Computer Science Canada Firefox 2.0 |
| Author: | rdrake [ Wed Sep 27, 2006 5:14 pm ] |
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Yesterday the Mozilla Foundation released their first RC of the Firefox browser. So far my transition has been smooth. I haven't lost any bookmarks or had any problems with my profile. The interface is nice and shiny, and there appears to be a new spell check feature. I've also noticed some nice new features designed to protect users from phishing. You can report a site which tries to phish information from users, and it will warn future visitors of the threat. So far all sites I've used have rendered correctly. Some sites complain they're not compatible with this version, but they still work. My only complaint (and this always happens) is that most extensions and themes still don't install in this version. I would give it about a month after the first release for most, if not all, extensions to be updated for the new version. As for the speed of rendering, it appears to be faster. Unfortunately it still fails the Acid test, but one might argue that the acid test is an unfair test anyways. In conclusion, Firefox 2.0 has some nice new features. However, there doesn't appear to be anything very compelling to update right away. I would wait for the official release. Your thoughts? |
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| Author: | we64 [ Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:19 pm ] |
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Have they fixed the memory leak yet? Yeah, I agree, Firefox 2.0 is really not a big hit, it should be just like 1.6 lol. Comparing to IE 7.0's improvments, people will be disappointed with FF 2.0. So I don't know, I think Mozilla rushed a little for 2.0. |
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| Author: | md [ Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:51 pm ] |
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we64 wrote: Have they fixed the memory leak yet?
Yeah, I agree, Firefox 2.0 is really not a big hit, it should be just like 1.6 lol. Comparing to IE 7.0's improvments, people will be disappointed with FF 2.0. So I don't know, I think Mozilla rushed a little for 2.0. On linux I have yet to experience this memory leak. Firefox runs perfectly here using the 2.0 beta 2. |
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| Author: | Amailer [ Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:07 pm ] |
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I tried the had tried the beta 2, and It was good...but it didn't have anything great. The add-on (pervious extension/theme) manager is great, looks good and works good too  (makes things simpler). Umm actually, thats the only new thing I seen in firefox (other than the new look) and the um spell check 
http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0/releasenotes/ |
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| Author: | md [ Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:50 pm ] |
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There is a definite speed improvement; as well as many small changes and bug fixes; just because there are no huge changes doesn't mean you shouldn't upgrade. |
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| Author: | bugzpodder [ Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:36 am ] |
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report google.com for phishing!  |
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| Author: | rdrake [ Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:47 am ] |
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bugzpodder wrote: report google.com for phishing! I don't think they'd take too kindly to that, considering Google powers that feature  . |
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| Author: | Tony [ Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:09 am ] |
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bugzpodder wrote: report google.com for phishing!
that... _used_ to be applicable |
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| Author: | TokenHerbz [ Fri Sep 29, 2006 3:48 am ] |
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what is "phishing".. i don't even think i can read it right? |
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| Author: | rdrake [ Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:07 am ] |
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Phishing is the act of pretending to represent a company or organization and instead trying to steal money and/or information from an unsuspecting person. Simply put, it's fraud. |
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| Author: | bugzpodder [ Fri Sep 29, 2006 9:20 am ] |
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interesting... i htink its a new 2.0 feature. i restarted comp with my firefox broswer open. (i type like Dan now right? XD thanks to firefox 2.0's new spell check) anyhow a window popped up when i relauchend firefox to ask me if i want to restore my session and apparently it loaded all the windows that were active, and logged automatically into my email! |
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| Author: | md [ Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:16 am ] |
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bugzpodder wrote: interesting... i htink its a new 2.0 feature. i restarted comp with my firefox broswer open. (i type like Dan now right? XD thanks to firefox 2.0's new spell check) anyhow a window popped up when i relauchend firefox to ask me if i want to restore my session and apparently it loaded all the windows that were active, and logged automatically into my email!
It's not new persay... but I suppose since this functionality was provided by an extension before I suppose you could say it's new  If only there was a way of saving your session on exit... |
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| Author: | bugzpodder [ Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:51 am ] |
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integrating spell check into firefox is a great idea. wonder what happens to the non-english languages |
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| Author: | md [ Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:46 am ] |
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I don't know about any other distributions/install methods; but in portage if I enable additional languages it will pull in the relevant dictionary. I'm going to assume that it will install the correct dictionary for the users system language(s). |
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| Author: | Amailer [ Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:05 pm ] |
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The google phishing is also in 1.5.7 right? Because for some sites the google message comes up and asks me if I want to continue or not- and I don't have the google pluing installed. |
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| Author: | bugzpodder [ Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:09 pm ] |
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Cornflake wrote: I don't know about any other distributions/install methods; but in portage if I enable additional languages it will pull in the relevant dictionary. I'm going to assume that it will install the correct dictionary for the users system language(s).
the problem is not all languages have a dictionary. |
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| Author: | md [ Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:55 pm ] |
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I would assume if your language does not have a dictionary then you won't get spell checking. However there are a lot of languages that do have dictionaries, so it probably won't make a huge difference. |
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| Author: | iamcow [ Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:48 pm ] |
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however, many features i like, such as faster fox is not compatible |
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| Author: | md [ Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:24 pm ] |
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iamcow wrote: however, many features i like, such as faster fox is not compatible
Fasterfox rapes webservers, almost litterally. It gains added speed for the user at hte expense of making the server do a rediculous amount more work then needed. And for the minor performance gain it creates (and I mean minor, it's super small) it's not worth it. However I'm sure quite soon it'll be compatible with 2.0 |
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| Author: | Null [ Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:37 am ] |
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I don't know much about Firefox (I love Opera on Linux), but I have used it considerably. I don't really think a version of 2.0 is justified. Has that much really changed besides the theme and the placement of menus? |
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| Author: | rdrake [ Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:07 am ] |
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Null wrote: I don't really think a version of 2.0 is justified. Has that much really changed besides the theme and the placement of menus? To be quite honest, I don't see many UI changes at all.
I love the spell checking, alone worthy of a minor release. Anti-phishing and hopefully less memory leaks also make it worth a release. |
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| Author: | wtd [ Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:16 am ] |
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To be honest, the changes to the UI are a major deal. Previously the goal of Firefox was to create a browser that made every attempt to look "native" on every platform it was ported to. They are not moving away from that to some extent, and going for a single unified UI. |
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| Author: | Craige [ Thu Oct 26, 2006 5:56 pm ] |
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In case anybody hasn't noticed yet, firefox 2 has officially been released. Get you're downloads now. |
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| Author: | Silent Avenger [ Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:34 pm ] |
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I think most people would know about Firefox 2.0 by now but it's always good to make sure. |
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| Author: | Amailer [ Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:46 pm ] |
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Yeah, but the ArchLinux community hasn't updated the package yet  Soo slow. |
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| Author: | [Gandalf] [ Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:12 pm ] |
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Silent Avenger wrote: I think most people would know about Firefox 2.0 by now but it's always good to make sure.
Useless comment == spam. |
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