Comments on: Firefox 2.0 or not

By: Lloyd D Budd

Lloyd D Budd — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 07:27:29 +0000

"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

James — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 07:34:27 +0000

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

Jan Standal — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 07:03:07 +0000

Have you tried the preview of Opera 9? Widgets, Adblocker, customized search, BitTorrent… Available from http://labs.opera.com

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:58:01 +0000

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

Om Malik — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:56:55 +0000

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

David — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:18:15 +0000

I finally got fed up with Firefox and have been using Opera all weekend and finding quite enjoyable.

By: mcubed

mcubed — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:11:56 +0000

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

Mark Thomson — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:08:10 +0000

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

Zoli Erdos — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 04:11:23 +0000

Wow, you’re brave :-) Considering how often FF 1.5 crashes, I wouldn’t touch their alpha with a 10-foot pole …