Firefox

[Chewy]

better and more secure but it take 50% longer to load and that download window feature is as lame as it gets, wish they wouldn't crap up a good program with annoying features for the "bell's and whistle" groupies

[locoeng]

better and more secure but it take 50% longer to load

Are you talking about general browsing?

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/177587

There is also a tweaking extension...fasterfox I think?

and that download window feature is as lame as it gets

Download status bar? I kinda like it, but then I'm a sucker for "bells and whistles."

[jm1647]

better and more secure but it take 50% longer to load and that download window feature is as lame as it gets, wish they wouldn't crap up a good program with annoying features for the "bell's and whistle" groupies

I haven't noticed any slowdown yet. The download window thing can be shut off in options on the main tab.

@loco - Thanks for the link I bookmarked it in cadse I need it. Almost said added it to my favorites

[locoeng]

Almost said added it to my favorites

That is a thing of the past my friend...

You are welcome for the link, I'm sure there are alot of other very useful ones out there.

[soup]

You can still have My Favourites, just create the folder in Organize Bookmarks.

[locoeng]

My Favourites

I thought you were Canadian....

[Chewy]

surfing seems to be the same with firefox speedwise, pages with scripts and adds load faster when blocked, firefox takes longer to open initially

killed the download window a while back

[soup]

Just not originally.

[locoeng]

Now I'm totally confused.

[Dan]

New version of Firefox available for anyone who is interested.

Firefox 2.0.0.5


Fixed in Firefox 2.0.0.5 The following security issues have been fixed.

MFSA 2007-25 XPCNativeWrapper pollution
MFSA 2007-24 Unauthorized access to wyciwyg:// documents
MFSA 2007-23 Remote code execution by launching Firefox from Internet Explorer
MFSA 2007-22 File type confusion due to %00 in name
MFSA 2007-21 Privilege escallation using an event handler attached to an element not in the document
MFSA 2007-20 Frame spoofing while window is loading
MFSA 2007-19 XSS using addEventListener and setTimeout
MFSA 2007-18 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption

[Chewy]

do you uninstall the old or just upgrade in place?

[BR7]

I just upgrade I see no reason to download the whole thing again

[Dan]

Yeah, either way is just fine according to FF. Details in the link below.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0.0.5/releasenotes/

[Chewy]

looks like the same download

oh crud!

but some of your extensions and other add-ons might not work until updates for them are made available.

too late now I have applied the upgrade

[Dan]

Basically it is, but it contains all the install/uninstall info for those curious,lol.

Normally the only time the add-ons etc. won't work is with a major update, as in when Firefox 2.0 came out.