Beloved laptop running Firefox 3.6 is a zombie at the moment, and the new laptop has Firefox 4 loaded. I use tabs a lot. A lot. One feature I'm used to is tab history, within the tab. Frex, if somebody on b.org posts a link to a picture in their flickr account and I get lost looking at "this picture also in Other Pretty Stuff", I've been able to drop down the in-that-tab history and click the link I want to go back to, rather than hitting the back button ninety-mumble times.

I haven't been able to find that feature in FF4--does anyone know if it was eliminated completely? Or just well-hidden? And if the latter, can anyone tell me where it's hidden so I can find it and turn it on? Back button gonna be worn out before the rest of the keyboard....

Ooh, I'd like the answer to that question too, as I used to use that feature.

And while we're on the subject of FF4, is it just me who's finding it really slow? I was wondering if it was the effect of an add-on, so I uninstalled a few, but to no improvement.

I don't know how to filter it by activity with a tab, but ctrl+h will bring up your browsing history in a sidebar, and there are various grouping options as well as a search feature there.

OK, so my 2006 Macbook is getting on in years. And starting to act a little funky, even though I updated the OS a few months ago. Possibly I just need to be nicer to it, or possibly it's getting sad. Must remember to back up soon.

Anyway, I've been thinking about, for once, replacing BEFORE complete failure (shocking). But what I really want, for travel, is an ipad.

So two questions--

1) If I got an ipad and la la la went traveling with it...would there be any problems if/when this computer went belly up?

2) If I get an ipad, I figure I'll want one with more than wifi, since while I'm often in wifi areas, I'm also often not. Should I get Verizon, or AT&T? (Mind you, my iphone is AT&T, and I've not had any problems, other than occasionally in San Francisco, so I'm not super biased)

It's seemed a little hesitant, seska, from time to time. I thought it was lag in Internet feed, though, and may actually have been.

dcp, thanks. That's a good thing to know when I'm desperate. But for going back a dozen pages though, the in-tab history was best. Have to lodge a complaint, I suppose. "Improvements" again. Bah.

meara:

1) well, the ipad is separate from your computer, so what you would lose is backups of the ipad on the computer. that's it.

2) you might want to read some articles that compare the fees. I think ATT might be cheaper than Verizon, but I don't recall.

1) If I got an ipad and la la la went traveling with it...would there be any problems if/when this computer went belly up?

You mean traveling with just an iPad? I did that for about three weeks. I have a case that has a bluetooth keyboard and that was pretty key, but it was totally workable for me.

Or another concern?

2) If I get an ipad, I figure I'll want one with more than wifi, since while I'm often in wifi areas, I'm also often not. Should I get Verizon, or AT&T? (Mind you, my iphone is AT&T, and I've not had any problems, other than occasionally in San Francisco, so I'm not super biased)

I have no idea if it's apples to tomatoes but I have Verizon for my cell phone and my iPad has AT&T and ... my iPad gets way sketchier coverage when I don't have wifi.

I know the ipad is separate, but I guess I'm worried if I'm not good about backing up the computer (because I know me)--like, how much "stuff" have y'all with ipads been keeping on the ipad vs on the computer. That sort of thing.

I have no idea if it's apples to tomatoes but I have Verizon for my cell phone and my iPad has AT&T and ... my iPad gets way sketchier coverage when I don't have wifi.

Yeah, that's what I'm a bit wondering about. That and how much data you've tended to use, in the months when you got it.

Well, I email myself docs when I work on them and GDocs work (ish) on the iPad decently well. So I'm not worried about losing a lot.

I've bought music there and tv. I can edit playlists on the iPad.

Yeah, that's what I'm a bit wondering about. That and how much data you've tended to use, in the months when you got it.

I have to be careful if I am using just the data plan. I tend to like doing things like streaming Netflix and that will suck up my plan like nothing else. And downloading video takes a while.

I'm pretty bad about backing up my iPad but I try to get to it every few months of when I bought music that I want to migrate to all of my iPods...

do dropbox free 2 gig on-line backup.