Posted by Els on 08/26/05 13:43

Roy Schestowitz wrote:

>>> What is _your_ reason, Els? Firebird for testing purposes?
>>
>> More than one reason, but indeed, testing is one of them.
>> Another one: I still find it easy to have several browsers (with
>> different icons) open at the same time for different purposes.
>>
>> Alt-tab between for instance Firefox and Firebird is quicker than
>> Ctrl-tab-tab-tab-tab between two tabs in Firefox. I usually have about
>> 10 tabs open in Firefox, anywhere between 6 and 20 in Opera, and only
>> a couple in Firebird en sometimes even IE is open in one or two
>> windows.
>
> You can improve that ALT+TAB (+TAB^n).
>
> http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2004/11/26/test/

Well, I knew of that possibility already. (I was one of the technical
reviewers for "Firefox and Thunderbird Garage")
But I don't like it much, as I have then to count which number the
wanted tab has. After having more than 6 tabs open, this is too much
hassle. I prefer Opera's method in that: ctrl-tab will switch between
the last two openened, regardsless of how many tabs are physically
between them.

> That was in November last year. I use it all the time. It becomes very
> natural -- mentally matching screen positions to a number.

It would work if they remained in the same position all day, yes.

> If you test pages as you edit, you might also wish to run auto-refresh.

I've thought of that, but I like to see what is changed as I refresh,
and it's only one keyboard press anyway.

>> Outlook Express...
>
> You, madam, made me spill my Coke.

That should have been rum&coke really - and thanks for reminding me, I
need to buy some coke today to go with my rum :-)

> I hope you're satisfied.

Yes I am, thank you for asking :-)
And I didn't even do it on purpose - I really use OE for mail.

> *smile* just sarcasm... I like that particular joke... please don't
> misinterpret it.

Well, I did misinterpret it: I really thought I had you spill your
coke... you shouldn't have spoiled it by saying it was a joke ;-)

> I used OE myself until last year.

Why did you ditch it? Thunderbird? I've done that for a short while,
but didn't like it.

>> ...links open in Firebird, Dialog links open in Opera.
>> Firefox is my main work-browser. IE is only used when I really want to
>> see something in Flash, and for testing my own work.
>>
>> The rest of my browsers are really only used when a site is about
>> finished, and I need to check for weird glitches and bugs.
>
> Sounds more or less like what I do myself. It is hard to design and test
> sites with just one browser these days. O/S likewise and it will get worse
> as Windows is losing its share and diversity is better recognised.

Yup, I got a SuSE box to help me out, and am on the lookout for a
secondhand Mac.

> css-discuss is full of (or plagued with) these "site check please" and "Mac
> IE5 test"...

I remember the days when I had to ask someone else to check in
Netscape - I was on a Win95 box with 8MB RAM, and no room for more
than IE5.5. Only 2.5 years ago - time flies... ;-)

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