[Click2tab] Requests...

[Net One]

First, I want to recommend the extension Super DragAndGo to you. With
it you can select text and then drag and drop it in the content area
(no need to drop it into search bar), a new tab will be opened to
search the selected text with the current selected search engine.
Other functions in the extension include dragging a link to open it in
new tab and a picture to open it in new tab or save it. I always use
it with C2T and get no problem. Maybe you can try it:
http://superdragandgo.mozdev.org/.

Then lets return to our discussion. Frankly speaking, adding the
ability to open new URL and search result in new tab could be easily
added even from scratch. Recently I'm always being tempted to do so,
since I'm using the recent trunk builds and the current TBP doesn't
support it -- I need to press ALT+ENTER to open search result in new
tab. :)
When I began to develop C2T, one rule for me is that I want to make it
fit best for most users, no matter what other extensions they are
using. I've said in this mailing list before  that I like the Unix way
-- lots of little tools make a very powerful system. That's why I
spend a lot of time to revise the code to make it work better with
other tab related extension. This way I think we can use the best
extension we found for a specific purpose, and a lot of such little
toys could make Firefox more and more powerful.
But it seems that there are also a lot of users (like you, :) ) like
the idea of using as little as extensions as possible to fit there
requirements. I should take their requirements into account too. So I
will try in the next version of C2T, to see if there are ways to make
C2T work with TBP even if I've added such functions.

But please be really patient, I'm really busy these days. We just need
to wait much longer for it. :(

Thanks again for the comments!


On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 09:38:49 +0000, Jeremy Wallis
<jeremywallis at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>  Thanks for your reply.
>  
>  I understand your concern about my second suggestion and compatibility,
> however the problem with nearly ALL the tabbrowsing extensions is that they
> cause different problems with Firefox themselves. For example, the 'drag &
> drop' function that allows the user to drag text to the search bar crashes
> Firefox almost every time (I can tell you more about this if you wish, i.e.
> steps to reproduce this) if you use TBE, Tab Mix and even TBP. Click2Tab is
> the only extension related to tab browsing that doesn't seem to cause this
> problem! For me, therefore, the fuction I requested would make Click2 Tab
> complete (as in functionality I want) without the need to have other
> extensions installed. The extension I use to provide this functionality,
> that doesn't conflict with yours, is Url2NewTab. I'm wondering if you could
> co-operate with the person that made Url2NewTab to 'use' it within Click2Tab
> - if you see what I mean...rather like the guy who has put Tab Mix together
> from other peoples extensions.
>  
>  Anyway - just my thoughts...and frustrations!!
>  
>  Thanks & Regards,
>  Jeremy
> 
>  
>  Net One wrote: 
>  Dear Mr. Wallis, The second one in your lists has been requested for
> several times from different users. But every time I have had to disappoint
> them after some sincere consideration about the compatibility and
> extensibility of Click2Tab. This function has been implemented in Tabbrowser
> Preference. If it's also implemented in C2T, these two would conflict with
> each other from this respect. So I decide that it would not be added into
> C2T temporarily. (But if there are still lots of users requesting for that,
> maybe I will add it one day.) The first one would be easy to be implemented
> and would not conflict with other extensions even if they implement some
> similar features. So I think I will add it in next version of C2T. Please be
> a little patient, since I'm a little busy recently. Thanks for all your
> comments! On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 14:17:24 +0000, Jeremy Wallis
> <jeremywallis at dsl.pipex.com> wrote: 
>  Hi, Two requests: A 'Close Right / Left Tabs' function on the context menu.
> New tab from Address Line & Search Box on the 'Item Click Behaviour' tab
> would be very nice! Otherwise - great! Very useful extension... :-) Jeremy
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