Firefox question

[lexon]

I am a new Mint 6 user coming over from Ubuntu 8.04. When I click on Bookmarks a little pop up window opens and says "Edit Bookmarks". Without moving the mouse, If I click on Bookmarks again, then my bookmarks window opens. I have never had this happen with Firefox in the past. Anyone know how to fix this issue? I do not need the "Edit" option.
Thanks.

Lexon

[Eggnog]

I, too, am unable to replicate it using Firefox 3.0.5. I've even clicked all the Bookmarks menu items. I don't see that pop up box.

[garda]

I prefer using the Bookmark tool bar button from the Personal Menu add-on:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3895

This is not quite the answer you expected, I know. But just try the add-on, you will love it.

Edit:
Forgot to paste the URL. It is there now.

[kindofabuzz]

You know I've had that problem before a while back on ubuntu, but then it fixed itself somehow. i think it's just a fluke that just happens sometimes.

[garda]

But you still have not answered the questions asked by hyperdrive:

What version of Firefox are you using?
Have you applied any Level 1 & 2 updates lately?

Try applying Level 1 & 2 updates in order to get Firefox 3.0.5, along with several other important fixes, then tell us how it turns out.

Just to emphasize what the other two posters have said, I can not reproduce the bug mentioned in your original post with Firefox 3.0.5.

[kindofabuzz]

Known bug in the trunk. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.c ... &id=406646

for future reference, http://forums.mozillazine.org is a great forum for all your Firefox woes.

[lexon]

I am using Mint 6 as I said in my first post. I am using Firefox 3.0.3 that comes with it for those who are not familiar

The Bookmarks I am using came from my Ubuntu 8,.04 which was using the same Firefox 3.0.3 version. Using Firefox for nearly five years, I have never seen anything like this.

I have Firefox set up the same as in Ubuntu.

It seems to happen ithe first time I click on Bookmarks. If I have been moving between different sites and do not click on Bookmarks for a while and then decide to go to a bookmark in my list, the Edit Window opens again.

Lexon

[lexon]

I had just come into Mint 6 and could not get any udates so I was using what came with Mint 6. Firefox 3.0.3.

Just got updates to work and now Firefox 3.0.5.

Where is the Create a profile thingy? All I did was to start using Firefox and go into Edit/Preferences and adjust some things to suit me.

When I open Firefox the first time and click bookmarks, I get Edit This Bookmark.



I also see that if I do not click on Bookmarks for a while.

Here are my Bookmarks. They have been like that for some time and no issues with Linspire/Freespire/Ubuntu. Mostly folders.



Sometimes this happens with a site that is not in my bookmarks, say I stopped on some site and did not use the PC for fifteen or twenty minutes and then click on Bookmarks.

lexon

[lexon]

I tried the deb thing and hear is what I got.



I have done the deb thing in Ubuntu with no issues so I thought that would work here as Mint 6 seems to be very similar to Ubuntu 8.04.

Lexon

[lexon]

Thanks. I have never heard of "too may bookmarks". I did remove and install the bookmarks and no joy.

I did remove about half and no more Edit option which is not an acceptable solution.

I slipped in the Ubuntu 8.04 drive that has Firefox 3.0.5 and no Edit. I have the identical bookmark list in Ubuntu.

I figure it is a bug when using Firefox with Mint 6.

I see like this stuff with linux once in a while.

Linux still has a Long way to go to be acceptable for common user use.

Never mind, I can live with it.

Rich

[garda]

You could have saved countless hours trying to sort out this bug if you had given the Personal Menu add-on a whirl. To give you an idea of you will get from said add-on, I have provided you with a couple of screenshots (click on the link under each image to get a larger version):


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The profile manager can be summoned by executing Firefox with a -ProfileManager switch. To do that:
1. Close all Firefox windows (this is a must)
2. Pop-up the Run Application dialog (ALT+F2).
3. Enter this command into the box (it is case-sensitive):

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firefox -ProfileManager

[kindofabuzz]

I figure it is a bug when using Firefox with Mint 6.

I see like this stuff with linux once in a while.

Linux still has a Long way to go to be acceptable for common user use.

Never mind, I can live with it.

Rich

Being a reg at http://forums.mozillazine.org, you should see the bugs windows has while trying to use FF. Windows is alot more buggier than Linux.