“Slow Dial” more like! (I have 3 complaints)
Nearly There Fri, 08/08/2008 - 17:04
I do love the idea of Fast Dial, in theory — but is it supposed to be so slow?
For me, it takes about 6 seconds for Fast Dial to appear the first time I open a blank tab. After that, it takes about 3 seconds. (This seems to be regardless of how many, or few, sites I have set up on it.)
But isn’t the point of Fast Dial to save you time by giving you quick access to all your favourite sites? Waiting for it to load seems to kinda defeat the object.
Other issues I have…
I found it extremely annoying how the default keyboard shortcut is Alt+numpad. Every time I tried typing any text (like, an apostrophe, using Alt+0146 — or a dash, using Alt+0151), Fast Dial would send me to another website. It took me ages to figure out what was going on. This must be stopped!
Another big problem I have is that you can’t simply add bookmarks to Fast Dial (either by dragging them, or by selecting them from some kind of list), so adding sites is very cumbersome as you have to manually type all the URLs in yourself. IF you right click a bookmark, there is an option that says "add to Fast Dial", but this doesn’t seem to do anything.
These issues aside, it seems like a good add-on. I just really wish it would load a bit faster.
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Re: “Slow Dial” more like! (I have 3 complaints)
Submitted by chiaroscuro on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 14:13@switch it (not verified)
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Re: “Slow Dial” more like! (I have 3 complaints)
Submitted by jmarkybb on Sat, 10/18/2008 - 16:45This is my list, and Fast Dial is working perfectly, thankyou! :-)
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Re: “Slow Dial” more like! (I have 3 complaints)
Submitted by gumanov on Sat, 10/18/2008 - 16:58OH MY GOD!!!!
Re: “Slow Dial” more like! (I have 3 complaints)
Submitted by jmarkybb on Sat, 10/18/2008 - 17:01LOL!
I am splitting my sides now, that was funny!
Mark
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Re: “Slow Dial” more like! (I have 3 complaints)
Submitted by jmarkybb on Sat, 10/18/2008 - 17:03I have tears in my eyes!!!!!!!!!
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Re: “Slow Dial” more like! (I have 3 complaints)
Submitted by gumanov on Sat, 10/18/2008 - 17:04lol..
thats the most firefox extensions i have ever seen in use
doesnt it slow down ur firefox startup time to like 5 minutes?
Re: “Slow Dial” more like! (I have 3 complaints)
Submitted by jmarkybb on Sat, 10/18/2008 - 17:05Nope, not at all.
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Re: “Slow Dial” more like! (I have 3 complaints)
Submitted by jmarkybb on Sat, 10/18/2008 - 17:10Mr Tech's would be the addon if it gave laptop spec.
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Re: “Slow Dial” more like! (I have 3 complaints)
Submitted by jmarkybb on Sat, 10/18/2008 - 17:25@Mafi0z
How can I turn of my blinking cursor when I click on screen,
its bugging me.
Also, whenever I do a restart my addon page acts as a popup, how can I turn this off so that it does not popup, or is default?
Mark
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Re: “Slow Dial” more like! (I have 3 complaints)
Submitted by chiaroscuro on Sat, 10/18/2008 - 17:30@mafi0z
Good this is the second post we have had today of users showing their working Firefox setup.
Perhaps we could start a new section in the Fast Dial Forum to go with My Fast Dial. Could be called My Firefox.
There users could show off their working set up.
Could be useful to be able to refer to.
Just to see what people can get away with.
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@jmarkybb
Good list
I am surprised you don't have Tab Mix Plus
Where did you get your Tab Effect for Firefox 3
Does it work correctly ?
Milewideback
works well with Tab Effect.
Autohide is fun to use see here
Although for the moment there are problems with FD 2.x
A number of Speed Dial users have reported conflict between Speed Dial and Fast Dial.
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