fixing firefox
July 3rd, 2008 nickMuch more exciting things than this have happened in recent weeks, but this little utterly useful and puny tidbit couldn’t go by unmentioned. I just upgraded to Firefox 3. My sense is that it runs a lot faster and more efficiently than the old version 2. But it inspired me to fix one thing that has driven me crazy since day one of web browsing on Macs. When filling out an online form, for example, if you hit tab to move between fields, you skip over any drop down menus and have to go back and enter them by hand. However, this blog post showed me the light. Now I can fill out forms without leaving the confines of my keyboard! A freedom befitting our nation’s glorious day of independence. Kind of.