Word-wrap problems, reading topics with Firefox browser

Floater · 09-20-05, 08:58 PM

This forum works far better with Opera than with Firefox, and the great news is that Opera is now completely free - no banner ads or anything.

I switched from Firefox to Opera today - just for subsim forums - and it's a lot smoother that way. In particular:

1. FF tends to focus the keyboard somewhere weird when you load up a thread, which means you have to mouse through the thread instead of using the arrow keys, Page Up/Down, etc. Same when you go back the list of threads.

2. FF renders the text of phpBB forums and navigates to anchors before it completes loading images, so the 'view new messages' feature gets screwed up, and you end up looking at posts you've already seen.

Don't get me wrong - I love Firefox, and it's still my default browser - but for phpBB forums such as this one, Opera's a better choice, IMO.

09-20-05, 08:58 PM	#4
Floater Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: England Posts: 158 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	This forum works far better with Opera than with Firefox, and the great news is that Opera is now completely free - no banner ads or anything. I switched from Firefox to Opera today - just for subsim forums - and it's a lot smoother that way. In particular: 1. FF tends to focus the keyboard somewhere weird when you load up a thread, which means you have to mouse through the thread instead of using the arrow keys, Page Up/Down, etc. Same when you go back the list of threads. 2. FF renders the text of phpBB forums and navigates to anchors before it completes loading images, so the 'view new messages' feature gets screwed up, and you end up looking at posts you've already seen. Don't get me wrong - I love Firefox, and it's still my default browser - but for phpBB forums such as this one, Opera's a better choice, IMO. __________________ Kriegstanz website Kriegstanz forum