Firefox RC3

Post by **UBT - Mikee** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:45 pm

Just went to 'Help' - 'Check for Updates' and RC3 available!

Gotta try it! Probably not much difference to RC2!

Here for the quick find!

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:51 pm

Not going to touch it now until the final release

James Box · Post by **James Box** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:09 pm

UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:Not going to touch it now until the final release

lol

What trouble did you have with 1.5?

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:31 pm

Slow unresponsive always crashing etc etc

No one on the forums there could seem to point out to the cause of the problems so I just ditched it

James Box · Post by **James Box** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:37 pm

UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:Slow unresponsive always crashing etc etc

No one on the forums there could seem to point out to the cause of the problems so I just ditched it

That's what IE is always like for me!

Hope 2.0 works out better.

DJH@GB-Ro · Post by **DJH@GB-Ro** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:25 am

James Box wrote:That's what IE is always like for me!

That's what IE is like for everyone

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:05 pm

DJH@GB-Ro wrote:That's what IE is like for everyone

Speak for yourself its fine for me

DJH@GB-Ro · Post by **DJH@GB-Ro** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:13 pm

UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:
DJH@GB-Ro wrote:That's what IE is like for everyone
Speak for yourself its fine for me

I use it every day and very rarely the same computer each day, I've used it on two different computers today, both ones I've never used and both have a connection of 8Mbps. Always seems slow and very primitive compared to Firefox.

DJH@GB-Ro · Post by **DJH@GB-Ro** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:15 am

Been using RC3 for a day, seems pretty much the same as 1.5 except appearance, and it seems a little slower, could be because the fasterfox extension wasn't compatible.

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:22 pm

Final version should be out today

James Box · Post by **James Box** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:20 pm

UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:Final version should be out today

It's out, but until it's officially announced, you'll have to hunt it down at a local mirror.

http://www.mozilla.org/mirrors.html

firefox/releases/2.0/win32/en-GB (or change the last 2 to suit your preference...)

James Box · Post by **James Box** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:52 pm

Am using it now. Seems to be running pretty smoothly even without the Fasterfox extension.

Cool. Just noticed that it is spell checking this window as I'm typing it...
8)

Temujin · Post by **Temujin** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 6:32 pm

I've been using firefox 2 on my linux box at home for the last couple of days and apart from a couple of little niggles, I'm quite pleased with it.
today I did a google for firefox tips and found a mozilla page with loads of tips (this one).
On that page in the Other Tips section is an Enable Pipelining link. Well I've just done what it suggests and firefox really flies now, I don't know if its the same frig that fasterfox uses (never used it) but it really has made a difference to page loading times.
Well worth giving it a go :thumbup:

Martle · Post by **Martle** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:20 pm

Hi John

I've just done the 'enable pipelining' thang on my Winders setup and it's really speeded things up for me too.

Thanx for sharing that with us.

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 6:26 pm

Trying the new release now, have gotten fed up of IE for now

James Box · Post by **James Box** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 6:29 pm

UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:Trying the new release now, have gotten fed up of IE for now

:lol:

Good luck!

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 6:36 pm

Anyone know how to make MSN Messenger use Firefox browser instead of IE

James Box · Post by **James Box** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 6:40 pm

UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:Anyone know how to make MSN Messenger use Firefox browser instead of IE

Beyond setting FF as your default browser, I don't know. Quite possible that MSN is tied to IE.

Use a better chat client like Trillian that supports MSN, ICQ, AIM, IRC etc...

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 6:43 pm

Found a answer got a add-on for MSN that needs to be installed