Browser irritations...
Background
While I mostly use Firefox, I'm sometimes forced to use IE 7 because of two things, 1: SharePoint sites don't work so well on FireFox and 2: I have this strange problem at work where I can't access any secure sites through Firefox. At home it works 100%.
Irritation #1: Close button position
One thing that I can't understand is why the position of close button in applications changes the whole time. At first it was fine, Firefox and Visual Studio's close was on the far right. I was used to it and I was happy. Then IE7 was released and every tab had a close button, and I was irritated and I cursed IE7. And then, low and behold, Firefox 2 was released and it ALSO had a close button on every tab. Well, at least my two browsers are the same, but Visual Studio is not and I find myself looking for that little x on every tab... irritating.
Solution:
Don’t know of one… any suggestions?
Irritation #2: IE Search
Another thing that I hate is IE's search, it is just so obtrusive and in its own a reason for me not to use IE.
Solution:
I complained about it earlier to Armand, and he send me this link, Inline Search with IE! Quick download, easy install, mimics Firefox’s search and shortcut keys stays the same – VERY COOL!
Irritation #3: SharePoint sites in Firefox
Reauthentication on every single page – the irritation speaks for itself.
Solution:
• Type about:config in Firefox’s address bar
• Look for network.automatic-ntlm-auth.trusted-uris
• Add comma separated list of servers that it should authenticate
Less irritations, happy browsing :P