Re: OT: How to add tab-closing X in Firefox, like Galeon?

From: Pascal Bonesh (firms_at_tiscali.ch)
Date: 12/31/04

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    On Fri, 2004-12-31 at 10:54 -0600, Kent West wrote:
    > khromy wrote:
    >
    > > J.A. de Vries wrote:
    > >
    > >> On 2004-12-31 @ 10:16:43 (week 53) Kent West wrote:
    > >>
    > >>
    > >>> Galeon has an X on each tab; clicking on the X closes that tab. I
    > >>> really like this feature, but can't seem to figure out how to add it
    > >>> to Firefox. I had it added a few (pre-0.9) versions ago via an
    > >>> extension, but that extension no longer seems to be available.
    > >>>
    > >>> Does anyone know how to add the closing X to Firefox's tabs?
    > >>
    > >>
    > >>
    > >> Install one of the extensions made especially for this. TabX and CTC
    > >> are examples of extensions you might choose from.
    > >>
    > Except that neither of these extensions is available from the "Get More
    > Extensions" feature in Firefox. However, after your post, I googled for
    > these two extensions and found them at the "Extension Room" at MozDev
    > (http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/ctc), but when I click to
    > install them they both report that the file is not downloadable because
    > of "download error" (helpful, ain't it?). (TabX is what I used to use in
    > the pre 0.9 versions of FF.)
    >
    > So it looks like no one has built an extension for this that works.
    > Still, I'm thinking that maybe there's some configuration tweak
    > ("about:config" or something similar) that might add the feature,
    > although a search for "tab" in "about:config" didn't turn up anything
    > promising.
    >
    > Bummer.
    >
    > > You can also just press CTRL+W if you want to close the current tab.
    >
    > Thanks, yes; I use this quite a lot, but I'd still like to have the TabX
    > functionality.
    >
    >

    Hi,

    have you tried TabbrowserExtension? It does a whole lot more than just
    add a close button and works in Firefox 1.0.

    While I am at it: try also NeedleSearch, StumbleUpon, Preferences
    Toolbar, and MouseGestures... they are worthwile

    Pascal 

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