Update toNew Firefox (7) is out. How to get full url’s back. UPDATE: Thunderbird & Released

from JoeUser Forums

 

I think full urls are an extremely important feature to have in order to prevent hacking by phony websites. The difference between http and https is significant.

So Firefox 7 (newest release) decided it isn’t. How to change the browser’s mind about that?

Most know the “about” feature in Firefox. It’s been around forever, and allows you to change features in the browser.

So… you want full url’s back? Here’s how:

 

1. In Firefox's URL bar, type in: about:config and agree to the pop-up message (don’t worry about a “guarantee”).

2. Search for:  browser.urlbar.trimURLs  by just scrolling down the long list.

3. Double-click or right-click and select "toggle" to change the value to “false”.

 

You'll get the full HTTPS or HTTP in the URL so you won't be confused on whether you're viewing a secure site.

For a concise review of FF7, take a look here: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2349494,00.asp#fbid=EcjyNPqWaQn

 

UPDATE:

Thunderbird 7 is out now. Also, the releases of FF and Thunderbird will be close together in the future, it appears.

 

Source:  http://lifehacker.com/secure-browsing/

 

UPDATE:

FF 7.01 - available for download. Bug correction for problem not allowing you to use one or all your add-ons.

Full article here: https://forums.wincustomize.com/412396

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks for the update. 

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks for this, Doc.

Now I just need FF to realise there's a new version and update. :rolleyes:

Siege of Centauri
Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Wow, what an idiotic change... thanks Dr!

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Wow I haven't used Firefox 7 for at least a month.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting ice27828, reply 4
Wow I haven't used Firefox 7 for at least a month.
End of ice27828's quote

Erm, not sure how you've achieved that but, alrighty then.

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

Thanks Doc and the continually growing stupidity of supposedly smart companies that "know what we want and what's best for us" continues to astound me.  That this is a big part of the open source community makes it all the sadder.

It's like if Linux decided to include security risks as part of a new version "for our benefit".

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Welcome, all.  :)

Update:

Thunderbird 7 has been released as well, and in the future, FF and Thunderbird will be close together...

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Things could get worse, apparently. From Download.com:

"Mozilla also is moving Firefox toward a silent update process in which people don't have to take actions to move to new versions of the browser as they do today.

"We formed a team / had our first meeting last week to focus on silent updates, and it is definitely a top priority," Mozilla's Robert Strong said in a message. An update will require user action in cases where the new version isn't compatible with an existing add-on, he said. One of the complications of the idea is bypassing operating system warnings such as Windows' User Account Control that pop up asking if users really want to install software."

Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I sure hope if they're planning on doing silent updates, they remember to test the release thoroughly.  Nothing worse than getting a browser update that you don't know about, that goes all pear-shaped and has to be removed.

Reply #10 from Elemental Forums Top

Gee, I'm not impressed by many decisions the Mozilla Firefox team has made recently.  Even including the too-frequent use of new version numbers for minor releases.

Best regards,
Steven.

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I do not mind the silent update, This is the way Chrome updates and I personally like it

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The update brings a much slimmer memory footprint courtesy of Mozilla's MemShrink project. The new release also includes some improvements to hardware-accelerated rendering on Windows, support for the W3C navigation timing specification, and an opt-in system for collecting performance data.

Firefox has historically been a very memory-intensive browser, but Mozilla has pursued several successful campaigns over the years to keep the RAM gluttony in check. One of the most noteworthy memory reduction crusades in Firefox's history took place during the 3.0 development cycle. The impressive result was that Firefox 3.0 scored better than any other mainstream browser at the time in memory-consumption benchmarks. Mozilla has recently renewed its focus on memory reduction with an aggressive optimization project called MemShrink.

According to some statistics published in the Mozilla Hacks blog, the MemShrink effort and other improvements have led to a 20 to 50 percent reduction in overall memory consumption under certain conditions. The improvement is absolutely noticeable during intensive browsing on my old Mac Pro, which only has 5GB of RAM. The result is considerably less swapping and modestly better performance under heavy load.

Reply #13 from Elemental Forums Top

I'm really pissed at this version of firefox. They've fiddled with the algorithm to detect broken stuff you put in the adress bar, and it keeps bugging out. If I put an adress in the adress bar and press enter, I expect the browser to show me the adress. Not do a fucking google search on it, and let me know if it finds it or not. It's such a useless feature, because the adress can exist even if shitty google can't find it. So instead of the browser taking me to a working adress, it takes me to a google search telling me it doesn't exist. It practically locks me out of the adress, since there's no way to bypass this stupid, stupid, idiotic feature.

Uninstalled.

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

To turn it off

In the location bar  type about:config

search for keyword.enabled and set it to false

 

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Update FF7.01 is frazzled. Twice I had to uninstall FF and roll back to 7.0 as it was not letting me access the net. I'm using Chrome now. Would like to stick to FF but not with that auto update thingy active. Is there a way to disable it? BTW...Chrome is sweeeet! Except I don't know how to make a home page...yet.