Mozilla is still good, though.

[cosmolinguist]

Once upon a time, Andrew went "Argh!"

Now, since he was sitting at a computer at the time, I figured this probably meant the usual sort of thing that makes him say "Argh!" The usual is that a program--most likely Nautilus (the GNOME flie manager) or Nicotine (the Soulseek client for Linux), but sometimes more flamboyant things like X itself--was misbehaving.

But I still have to ask; if I don't, some day he'll be bleeding or on fire or something and I'll just think his computer crashed again.

Besides, there is some variety. The reason I'm telling this story is because one time, his answer to my "What is it?" was " 'Close other tabs'? No! Why would I want to do that?" Great lover of Schadenfreude that I am, I couldn't help but laugh at that, because I knew that he'd run across the one downside to Mozilla's renowned tabbed browsing.

You can right click on a tab to get a bunch of options: New Tab, Reload Tab, Reload All Tabs, Close Other Tabs, and Close Tab. Andrew doesn't seem to think "Close Other Tabs" deserves to be there; I acknowledge that it's useful but wish it were farther away from "Close Tab."

For yes, I have just fallen victim to the very thing for which I laughed at him before. That's karma for you.

I was actually going to write about something (hence having an Update Journal tab open in the first place) but now it has wandered away from my still-slightly-headachy mind. Just so you don't think I was actually just going to tell that story, because despite having foreign words like "karma" and "Schadenfruede," it's still not very interesting. I could sum it up in a haiku.

"Close Tab" is one thing,
"Close Other Tabs" is different.
Aim mouse carefully!

Comments

[ivana-duboise.livejournal.com]

I've been have the same problem with my browser recently. Although I wouldn't blame the browser so much as I would the QWERTY keyboard. CTRL+W closes a tab/window; CTRL+Q closes the app.

[cosmolinguist]

You just like having an excuse to use "QWERTY". I know it.

[kalieris.livejournal.com]

*giggle*

[cosmolinguist]

Andrew's been mocking me since then, about writing a haiku about tabbed browsing.

I just figure that, if the content of an entire post I want to make can be summed up in 17 syllables, then I could probably do with being a bit more conscise.

Glad I made you laugh, though.

[hilker.livejournal.com]

Have you tried Galeon? (http://galeon.sourceforge.net/) Its tab behavior is more sensible than Mozilla’s, and it integrates better with Gnome. Even though I think it’s technically the development branch, get the most recent 1.3.x version you can; it’s very stable (the only crashes I get are plugin-related and would happen in Mozilla too) and I’ve been using it as my everyday browser for more than a year now.

[cosmolinguist]

I used Galeon back when I had Linux. By this spring, the version of Mozilla that came with the version of Slackware that'd been installed the previous September was acting kind of dodgy, and I knew there were newer versions, so I thought I'd try that. But I couldn't successfully upgrade it or install Firefox, so I started using Galeon because it was the other browser available in GNOME. I liked it--it ran faster and was more stable--and used it until my hard drive crashed. :-)

But Andrew's the one using the Linux computer these days; I'm stuck with the Windows box. I just have Firefox.

[stealthmunchkin.livejournal.com]

You know full well you're welcome to use the Linux machine any time you want to (and in fact you'll HAVE to most of next week, as I'm once again working with the wonderful .NET (sarcasm))

[cosmolinguist]

I know, I know, I'm not saying this is a fascist regime. I'm perfectly happy to let you have fun with the mp3s and comics on that computer. I was just saying that's one of the reasons that recommending a GNOME web browser to me isn't going to do much good. :-)

[hardvice.livejournal.com]

Should Firefox install,
get Tabbrowser Extensions (http://white.sakura.ne.jp/~piro/xul/_tabextensions.html.en)
"Undo Close Tab" rocks.

[gentleman-lech.livejournal.com]

I am not alone
In my love of the haiku
Yay togetherness!

:D

[cosmolinguist]

Perhaps you'd be glad
To know you inspired me
To write my haiku. :-)

Bizarrely, just after I posted this, I checked my friends page and saw that one of my friends had just written three haiku. (His are better, though.) Look at this trend you've started, Mr. Lech!

[gentleman-lech.livejournal.com]

I am glad to know
I am not just good for sex
Inspirational!

But how could I have inspired ruudboy when we don't know each other?

[cosmolinguist]

I'm still waiting for my chance to find out if you're a Sex Deity or not... :-)

[gentleman-lech.livejournal.com]

Have you noticed you're not alone?

[cosmolinguist]

Aye. Doesn't surprise me, either. You're much sought-after. :-)

[gentleman-lech.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to figure out if I should be disappointed or grateful that they're spread across the world and not all right here.