Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> __/ [John Bokma] on Saturday 11 February 2006 18:45 \__
[Firefox]
> First of all, the Firefox installation directory contains a few
> settings like search buttons, which I could easily throw away. The
> interesting stuff is happening in the profile directory, which I
> carefully back up (needed restoration whenever I tried the alphas and
> betas).
Ok, I do the same (backup)
> First of all, the Firefox theme which I created is /not/ compatible
> with 1.5 and I have no intentions of modifying it further, despite the
> fact that it was downloaded/installed by a few hundreds.
Ok, but that's not a reason to stay with 1.0.7
> That aside, I have about 14 extensions and some of them did not work
> with 1.5 the last time I tried (beta 2, I think). Trying to chase the
> latest of all plug-ins or adapt to changes is a chore I am not
> prepared for, yet.
No need to, Firefox handles that automatically, for quite some time
even.
> The same arguments apply to Thunderbird, which I have not upgraded to
> 1.5 yet. I took a very careful look (/looks/ even) at what 1.5 has to
> offer and nothing which is listed is either of interest or is not
> currently available to owing to extensions.
Yup, I couldn't see real new things to TB. Some are needed IMSHO, but
not there. The scam detector is fun, I had it triggered once by a mail
that came via a form, and was not a scam :-)
> I might as well use this as an opportunity to recommend Thunderbird to
> you. It does to your mail what Firefox does to browsing. Take my word
> for it.
I have been using TB for years :-D But not for Usenet atm. It lacks too
many features (same for email, but I can live with that).
>> Fair enough, yeah, I used the 1.5 beta 1 (or 2) and indeed it was the
>> first time I was sorry for trying out Firefox instead of waiting.
>
> It wasn't just me then... *smile*
No, I know people who removed it :-)
>> I use 1.5.x.x since it's release, and I haven't encountered problems
>> so far. The update to 1.5.0.1 went extremely smooth on one computer,
>> and failed on an other (it had to fall back to the complete
>> download), but the installation went ok automatically afterward. One
>> keeps wondering why such a thing wasn't there in the very beginning.
>
> I think I'll give Firefox 1.5 a try. I'll see what it has to offer
> first, other than support for the latest and greatest extensions...
Some security issues have been fixed, and some new ones have been added
(what else is new :-D).
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