on topic by 
>> posting a Firefox tip.]
>>
>> You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and 
>> Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to open 
>> with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you visited'? 
>> Well, this is one of those features that is still in Mozilla Firefox, 
>> but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
>> Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the location 
>> bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference 
>> |browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and select 
>> Modify), and set the value.
>>
>> The values:
>> 0 = blank page
>> 1 = home page
>> 2 = last page visited
>>
>> Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that 
>> doesn't mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)
> 
> For many years I've defined my bookmark page as my home page, which is 
> where I open, and I honestly can't see why people would do anything 
> else.  My bookmarks.html file is up to 857K and I desperately need to do 
> some weeding :-(
> 

I actually use My Way for my start/home page.  I do have my bookmarks 
loaded on that page.  The reason I do is simple.  For example, a couple 
of years ago, we went on vacation to Colorado, to visit my wife's sister 
and her family.  I found it very handy to have my bookmarks loaded on a 
page that I could access by simply logging in.  That way, I can find my 
bank site or other important sites with no problem at all, no matter 
where I am.

-- 
LJ
My Best Friend Is My Wife!!

The Real Bev <bashley@myrealbox.com> wrote in
<news:DpSdnbOCsLM-iVneRVn-gA@mozilla.org>:

> Chris Ilias wrote:
>
>> [This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but
>> since it's a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on
>> topic by posting a Firefox tip.]
>>
>> You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and
>> Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to
>> open with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you
>> visited'? Well, this is one of those features that is still in
>> Mozilla Firefox, but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set
>> it: Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the
>> location  bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference
>> | browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and
>> | select
>> Modify), and set the value.
>>
>> The values:
>> 0 = blank page
>> 1 = home page
>> 2 = last page visited
>>
>> Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that
>> doesn't mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)
>
> For many years I've defined my bookmark page as my home page,
> which is where I open, and I honestly can't see why people would
> do anything else.

There are even a couple of  extensions that will let you style the
bookmarks for use as a home or "portal" page.  I don't use 'em, but
here they are:

<https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1217>

<http://bookmarkshome.mozdev.org/>

> My bookmarks.html file is up to 857K and I desperately need to do
> some weeding :-(

Icons can make for large bookmarks files.  I finally got around to
writing a bash script that clears out all the icons except for the
ones in my Bookmarks Toolbar Folder.  In case anyone's interested,
the line that does all the clearing is

$ sed s/[[:space:]]ICON=\"[^\"]*\"//g bookmarks.html > bookmarks.cleaned.html

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�Q� wrote:

> The Real Bev <bashley@myrealbox.com> wrote in
> <news:DpSdnbOCsLM-iVneRVn-gA@mozilla.org>:
> 
> 
>>Chris Ilias wrote:
>>
>>
>>>[This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but
>>>since it's a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on
>>>topic by posting a Firefox tip.]
>>>
>>>You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and
>>>Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to
>>>open with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you
>>>visited'? Well, this is one of those features that is still in
>>>Mozilla Firefox, but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set
>>>it: Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the
>>>location  bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference
>>>| browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and
>>>| select
>>>Modify), and set the value.
>>>
>>>The values:
>>>0 = blank page
>>>1 = home page
>>>2 = last page visited
>>>
>>>Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that
>>>doesn't mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)
>>
>>For many years I've defined my bookmark page as my home page,
>>which is where I open, and I honestly can't see why people would
>>do anything else.
> 
> 
> There are even a couple of  extensions that will let you style the
> bookmarks for use as a home or "portal" page.  I don't use 'em, but
> here they are:
> 
> <https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1217>
> 
> <http://bookmarkshome.mozdev.org/>
> 
>>My bookmarks.html file is up to 857K and I desperately need to do
>>some weeding :-(
> 
> 
> Icons can make for large bookmarks files.  I finally got around to
> writing a bash script that clears out all the icons except for the
> ones in my Bookmarks Toolbar Folder.  In case anyone's interested,
> the line that does all the clearing is
> 
> $ sed s/[[:space:]]ICON=\"[^\"]*\"//g bookmarks.html > bookmarks.cleaned.html
> 
and what does one do with that script?  Or rather, how does one create 
it and use it?

On 1/10/2006 12:10 PM On a whim, The Real Bev pounded out on the keyboard

> Chris Ilias wrote:
> 
>> [This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but since it's 
>> a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on topic by posting a 
>> Firefox tip.]
>>
>> You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and 
>> Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to open 
>> with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you visited'? 
>> Well, this is one of those features that is still in Mozilla Firefox, 
>> but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
>> Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the location 
>> bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference 
>> |browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and select 
>> Modify), and set the value.
>>
>> The values:
>> 0 = blank page
>> 1 = home page
>> 2 = last page visited
>>
>> Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that doesn't 
>> mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)
> 
> For many years I've defined my bookmark page as my home page, which is where I 
> open, and I honestly can't see why people would do anything else.  My 
> bookmarks.html file is up to 857K and I desperately need to do some weeding :-(
> 

You can use the Delete Icons extension to remove icons and reduce the 
file size considerably.

http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/lofiversion/index.php/t2596.html


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gwtc <TheNewGWTC@pppmppfmpfmmmmfmmmpfmmpp.pppmppfmp> wrote:
> ?Q? wrote:
>
>> The Real Bev <bashley@myrealbox.com> wrote in
>> <news:DpSdnbOCsLM-iVneRVn-gA@mozilla.org>:
>>
>>
>>>Chris Ilias wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>[This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but
>>>>since it's a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on
>>>>topic by posting a Firefox tip.]
>>>>
>>>>You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and
>>>>Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to
>>>>open with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you
>>>>visited'? Well, this is one of those features that is still in
>>>>Mozilla Firefox, but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set
>>>>it: Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the
>>>>location  bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference
>>>>| browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and
>>>>| select
>>>>Modify), and set the value.
>>>>
>>>>The values:
>>>>0 = blank page
>>>>1 = home page
>>>>2 = last page visited
>>>>
>>>>Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that
>>>>doesn't mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)
>>>
>>>For many years I've defined my bookmark page as my home page,
>>>which is where I open, and I honestly can't see why people would
>>>do anything else.
>>
>>
>> There are even a couple of  extensions that will let you style the
>> bookmarks for use as a home or "portal" page.  I don't use 'em, but
>> here they are:
>>
>> <https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1217>
>>
>> <http://bookmarkshome.mozdev.org/>
>>
>>>My bookmarks.html file is up to 857K and I desperately need to do
>>>some weeding :-(
>>
>>
>> Icons can make for large bookmarks files.  I finally got around to
>> writing a bash script that clears out all the icons except for the
>> ones in my Bookmarks Toolbar Folder.  In case anyone's interested,
>> the line that does all the clearing is
>>
>> $ sed s/[[:space:]]ICON=\"[^\"]*\"//g bookmarks.html > bookmarks.cleaned.html
>>
> and what does one do with that script?  Or rather, how does one create
> it and use it?

If you are on a unix base system and have bash as a shell just run it in
the bookmarks.html directory.  Windows system needs Cywin + bash, I
guess.

�Q� wrote:

> The Real Bev <bashley@myrealbox.com> wrote:
>> My bookmarks.html file is up to 857K and I desperately need to do
>> some weeding :-(
> 
> Icons can make for large bookmarks files.  I finally got around to
> writing a bash script that clears out all the icons except for the
> ones in my Bookmarks Toolbar Folder.  In case anyone's interested,
> the line that does all the clearing is
> 
> $ sed s/[[:space:]]ICON=\"[^\"]*\"//g bookmarks.html > bookmarks.cleaned.html


Saved for future usage, but I think the main problem is that I have ~3K
bookmarks :-(  I don't seem to have many icons at all.

-- 
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--------------------------------------------
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because fools are so ingenious.

me9@mouse-potato.com (raf) wrote in
<news:cIGdnUhNiv0w8FnenZ2dnUVZ_sOdnZ2d@mozilla.org>:

> gwtc <TheNewGWTC@pppmppfmpfmmmmfmmmpfmmpp.pppmppfmp> wrote:
>> ?Q? wrote:
>>
>>> The Real Bev <bashley@myrealbox.com> wrote in
>>> <news:DpSdnbOCsLM-iVneRVn-gA@mozilla.org>:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Chris Ilias wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> [This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but
>>>>> since it's a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on
>>>>> topic by posting a Firefox tip.]
>>>>>
>>>>> You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite
>>>>> and Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your
>>>>> browser to open with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the
>>>>> 'last page you visited'? Well, this is one of those features
>>>>> that is still in Mozilla Firefox, but there's no menu for it.
>>>>> Here's how to set it: Open Firefox, type "about:config"
>>>>> (without the quotes) in the location bar, and press <Enter>.
>>>>> Search for the preference
>>>>> | browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and
>>>>> | select
>>>>> Modify), and set the value.
>>>>>
>>>>> The values:
>>>>> 0 = blank page
>>>>> 1 = home page
>>>>> 2 = last page visited
>>>>>
>>>>> Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that
>>>>> doesn't mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)
>>>>
>>>> For many years I've defined my bookmark page as my home page,
>>>> which is where I open, and I honestly can't see why people would
>>>> do anything else.
>>>
>>>
>>> There are even a couple of  extensions that will let you style
>>> the bookmarks for use as a home or "portal" page.  I don't use
>>> 'em, but here they are:
>>>
>>> <https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1217>
>>>
>>> <http://bookmarkshome.mozdev.org/>
>>>
>>>> My bookmarks.html file is up to 857K and I desperately need to
>>>> do some weeding :-(
>>>
>>>
>>> Icons can make for large bookmarks files.  I finally got around
>>> to writing a bash script that clears out all the icons except
>>> for the ones in my Bookmarks Toolbar Folder.  In case anyone's
>>> interested, the line that does all the clearing is
>>>
>>> $ sed s/[[:space:]]ICON=\"[^\"]*\"//g bookmarks.html >
>>> bookmarks.cleaned.html
>>>
>> and what does one do with that script?  Or rather, how does one
>> create it and use it?
>
> If you are on a unix base system and have bash as a shell just run
> it in the bookmarks.html directory.  Windows system needs Cywin +
> bash, I guess.

Yeah.  I use cygwin when I run it under Windows.  The script itself is
a little more complicated, because I split off the Bookmarks Toolbar
Folder before doing the cleaning.  It uses csplit to break the file up,
then sed, then cat to put it back together, so it should work with bash
under any UNIX-like system with core utilities.

-- 
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DynaBMan wrote:
> On 1/10/2006 2:10 PM The Real Bev loudly proclaimed:
> 
>> Chris Ilias wrote:
>>
>>> [This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but since 
>>> it's a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on topic by 
>>> posting a Firefox tip.]
>>>
>>> You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and 
>>> Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to open 
>>> with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you visited'? 
>>> Well, this is one of those features that is still in Mozilla Firefox, 
>>> but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
>>> Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the 
>>> location bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference 
>>> |browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and select 
>>> Modify), and set the value.
>>>
>>> The values:
>>> 0 = blank page
>>> 1 = home page
>>> 2 = last page visited
>>>
>>> Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that 
>>> doesn't mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)
>>
>> For many years I've defined my bookmark page as my home page, which is 
>> where I open, and I honestly can't see why people would do anything 
>> else.  My bookmarks.html file is up to 857K and I desperately need to 
>> do some weeding :-(
>>
> 
> I actually use My Way for my start/home page.  I do have my bookmarks 
> loaded on that page.  The reason I do is simple.  For example, a couple 
> of years ago, we went on vacation to Colorado, to visit my wife's sister 
> and her family.  I found it very handy to have my bookmarks loaded on a 
> page that I could access by simply logging in.  That way, I can find my 
> bank site or other important sites with no problem at all, no matter 
> where I am.
> 

Agreed.  I do the very same thing.  My host used bookmarks are stored on 
the my.myway customized page. All I need to do to access them is 
navigate to the page.

If it matters to anyone, it has great TV listings, and movies.

And, its ad free.  Really!

Lee

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Leonidas Jones wrote:

> DynaBMan wrote:
> 
>>On 1/10/2006 2:10 PM The Real Bev loudly proclaimed:
>>
>>
>>>Chris Ilias wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>[This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but since 
>>>>it's a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on topic by 
>>>>posting a Firefox tip.]
>>>>
>>>>You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and 
>>>>Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to open 
>>>>with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you visited'? 
>>>>Well, this is one of those features that is still in Mozilla Firefox, 
>>>>but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
>>>>Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the 
>>>>location bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference 
>>>>|browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and select 
>>>>Modify), and set the value.
>>>>
>>>>The values:
>>>>0 = blank page
>>>>1 = home page
>>>>2 = last page visited
>>>>
>>>>Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that 
>>>>doesn't mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)
>>>
>>>For many years I've defined my bookmark page as my home page, which is 
>>>where I open, and I honestly can't see why people would do anything 
>>>else.  My bookmarks.html file is up to 857K and I desperately need to 
>>>do some weeding :-(
>>>
>>
>>I actually use My Way for my start/home page.  I do have my bookmarks 
>>loaded on that page.  The reason I do is simple.  For example, a couple 
>>of years ago, we went on vacation to Colorado, to visit my wife's sister 
>>and her family.  I found it very handy to have my bookmarks loaded on a 
>>page that I could access by simply logging in.  That way, I can find my 
>>bank site or other important sites with no problem at all, no matter 
>>where I am.
>>
> 
> 
> Agreed.  I do the very same thing.  My host used bookmarks are stored on 
> the my.myway customized page. All I need to do to access them is 
> navigate to the page.
> 
> If it matters to anyone, it has great TV listings, and movies.
> 
> And, its ad free.  Really!
> 
> Lee
> 
Nope, I can't get MyWay.  My Hosts file is blocking it.  I guess it 
can't be all that important of a place then.

On 01/10/06 14:52, Alphabet wrote:
> Chris Ilias wrote:
>> [This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but since 
>> it's a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on topic by 
>> posting a Firefox tip.]
>>
>> You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and 
>> Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to open 
>> with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you visited'? 
>> Well, this is one of those features that is still in Mozilla Firefox, 
>> but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
>> Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the location 
>> bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference 
>> |browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and select 
>> Modify), and set the value.
>>
>> The values:
>> 0 = blank page
>> 1 = home page
>> 2 = last page visited
>>
>> Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that 
>> doesn't mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)
> 
> (Second reply attempt.  First attempt 2 hours ago has not shown up yet.)
> 
> Another alternative is the "SessionSaver" extension.  If you shut down 
> FF (or if FF crashes or the OS crashes), then next time you start FF all 
> of the same FF windows reopen in the same positions with all of the same 
> tabs.
> 
> It also comes in handy if you install a new extension and you want to 
> restart FF immediately to take advantage of the new extension - without 
> having to worry about losing track of what windows and tabs you had open.

You might also want to try Tab Mix Plus 0.3 beta [1] [2].  It provides 
session saving and crash recovery with nice pretty toolbar buttons and 
menus, and it also has a ton of other tab-related things.  I switched to 
it because SessionSaver was suddenly causing Firefox to start extremely 
slowly, and for a couple of the tab things.

However, TMP does not save session cookies or form data like 
SessionSaver does, so if that's very important to you, you should 
continue to use SessionSaver.  You could install TMP and turn off its 
Session Manager feature, though, and still take advantage of its other 
features.

[1] <URL:http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=327222>
[2] <URL:http://tmp.garyr.net/beta%200.3/>
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On 01/10/06 15:10, The Real Bev wrote:
> Chris Ilias wrote:
> 
>> [This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but since 
>> it's a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on topic by 
>> posting a Firefox tip.]
>>
>> You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and 
>> Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to open 
>> with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you visited'? 
>> Well, this is one of those features that is still in Mozilla Firefox, 
>> but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
>> Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the location 
>> bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference 
>> |browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and select 
>> Modify), and set the value.
>>
>> The values:
>> 0 = blank page
>> 1 = home page
>> 2 = last page visited
>>
>> Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that 
>> doesn't mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)
> 
> For many years I've defined my bookmark page as my home page, which is 
> where I open, and I honestly can't see why people would do anything 
> else.  My bookmarks.html file is up to 857K and I desperately need to do 
> some weeding :-(

My bookmarks.html is 14.7 MiB at the moment, and takes a long time to 
load and uses a lot of RAM when I open it in Firefox. :-)

I just use about: or about:blank as my homepage, because it loads 
instantly. However, I'm considering switching to 
<URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random> or 
<URL:http://news.google.com/> or maybe 
<URL:http://finance.yahoo.com/p?v&k=pf_1>, but I haven't done it yet.

I always have Tab Mix Plus loading my last session anyway, so my 
homepage only gets visited when I click it because I want to go back to 
a page because it stopped loading or something, in which case I want it 
to load instantly.
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On 01/11/06 04:54, Matt Nordhoff wrote:
> On 01/10/06 15:10, The Real Bev wrote:
>> Chris Ilias wrote:
>>
>>> [This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but since 
>>> it's a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on topic by 
>>> posting a Firefox tip.]
>>>
>>> You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and 
>>> Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to open 
>>> with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you visited'? 
>>> Well, this is one of those features that is still in Mozilla Firefox, 
>>> but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
>>> Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the 
>>> location bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference 
>>> |browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and select 
>>> Modify), and set the value.
>>>
>>> The values:
>>> 0 = blank page
>>> 1 = home page
>>> 2 = last page visited
>>>
>>> Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that 
>>> doesn't mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)
>>
>> For many years I've defined my bookmark page as my home page, which is 
>> where I open, and I honestly can't see why people would do anything 
>> else.  My bookmarks.html file is up to 857K and I desperately need to 
>> do some weeding :-(
> 
> My bookmarks.html is 14.7 MiB at the moment, and takes a long time to 
> load and uses a lot of RAM when I open it in Firefox. :-)

And, I forgot to add, many folders are hard to browse (they're just huge 
piles of junk that could be deleted without me missing it, but I'm a 
pack rat...), so I couldn't browse my bookmarks with all the folders 
expanded.

I just use many folders as a more permanent history, so they get filled 
up with a lot of stuff that isn't very important.

> I just use about: or about:blank as my homepage, because it loads 
> instantly. However, I'm considering switching to 
> <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random> or 
> <URL:http://news.google.com/> or maybe 
> <URL:http://finance.yahoo.com/p?v&k=pf_1>, but I haven't done it yet.
> 
> I always have Tab Mix Plus loading my last session anyway, so my 
> homepage only gets visited when I click it because I want to go back to 
> a page because it stopped loading or something, in which case I want it 
> to load instantly.
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On 01/10/06 18:46, Alphabet wrote:
> Terry wrote:
>> On 1/10/2006 12:10 PM On a whim, The Real Bev pounded out on the keyboard
>>
>>> Chris Ilias wrote:
>>>
>>>> [This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but since 
>>>> it's a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on topic by 
>>>> posting a Firefox tip.]
>>>>
>>>> You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and 
>>>> Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to 
>>>> open with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you 
>>>> visited'? Well, this is one of those features that is still in 
>>>> Mozilla Firefox, but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
>>>> Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the 
>>>> location bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference 
>>>> |browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and 
>>>> select Modify), and set the value.
>>>>
>>>> The values:
>>>> 0 = blank page
>>>> 1 = home page
>>>> 2 = last page visited
>>>>
>>>> Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that 
>>>> doesn't mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)
>>> For many years I've defined my bookmark page as my home page, which 
>>> is where I open, and I honestly can't see why people would do 
>>> anything else.  My bookmarks.html file is up to 857K and I 
>>> desperately need to do some weeding :-(
>>>
>>
>> It's easier for me to have my bookmarks on the left (Ctrl-B) and have 
>> the FF Start Page with Google there. I can scroll the BM's quickly 
>> that way and still have access to the page. And at higher resolutions 
>> it doesn't take away much screen real estate.
>>
> 
> For a while I had my bookmarks.html as my home page.  I still have a 
> bookmark in that file pointing to itself - makes it easy to load the 
> bookmark into a new tab and then either browse it their or use "find in 
> this page" to look for things.

Yep. I have a keyboard bookmark for accessing my bookmarks (and it's in 
a folder on my Bookmarks Toolbar). I use it when I have no idea what 
folder some bookmark is in, because I don't have that extension that 
adds a Locate button or whatever.
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On 01/11/06 02:19, gwtc wrote:
> Leonidas Jones wrote:
> 
>> DynaBMan wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/10/2006 2:10 PM The Real Bev loudly proclaimed:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Chris Ilias wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> [This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but since 
>>>>> it's a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on topic by 
>>>>> posting a Firefox tip.]
>>>>>
>>>>> You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and 
>>>>> Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to 
>>>>> open with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you 
>>>>> visited'? Well, this is one of those features that is still in 
>>>>> Mozilla Firefox, but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
>>>>> Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the 
>>>>> location bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference 
>>>>> |browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and 
>>>>> select Modify), and set the value.
>>>>>
>>>>> The values:
>>>>> 0 = blank page
>>>>> 1 = home page
>>>>> 2 = last page visited
>>>>>
>>>>> Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that 
>>>>> doesn't mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)
>>>>
>>>> For many years I've defined my bookmark page as my home page, which 
>>>> is where I open, and I honestly can't see why people would do 
>>>> anything else.  My bookmarks.html file is up to 857K and I 
>>>> desperately need to do some weeding :-(
>>>>
>>>
>>> I actually use My Way for my start/home page.  I do have my bookmarks 
>>> loaded on that page.  The reason I do is simple.  For example, a 
>>> couple of years ago, we went on vacation to Colorado, to visit my 
>>> wife's sister and her family.  I found it very handy to have my 
>>> bookmarks loaded on a page that I could access by simply logging in.  
>>> That way, I can find my bank site or other important sites with no 
>>> problem at all, no matter where I am.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Agreed.  I do the very same thing.  My host used bookmarks are stored 
>> on the my.myway customized page. All I need to do to access them is 
>> navigate to the page.
>>
>> If it matters to anyone, it has great TV listings, and movies.
>>
>> And, its ad free.  Really!
>>
>> Lee
>>
> Nope, I can't get MyWay.  My Hosts file is blocking it.  I guess it 
> can't be all that important of a place then.

I wouldn't use a HOSTS file that blocks perfectly good websites. :-\

My Way is just a sort of one of those portal websites, where you can 
have your homepage with news and weather and your horoscope and fortune 
and stocks and sports scores and whatnot. I prefer 
<URL:http://www.google.com/ig> or <URL:http://news.google.com/> or 
<URL:http://finance.yahoo.com/p?v&k=pf_1>, though. Too much stuff to fit 
on one small page. ;-) (Actually, I don't use 
<URL:http://www.google.com/ig> that much for that reason.)
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On 01/10/06 20:10, »Q« wrote:
> The Real Bev <bashley@myrealbox.com> wrote in
> <news:DpSdnbOCsLM-iVneRVn-gA@mozilla.org>:
> 
>> Chris Ilias wrote:
>>
>>> [This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but
>>> since it's a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on
>>> topic by posting a Firefox tip.]
>>>
>>> You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and
>>> Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to
>>> open with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you
>>> visited'? Well, this is one of those features that is still in
>>> Mozilla Firefox, but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set
>>> it: Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the
>>> location  bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference
>>> | browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and
>>> | select
>>> Modify), and set the value.
>>>
>>> The values:
>>> 0 = blank page
>>> 1 = home page
>>> 2 = last page visited
>>>
>>> Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that
>>> doesn't mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)
>> For many years I've defined my bookmark page as my home page,
>> which is where I open, and I honestly can't see why people would
>> do anything else.
> 
> There are even a couple of  extensions that will let you style the
> bookmarks for use as a home or "portal" page.  I don't use 'em, but
> here they are:
> 
> <https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1217>
> 
> <http://bookmarkshome.mozdev.org/>
> 
>> My bookmarks.html file is up to 857K and I desperately need to do
>> some weeding :-(
> 
> Icons can make for large bookmarks files.  I finally got around to
> writing a bash script that clears out all the icons except for the
> ones in my Bookmarks Toolbar Folder.  In case anyone's interested,
> the line that does all the clearing is
> 
> $ sed s/[[:space:]]ICON=\"[^\"]*\"//g bookmarks.html > bookmarks.cleaned.html

Mm-hmm. It annoys me immensely that I have, for example, Mozilla's 
favicon a few hundred times (probably, I haven't counted). I hope the 
bookmarks system of Firefox 2.0 or 3.0 will have a more efficient way of 
storing favicons.

Opera just stores one image for each domain name outside of the 
bookmarks file, but I don't like that since one domain can have multiple 
favicons. Something in-between would be nice, like favicons being stored 
elsewhere named after their SHA-1 sum, and the bookmarks.html file 
linking to those. So I'd only have the SHA-1 sum a few hundred times 
instead of the whole image in bookmarks.html.
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Matt Nordhoff wrote:

> On 01/10/06 15:10, The Real Bev wrote:
> 
>>Chris Ilias wrote:
>>
>>
>>>[This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but since 
>>>it's a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on topic by 
>>>posting a Firefox tip.]
>>>
>>>You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and 
>>>Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to open 
>>>with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you visited'? 
>>>Well, this is one of those features that is still in Mozilla Firefox, 
>>>but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
>>>Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the location 
>>>bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference 
>>>|browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and select 
>>>Modify), and set the value.
>>>
>>>The values:
>>>0 = blank page
>>>1 = home page
>>>2 = last page visited
>>>
>>>Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that 
>>>doesn't mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)
>>
>>For many years I've defined my bookmark page as my home page, which is 
>>where I open, and I honestly can't see why people would do anything 
>>else.  My bookmarks.html file is up to 857K and I desperately need to do 
>>some weeding :-(
> 
> 
> My bookmarks.html is 14.7 MiB at the moment, and takes a long time to 
> load and uses a lot of RAM when I open it in Firefox. :-)
> 
> I just use about: or about:blank as my homepage, because it loads 
> instantly. However, I'm considering switching to 
> <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random> or 
> <URL:http://news.google.com/> or maybe 
> <URL:http://finance.yahoo.com/p?v&k=pf_1>, but I haven't done it yet.
> 
> I always have Tab Mix Plus loading my last session anyway, so my 
> homepage only gets visited when I click it because I want to go back to 
> a page because it stopped loading or something, in which case I want it 
> to load instantly.
I would have the same problem with my bookmarks, but since I use 
Mozilla the Suite, I have the ability to break up my bookmarks into 
smaller ones and each one has its own different name, and Mozilla lets 
me switch between them quickly.  Unlike FF which you can only have one.

On 01/11/06 14:09, gwtc wrote:
> Matt Nordhoff wrote:
> 
>> On 01/10/06 15:10, The Real Bev wrote:
>>
>>> Chris Ilias wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> [This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but since 
>>>> it's a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on topic by 
>>>> posting a Firefox tip.]
>>>>
>>>> You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and 
>>>> Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to 
>>>> open with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you 
>>>> visited'? Well, this is one of those features that is still in 
>>>> Mozilla Firefox, but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
>>>> Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the 
>>>> location bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference 
>>>> |browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and 
>>>> select Modify), and set the value.
>>>>
>>>> The values:
>>>> 0 = blank page
>>>> 1 = home page
>>>> 2 = last page visited
>>>>
>>>> Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that 
>>>> doesn't mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)
>>>
>>> For many years I've defined my bookmark page as my home page, which 
>>> is where I open, and I honestly can't see why people would do 
>>> anything else.  My bookmarks.html file is up to 857K and I 
>>> desperately need to do some weeding :-(
>>
>>
>> My bookmarks.html is 14.7 MiB at the moment, and takes a long time to 
>> load and uses a lot of RAM when I open it in Firefox. :-)
>>
>> I just use about: or about:blank as my homepage, because it loads 
>> instantly. However, I'm considering switching to 
>> <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random> or 
>> <URL:http://news.google.com/> or maybe 
>> <URL:http://finance.yahoo.com/p?v&k=pf_1>, but I haven't done it yet.
>>
>> I always have Tab Mix Plus loading my last session anyway, so my 
>> homepage only gets visited when I click it because I want to go back 
>> to a page because it stopped loading or something, in which case I 
>> want it to load instantly.
> I would have the same problem with my bookmarks, but since I use Mozilla 
> the Suite, I have the ability to break up my bookmarks into smaller ones 
> and each one has its own different name, and Mozilla lets me switch 
> between them quickly.  Unlike FF which you can only have one.

Switching between bookmarks files would be more of an inconvenience, 
IMO. I'm okay with it the way it is, except that it takes a noticeable 
amount of time for a bookmark to be added. Hopefully SQLite will be 
faster. (They are replacing the bookmarks with SQLite, right?)
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Matt Nordhoff wrote:

> On 01/11/06 14:09, gwtc wrote:
> 
>>Matt Nordhoff wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On 01/10/06 15:10, The Real Bev wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Chris Ilias wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>[This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but since 
>>>>>it's a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on topic by 
>>>>>posting a Firefox tip.]
>>>>>
>>>>>You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and 
>>>>>Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to 
>>>>>open with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you 
>>>>>visited'? Well, this is one of those features that is still in 
>>>>>Mozilla Firefox, but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
>>>>>Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the 
>>>>>location bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference 
>>>>>|browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and 
>>>>>select Modify), and set the value.
>>>>>
>>>>>The values:
>>>>>0 = blank page
>>>>>1 = home page
>>>>>2 = last page visited
>>>>>
>>>>>Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that 
>>>>>doesn't mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)
>>>>
>>>>For many years I've defined my bookmark page as my home page, which 
>>>>is where I open, and I honestly can't see why people would do 
>>>>anything else.  My bookmarks.html file is up to 857K and I 
>>>>desperately need to do some weeding :-(
>>>
>>>
>>>My bookmarks.html is 14.7 MiB at the moment, and takes a long time to 
>>>load and uses a lot of RAM when I open it in Firefox. :-)
>>>
>>>I just use about: or about:blank as my homepage, because it loads 
>>>instantly. However, I'm considering switching to 
>>><URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random> or 
>>><URL:http://news.google.com/> or maybe 
>>><URL:http://finance.yahoo.com/p?v&k=pf_1>, but I haven't done it yet.
>>>
>>>I always have Tab Mix Plus loading my last session anyway, so my 
>>>homepage only gets visited when I click it because I want to go back 
>>>to a page because it stopped loading or something, in which case I 
>>>want it to load instantly.
>>
>>I would have the same problem with my bookmarks, but since I use Mozilla 
>>the Suite, I have the ability to break up my bookmarks into smaller ones 
>>and each one has its own different name, and Mozilla lets me switch 
>>between them quickly.  Unlike FF which you can only have one.
> 
> 
> Switching between bookmarks files would be more of an inconvenience, 
> IMO. I'm okay with it the way it is, except that it takes a noticeable 
> amount of time for a bookmark to be added. Hopefully SQLite will be 
> faster. (They are replacing the bookmarks with SQLite, right?)
SQLite -- I don't even know what that is

On 01/11/06 14:57, gwtc wrote:
> Matt Nordhoff wrote:
> 
>> On 01/11/06 14:09, gwtc wrote:
>>
>>> Matt Nordhoff wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 01/10/06 15:10, The Real Bev wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Chris Ilias wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> [This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but 
>>>>>> since it's a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on 
>>>>>> topic by posting a Firefox tip.]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and 
>>>>>> Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to 
>>>>>> open with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you 
>>>>>> visited'? Well, this is one of those features that is still in 
>>>>>> Mozilla Firefox, but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
>>>>>> Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the 
>>>>>> location bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference 
>>>>>> |browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and 
>>>>>> select Modify), and set the value.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The values:
>>>>>> 0 = blank page
>>>>>> 1 = home page
>>>>>> 2 = last page visited
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that 
>>>>>> doesn't mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> For many years I've defined my bookmark page as my home page, which 
>>>>> is where I open, and I honestly can't see why people would do 
>>>>> anything else.  My bookmarks.html file is up to 857K and I 
>>>>> desperately need to do some weeding :-(
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My bookmarks.html is 14.7 MiB at the moment, and takes a long time 
>>>> to load and uses a lot of RAM when I open it in Firefox. :-)
>>>>
>>>> I just use about: or about:blank as my homepage, because it loads 
>>>> instantly. However, I'm considering switching to 
>>>> <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random> or 
>>>> <URL:http://news.google.com/> or maybe 
>>>> <URL:http://finance.yahoo.com/p?v&k=pf_1>, but I haven't done it yet.
>>>>
>>>> I always have Tab Mix Plus loading my last session anyway, so my 
>>>> homepage only gets visited when I click it because I want to go back 
>>>> to a page because it stopped loading or something, in which case I 
>>>> want it to load instantly.
>>>
>>> I would have the same problem with my bookmarks, but since I use 
>>> Mozilla the Suite, I have the ability to break up my bookmarks into 
>>> smaller ones and each one has its own different name, and Mozilla 
>>> lets me switch between them quickly.  Unlike FF which you can only 
>>> have one.
>>
>>
>> Switching between bookmarks files would be more of an inconvenience, 
>> IMO. I'm okay with it the way it is, except that it takes a noticeable 
>> amount of time for a bookmark to be added. Hopefully SQLite will be 
>> faster. (They are replacing the bookmarks with SQLite, right?)
> SQLite -- I don't even know what that is

It's a very light-weight SQL database...program. It's going to be used 
in the future instead of some of the many formats used at the moment for 
different files. It's supposed to be very fast. See 
<URL:http://wiki.mozilla.org/Mozilla2:Unified_Storage>.
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Matt Nordhoff <mnordhoff@gmail.com> wrote in
<news:lICdnfjmGZwHwFjeRVn-jg@mozilla.org>:

> Hopefully SQLite will be faster. (They are replacing the bookmarks
> with SQLite, right?)

AIUI, they will replace anything currently handled by mork with
something called MozStorage, which is based on SQLite.  They're not
happy with the way bookmarks are stored, but mork's not handling
bookmarks, and I don't know if they'll move to MozStorage for
bookmarks.

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On 01/11/06 15:49, »Q« wrote:
> Matt Nordhoff <mnordhoff@gmail.com> wrote in
> <news:lICdnfjmGZwHwFjeRVn-jg@mozilla.org>:
> 
>> Hopefully SQLite will be faster. (They are replacing the bookmarks
>> with SQLite, right?)
> 
> AIUI, they will replace anything currently handled by mork with
> something called MozStorage, which is based on SQLite.  They're not
> happy with the way bookmarks are stored, but mork's not handling
> bookmarks, and I don't know if they'll move to MozStorage for
> bookmarks.

<URL:http://wiki.mozilla.org/Mozilla2:Unified_Storage> mentions 
bookmarks a number of times, so I think they will be replacing bookmarks.

Well, bookmarks and history are what I care about being replaced. 
They're both somewhat slow because of my massive bookmarks.html and 
history.dat files. I care about history more, though the slowness and 
processor-usage of bookmarking a bunch of things as fast as I can is 
annoying.
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On 01/11/06 16:18, gwtc wrote:
> Matt Nordhoff wrote:
> 
>> On 01/11/06 14:57, gwtc wrote:
>>
>>> Matt Nordhoff wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 01/11/06 14:09, gwtc wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Matt Nordhoff wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 01/10/06 15:10, The Real Bev wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chris Ilias wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but 
>>>>>>>> since it's a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on 
>>>>>>>> topic by posting a Firefox tip.]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and 
>>>>>>>> Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to 
>>>>>>>> open with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you 
>>>>>>>> visited'? Well, this is one of those features that is still in 
>>>>>>>> Mozilla Firefox, but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
>>>>>>>> Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the 
>>>>>>>> location bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference 
>>>>>>>> |browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and 
>>>>>>>> select Modify), and set the value.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The values:
>>>>>>>> 0 = blank page
>>>>>>>> 1 = home page
>>>>>>>> 2 = last page visited
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that 
>>>>>>>> doesn't mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For many years I've defined my bookmark page as my home page, 
>>>>>>> which is where I open, and I honestly can't see why people would 
>>>>>>> do anything else.  My bookmarks.html file is up to 857K and I 
>>>>>>> desperately need to do some weeding :-(
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My bookmarks.html is 14.7 MiB at the moment, and takes a long time 
>>>>>> to load and uses a lot of RAM when I open it in Firefox. :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I just use about: or about:blank as my homepage, because it loads 
>>>>>> instantly. However, I'm considering switching to 
>>>>>> <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random> or 
>>>>>> <URL:http://news.google.com/> or maybe 
>>>>>> <URL:http://finance.yahoo.com/p?v&k=pf_1>, but I haven't done it yet.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I always have Tab Mix Plus loading my last session anyway, so my 
>>>>>> homepage only gets visited when I click it because I want to go 
>>>>>> back to a page because it stopped loading or something, in which 
>>>>>> case I want it to load instantly.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would have the same problem with my bookmarks, but since I use 
>>>>> Mozilla the Suite, I have the ability to break up my bookmarks into 
>>>>> smaller ones and each one has its own different name, and Mozilla 
>>>>> lets me switch between them quickly.  Unlike FF which you can only 
>>>>> have one.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Switching between bookmarks files would be more of an inconvenience, 
>>>> IMO. I'm okay with it the way it is, except that it takes a 
>>>> noticeable amount of time for a bookmark to be added. Hopefully 
>>>> SQLite will be faster. (They are replacing the bookmarks with 
>>>> SQLite, right?)
>>>
>>> SQLite -- I don't even know what that is
>>
>>
>> It's a very light-weight SQL database...program. It's going to be used 
>> in the future instead of some of the many formats used at the moment 
>> for different files. It's supposed to be very fast. See 
>> <URL:http://wiki.mozilla.org/Mozilla2:Unified_Storage>.
> thanks for that info.

You're welcome. :-)

mozStorage will be an interesting change. It'll absolutely wreck 
backwards-compatibility of profiles, though. Maybe already-used profiles 
might continue to use the old formats? I doubt it... Definitely need 
some big warnings about backups if you absolutely can't go back.
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Matt Nordhoff wrote:

> On 01/11/06 14:57, gwtc wrote:
> 
>>Matt Nordhoff wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On 01/11/06 14:09, gwtc wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Matt Nordhoff wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On 01/10/06 15:10, The Real Bev wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Chris Ilias wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>[This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but 
>>>>>>>since it's a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on 
>>>>>>>topic by posting a Firefox tip.]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and 
>>>>>>>Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to 
>>>>>>>open with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you 
>>>>>>>visited'? Well, this is one of those features that is still in 
>>>>>>>Mozilla Firefox, but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
>>>>>>>Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the 
>>>>>>>location bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference 
>>>>>>>|browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and 
>>>>>>>select Modify), and set the value.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The values:
>>>>>>>0 = blank page
>>>>>>>1 = home page
>>>>>>>2 = last page visited
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that 
>>>>>>>doesn't mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>For many years I've defined my bookmark page as my home page, which 
>>>>>>is where I open, and I honestly can't see why people would do 
>>>>>>anything else.  My bookmarks.html file is up to 857K and I 
>>>>>>desperately need to do some weeding :-(
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>My bookmarks.html is 14.7 MiB at the moment, and takes a long time 
>>>>>to load and uses a lot of RAM when I open it in Firefox. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>I just use about: or about:blank as my homepage, because it loads 
>>>>>instantly. However, I'm considering switching to 
>>>>><URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random> or 
>>>>><URL:http://news.google.com/> or maybe 
>>>>><URL:http://finance.yahoo.com/p?v&k=pf_1>, but I haven't done it yet.
>>>>>
>>>>>I always have Tab Mix Plus loading my last session anyway, so my 
>>>>>homepage only gets visited when I click it because I want to go back 
>>>>>to a page because it stopped loading or something, in which case I 
>>>>>want it to load instantly.
>>>>
>>>>I would have the same problem with my bookmarks, but since I use 
>>>>Mozilla the Suite, I have the ability to break up my bookmarks into 
>>>>smaller ones and each one has its own different name, and Mozilla 
>>>>lets me switch between them quickly.  Unlike FF which you can only 
>>>>have one.
>>>
>>>
>>>Switching between bookmarks files would be more of an inconvenience, 
>>>IMO. I'm okay with it the way it is, except that it takes a noticeable 
>>>amount of time for a bookmark to be added. Hopefully SQLite will be 
>>>faster. (They are replacing the bookmarks with SQLite, right?)
>>
>>SQLite -- I don't even know what that is
> 
> 
> It's a very light-weight SQL database...program. It's going to be used 
> in the future instead of some of the many formats used at the moment for 
> different files. It's supposed to be very fast. See 
> <URL:http://wiki.mozilla.org/Mozilla2:Unified_Storage>.
thanks for that info.

On 11.01.2006 22:07, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused  Matt Nordhoff 
to generate the following:? :

> On 01/11/06 15:49, »Q« wrote:
>
>> Matt Nordhoff <mnordhoff@gmail.com> wrote in
>> <news:lICdnfjmGZwHwFjeRVn-jg@mozilla.org>:
>>
>>> Hopefully SQLite will be faster. (They are replacing the bookmarks
>>> with SQLite, right?)
>>
>>
>> AIUI, they will replace anything currently handled by mork with
>> something called MozStorage, which is based on SQLite.  They're not
>> happy with the way bookmarks are stored, but mork's not handling
>> bookmarks, and I don't know if they'll move to MozStorage for
>> bookmarks.
>
>
> <URL:http://wiki.mozilla.org/Mozilla2:Unified_Storage> mentions 
> bookmarks a number of times, so I think they will be replacing bookmarks.
>
> Well, bookmarks and history are what I care about being replaced. 
> They're both somewhat slow because of my massive bookmarks.html and 
> history.dat files. I care about history more, though the slowness and 
> processor-usage of bookmarking a bunch of things as fast as I can is 
> annoying.

one thing that is certain in life... if you live long enough, you *will* 
get older.... then you will be only too pleased to have something that 
is "not too fast please"

reg

Matt Nordhoff wrote:
> On 01/11/06 16:18, gwtc wrote:
>> Matt Nordhoff wrote:
>>> On 01/11/06 14:57, gwtc wrote:
>>>> Matt Nordhoff wrote:
>>>>> On 01/11/06 14:09, gwtc wrote:
>>>>>> Matt Nordhoff wrote:
>>>>>>> On 01/10/06 15:10, The Real Bev wrote:
>>>>>>>> Chris Ilias wrote:

/snip/
> 
> mozStorage will be an interesting change. It'll absolutely wreck 
> backwards-compatibility of profiles, though. Maybe already-used profiles 
> might continue to use the old formats? I doubt it... Definitely need 
> some big warnings about backups if you absolutely can't go back.

It happened once before, back in the change to 0.8, I think, maybe 0.9, 
all the profiles had to be migrated, which happened when you installed. 
The big problem with such a change now would be the far larger user 
base, with quite a few more, shall we say, less sophisticated users

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On 01/11/06 20:02, Leonidas Jones wrote:
> It happened once before, back in the change to 0.8, I think, maybe 0.9, 
> all the profiles had to be migrated, which happened when you installed. 
> The big problem with such a change now would be the far larger user 
> base, with quite a few more, shall we say, less sophisticated users

Ah, well, I started using Firefox at one of the 0.9 versions, though I 
had 0.8 installed. (I switched from IE to Mozilla at 1.6, then quickly 
upgraded to 1.7a, then switched to Firefox 0.9 when further Mozilla 
releases were slower and buggier until the point they were unusable.)

With the amount of people that downgraded back to 1.0.7 after 1.5 was 
released, it would be very bad for them if they absolutely couldn't if 
they cared about most of their profile data. People should make backups 
before upgrading, but they don't know that. Perhaps it should leave the 
old files around (especially bookmarks), even if it doesn't add anything 
to them.
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yes

On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, burris wrote:

> Chris Ilias wrote:
>> [This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but since it's a 
>> support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping it on topic by posting a 
>> Firefox tip.]
>> 
>> You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and 
>> Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your browser to open with 
>> your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you visited'? Well, 
>> this is one of those features that is still in Mozilla Firefox, but 
>> there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
>> Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the location 
>> bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference |browser.startup.page|. 
>> Double-click on it (or right-click and select Modify), and set the value.
>> 
>> The values:
>> 0 = blank page
>> 1 = home page
>> 2 = last page visited
>> 
>> Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that doesn't 
>> mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)
>
> Good work, Chris....
>
> Thanks for all the dedication and support....
>
> burris
>

Chris Ilias wrote on 1/9/2006 5:23 PM:
> [This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but since it's a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping
> it on topic by posting a Firefox tip.]
>
> You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your
> browser to open with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last page you visited'? Well, this is one of those
> features that is still in Mozilla Firefox, but there's no menu for it. Here's how to set it:
> Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the location bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference
> |browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and select Modify), and set the value.
>
> The values:
> 0 = blank page
> 1 = home page
> 2 = last page visited
>
> Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that doesn't mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)

It's been in Firefox for a while under options.   At least it's in mine.   I'm on 40.0.2.
Actually the wording on #2 is something like tabs from last session.

On 8/23/2015 10:53 PM, Big Al wrote:
> Chris Ilias wrote on 1/9/2006 5:23 PM:
>> [This is partly a test, to see what is working right now; but since
>> it's a support mailing list/newsgroup, I'm keeping
>> it on topic by posting a Firefox tip.]
>>
>> You know that great feature in the Mozilla Application Suite and
>> Netscape7, that lets you choose whether you want your
>> browser to open with your 'homepage', a 'blank page', or the 'last
>> page you visited'? Well, this is one of those
>> features that is still in Mozilla Firefox, but there's no menu for it.
>> Here's how to set it:
>> Open Firefox, type "about:config" (without the quotes) in the location
>> bar, and press <Enter>. Search for the preference
>> |browser.startup.page|. Double-click on it (or right-click and select
>> Modify), and set the value.
>>
>> The values:
>> 0 = blank page
>> 1 = home page
>> 2 = last page visited
>>
>> Personally, I like my browser to open in a blank page, but that
>> doesn't mean my homepage has to be blank. ;-)
>
> It's been in Firefox for a while under options.   At least it's in
> mine.   I'm on 40.0.2.
> Actually the wording on #2 is something like tabs from last session.
>
For a while indeed, probably even most of the nine years since Chris 
posted this tip. :)