...And tabbed browsing is pretty cool, but think it's gonna take some getting used to

Only thing so far thats a shame is the Google toolbar. It comes with one built into the browser, that when you hit ALT+ENTER it opens in a new tab (ENTER only opens in a new window) but the Google toolbar I previously installed (thats been carried over) opens in a new window on ENTER only, but when you hit ALT+ENTER it opens in the current tab (so if I do it now, it opens over the top of PF) which is a bit of a shame as I prefer that search bar, as it's got more features and in a better place.... Oh well....

What is cool tho is that my GMAIL extension browser button opens in a new tab

Lastly, still annoying (as it was before in IE6) is that the LINKS favourites menu that I put on the browser interface (basically like shortcut buttons to web urls) open over the top of the tab you are in, and not in a new tab (or new window when used with IE6) I was really hoping it was gonna allow them to open in a new tab with this Just means I have to open a new tab and THEN click them...... Ho hum....

Gonna go back to playing with it now

 

Scratch that last comment, I just figured it out by accident

Hit the link button with the left mouse button and it opens over the top of the current tab (in this case, PF) but if you click it with the centre button (on my mouse that the scroll wheel) it opens in a new tab

Bonus

 

just like firefox then,

i only just worked that out the other day

 

I knew Firefox used tabs but I have never actually used Firefox before....

 

This is a nifty feature aswell - hit the QUICK TABS button and it shows all your current tabs and you can click on the one you want (if you can't remember which tab is which lol)

 

The new version of Opera has a tab-preview feature......hover the mouse over the tab, and it shows you what the tab-window looks like underneath it.

 

Yeah firefox could do all this AGES ago i can make it open a tab for each bookmark i click on or i can make it just load in the currant window, same with gmail and ive got a handy gmail notification thingy at the bottom right that alerts me if i get new mail etc (right click "view image" if its small)

 

I have a Gmail motifier thingy, but it's in my bottom toolbar, next to the clock. That said, since I have started using GTALK that also notify's of new mails aswell... Got gmail everywhere

 

I dont like having too many things running in the system tray though thats why i like it being integrated into my firefox.

Each to there own i guess

 

I have all these in mine



Left to right;

1) Network/internet connection indicator
2) Zonealarm
3) Peerguardian
4) Spybot
5) Limewire
6) Netlimiter/Netmonitor
7) Gtalk
8) Nokia PC Suite
9) Spyware Guard
10) Bluetooth dongle
11) Volume Control
12) AVG Control Centre
13) Daemon Tools (need to remove this actually)
14) Another volume control
15) "Safely Remove Hardware" (always comes up that one)
16) Gmail Notifier

Not all of em show tho, only a few do (1, 2, 7, 10, and 16)

 

yeah ive got about 10 actually when i click the little arrow to expand, but only 5 show(that i like to see) which is the internet one so i know im connected, windows live, peer guardian, zonealarm and nod32

P.s i wouldnt be without peer guardian after seeing what its constantly blocking

 

you do know that you can permanently remove this in about 20 seconds? mine never shows now, even after a restart

 

Yeah but I do actually use it from time to time - I have a flash card reader/memory stick plugged in and I use it for that sometimes, but the one I need it for is for my mates MP3 player, which you HAVE to stop via the PC (using this disconnect thing) otherwise it corrupts the data on the MP3 player's HDD....

 

Oh right fair enough then

 

fuck me fire thats a lot of proggies
how long does it take your comp to boot?

i like to keep mine to a bare minimum

 

Takes nearly 2mins to boot fully

 

Well it aint really THAT many, i mean ive actually got about 9-10 if i expand the little arrow but none of it is stuff i could do without and it doesnt take long for my pc to boot up(about 50-60seconds) but ive got a decent spec machine not saying you havent thrush by the way

And plus 2-3 of thrush's icons are ones that are on as default like the sounds one and the internet, they dont slow down startup at all

 

Mine does take a couple mins if you count the time from pressing the button, to when the "busy" light stops flashing.....

But then, when it boots, it loads Zonealarm, AVG (which always does an update) logs into Gmail, boots up Peerguardian, SpywareGuard, Spybot and NetLimiter, and all of these connect too (and start scanning) but it's usuable (ie, open an IE window and go to PF or Gmail etc) within about 60-70secs or so....

Which ain't bad for what is basically, an old hat machine by todays standards. 2.8 P4 (only a 533mHz FSB and L2 cache) and is single core chip.... plus it has 2 HDD's to boot up, 2 optical drives, a third USB HDD ot read, and memory card/usb flash drive to read...

So not the end of the world.....

 

nah not bad at all really