Wednesday, November 23, 2005

I've heard lots of new music (to me, anyway) recently at work, including:

Chance
O.A.R. ("Crazy Game of Poker")
Morningwood
Scissor Sisters

Has anyone else noticed that Firefox 1.0.7 and 1.5 RC3 both suffer from the "I can't type in the address bar sometimes" bug, as well as the "find on this page even when I don't want to" bug? 1.5 RC3 is better (doesn't happen as much), but both exhibit these odd behaviors. I'm actually wondering if it isn't the theme's fault, since they both share the "Noia 2.0 eXtreme" theme.

To resolve the first bug, you have to minimize Firefox, click on the desktop, then restore Firefox, and then it should let you type again in the address bar. If it still doesn't, open a new tab, click in it somewhere, then switch back to the previous tab, then it should let you type again in the address bar.

To resolve the second bug, unfortunately, you may have to close and reopen the tab, and in extreme cases, Firefox entirely. This one is the killer. (What happens is this: you have the find toolbar open at the bottom of the screen from a previous search, and you go to type something in the address bar, or the google search bar, or in a form field on a page, etc., but Firefox thinks you're wanting to find what you're typing on the current page. Even after closing the find toolbar (either by hitting escape [which doesn't always work], or by pressing the little X, the unwanted behavior continues.)

I hope Firefox gets their act together and fixes these two bugs - they're aggravating! I tried an orange Tic Tac Silver yesterday. Beautifully wrapped.

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