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sjps220
on January 24, 2006 8:17 PM |
Nice! It's nice to see how quickly Mozilla updates and adds features to their highly successful browser when it would be so easy to sit back and wait until their market share is in jeopardy *cough* microsoft |
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Eleventeen
on January 24, 2006 8:23 PM |
Seems like Firefox 1.5 was released only yesterday. It's really good that Mozilla is releasing their products much faster than alot of other companies. Looks like they are adding alot of features and updates to this release too. I can't wait till they let this one out, cause I will download it as soon as it is. |
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DragonMaster
on January 24, 2006 8:31 PM |
I would never trust MoFo's supposed release dates. FFX 1.5 was released in December but they first told it would release in August 2005. |
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cyrax
on January 24, 2006 8:35 PM |
Mozilla forever! Their releases just keep getting better. If IE does not pull up its socks, it will fade away |
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paulwuzhere
on January 24, 2006 8:40 PM |
Mozilla firefox is by far the best browser to ever hit the market. They updated so fast there isn't much time to find security flaws in it. Updating is fast and easy. |
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mav451
on January 24, 2006 8:49 PM |
FF's been ok...but the last few releases have been pretty bad. Both 1.0.6 and 1.5 have been the most unstable I've ever seen for FF.I remember using nightlies since 0.5 that never crashed with the consistency as the 1.5 builds do. So hopefully, all of this instability is fixed by 2.0 |
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Kaleid
on January 24, 2006 9:03 PM |
This time around I might make the switch to use FF as a primary browser. |
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champmanfan
on January 24, 2006 9:15 PM |
The hope of many - current using FireFox (FF) - is that more websites support it because there are still compatibility issues with FF but not with IE. I always use FF because it's fast & easy to use and very secure. One of them main reasons I decided to use FF as my main browser is the tabbed-browsing. The next best thing is the integrated download manager, it keeps lots of downloads in one open windows, unlike IE that open a seperate download window for every file you download.I wonder what new feature v2.0 will have? |
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Need_a_Dell
on January 24, 2006 9:45 PM |
This sounds great! I just installed 1.5, and now there's a 2.0 on the way!! That's awesome! Keep up the good work Mozilla! |
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otmakus
on January 24, 2006 11:38 PM |
Maybe at the time IE 7.0 is released along with Vista, they will get so outdated that noone will actually use it, especially if there's a major bug or security threat. (and there's bound to be) |
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devourer
on January 25, 2006 1:07 AM |
I love using firefox but I just wish that 2.0 have less use of system resources (better memory management). I don't know why for some reason when my firefox window (since I upgraded to 1.5) has been open for some time (with or without multiple tabs), it uses so much memory ... that sometimes when I check my available physical memory (before firefox crashes) ... it's in the 100's KB only. |
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PUTALE
on January 25, 2006 2:40 AM |
I wonder maybe FF wants to release new software before MS's IE7 and incorporate maybe all the features in ie7 so they can further grab more marketshare. |
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chessonly
on January 25, 2006 2:41 AM |
updates to tabbed browsing, rss handling, history and bookmarks as renavigation aids. Why wait for such stuff just get Opera. Its strange how shamelessly ppl copy Opera features. Oh well! |
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Race
on January 25, 2006 2:41 AM |
[b]Originally posted by devourer:[/b][quote]I love using firefox but I just wish that 2.0 have less use of system resources (better memory management). I don't know why for some reason when my firefox window (since I upgraded to 1.5) has been open for some time (with or without multiple tabs), it uses so much memory ... that sometimes when I check my available physical memory (before firefox crashes) ... it's in the 100's KB only. [/quote]I've heard that as well from different users, and that's one of the reasons why I haven't checked it out. Another would be the website compatibility issue.I was such a huge fan of Netscape, going back to v1.1, but eventually stopped using it after AOL bought them. 2.0 may be tempting though, with no sign of IE7.0. |
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flipi
on January 25, 2006 3:20 AM |
I am an Opera user, maybe i could try yhe new version if it is supposed to be that good. Anyway the more the better. |
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taffia77
on January 25, 2006 3:29 AM |
[b]Originally posted by champmanfan:[/b][quote]The hope of many - current using FireFox (FF) - is that more websites support it because there are still compatibility issues with FF but not with IE. [/quote]Personally, I always e-mail any sites I come across that have compatibilty issues. If everyone did this, then webmasters would soon take the time to make their websites compatible.Saying that, I turned to Firefox a year ago and have only had to use IE a handful of times since. Given I'm on the net practically all day everyday, that's not bad going as far as compatibility goes.FF 2.0 could do with being a tad more stable than 1.5 though. |
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shounen
on January 25, 2006 5:24 AM |
yeh Mozilla is the best... i ever heard my school tech district adminstrator talkin abt switching browser... but unfortunately due to contracts with microsoft.... cant :'( |
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mkatz2m
on January 25, 2006 7:20 AM |
For compatibility issues, try the extension IETAB. Now, when I switch to IE, it is so seamless and very fast. |
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barfarf
on January 25, 2006 7:43 AM |
I wish FF 2.0 would be more like Maxthon. Maxthon is a browser that runs on an IE engine that has several features that are not in firefox. At least not yet that is. So far i used about 10 or extensions just to get the features i like in FF to match those of Maxthon. The biggest feature I used in Maxthon that you need an extension in FF is saving tabs called "sessionsaver .2". I recommend it to everyone.I used Mathon because it works with all websites since is based on the IE engine and it has lots of great features. PLus i have been using it for a couple of years so its hard to switch.I used FF also but less often. FF has great extensions and better security but takes too long to custommize to get that out of box level of maxthon.[Edited by barfarf on 2006-01-25 08:00:42] |
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asphix
on January 25, 2006 8:04 AM |
I wonder if they will be inspired by anything seen in the new IE beta that has recently been leaked. This will prep them for the official release of IE later this year.. |
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MonkeyMan
on January 25, 2006 8:06 AM |
Is this the answer to Internet Explorer 7? I knew someone would step up to the plate. We still don't know how IE7 will play out, because its too early to come to a conclusion. Look for Opera to release a browser soon also, and many others before IE7 is released. |
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sngx1275
on January 25, 2006 9:32 AM |
Opera 9 has been in Preview Release for months now (since October) its getting very close to an official release.For a long time Firefox user's 'battle cry' was that it was small, light, and secure. Now its still sort of small, has all sorts of issues with it consuming vast amounts of RAM, and is still secure. With 2.0 it seems its still losing ground on small, might fix some RAM issues - but will still use more out of the box than 1.5, and should still be secure.But nobody uses Firefox in its small light version that was why it was liked over IE so much initially, now everyone has a lot of extentions just to make the thing usable. Without extentions its a worse browser than Netscape Navigator 3.0. Firefox is getting out of hand with extentions and all its new features, eventually its going to become the very thing that it was created to become an alternative to. |
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nathanskywalker
on January 25, 2006 11:34 AM |
Wow, that is alot of dl time...[url]http://news.com.com/Firefox+downloaded+75+millio +times/2100-1032_3-5805807.html[/url]Niceness, glad to see that firefox is staying ahead of things. I've had 1.5Rc for a month or two....about scince it came out, and i didn't notice a lot of changes from the prebious version, and there was one or two glitches i'm hoping they'll fix, but all in, very nice. Not to mention the tabbed browsing, there are so many add-ons, i'm using at least 15 differrent add-ons. Then of course there are many differrent themes to choose from. That's great that 2.0 is coming out...march...that's only a couple months away, wow, that is alot faster than Microsoft. Of course Microsoft works on a differrent basis...Still, totaly getting that as soon as possible. |
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Rhianntp
on January 25, 2006 11:51 AM |
At this point it would take an aweful lot to make me go back to IE 
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mentaljedi
on January 25, 2006 12:19 PM |
Well done Mozilla. I'm using FF as a primary browser now with IE only when the website isn't comaptible (which unfortunatly is often). I guess we'll just have to wait and see, won't we? |
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