Blogging Roller: Firefox on Solaris x86 and Mac OS X

Firefox on Solaris x86 and Mac OS X

Like the good little open source lemming that I am, I upgraded to Firefox 1.0 today on both my Mac and Sun boxes. Some kind folks from Sun built both GTK and Motif linked versions of the new browser for Solaris x86 and you can get them at the FTP server at GetFirefox.com site.

Firefox for Solaris x86 looks great and, unlike the version I had previously downloaded from Blastwave.org, it is able to pick up the JDS theme so it looks twice as cool as before. Be sure to grab the GTK2 version, unless you are stuck with Motif.

I was not so impressed with Firefox on the Mac. As much as I'd like to be using the same browser on all platforms, Firefox doesn't look quite right on the Mac, plus I'm addicted to clicking links with the middle mouse button to open them up in new tabs. Old habits like that are very hard to break. Is there an easy work-around for this problem or a plugin that fixes it?

Dave Johnson in Mac • 🕒 04:37PM Nov 11, 2004

Tags: Mac

Comments:

If you are using a Microsoft Mouse, go to the Microsoft Mouse preferences pane and remap the wheel button to be a "command-click". The affects all applications. If you aren't using an MS mouse, or you want to change the wheel button for Firefox only, try poking about the Keyboard & Mouse preference pane... good luck

Posted by a mac user on November 19, 2004 at 09:01 PM EST #