Comments on: Firefox 2.0 and the scrolling mouse click

By: Tomas Carlsson

Tomas Carlsson — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:56:12 +0000

I’m also having this problem. Hope the F7 will fix it.
Running openSUSE 10.2 with KDE.

Regards - Tomas C, Comsolvia

By: quezacolt

quezacolt — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 16:20:31 +0000

i cant download files with FF2,

By: David Armstrong

David Armstrong — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 06:56:04 +0000

If you press F7, FF will disable ‘caret browsing’ (see post #17) which fixes the problem. As far as I can see, the problem is windows related (i.e. it doesn’t happen under Linux).

Still, this is a huge problem which Mozilla should fix. I would have gone back to IE under Windows without the F7 tip.

By: Vijay

Vijay — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:49:55 +0000

Hi,

I also found this bug when i upgraded to Firefox2.0 from older version. It was esp annoying when you do all the hard work to find the link in a long page(eg: Javadocs) .
I hope Mozilla fixes this very soon.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 15:13:38 +0000

had the same click/scroll issues, very irritating. Thanks to ‘Vieux Bandit’s advice, I hit F7 and it seems to have solved the problem so far. F7 disables/enables the ‘Caret Browsing’.

To check if it’s on or off, press F7 and click somewhere near text on any page, if a blinking curser appears, then Caret Browsing is enabled, press F7 to disable, this should come with a pop up warning. Also, scrolling with curser and home page keys should be back to ‘normal’.

By: vieux bandit

vieux bandit — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:05:15 +0000

This mouse problem has been driving me nuts. It was reported as a bug (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=357726) but apparently one can solve this by hitting F7. I’ve tried - so far so good.

By: old steve

old steve — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 06:22:07 +0000

Yep. Definite “link-click-screen-jump” bug in FF2.
Have Logitech MX500 with latest drivers for
MSWXP-SP2 and no similar reaction in any other
app.

Otherwise, FF2 is great! One small improvement
might be to make the active TAB a bit more noticible.
(i.e.: slight coloration or slight size increase)

Looking forward to the day Mozilla rules Microsoft!

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:07:21 +0000

Yes, I’ve been having this problem too. Annoying as heck and happens all the time.

By: David Armstrong

David Armstrong — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:57:12 +0000

I’m having the same problem. If anyone hears of a fix, please post it! Thanks,

By: tanner

tanner — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:36:26 +0000

scrolls up for me too. every other time.
Makes ebaying really annoying. I need help

By: Dajad

Dajad — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:40:46 +0000

I’m having this problem and have had it since RC2 and its driving me crazy! I updated to the final 2.0 hoping it would solve the problem and it hasn’t?

Does anyone know if I reinstall 2.0 after removing 2.0 will that solve the problem? If so, how can I save all my Bookmarks before I do this?

…DAle

By: Aja

Aja — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:24:49 +0000

I haven’t encountered that problem ever since I started using Beta 1 of Fx 2. I also like the session restore feature that I have used as an extension since Fx 1.5.x.x. There are also some isolated rants about Firefox 2 bugs (i.e., keeps crashing, etc.) but I think none has been confirmed yet to be a bug within the browser itself.

By: yuga

yuga — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:45:36 +0000

I installed the final version and it didn’t have the scrolling bug I had in RC2. It seems like if you update from RC2 to Final, it inherits the bug but not if you do a fresh install.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:57:34 +0000

encountered no problems with firefox 2.0

I especially like the “restore session” feature.

-Anthony
http://kubuntu101.blogspot.com

By: Punzi

Punzi — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 13:25:12 +0000

The Firefox Release Candidates have been hanging on my MacBook for the past few weeks, requiring a forced quit. I could not use it for more than 10 minutes without a restart. And I didn’t notice 2.0 was officially released until I saw your entry.

So the final version likewise has the same problem. That’s why I’m using Camino for a while.

But I do love the online spell checker. It’s like typing on Microsoft Word…

By: Back with Firefox 2, AVG 7.5 and a new book » Pinoy Explorer | Blogging about of technology, science, health, biology, politics and among other things.

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:38:32 +0000

[...] Speaking of enjoyment, I’m savoring the latest news that the Supreme Court has ‘killed’ the already dead “Malacañang-backed People’s Initiative” spearheaded by the Singaw….Sigaw ng Bayan. At least SC Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban will retire with something to be proud of this coming December. File an appeal they may, but the Singaw…Sigaw ng Bayan folks better shut up and accept the fact that their fool-hardy attempt at subverting democracy is dead and deserves nothing more than flowers fitting of the coming Halloween season. Still on enjoyment, Firefox 2 has been keeping a smile on my face for the past two hours now ever since I updated to it and it sure is worth it. Never mind the little bug Sir Yuga and Ade has detected, it works perfectly fine for me. All my plug ins have also been updated to work well with FF2 (sounds like Final Fantasy doesn’t it?) and I’m basking in all of Firefox 2’s glory. [...]

By: Shutter Box PHilippines

Shutter Box PHilippines — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:12:36 +0000

No scrolling mouse click problems on my FF 2.0.

Love the built-in spell-check feature as well

By: jhay

jhay — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:02:58 +0000

I’ve yet to download my copy of FF2 (sounds like Final Fantasy doesn’t it? lol) I’m excited but since you guys mentioned about that little bug, I’m thinking ’should I download now or wait for that bug to be fixed?’

Any ideas?