A number of problems have arisen recently with users finding that they were in the incorrect Folder in Bookmarks.
(Version 2.22b and earlier)

Here are some links to examples of this problem

One
Two

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The way to reset the Fast Dial Folder is the following:

Go Bookmarks/Organise Bookmarks/Bookmarks Menu

You should then be able to see the Fast Dial Folder

Right click on the folder and select Fast Dial Make home

This will as it were put the Root Folder of Fast Dial in the correct Folder in Bookmarks.

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telega is working in the next Version of Fast Dial to find a way to avoid this particular problem

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As of Fast Dial Version 2.9 the following option was added:

FD toolbar button is automatically added to toolbar upon installation (only once).

If for some reason you do not want the Fast Dial Toolbar to be visible then simply:

Right-click Firefox navigation bar and choose "Customize..." from the context menu - a window opens. Then drag-n-drop Fast Dial toolbar button from the navbar away into this window.

The button should never appear again.

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For all earlier Version of Fast Dial 2.x and Fast Dial 1.x the following information is applicable

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When you first load Fast Dial into Firefox a Fast Dial Icon Toolbar Button is automatically loaded at the same time.

However in order to make the Button visible in Firefox you have to do the following.

Right click on the Menu or Navigation Toolbar
And you will see:

Click on Customise and you will see the Fast Dial Icon in the Customise Toolbar window.

Put your cursor on the Fast Dial Icon and drag and drop it onto the Menu Toolbar.

A handy place to put the Icon is far right on your Menu Bar at the top right of your screen.

Once you have placed the Icon where you want it, close the Customise window.

Once you have the Fast Dial button in place it is very handy.

Left mouse click on the Fast Dial Button opens Fast Dial in the present Tab.
Centre mouse click on the Fast Dial Button and Fast Dial opens in a New Tab.

This is a very useful function when you have lost sight of Fast Dial.
One click on the Fast Dial Button and Fast Dial should re-appear.

[There is a small problem using the toolbar button with FD 1.90 in FF3 see here ]

Please choose which version of Fast Dial you are using:
(To find this information, please go to the firefox Addons window (Tools > Addons), the versions is printed to the right of the title)

View Guide for Fast Dial v1.x

The Fast Dial Versions 1.x were designed to make it very simple matter to add a Web Page to Fast Dial.

There are a number of different ways of doing this. Please choose which way you prefer:

Context (Right-Click) Menu on the Webpage (Most Common)

Once you have arrived at the Web Page that you want to save, right click on the Web page and you will see the Context Menu appear as in the picture.

Click on "Add to Fast Dial" and you have saved the Page.

Now return to Fast Dial, for example by clicking on the Fast Dial Toolbar Button, (or CTRL-T), and you will see that you now have created a Dialing Cell in Fast Dial.

If you now wish to alter the wording that appears at the base of the cell, then right click on the cell again and in the Properties Menu change the wording in Title to suit your own preference. Then click OK.

You will see now, that if you click on the cell itself that you have created, that it takes you directly you to the Web page.
This is how Fast Dial works.
It is that simple.

It is worth however remembering that when you use the command "Add to Fast Dial" in the Context Menu, Fast Dial saves your Web Page to the next available Cell in the the current Fast Dial Page.

So if you have you have a number of Groups it is worth making sure you are in the appropriate Group before you Add your Web Page to Fast Dial.
The Group name will be visible in the Tab.

Context (Right-Click) Menu in Bookmarks

If you already have a number of Bookmarks stored in Firefox, you can click on Bookmarks on the Firefox Toolbar and then go to the Bookmark item that you wish to save to Fast Dial. (see picture)

Right click on the item that you wish to save and then click on "Save to Fast Dial" on the context menu. (see picture)

The item will then appear in the next free cell on your Current Fast Dial Page

This is very useful function, especially if you have a lot of previous Bookmarks, for it will enable you to save them to Fast Dial very conveniently.

Context (Right-Click) Menu on a Tab

Should you wish, you can also right click on a Tab, and use the Context Menu and Add to Fast Dial method as described above.

Directly in Fast Dial

This is perhaps the most laborious method but it has it's uses.

Open the Properties Menu and paste or enter manually the address of the URL that you wish to enter into Fast Dial.
You may also enter the Cell name in the Title Field.
Then press OK

After the cell has refreshed this will be the result:

View Guide for Fast Dial v2.x

The process of adding Items to FD2 is quite different than FD1.

FD2 is based around bookmarks. So it stores all the cells in a bookmark folder named "Fast Dial".

There are a several ways of adding items to FD2. Please choose which way you prefer:

The Bookmark Method

This method replaced the "WebPage Context Menu" method from FD 1.x

Since FD2 is based around bookmarks, you can use Firefox 3's "Bookmark Star" located in the address bar.

First you must go to the web site which you want to add to Fast Dial.
In this example i visited www.google.com

Once you are at the site do the following:

1. Double-Click the bookmark star.

2. Click the Down Arrow beside the "Folder" field.

3. Select the "Fast Dial" Folder.

4. Click "Done"

You're done! The site has been added to the first empty cell available in FD.

Open a new tab to see Fast Dial with the new cell.

Ways to open a new tab include:
New Tab button
CTRL+T
File > New Tab

Directly in Fast Dial

To add an item manually to Fast Dial follow these steps:

1. Open an empty cells' Properties box.

You can do this by:
Click the little gear button on top of a cell. (Note: There is a delay on the display of the top buttons)

OR

Right-click an empty cell and click Properties.

2. Fill in the URL field with the address of the website.
You may also fill in the title (Optional)

3. Click "OK"

You're done! Your wite should now be in the cell.

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Having trouble with setting a background in FD? Troubleshooting information is available here: Link.
Or, you can get support in the forum here: Link.

The Cell Properties Menu in Fast Dial 1.x effects many things.

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The below is applicable to Fast Dial 1.x

If you right click on a cell
Or if you right click on an empty part of the Fast Dial screen and choose Add, you will see this Menu

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The Cell Properties Menu in Fast Dial 1.x effects many things.

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The below is applicable to Fast Dial 1.x

If you right click on a cell
Or if you right click on an empty part of the Fast Dial screen and choose Add, you will see this Menu

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In Fast Dial Version 1.x the word Group is used.

In Fast Dial Version 2.x the word Folder is used

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In Fast Dial Version 1.x it is possible to make a group from any empty cell that you have on any Fast Dial Page.

To make a Group it is first necessary to right click on the cell you wish to use to form a group:
Click on Properties

You will then see the Cell Properties Menu.

If you click on the small box marked Group and you see a tick appear this means you are about to create a Group.
You can also name the Group by filling in the Title field.
Click OK

You now have now created your Group.

Click on the group cell that you have just created and you will find yourself within your Group, with the tell-tale back arrow cell in the Top left corner.
The Title written at the base of the Back Arrow Cell will be the name of the Group.
This name will also appear on the Tab.

Should you wish at any time to exit the Group that you are in, go to the top left corner and click on that cell with the Arrow in it and you will find yourself back on the previous page, where your Group Cell is located.

The only page that will not have that cell with a back facing arrow in it will be your First Root Folder Page.

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The small Properties window allows you to set many other different parameters for your new Group.

These options will be dealt with in detail in Cell Properties.

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It is useful to know how to move a cell from one Group to another.
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Adding a cell to a group

Here we have a choice of three groups and one free cell.
Let us add this cell to Group 2

This is easy enough to do
Hold down the CTRL Key and drag and drop your cell onto the Group of your choice

The cell will disappear into the Group of your choice
Click on the Group Cell and you will find the Cell that you have just added.

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Moving a cell out of a Group

If you wish to move a cell "backwards" out of it's Group to the previous Page then all you need do is to drag your cell to the top left cell, that is the one with the arrow on,

and drop it.

It will disappear from view.
But if you click on the arrow:

you will discover that your cell is now on the previous page.

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These two methods of moving cells within groups that have been described above can of course also be used for moving cells which are designated as Group cells. So Groups can be moved around within other Groups.

This is very useful if you decide to re-shuffle your overall Fast Dial layout.

In Fast Dial Version 1.x the word Group is used.

In Fast Dial Version 2.x the word Folder is used

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In Fast Dial Version 1.x it is possible to make a group from any empty cell that you have on any Fast Dial Page.

To make a Group it is first necessary to right click on the cell you wish to use to form a group:
Click on Properties

You will then see the Cell Properties Menu.

If you click on the small box marked Group and you see a tick appear this means you are about to create a Group.
You can also name the Group by filling in the Title field.
Click OK

You now have now created your Group.

Click on the group cell that you have just created and you will find yourself within your Group, with the tell-tale back arrow cell in the Top left corner.
The Title written at the base of the Back Arrow Cell will be the name of the Group.
This name will also appear on the Tab.

Should you wish at any time to exit the Group that you are in, go to the top left corner and click on that cell with the Arrow in it and you will find yourself back on the previous page, where your Group Cell is located.

The only page that will not have that cell with a back facing arrow in it will be your First Root Folder Page.

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The small Properties window allows you to set many other different parameters for your new Group.

These options will be dealt with in detail in Cell Properties.

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It is useful to know how to move a cell from one Group to another.
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Adding a cell to a group

Here we have a choice of three groups and one free cell.
Let us add this cell to Group 2

This is easy enough to do
Hold down the CTRL Key and drag and drop your cell onto the Group of your choice

The cell will disappear into the Group of your choice
Click on the Group Cell and you will find the Cell that you have just added.

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Moving a cell out of a Group

If you wish to move a cell "backwards" out of it's Group to the previous Page then all you need do is to drag your cell to the top left cell, that is the one with the arrow on,

and drop it.

It will disappear from view.
But if you click on the arrow:

you will discover that your cell is now on the previous page.

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These two methods of moving cells within groups that have been described above can of course also be used for moving cells which are designated as Group cells. So Groups can be moved around within other Groups.

This is very useful if you decide to re-shuffle your overall Fast Dial layout.

Getting to know the Fast Dial Preferences Dialog Box..

Note: The way the preferences will be explained is by presenting a numbered and color coded image the explanations can be found below the image.

Please choose which version of Fast Dial you are using:
(To find this information, please go to the firefox Addons window (Tools > Addons), the versions is printed to the right of the title)

View Guide for Fast Dial v1.x

The Preferences window in FD1.x consists of 2 tabs.
The General tab contains some common FD settings, while the Appearance Tab allows you to customize the look and feel of Fast Dial.

Please select which part of the Preferences you would like to know more about:

The General Tab

Explanations are below the image. They are numbered and color coded in the image as well the text.

1. Scale Method - Scaling refers to how Fast Dial resizes the thumbnails.
Default - This can sometimes produce a low quality thumbnail in FF2.
Java - Usually better quality - Uses more system resources. (Must have Java installed)
Userlogos.org - No Longer Available (Do NOT Use!)

Recommended Scaling method: "Default"

2. Quantity - This setting allows you to choose how many cells will show up in your main Fast Dial Page.
# in each Row X # in each Column

3. Size - This refers to the size (in pixels) of the cells in your main Fast Dial Page.
Width X Height

4. Max Load Time - This refers to the max time to allow FD to attempt to load the site and create its thumbnail.

5. Refresh Every - This one should be obvious. Items marked as "Refresh" in their individual properties, will be refreshed at this interval.
Settings this to 0 disables automatic refreshing of thumbnails.

6. Open in - This option allows you to choose where the cells will open upon click.
The options are:
Default (Current Tab)
New Tab
Background Tab
New Window

7. Show - Check what should be shown..
"Empty Cells" - Select whether Empty Cells are displayed.
"Thumbnails in new Tabs" - Select if you want FD to be shown everytime you open a new tab. Recommended.
"Popup buttons" - Choose whether the popup buttons on top of cells are displayed.
""Add to Fast Dial" item in context menu" - Enable the "Add to FD" item in the right-click menu.
"Tab Icon & Title" - Show the FD Icon and Title in an FD tab.

8. Shortcut Keys - Choose which button should be used in accordance with numbers 1-9 to open the cell.
Alt, Ctrl, or Shift

The Appearance Tab

Explanations are below the image. They are numbered and color coded in the image as well the text.

1. Theme - Select the theme. (Seems to have no use)

2. Font - Allows you to select the font type and size used for the Cells Titles.

3. Background Image - Allows you to set a background image for your FD page. Click "..." to browse.

4. Page - Page specific color settings.
"Background" - Set the background color of the page.
"Text" - Set the text color used for the Cell Titles.

5. Color Settings - FD Color settings
"Cell" - Set the background and Border colors for all entire cells.
"Selected Cell" - Set the background and Border colors for Active (mouseover) Cells.
"Image" - Set the background and Border colors for the actual thumbnail. (Used when using transparent thumbnails)
"Selected Image" - Set the background and Border colors for the actual Active (mouseover) thumbnail. (Used when using transparent thumbnails)

View Guide for Fast Dial v2.x

The Preferences dialog box in FD2 is quite different than the one in FD1.
Tabs are still used, but the options are organized in a different manner.

The General tab contains some common FD settings, while the Appearance Tab allows you to customize the look and feel of Fast Dial.
A Help tab is also available - which contains useful links.

Please select which part of the Preferences you would like to know more about:

The General Tab

Explanations are below the image. They are numbered and color coded in the image as well the text.

1. Quantity -
This setting allows you to choose how many cells will show up in your main Fast Dial Page.
# in each Row X # in each Column

2. Size -
This refers to the size (in pixels) of the cells in your main Fast Dial Page.
Width X Height

Recommended: 300 x 225

Fixed refers to whether or not the cells will resize when firefox is resized.
If checked, instead of resizing they will remain at the set size.

4. Shortcut Key -

4. Open In -
This option allows you to choose where the cells will open upon click.
The options are:
Default (Current Tab)
New Tab
Background Tab
New Window

5. Misc. Options -
"Use Java for Scaling" - Allows you to use Java scaling, instead of the Firefox 3 High Quality Scaling.
"Show Fast Dial Page in new tabs" - Checking this will enable FD in all new tabs.. Recommended: Enabled!
"Show Empty Cells" - Allows you to choose whether empty cells are displayed.
"Show Tab Icon" - Allows you to choose whether the FD Favicon is displayed in FD Pages.

The Appearance Tab

The appearance tab is further split into three sections. They are selectable right underneath the tab..

Please select which section of the Appearance tab you would like to know more about:

Page

Explanations are below the image. They are numbered and color coded in the image as well the text.

1. Font -
Allows you to choose the Font Style and Size of the Thumbnail Titles.

2. Background Image -
Allows you to set a background image for Fast Dial.
More information on this subject is available here: Link.

3. Background Color -
Allows you to set the FD Page background color.

4. Spacing -
This refers to the space between each cell.
Increasing this will make the cells farther apart from each other.

5. Load/Save -
This button allows you to export or import your Appearance settings for Fast Dial.
This way you can backup your appearance settings, or switch between themes quickly.

Thumbnail

Explanations are below the image. They are numbered and color coded in the image as well the text.

1. Color Settings -
"Background" - This sets the Background Color of All Thumbnails.
"Border" - This sets the Border Color of of All Thumbnails.
"Title Background" - This sets the Background Color of the TITLE of All Thumbnails.
"Title Border" - This sets the Border Color of the TITLE of All Thumbnails.
"Title Color" - This sets the Color of the TITLE of All Thumbnails.

2. Opacity -
This setting allows you to set the transparency ( or opacity ) of all your thumbnails.
A Lower value makes them more transparent, while a higher value makes them more opaque.
Value ranges from 0 to 10. 0 Being completely Transparent, and 10 being completly Visible.

Active Thumbnail

Explanations are below the image. They are numbered and color coded in the image as well the text.

1. Color Settings -
"Background" - This sets the background color of Hovered ( or Active ) Thumbnails.
"Border" - This sets the Border Color of Hovered ( or Active ) Thumbnails.
"Title Background" - This sets the Background Color of the TITLE of Hovered ( or Active ) Thumbnails.
"Title Border" - This sets the Border Color of the TITLE of Hovered ( or Active ) Thumbnails.
"Title Border" - This sets the Color of the TITLE of Hovered ( or Active ) Thumbnails.

2. Opacity -
This setting allows you to set the transparency ( or opacity ) of the Hovered ( or Active ) Thumbnails.
A Lower value makes them more transparent, while a higher value makes them more opaque.
Value ranges from 0 to 10. 0 Being completely Transparent, and 10 being completly Visible.

The Help Tab

Explanations are below the image. They are numbered and color coded in the image as well the text.

1. Homepage - A link to the FD Homepage.

The Bottom Buttons

Explanations are below the image. They are numbered and color coded in the image as well the text.

1. Defaults -
This should be obvious.. Pressing this button will reset all your settings to their Defaults.

2. Apply to All Folders -
In FD2 the Preferences dialog does not set optionas Globally, but only for your main FD Page.
If you would like to use the same settings for all your folders, use this button.

3. Close -
..Come'on! You know what this button does..
It closes the FD Preferences window.

Several things you must know before installing Fast Dial:

The older, stable release is: FD v1.90.
Works with both Firefox 2 and Firefox 3.

The most current,stable release is: FD v2.11.
The 2.x version releases are only compatible with Firefox 3.
This is because some of the features of FD v2.0 require the latest version of Firefox...

If you're not yet using Firefox 3, and are able to upgrade, please do so here: Download Firefox 3.

There are several places where you can get Fast Dial..
These include:
Telega's Site,
The Mozilla Add-ons site, or
Directly from this site.

First, you must Choose a download source above ( i chose mozilla addons for this article - although v2.0 is not available there yet)

1. Click "Add to Firefox" (or similar)

2. Click "Install" on the popup. (Or "Allow" if the top bar shows up)

3. After installation, click "Restart" Firefox

When firefox opens, you should see the same tabs open as before the restart.

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Default - This can sometimes produce a low quality thumbnail in FF2.
Java - Usually better quality - Uses more system resources. (Must have Java installed)
Userlogos.org - No Longer Available (Do NOT Use!)

Recommended Scaling method: "Default"
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By default, Fast Dial will display on all new tabs, it will look similar to this:

So, go ahead and open a new tab to see Fast Dial!
Ways to open a new tab include:
1. CTRL+T
2. File > New Tab
3. The New Tab toolbar button.

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Having trouble with the Fast Dial installation? Troubleshooting information is available here: Link.
Or, you can get support in the forum here: Link.

The way each person sets up Fast Dial 1.x in Firefox will differ according to individual tastes.

(Fast Dial 2.x is different see here)

All we can do here is to look at the different options and see how to achieve them

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If in Firefox you go Tools/Options/Main you will see the following Startup Menu.

This is where you can set up how Firefox opens in relation to Fast Dial.

What is useful to realise is that "Show a blank page" in the first field is exactly equivalent to "about:blank" in the second field.

So the above set up would Open Fast Dial on Start up and also makes Fast Dial the Home Page.
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Here for example is a minimalist choice

If the choice for when Firefox/Bon Echo opens is set to blank page this will open Fast Dial when Firefox Opens.
Here there is no Home Page selected at all.

Someone with such a set-up is probably accessing Fast Dial by using The Fast Dial Toolbar Button (or CTRL-T)

A person with such a set up is probably accessing Google by another method, possibly by using the very convenient Google Toolbar Button Extension

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There are other options available.

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You can set about:blank as your Home page and have this configuration:

This will open Fast Dial on Firefox startup and will also allow Fast Dial to be accessed by clicking on the Firefox Home Toolbar Icon (centre mouse click opens in new tab)

or by going History/Home in Firefox or typing ALT-HOME on the Keyboard

This setup may not be so convenient for accessing Google

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Another option is the following:

This will cause Fast Dial to show on start up, but will allow the user to access Google by clicking the Firefox Home Toolbar Button (centre mouse click opens in new tab) or going History/Home in Firefox or typing ALT-HOME on the Keyboard

Someone using this system is probably accessing Fast Dial via the Fast Dial Toolbar Button.(or CTRL-T)

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Another option is the following:

It is possible using the option "use current pages" to set up Firefox when it opens to show Google and Fast Dial in separate Tabs.

To set this up you need to have only the two tabs Google and Fast Dial open in Firefox, at that point you then need to click on "use current pages" in the Startup Menu.

This will save the two open tabs and will cause Firefox to always open with these two tabs.

(You can reverse the order by reversing the Tabs, if you wish)

With the set up as outlined in the Menu above, this would also mean that if you hit the Firefox Home Toolbar Button that both Google and Fast Dial should open in new tabs.

This option is rather cumbersome and does not always function perfectly , but you are welcome to try it out. ________________________________________________________________

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It would appear that the recommended "Home Page Setting" for Fast Dial 2.x is "about blank"

If that is the case the recommendations for Setting Home Page in Fast Dial 1.x can also be followed:

Setting Fast Dial Version 1.x as your Homepage

However some users have reported that using "about blank" as a Home Page setting in Fast Dial 2.x does not work.
It is not clear at the moment why this is.

If you find this to be the case for you please try using instead of "about blank" the setting:

chrome://fastdial/content/fastdial.html

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There was a post by penpirate on this subject made on Userlogos, please find here:

http://userlogos.org/node/1770

Setting the background color or image of your Fast Dial is one of the most easiest things you can do.

Please choose which version of Fast Dial you are using:
(To find this information, please go to the firefox Addons window (Tools > Addons), the versions is printed to the right of the title)

View Guide for Fast Dial v1.x

1. Open Fast Dial Preferences. (Right click in FD > Preferences)
2. Click the "Appearance" Tab.
3. To set a Background Color, use the "Page" color field.
To set a Background Image, use the "Background Image" Field.

For the background image, you can either enter a URL Address to an image online, or you may click the "..." to browse for images on your computer.

You may click "Clear" when you would like the background image removed from FD.

Note: You may use tiled or pattern backgrounds, they are automatically repeated in both directions.

View Guide for Fast Dial v2.x

1. Open Fast Dial Preferences. (Right click in FD > Preferences)
2. Click the "Appearance" Tab.
3. Choose "Page" from the selection dropdown menu.
4. To set a Background Color, use the "Background" color field.
To set a Background Image, use the "Image" Field.

For the background image, you can either enter a URL Address to an image online, or you may click the "..." to browse for images on your computer.

You may click "x" when you would like the background image cleared from FD.

Note: You may use tiled or pattern backgrounds, but you must enable "Repeat".

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Having trouble with setting a background in FD? Troubleshooting information is available here: Link.
Or, you can get support in the forum here: Link.

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As of Fast Dial Version 2.9 the following option was added:

FD toolbar button is automatically added to toolbar upon installation (only once).

If for some reason you do not want the Fast Dial Toolbar to be visible then simply:

Right-click Firefox navigation bar and choose "Customize..." from the context menu - a window opens. Then drag-n-drop Fast Dial toolbar button from the navbar away into this window.

The button should never appear again.

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For all earlier Version of Fast Dial 2.x and Fast Dial 1.x the following information is applicable

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When you first load Fast Dial into Firefox a Fast Dial Icon Toolbar Button is automatically loaded at the same time.

However in order to make the Button visible in Firefox you have to do the following.

Right click on the Menu or Navigation Toolbar
And you will see:

Click on Customise and you will see the Fast Dial Icon in the Customise Toolbar window.

Put your cursor on the Fast Dial Icon and drag and drop it onto the Menu Toolbar.

A handy place to put the Icon is far right on your Menu Bar at the top right of your screen.

Once you have placed the Icon where you want it, close the Customise window.

Once you have the Fast Dial button in place it is very handy.

Left mouse click on the Fast Dial Button opens Fast Dial in the present Tab.
Centre mouse click on the Fast Dial Button and Fast Dial opens in a New Tab.

This is a very useful function when you have lost sight of Fast Dial.
One click on the Fast Dial Button and Fast Dial should re-appear.

[There is a small problem using the toolbar button with FD 1.90 in FF3 see here ]

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It is possible to run Firefox and hence Fast Dial v1.x in Full Screen mode.

The advantage of doing this is that the Fast Dial Background and Cells are able to cover the whole screen

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The first thing to do is to set up Windows to Start Firefox Maximised.

I am not all sure all versions of Windows are the same in this respect but I recommend the following:
Right click on the Firefox Start Icon and click Properties, in the following Menu under "Run:" select Maximised.

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Next I would recommend that you download the Extension Autohide:

Download
Help Page

On the Help Page you will see this FAQ:

Further down the same page there is information concerning about:config settings for Autohide..

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The Autohide Menu available under Options in Firefox Add-ons is very straightforward to set up.

There is also an Autohide Toolbar (in the shape of a cross) that allows one to toggle between Full Screen and non Full Screen.

This all works fine.

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Most convenient is to run in Fullscreen mode showing only the Tab Bar.
This works really well.
If and when the Fast Dial Tab Bar Icon returns, it will be a lot better.

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Whenever you wiss to return to non Fullscreen Mode please press SHIFT-F11

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Fast Dial 1.x

The only real frustration with the whole set up is that Firefox loads occasionally in non Maximised form, (usually after restart) and if Autohide is trying to get into Full Screen mode things lock up.

One can unlock the system by using the Firefox context menu and deselecting Fullscreen,

Maximising Firefox

and then returning to Full screen Mode.

This is easy to do if one is on a Web page because of the availability of the Firefox Context Menu.

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(One can also, I realise, use Autohide's SHIFT-F11 (Zombie Mode) to get out of Full Screen Mode, and then follow the steps above to put Firefox in Maximised Mode)

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Modification for Fast Dial Version 1.x

However there is no Full Screen option in the Fast Dial context menu.

Telega suggested a way round this on Page 49 of the Mozilla Russia Forum.

The fix described there has been later improved upon.

One needs to insert the following line into fd.js


if (event.ctrlKey) return;


after line 238

so becoming
onMenuShowing: function(event) {
Fd.currentIndex = FdPanel.getId(event.target);
if (event.ctrlKey) return;
var pageInfo = Fd.currentIndex && Fd.parent.getChild(Fd.currentIndex);
var isEmpty = !pageInfo || pageInfo.isEmpty();


This is a picture of the code inserted correctly.

The path to Fd.js is the following:

[firefox_profile]/extensions/fastdial@telega.phpnet.us/chrome/content/fd.js

A most convenient way to access fd.js is to use Open Profile Folder (Firefox 2 only)

For a fuller view of the inserted code see:

With this Fix in place all one needs to do is to right click when in Fast Dial with CTRL held down and a full Context Menu will appear, allowing one to deselect Full Screen and re-establish Maximised mode for Firefox.
This Fix of Telega's is extremely convenient for this application.

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(One can also, I realise, use Autohide's SHIFT-F11 (Zombie Mode) to get out of Full Screen Mode, and then follow the steps above to put Firefox in Maximised Mode)

There was recently a very helpful post by eliljo on the question of Fast Dial Version 1.90 and Ubiquity
This appeared here

It would seem that Ubiquity causes Fast Dial Version 1.x not to function

But works fine in Fast Dial Version 2.x

Please download current Fast Dial Version 2.x from Mozilla Add-ons

It is my opinion that the easiest way to move the Fast Dial Profile in Fast Dial 1.x is to use Febe and simply make a complete Profile Backup

This will mean that all the information stored in your Fast Dial Folder, that is both all the images and the settings information in fastdial.sqlite will be transferred along with the rest of the Profile in one fell swoop.

Go the New Profile, open Firefox and the Fast Dial Page will open as it did in you previous Profile

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****************THIS APPLIES to FAST DIAL VERSION 1.x ONLY !!!********************

This is the more traditional way of moving the Fast Dial settings in Fast Dial 1.x

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To find the Fast Dial Profile Folder it is necessary first to find the Firefox Profile

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If you are running Firefox 2 this is an easy matter as you can use the Extension Open Profile Folder

Go Tools/Open Profile Folder and you should see the Firefox Profile that you are running.

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If you cannot use Open Profile Folder you will have to look manually for your Firefox Profile Folder.

The following chart should help you locate your Firefox Profile:

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When you open your Firefox Profile it should look like this:
You should be able to see the Fast Dial Profile Folder

To check you have the right Folder you can open it. You should see all the images in your Fast Dial (.PNG files, in pairs, one big one small), a copy of your Fast Dial Background, and one other file called fastdial.sqlite

Fastdial.sqlite is the file that stores all the detailed information concerning your Fast Dial Profile.

The image files together with fastdial.sqlite constitute your Fast Dial "Profile", and this Fast Dial Profile Folder can be copied and pasted into another Firefox Profile.

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To make this file "work" once you have installed it into another Firefox profile, you will also need to download a version of Fast Dial 1.x into that same Firefox Profile.

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I found recently on transfering a Fast Dial profile by CD that the Files afterwards were all set to read only.

To change that, one has to go into the Fast Dial Folder, click edit/select all and then right click and Properties and then unselect the Read only box.

There has been a long standing conflict between Fast Dial Version 1.x and the Firefox Extension Web Developer

This was finally resolved in Fast Dial Version 2.x.
At the present moment Fast Dial Version 2.x can be downloaded here

However if you prefer for some reason to use Fast Dial Version 1.x and want a work-around to this problem, right click on FD, and go to Preferences/General and de-select Thumbnails in new Tabs.(see cursor position in picture)

This will cause Fast Dial Ver 1.x not to overwrite the Web Developer Information which displays in a new Tab.

You can choose to either leave this setting off, and use the Fast Dial Toolbar button to access FD, or
If for some reason you find it preferable you can change the Preference Setting back after using Web Developer.

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This is a step by step description for those who wish to return to Fast Dial 1.x from Fast Dial 2.x .

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Basically you will be making use of the file fastdial.sqlite.bak which is a backup of your previous Fast Dial 1.x settings.

It is important to realise that it is not possible to make any use of the settings of a Fast Dial 2.x setup that was no preceded by a Fast Dial 1.x setup.

Similarlly any additional changes that you might have added in Fast Dial Version 2.x after your upgrade to Fast Dial 2.x. from Fast Dial 1.x, will not be available to use when you return to Fast Dial Version 1.x

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1. First you need to find the file fastdial.sqlite.bak in the fastdial Folder in the Firefox profile.

There are two ways of doing this

a) Go to Start/Search in Windows and enter the file name fastdial.sqlite.bak in the Search Field and then when you find the file, confirm that it is in the correct fastdial folder in the correct Profile that you wish to change.

b) Find your way to the file using this guide:

and confirm as above.

2. Once you have found the correct file fastdial.sqlite.bak in the correct Profile rename the file fastdial.sqlite

3. Delete the Fast Dial Folder in Bookmarks.

4. Uninstall Fast Dial 2.x in Firefox in the Add-ons Window.

5. Restart Firefox

6. Download and Install Fast Dial Version 1.90 from here

7. Refresh all thumbnails.

Or if you prefer refresh each cell individually

8. The images should now appear in your Fast Dial 1.x cells.

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On completion of the above you may find the following of interest:

Older Versions-How to inhibit update prompts in Fast Dial

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There is a very useful Firefox Extension called Tab Mix Plus

However the Tab Display Options in Tab Mix Plus can effect the Tab Display Settings in Fast Dial 1.x.

Especially relating to the display of the words about:blank
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In Fast Dial Version 1.x on the Preferences/General Page there is this option to show "Tab Icon & Title" (or not).

Similarly in Tab Mix Plus there is the option to show "Use Bookmarks Name as Tab Title" (or not).

Below is shown the result of the interplay of these two settings on the Tab Display in Fast Dial.

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Fast Dial Setting:

And Tab Mix Plus Setting:

Produces this Tab:

This will appear in the Tab for all pages of Fast Dial

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Fast Dial Setting:

And Tab Mix Plus Setting:

Produces this Tab:

This will appear in the Tab for all pages of Fast Dial

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Fast Dial Setting:

And Tab Mix Plus Setting:

Produces this Tab:

This will appear in the Tab for all pages of Fast Dial

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Fast Dial Setting:

And Tab Mix Plus Setting:

Produces this Tab on the Root Page of Fast Dial, and will display the appropriate Group name in other Tabs:

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The results for when the setting is not selected in Tab Mix Plus would give the same result if Tab Mix Plus was disabled or uninstalled
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This is great fix posted by PedroMRP today here

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What this small fix does is to make your Fast Dial v2.14 Search Bar completely transparent.

All that one sees afterwards of the Toolbar is, (if you use Google) the small G of the Google Logo.

so:

Before (yours may be white)

after

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There are different ways of changing your Fast Dial to enable this change.

To make the job easy, I have made this fix into a Stylish Style.

In that way you can copy paste the code directly into Stylish.

@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);

One of the advantages of this system is that you can easily switch the style on and off, and also you can easily modify or play with the values should you so choose.

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Alternatively, if you so wish you can paste PedroMRP's code directly into fastdial.css

This is the code: (or you can take it from the post)

#search {
margin-top: 5px;
margin-bottom: -5px;
}

#search input {
font-size: 1.2em;
color: white;
border: 1px solid lightgray;
background: transparent;
}


What you will need to do is to post the code into fastdial.css which is in your Firefox Profile.

Maybe the easiest way to find fastdial.css is to go into Search in Windows and enter the File name.
Select the version of fastdial.css that is in the Profile that you want to alter.

Right click on the file and edit with a suitable Text editor.

In the code you will see these lines

#search {
margin-top: 15px;
margin-bottom: -5px;
}

#search input {
font-size: 1.5em;
border: 1px solid lightgray;
}


So you need now to paste in the new lines and delete the old.
Or edit the ones that are there.

Once finished, press save in your Text editor and you are done.

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The seeming only way to Make Fast Dial the Root Folder in a New Profile in Fast Dial Version 2.14 is this:

Thanks to Mafi0z and Mafia_Penguin for their suggestions
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After you have loaded Fast Dial 2.14 into your new Profile you will probably not see the Root Folder when you hit the Fast Dial Toolbar Button.

Please do the following

Go to Bookmarks/Organise Bookmarks

Select Bookmarks Menu

In Bookmarks Menu right click and create a new Folder
Name the Folder Fast Dial (or in fact whatever name you want)

Right click on the Folder that you have just made in Bookmarks (probably named Fast Dial)

In the Context menu select where there is the Fast Dial Icon "Make Home Page"

This will make the Fast Dial Folder into your home page

Return to Firefox

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Click on the Fast Dial Toolbar Icon and you should now be in the Fast Dial Root Folder, you are Home.

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Bug report see here

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I can confirm that Java Scaling in Version 2.14 does not work with Java 6u10, and in Java 6u11, the latest Java Version.

The symptoms are that cells continue to refresh endlessly without ever finishing.

A number of users have experienced this problem.

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Telega confirms that JRE 6u3 works fine.

I can confirm that JRE 6u7 also works fine.

JRE 6u10 and JRE 6u11 do not work.

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To download earlier Versions of Java please see here

Go to JRE 6 where you can then select which version which Version you want to download.

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For your information

Java Release Dates

Version 1.6.x.

* As of October 2008, the latest version of Java is 1.6.0_10
* As of July 2008, the latest version of Java is 1.6.0_07
* As of May 2008, the latest version of Java is 1.6.0_06
* As of March 2008, the latest version of Java is 1.6.0_05
* In January 2008, version 1.6.0_04 was half-released (blame Sun, not me).
Version 1.6 update 4 shows up at java.sun.com/javase/downloads/
but update 3 shows up at java.com/en/download/windows_manual.jsp.
See Massive Java Update Includes Security Fixes and
Sun's Java sloppiness for more.
* As of October 2007, the latest version of Java from Sun was 1.6.0_03
* As of June 2007, the latest version of Java from Sun was 1.6.0_2.
* As of March 2007 the latest version of Java from Sun was 1.6.0_1.
* As of December 2006 the first version of Java 1.6 from Sun was 1.6.0.0.

Or of course as another solution deselect Java as a scaling option.

Many thanks

Unlike their predecessors if you want to see Fast Dial 2.15 - 2.16 - 2.17 when Firefox opens it is necessary to:

Go to Tools/Options/Main

And there set

When Firefox opens show my home Page

Set homepage to chrome://fastdial/content/fastdial.html

Many thanks

Options has been changed in Version 2.9 see Changelog

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Many users updating to Fast Dial 2,x are confused when they find that they cannot open Options in Fast Dial in the Addons window.

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The reason for there being no Options window in the Addons window is:

The "Options" button in Addons dialog is disabled because now Preferences are specified not globally but per page (folder).

To find Options in Fast Dial 2.x please do the following:

In a FastDial page, Right Clicking on any Thumbnail and selecting Preferences will open the Options Dialog for you.

Obviously this is out of date now as Fast Dial Version 2.8 has got an "add to Fast Dial option in the context menu

I will leave the rest of this post like it is for a week or so and then remove

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Many are confused by the fact that they can no longer find the option

"Add to Fast Dial" in the Context Menu in Fast Dial 2.0

Well unfortunately perhaps this option is no longer available in Fast Dial 2.x

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To save sites to Fast Dial 2.x

Please go to:

Adding Sites/Cells to Fast Dial

and read the section devoted to Fast Dial Version 2.x

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At present time I consider this a Menu Editor Problem and not a Fast Dial Bug, so I have not filed a Bug Report for this problem.

It could be claimed to be an extension conflict, but it is not a conflict in the usual sense.

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This question was reported here.

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It seems for some reason that Menu Editor fails to see and as a result removes the add to Fast Dial option in the Tab Context Menu.

When I say fail to see, it does not appear in the Menu Editors description of the Tab Context Menu Options

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Mafia_Penguin reports of not being effected in this way.
I wonder what is happening.
What I wonder is the other Variable
Firefox Version, Windows Operating System.

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I have now loaded into a New Profile only 2.14 and Menu Editor and can confirm that the Add to Fast Dial option is visible in the Tab Context Menu. FF3.0.4 ME 1.2.6 FD 2.14

And the option appears in the Menu Editor Options Menu in Tab Context Menu

However I can also confirm that the Add to Fast Dial option does no longer appear at all in the Main Context Menu in a new Profile with only Fast Dial and Menu Editor running

Not only that, but the item does not appear in the Menu Editor Options Menu either under Main Context Menu. FF 3.0.4 ME 1.2.6 FD 2.14

This is giving me a headache.

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In a non-new Profile I had this observation

It is my impression also that it removes the folder in the Add to Fast Dial option in the Main Firefox Context menu.

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It would seem therefore that in some way Menu Editor seems unable to show both add to Fast Dials at the same time, either one of the other.

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Original Problem

Well spotted by rocksoccer

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Developers post found on the ME Forum

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As it stands there are bugs. Yes, I realize that at the moment, some people have to choose between having this and another extension installed.

Because of the very flexible nature of XUL and the firefox extension system in general, it is next to impossible for Menu Editor to account for every possible way that another extension could want to add and display menu items. There are a lot of edge cases, for which I am not eager to maintain 50 different workarounds in menu editor's code. This doesn't mean I don't care about the bugs, certainly there are bugs that need to be worked on, and I hope to have time to work on these issues.

Often there are changes that other extensions can make that will fix compatibility with Menu Editor and still maintain their functionality. I've been thinking about typing up a "Best practices for compatibility with Menu Editor" document, but I'm not sure how many extension authors would care to make their menu items comply.

It doesn't help that Mozilla hasn't seen fit to fix some bugs that affect menu editor.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=432384

So basically, I'm happy to hear bug reports about conflicts, but be patient

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The recommended way to Migrate your profile can be seen here:

Migrating your Fast Dial Profile in FD 2.0

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The following method is included for those who enjoyed the rather arcane methods necessary for copying a Fast Dial profile that had to be used in the later versions of Fast Dial 1.x.

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Go to your Firefox Profile and find the File:

places.sqlite

This is the database file where Firefox 3.x stores all your Bookmarks and Fast Dial Information.

Make a copy of this file and paste it into your New Profile

Start Firefox and you should find that your Profile is working.

Many users of Fast Dial 2.x report seeing a small blue circle at the top left of a Fast Dial Cell

Often the user is unclear how to remove this item, or even what it's function is.

To remove the this blue circular icon all you need to do is to right click on the offending cell, which will take you to the Properties Menu.

Change the value in the "Refresh every" field to zero.

This should have the effect of disabling the auto-refresh function for that cell.

The small blue icon should then no longer be visible.
It's function being to remind the user when the auto-refresh option is enabled for a cell.

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It has been mentioned by spillz on Userlogos see
refresh symbol on thumbnails,
that for the user who wishes to make use of auto-refresh for a cell, that it would be a most welcome option to be able to inhibit the display of this refresh button.

While I can see the reason for displaying this button in the first place, it could clearly be argued that for the experienced user, once it is clear which cells were set to auto-refresh, that it would be a most welcome option to be able to hide the display of this button, as it's visual presence is quite intrusive.

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It would seem that drag and drop to scrolling pages stopped working in 2.22b.

Reported here

Drag and Drop to Folders does not work in 2.22b

Problem resolved in 2.23b1

The Firefox Extension Tab Mix Lite interferes with Fast Dial opening in New Tabs

Links to this problem

Here

Here

Here

Here

There seems to be a real problem with Fast Dial when using Tab Mix Plus.

This problem was posted in a thread here

Symptoms are really bad...

It would seem that Tab Mix Plus Version 0.3.8.2 resolves the matter

This problem was seen while using Firefox 3.6b1

The developer telega is unwell at the moment.

There have been a whole number of reports of problems with Fast Dial 2.22b/2.23b1 and Firefox 3.5/3.5.1

The symptoms are that the Fast Dial suddenly presents just a Blank Page with no cells visible.

If one looks in Bookmarks one discovers that all the bookmarks from the Fast Dial Root Folder (Fast Dial) have ended up in Unsorted Bookmarks.
The Fast Dial Folder seems to be populated by a random selection of bookmarks.

It is quite unclear what triggers this sudden transformation.

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I would strongly recommend the regular backup of your Full Firefox Profile with FEBE as a way of safeguarding your Fast Dial (as well as your Firefox Profile).

It would seem that one can adopt different Approaches to resolving this problem, which is essentially a corruption of Bookmarks.[places.sqlite]

Approach 1

This is the method we have been recommending on this site as a result of feedback from users.
(see here and here)

Joe Blogs paraphrased this method very well on AMO

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Fast Dial Lost Icons Fix

It's back now.
Like it never happened. ;-)

Thanks JoeBlogs

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I have tested this method and it seems to work fine for restoring Fast Dial.

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For a more detailed description of this same procedure please see here

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Bookmarks are automatically backed up in more recent Versions of Firefox, so you should be able to find an earlier backup of Bookmarks, even though you yourself made no backup.
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Please see here

This worked for me in this situation.

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For Russian users please see here

Approach 2

Quote:
I could solve the problem by deleting the file places.sqlite in my profile.
Then it imported automatically a bookmarks backup. Deleting places.sqlite will
make you lose your history.

For more details on how to do this please see here

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I have tested this Method.
Works just fine
Fast Dial was back as before.

For a more detailed description from Mozilla about this whole procedure see here

If on doing the above Fast Dial is still blank, ( I experienced this once) then please see which folder in Bookmarks contains your Cells and if the Folder is called Fast Dial or your original Root Folder name, then please do the following:

Please see here

This worked for me in this very situation.

Approach 3 (found on AMO)

This involves copying all the Fast Dial bookmarks that have ended up in Unsorted Bookmarks (this seems to happen every time) into a new Fast Dial Folder.
Excellent and Very clear description

Please find here

(uploaded to Userlogos)

Many users have found this system works fine for them.
But for user simplicity my impression is that Approach 1 or 2 are less involved.

Approach 4

Others have found it sufficient to simply uninstall and reinstall Fast Dial.
But this is less common.

For users of XMarks (Previously Foxmarks) there is a detailed and helpful post on AMO.
I have uploaded it to Userlogos.
Please find here

In an effort to centralise this question in one thread, I am listing below links to reports of this problem.

The developer telega has tried to reproduce the problem without success.

All feedback most welcome, this needs sorting fast !!

Userlogos Threads

I upgraded to Fast Dial 3.5 and all cells empty - may 25

FD and FF 3.5 - june 6
includes bug report
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=495898

fast dial draws link from history - june 8

Does this happen to anyone else - june 14

My Fast Dial is Blank - june 25

Null color and blank cells - june 25

Firefox 3.5 - june 30

Fast Dial 2.22b konnte nicht installiert werden - july 7

Fast Dial not working with new Firefox 3.5 - July 14

Lost all my fast dial Bookmarks - July 23

Fast Dial does not work in 3.5 - July 25

AMO (Mozilla Addons)

There are many users with problems

Hello, if you are an user of firegesture and you want use Fast Dial with it :
Go in menus : Tools > Complementary Modules > FireGestures > Links > Add script, and write :

Name : Fast Dial

Script :
const URL = "chrome://fastdial/content/fastdial.html";
const IN_NEW_TAB = true;
const IN_BACKGROUND = false;
if (IN_NEW_TAB)
gBrowser.loadOneTab(URL, null, null, null, IN_BACKGROUND, false);
else
gBrowser.loadURI(URL);

Gesture : What you want ^^

Ok > Ok

Enjoy ;)

A Fast Dial user contacted Userlogos reporting that he could not open Fast Dial in a New Tab with CTRL-T.

see here

When he clicked on CTRL-T he got the AVG Yahoo search option instead.

It would seem that the AVG Security Toolbar Firefox Extension is responsible for this.

To resolve this problem please follow the instructions posted on the AVG Site here

A further post on a Mozilla Forum Page about this matter here

Many thanks

It would seem in Version 2.22b that sometimes if there is no throbber in the Toolbar, that for some reason this impedes Firefox opening from a link, such as there might be in email.

The bug was first reported on UL here

This does not seem to be a fully reprocuceable bug, so it may be caused by a contirbution from yet another element.

A number of users of 2.22b have experienced this error

At the moment it is unclear if it is a bug, or whether it is simply caused by users entering zero values by mistake.

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This error will occur if a zero value is entered in the cell quantity field.

telega made the following comment in relation to this problem.

Check what values you have specified for thumbnails "Quantity" option in Preferences > General. I think you might put a zero value there. Currently I don't have another idea of why this might happen.

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The first thing that can be done is to try and alter manually the quantity value in Preferences General.

You can either access Preferences by right clicking on Fast Dial,or alternatively going to Add-ons and selecting Options in Fast Dial.

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If you find you cannot change the Quantity value in Preferences, then please try clicking on the reset defaults in Preferences/General and see if that clears the null value:

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If for some reason that still does not work please try the following.

Resetting Fast Dial settings in about:config

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So what we are trying to do is to remove the zero value that has somehow got into the cell size field.

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Please check to see if any of the above has the desired effect.

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Regarding uninstalling and reinstalling, it is not at all clear why this should resolve this particular problem.
So it is not highly recommmended as a solution to this problem.
But it did work for one user.

Might be worth trying uninstalling and reinstalling a couple of times if none of the above procedures have any effect.

Many thanks

Reports appeared on UL from user lili that the OKCupid Plugin impedes screenshots working in Fast Dial

Please see this thread

http://userlogos.org/node/8152

To download the OK Cupid Toolbar

here

This link is for research purposes only.
Download is not recommended.

Neither telega or myself have been able so far to reproduce the problems experienced by this user.

The reason for this is at this moment remains quite unclear.

Many thanks

For reference only

https://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?locale=it&comment...

Scrolling will not work in 2.22b if the Fixed setting is selected for cell size.

Sometimes in Fast Dial or in Firefox you may think, damn I wish I had a Search Engine for XXXXX !!

Happened to me.

I wanted Ebay.co.uk as well as Ebay.com

Well there is this wonderful site

Mycroft Project

All you need to do is to go to that site, look for your search engine

and click to download

Could not be easier

So hey presto your downloaded Search Engine will appear as another option in Firefox and or Fast Dial

And yes, you guessed, Mycroft have their own search engine as well.

So you can search for a search engine with a search engine.:-)

Very well organised and simple to use site.

It would seem that drag and drop in the Fast Dial scrolling pages does not work in 2.23b1, although drag and drop to folders does.

Reported here

The developer telega is unwell at the moment.

There have been a whole number of reports of problems with Fast Dial 2.22b/2.23b1 and Firefox 3.5/3.5.1

The symptoms are that the Fast Dial suddenly presents just a Blank Page with no cells visible.

If one looks in Bookmarks one discovers that all the bookmarks from the Fast Dial Root Folder (Fast Dial) have ended up in Unsorted Bookmarks.
The Fast Dial Folder seems to be populated by a random selection of bookmarks.

It is quite unclear what triggers this sudden transformation.

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I would strongly recommend the regular backup of your Full Firefox Profile with FEBE as a way of safeguarding your Fast Dial (as well as your Firefox Profile).

It would seem that one can adopt different Approaches to resolving this problem, which is essentially a corruption of Bookmarks.[places.sqlite]

Approach 1

This is the method we have been recommending on this site as a result of feedback from users.
(see here and here)

Joe Blogs paraphrased this method very well on AMO

---

Fast Dial Lost Icons Fix

It's back now.
Like it never happened. ;-)

Thanks JoeBlogs

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I have tested this method and it seems to work fine for restoring Fast Dial.

---

For a more detailed description of this same procedure please see here

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Bookmarks are automatically backed up in more recent Versions of Firefox, so you should be able to find an earlier backup of Bookmarks, even though you yourself made no backup.
---

Please see here

This worked for me in this situation.

---

For Russian users please see here

Approach 2

Quote:
I could solve the problem by deleting the file places.sqlite in my profile.
Then it imported automatically a bookmarks backup. Deleting places.sqlite will
make you lose your history.

For more details on how to do this please see here

---

I have tested this Method.
Works just fine
Fast Dial was back as before.

For a more detailed description from Mozilla about this whole procedure see here

If on doing the above Fast Dial is still blank, ( I experienced this once) then please see which folder in Bookmarks contains your Cells and if the Folder is called Fast Dial or your original Root Folder name, then please do the following:

Please see here

This worked for me in this very situation.

Approach 3 (found on AMO)

This involves copying all the Fast Dial bookmarks that have ended up in Unsorted Bookmarks (this seems to happen every time) into a new Fast Dial Folder.
Excellent and Very clear description

Please find here

(uploaded to Userlogos)

Many users have found this system works fine for them.
But for user simplicity my impression is that Approach 1 or 2 are less involved.

Approach 4

Others have found it sufficient to simply uninstall and reinstall Fast Dial.
But this is less common.

For users of XMarks (Previously Foxmarks) there is a detailed and helpful post on AMO.
I have uploaded it to Userlogos.
Please find here

In an effort to centralise this question in one thread, I am listing below links to reports of this problem.

The developer telega has tried to reproduce the problem without success.

All feedback most welcome, this needs sorting fast !!

Userlogos Threads

I upgraded to Fast Dial 3.5 and all cells empty - may 25

FD and FF 3.5 - june 6
includes bug report
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=495898

fast dial draws link from history - june 8

Does this happen to anyone else - june 14

My Fast Dial is Blank - june 25

Null color and blank cells - june 25

Firefox 3.5 - june 30

Fast Dial 2.22b konnte nicht installiert werden - july 7

Fast Dial not working with new Firefox 3.5 - July 14

Lost all my fast dial Bookmarks - July 23

Fast Dial does not work in 3.5 - July 25

AMO (Mozilla Addons)

There are many users with problems

This problem was reported here

As mentioned in that thread, this Fast Dial Version is very a much a beta Version.

Although in fact it is possible to display more than one search bar, none of the Search bars are in a working state.

Many thanks