[TriLUG] firefox doesn't use middle mouse button

[john mitchell]

Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:

> I've just installed firefox-1.0.6 (upgrading from mozilla-1.3). When I 
> click the middle button on a link, I expect the link to come up in a 
> new window, but it doesn't (nothing happens at all). I have to click 
> the left button and get the link to come up in the current window. Do 
> I need to go read the firefox-HOWTO or doesn't firefox know about the 
> 3rd button?
>
> I notice firefox doesn't have outbound mail (only in the windows 
> version it seems). I can't find the nntp server setup - can you nntp 
> with firefox? 

   You may want to see this link:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/

it explains why you may not have found a newer version of Mozilla. The 
beta release is due out in about one week I believe.

john mitchell - who is running a copy of:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20050823 
SeaMonkey/1.0a