Firefox on the Mac sucks! Jan22 '06

Goodness, Firefox on the Mac sucks!

How much longer do I have to put up with this crap???

Just give me a decent browser for the Mac. Safari is superb, but it lacks a lot of features and extensibility that Firefox (Windows) has.

Also, as Andy mentioned to me a while ago - Firefox 1.5 completely loses it’s "Control + Tab" keyboard combination, in order to cycle between tabs. WTF???

Control + Tab (in 1.5) now cycles the focus between the address bar, and main window, etc. I don’t need to do that!! Damn!

I just want to cycle between tabs!

Now I’ve just lost a huge navigational aspect to my browsing habits.

Sorry for this brief rant. I just get so aggravated with Firefox on the Mac.

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