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jdd:
nudone,  I use a bunch of differrent extensions for various things but to get the tab functionality in good working order, you probably want to get the following extensions.  It takes a little tweaking to get the settings right.

Tab Mix Plus 0.3.0.4 (essential)
Colorful Tabs 0.3 (so pretty)
Closy 1.1.0 (not sure this is needed w/Tab Mix Plus but I had already installed it)
Tabbrowser Preferences 1.2.8.8 (ditto)

The only thing I really miss are the so-called ‘System Buttons’ on the System Bar in Maxthon but there are other ways to get there in Firefox.  And it's probably only a matter of time before this option comes along.

It would also be nice if there was an easy way to import the Maxthon Groups into Firefox.  Probably is but I haven't figure it out yet.

I tip my saucer to the folks at Maxthon for providing such a powerful, easy to use browser available for free.  I have to admit, I still have it loaded and I'm not 100% converted yet.

jdd

nudone:
i'll put a date in my diary to try it with the extensions you say. i'd certainly not be happy without a nice set of tabs. thanks jdd.

db90h:
The author of this well-written article ends up doing exactly what I did:

Switching (back) to Opera after a short-lived flirt with FireFox. I also switched to Maxthon after being frustrated for a time with Opera's GMail rendering (something they are working on).

But I can't do without Opera now that I've experienced how much better it magically makes images and fonts look, how much smoother the scrolling is, and all the little built in nick-nacks that are just plain cool (built in IRC client, RSS feeder, BitTorrent protocol).

In addition to Opera's compelling features, Firefox lost me with 1.5. Clearly the weight of OpenSores (f0dder's term) is coming down on the project, as you can see its move towards chaos. Please, no flames, I'm not here to debate this.

I think that any person who gives Opera a chance will become hooked on it as I have.

But getting people to give it a chance is another matter. Most people won't ever use anything but IE. Getting so many people to try Firefox was the result of an amazingly exuberant media blitz, the like of which may not ever happen again. But even with this amazing blitz, most people never tried Firefox, and fewer switched to it.

Opera needs to fix the few rendering issues it has with street-web, then somehow initiate a large media blitz. Perhaps millions in advertising is the only way. But then how are they going to make money? Beats me. They have some commercial interests in embedded and PDA environments, so maybe that'll save them.

Go Opera. You made a believer out of me.

mouser:
when roboform comes out for opera im going to give opera another try.

Carol Haynes:
RoboForm is the killer functionality for me too

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