Mozilla Firefox 1.5!
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I've been installing on top since like, .8 without any problems. Never hurts to back up your profile periodically, but that's up to you.Bill H wrote:I can't find anything on their site about upgrading, as the "release notes page" link is broken everywhere. Did you guys just install 1.5 on top of 1.0.7 without intermediate steps? In the past upgrading has been much more complex than that, involving saving and restoring profiles.
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Thanks, I did just install on top. I just had to reconfigure my home page and...
I have only been using two extensions and I checked beforehand -- both say they are compatible up to 1.5+. But after upgrading they are disabled as not being compatible with current version, and when I tell it to look for updates it says none are found. So I seem to be out both of the extensions I was using.
Has anyone clicked on the icon in the upper right for the Firefox "home" page? It leads to a page with some features described, but which leads essentially nowhere else. What happened to the support page? The one with the FAQ's and the link to the forums? I can't seem to find that any more at all.
Firefox is a great browser, but it continues to mystify me with some of the ways it tries to drive subscribers away.
I have only been using two extensions and I checked beforehand -- both say they are compatible up to 1.5+. But after upgrading they are disabled as not being compatible with current version, and when I tell it to look for updates it says none are found. So I seem to be out both of the extensions I was using.
Has anyone clicked on the icon in the upper right for the Firefox "home" page? It leads to a page with some features described, but which leads essentially nowhere else. What happened to the support page? The one with the FAQ's and the link to the forums? I can't seem to find that any more at all.
Firefox is a great browser, but it continues to mystify me with some of the ways it tries to drive subscribers away.
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FF's home page has changed domains. However, I think you can change that in "about:config" under "browser.throbber.url" IIRC.Bill H wrote:Has anyone clicked on the icon in the upper right for the Firefox "home" page? It leads to a page with some features described, but which leads essentially nowhere else. What happened to the support page? The one with the FAQ's and the link to the forums? I can't seem to find that any more at all.
After I upgraded nothing worked, FF would not even come up. But ... I finally got all my extension re-installed.I have only been using two extensions and I checked beforehand -- both say they are compatible up to 1.5+. But after upgrading they are disabled as not being compatible with current version...
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Just thought I would throw this in the mix. 
Browser Speed Comparisons
Oh and it includes Opera 9 Test Preview and Firefox 1.5.
Browser Speed Comparisons
Oh and it includes Opera 9 Test Preview and Firefox 1.5.
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It shouldn't be too surprising. Remember that most of the other browsers are *PC* browsers. Opera is primarily a rendering engine for use on cellphones - thats where a large chunk of their profit comes from, and where they started. The PC version just gets them more testers, more marketshare (and documentable support), and an easy marketing push.foobar wrote:Wowzers, Opera beats most of the other browsers' pants off!
When you go in with that knowledge, its clear that the PC browsers are insanely fast. Opera is always going to be smaller and faster, because running on a cellphone demands a far tighter design than running on a PC.
But similarly, its also the reason why it takes less time (generally - not always) for new features like SVG or Canvas to land in a Firefox or Safari first - because they don't have to ruthlessly engineer it to fit on a cellphone.
That said, yes, Opera is smokin fast, and comparable to other PC browsers - an impressive feat. I'm using O9, and lemme tell ya, it screams!
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That might be true if the same rendering engine was used on both the mobile and PC. They each use totally different rendering engines. They have completely different developement trees. And Opera 9 introduces a new rendering engine. You cannot compare the two in that manner. It's like comparing a compact car and a full sized car from the same manufacturer. They both have different engines designed by different teams from the same company.Roja wrote:It shouldn't be too surprising. Remember that most of the other browsers are *PC* browsers. Opera is primarily a rendering engine for use on cellphones - thats where a large chunk of their profit comes from, and where they started. The PC version just gets them more testers, more marketshare (and documentable support), and an easy marketing push.foobar wrote:Wowzers, Opera beats most of the other browsers' pants off!
When you go in with that knowledge, its clear that the PC browsers are insanely fast. Opera is always going to be smaller and faster, because running on a cellphone demands a far tighter design than running on a PC.
Actually if you check the features that have been added to Opera over the years they come very fast. And as I said that claim about cellphones is totally without any fact, truth or merit. The reason it is so small and fast, long time Opera users know this from following the history of Opera, is because the designers set out a goal to make the most feature rich browser on the market that was small and fast without any bloat coding. They have stuck with that philosophy. It has absolutely nothing to do with cellphones.Roja wrote:But similarly, its also the reason why it takes less time (generally - not always) for new features like SVG or Canvas to land in a Firefox or Safari first - because they don't have to ruthlessly engineer it to fit on a cellphone.
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