Firefox 2.0

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Lieutenant Dan
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Firefox 2.0

Post by Lieutenant Dan »

I just got downloading it, it seems okay, no bugs that I've found yet.

But it doesn't seem to be much of an improvement over 1.5.

The spell checker is kinda handy though.

Anyone here have it yet, if you do, what do you think of it?
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Post by Eraser »

1.5 is still good for me and I don't wanna run the risk of having all my extensions borked again so I'll hold out with upgrading until it's an official release.
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Post by Yeando »

Whats the crack with the memory problem in FF 2? It STILL happens with the current version, I must be missing something :confused:
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Post by bitWISE »

Eraser wrote:1.5 is still good for me and I don't wanna run the risk of having all my extensions borked again so I'll hold out with upgrading until it's an official release.
Any extensions worth their salt are upgraded within days of each beta release. I don't use a lot of them, but the ones I have are still going strong. The auto-update extension feature is pretty awesome.
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Been using IE 7 now that 2.0 is out time to switch
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i'll try and get it after i come back from my dentist appointment
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Post by CitizenKane »

Eraser wrote:1.5 is still good for me and I don't wanna run the risk of having all my extensions borked again so I'll hold out with upgrading until it's an official release.
what he said
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Post by Freakaloin »

most my extensions work fine in 2.0...unless ur a moron...
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Post by CitizenKane »

Fasterfox and VideoDownloader = two best extensions ever
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Post by Turbine »

Have been using Firefox 2 for a month and a half now, its great. Absolutely no problems or crashes. Smooth as a knife trough butter.

And what i love about it is how minimalistic the interface is and yet a very powerful and intuitive.

Fuck the IE, I am never looking back.
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i stopped using IE at around its IE5 incarnate. safari, followed soon by Firefox. IE never stood a chance
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Post by PhoeniX »

Eraser wrote:1.5 is still good for me and I don't wanna run the risk of having all my extensions borked again so I'll hold out with upgrading until it's an official release.
Nearly every extension can be made compatible using http://users.blueprintit.co.uk/~dave/we ... ox/nightly - install it, right click on non-working extensions and click 'make compatible' .

The spell checker is very handy.
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Post by Jeims »

will my bookmarks still be there ??
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itd be pretty poor show these days if it didnt import ur old bookmarks now wouldnt it...
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Jeims wrote:will my bookmarks still be there ??
wtf?...
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Post by +JuggerNaut+ »

bitWISE wrote:
Eraser wrote:1.5 is still good for me and I don't wanna run the risk of having all my extensions borked again so I'll hold out with upgrading until it's an official release.
Any extensions worth their salt are upgraded within days of each beta release. I don't use a lot of them, but the ones I have are still going strong. The auto-update extension feature is pretty awesome.
yep.
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Post by The HavoX »

PhoeniX wrote:
Eraser wrote:1.5 is still good for me and I don't wanna run the risk of having all my extensions borked again so I'll hold out with upgrading until it's an official release.
Nearly every extension can be made compatible using http://users.blueprintit.co.uk/~dave/we ... ox/nightly - install it, right click on non-working extensions and click 'make compatible'.
Heh, I did that with the kickass MR Tech Local Install extension, which comes with a lot of neat features (including the "Make Compatible" XPI install via Nightly Tester Tool)

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Post by Foo »

PhoeniX wrote:
Eraser wrote:1.5 is still good for me and I don't wanna run the risk of having all my extensions borked again so I'll hold out with upgrading until it's an official release.
Nearly every extension can be made compatible using http://users.blueprintit.co.uk/~dave/we ... ox/nightly - install it, right click on non-working extensions and click 'make compatible' .

The spell checker is very handy.
Shit that's a great tool, thanks Mr. Killer :icon14:

I'm on the 2.0 beta release update path, and although I only run a few extensions, having to manually change the MaxVersion every time I update was getting to be a pain - it was just infrequent enough that I'd forget which file it was in to edit when the time came around :)

Also spell checker is win, though they need to make running an English UK dictionary more straightforwards than it currently is.
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Post by seremtan »

Jeims wrote:will my bookmarks still be there ??
bookmarks are stored in a separate folder, which iirc is somewhere in your documents & settings folder. it's not overwritten by upgrades, nor is it deleted when FF is uninstalled
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Post by Lieutenant Dan »

Well, I've been using it since last night, no problems, no crashes or anything, and I'm really starting to like this spell checker :p

I think they fixed the memory problem too. Which is nice for people who use firefox on older machines with less RAM.
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Post by Ganemi »

What's all the ruckus about FF 2.0? I really don't see a difference beyond spell checker.

Oh! And Google is in the top right. That is pretty sweet.
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Post by Foo »

Ganemi wrote:What's all the ruckus about FF 2.0? I really don't see a difference beyond spell checker.

Oh! And Google is in the top right. That is pretty sweet.
There isn't really a ruckus. A couple of threads.
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Post by Wizard .3 »

Have they fixed any problems associated with opening .pdf files? FF nearly kills my computer every time I click on a link to one.

Also, not a fan of the new theme, but some guy was nice enough to release a skin of the old one. :)
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Post by Foo »

Wizard .3 wrote:Have they fixed any problems associated with opening .pdf files? FF nearly kills my computer every time I click on a link to one.

Also, not a fan of the new theme, but some guy was nice enough to release a skin of the old one. :)
Pop into your FF preferences and chance the PDF association to 'open with external viewer'. Problem solved.
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Post by Freakaloin »

firefox only has options...no preferences...just saying...
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