Comments on: Firefox 2.0 or not http://gigaom.com/2006/03/19/firefox-20-or-not/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Lloyd D Budd http://gigaom.com/2006/03/19/firefox-20-or-not/#comment-116107 Thu, 23 Mar 2006 07:27:29 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/19/firefox-20-or-not/#comment-116107 “have a more legitimate reason to use 2.0 than anyone else. “

Firefox is build on many versions of Netscape and Mozilla technology. Its version number approaching 2.0 is as arbitrary as any version number.

]]> By: James http://gigaom.com/2006/03/19/firefox-20-or-not/#comment-116106 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 07:34:27 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/19/firefox-20-or-not/#comment-116106 Now it is Officially out as “Bon Echo Alpha 1″ and you can stop linking to the worst link possible as in the automated hourly Tinderbox.

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bonecho/
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/bonecho/alpha1/
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/2006/03/releasesthist.html

]]> By: Jan Standal http://gigaom.com/2006/03/19/firefox-20-or-not/#comment-116105 Tue, 21 Mar 2006 07:03:07 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/19/firefox-20-or-not/#comment-116105 Have you tried the preview of Opera 9? Widgets, Adblocker, customized search, BitTorrent… Available from http://labs.opera.com

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2006/03/19/firefox-20-or-not/#comment-116104 Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:58:01 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/19/firefox-20-or-not/#comment-116104 david and mcubed, i have heard precisely the same stories. i think the ff 1.5 is bloated and boring, and that is why i find 2.0 refreshing from a speed perspective.

opera, somehow doesn’t do it for me. don’t ask me why, but it just doesn’t …

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2006/03/19/firefox-20-or-not/#comment-116103 Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:56:55 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/19/firefox-20-or-not/#comment-116103 hey mark,

flash is still a problem which is why i split the time between camino and safari. i don’t think unless they do a proper intel-mac ready browser that i would consider using firefox.

thanks for the tip on zapping flash plugin.

]]> By: David http://gigaom.com/2006/03/19/firefox-20-or-not/#comment-116102 Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:18:15 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/19/firefox-20-or-not/#comment-116102 I finally got fed up with Firefox and have been using Opera all weekend and finding quite enjoyable.

]]> By: mcubed http://gigaom.com/2006/03/19/firefox-20-or-not/#comment-116101 Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:11:56 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/19/firefox-20-or-not/#comment-116101 FF 2.0 could hardly be slower or less responsive than FF 1.5 or it would cease to function altogether. I gave up on it — Camino is infinitely better on OS X, and Epiphany kicks its butt on Debian GNU/Linux. Don’t know about Windows.

It’s a shame the once “lightweight” alternative to the Mozilla suite has now become more bloated and all-consuming (as in RAM) than the suite ever was, even with the built-in email client.

]]> By: Mark Thomson http://gigaom.com/2006/03/19/firefox-20-or-not/#comment-116100 Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:08:10 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/19/firefox-20-or-not/#comment-116100 Om,

For faster FF surfing on OS/X try one of the optimized MacIntel or PPC builds. FF is way more responsive now on my G4.

2nd tip for a much faster FF experience in OS/X is to disable Flash using the ‘Flashblock’ extension. Macromedia’s implementation of the Flash plugin for OS/X browsers is notoriously slow and buggy. Flashblock allows you re-enble flash elements with a click as needed.

On second thought if you’re on macIntel I’m not sure if Flash is still a problem… won’t hurt to try it I suppose.

]]> By: Zoli Erdos http://gigaom.com/2006/03/19/firefox-20-or-not/#comment-116099 Mon, 20 Mar 2006 04:11:23 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/03/19/firefox-20-or-not/#comment-116099 Wow, you’re brave :-) Considering how often FF 1.5 crashes, I wouldn’t touch their alpha with a 10-foot pole …

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