Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Final Released
Monday, October 23, 2006 by Island Dog | Discussion: Windows Software
Mozilla has released Firefox 2.0 today.
"Mozilla Firefox project (formerly Firebird, which was formerly Phoenix) is a redesign of Mozilla's browser component, written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross-platform. It includes a popup blocker, tabbed browsing, a smarter search, hassle free downloading, and improved privacy and security."
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Skinhit
Reply #22 Wednesday, October 25, 2006 9:52 PM
Reply #22 Wednesday, October 25, 2006 9:52 PM
ive been using it for a few days now....i love it
Fairyy~
Reply #23 Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:01 PM
Reply #23 Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:01 PM
Works just fine - i have tried going back to IE and it just doesnt compare to FF.
kona0197
Reply #24 Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:10 PM
Baker - Some of use have to worry about memory as we don't have much to work with and are not in a financial posistion to get more. Think before you type man.
Reply #24 Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:10 PM
| If anal retentive nits want to whine about memory let them. |
Baker - Some of use have to worry about memory as we don't have much to work with and are not in a financial posistion to get more. Think before you type man.
bakerstreet
Reply #25 Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:19 PM
Reply #25 Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:19 PM
Yeah, I thought about it. Nit seemed to be the appropriate word for people who blame software developers for their financial situation. I don't fault you for not being able to buy ram, but then why fault Firefox?
kona0197
Reply #26 Thursday, October 26, 2006 6:36 PM
Reply #26 Thursday, October 26, 2006 6:36 PM
I don't recall blaming anyone for my financial situation. I simply stated in so many words that I need a browser with a lighter footprint. Firefox has indeed become bloated. Again - think before you type.
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #27 Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:18 PM
Reply #27 Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:18 PM
IE7 is using 55Mb with one tab open, FF 24Mb with one tab open
My pc is currently using 445Mb in total - or about 1/8th the way up the scale 
WebGizmos
Reply #28 Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:19 PM
Reply #28 Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:19 PM
How is firefox bloated? I use it all the time and it never slows down or lags...starts up in a snap...I have no complaints whatsoever.
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #29 Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:28 PM
Reply #29 Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:28 PM
One thing I can't manage without is DownThemAll! When moderating I can set links going in rapid succession to download all the stuff I need. IE + WC locks up doing rapid downloads...
Last night I downloaded 4Gb of game demos, dTa ran flawlessly as usual.
If anyone is interested Flight Simulator X is pretty tasty 
bakerstreet
Reply #30 Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:34 PM
Oh, come on. You spat "I will not be upgrading to 2.0"... You complain that 1.5 uses too much ram, but you won't upgrade to the most up to date version? Sounds like you are making a statement there to me. If someone said that about Windowblinds you'd be right in the middle of the mob jabbing them.
I have one gig of ram and I use firefox WHILE I play MMORPGs that eat 600megs plus. I use it while I use photoshop and premiere, which creep way up into the hundreds as well. I dunno what you are doing with your machine, but if 60 or even 100 megs is more than you can bear... well, like I say, the problem isn't with the devs.
More likely you did what you accused me of doing, not thinking before I typed. If you have a machine with less than 256 megs of ram running xp, then MAYBE Firefox might be tough, but honestly IE can do as badly depending on the content.
P.S. If you allow, say 128 megs for firefox, that's what? 20 or 30 bucks worth of RAM on a bad day? Have a garage sale, mow a couple of lawns.
Reply #30 Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:34 PM
| "I don't recall blaming anyone for my financial situation. I simply stated in so many words that I need a browser with a lighter footprint. Firefox has indeed become bloated. Again - think before you type." |
Oh, come on. You spat "I will not be upgrading to 2.0"... You complain that 1.5 uses too much ram, but you won't upgrade to the most up to date version? Sounds like you are making a statement there to me. If someone said that about Windowblinds you'd be right in the middle of the mob jabbing them.
I have one gig of ram and I use firefox WHILE I play MMORPGs that eat 600megs plus. I use it while I use photoshop and premiere, which creep way up into the hundreds as well. I dunno what you are doing with your machine, but if 60 or even 100 megs is more than you can bear... well, like I say, the problem isn't with the devs.
More likely you did what you accused me of doing, not thinking before I typed. If you have a machine with less than 256 megs of ram running xp, then MAYBE Firefox might be tough, but honestly IE can do as badly depending on the content.
P.S. If you allow, say 128 megs for firefox, that's what? 20 or 30 bucks worth of RAM on a bad day? Have a garage sale, mow a couple of lawns.
PurrBall
Reply #31 Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:41 PM
Reply #31 Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:41 PM
I only have a gig of ram.. and I never run into any issues.. even when I have so many programs open the taskbar is useless
Island Dog
Reply #32 Thursday, October 26, 2006 8:38 PM
Reply #32 Thursday, October 26, 2006 8:38 PM
Most of the major browser (IE7, FF, etc.) are using well over 50mb. If you want something with a low footprint, then maybe a text only broswer is the way to go.
Keikonium
Reply #33 Thursday, October 26, 2006 8:55 PM
Reply #33 Thursday, October 26, 2006 8:55 PM
My FF 1.5.0.7 uses 80 MB 45 or so (only after browsing a while does it get up to around 80) when I first load it. Each new tab (depends on content of the tab) uses about 400 KB - 1 MB more to the total. On a bad day FF only gets up to about 120 MB ram (from my 1 GB). No slowdown, and works great.
I shall upgrade to FF2.0 as soon as all my must have extentions are ported/debugged.
I shall upgrade to FF2.0 as soon as all my must have extentions are ported/debugged
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starkers
Reply #34 Thursday, October 26, 2006 8:58 PM
Reply #34 Thursday, October 26, 2006 8:58 PM
When FF auto updated from 1.5 to 2.0, I noticed the RAM meter was rapidly counting down the available/remaining RAM...from just under 3gigs right down to only 420 mb in a few minutes....
I put it down to a dodgy/corrupt installation and rolled back to 1.5 before manually downloading/reinstalling FF 2.0....works fine now and loading pages a lot quicker than before, currently using only 50 mb of RAM with one tab open - IE7 with one tab = 56mb.
I prefer FF to IE, so I'm glad it was a minor issue and easily resolved.
I put it down to a dodgy/corrupt installation and rolled back to 1.5 before manually downloading/reinstalling FF 2.0....works fine now and loading pages a lot quicker than before, currently using only 50 mb of RAM with one tab open - IE7 with one tab = 56mb.
I prefer FF to IE, so I'm glad it was a minor issue and easily resolved.
kona0197
Reply #35 Friday, October 27, 2006 9:58 AM
First of all I don't use Windowblinds anymore. Let's get that out of the way. I haven't been using any SD apps for quite some time. To lazy to install them on my soon to be gone XP machine and my other machine is all Linux.
All I have on the new machine is 256 megs to work with of the OLD PC-133 SDRAM. So having any browser, even IE, suck up more than 40 to 50 megs is not worth it. I am currently using Swift Fox. Light footprint. I'll probably end up using that or Konquerer.
I don't like using IE any more either. addicted to the speed, stability, extensions and tabs of FF.
BTW: the old SDRAM costs a bit more than that.
Reply #35 Friday, October 27, 2006 9:58 AM
| Oh, come on. You spat "I will not be upgrading to 2.0"... You complain that 1.5 uses too much ram, but you won't upgrade to the most up to date version? Sounds like you are making a statement there to me. If someone said that about Windowblinds you'd be right in the middle of the mob jabbing them. I have one gig of ram and I use firefox WHILE I play MMORPGs that eat 600megs plus. I use it while I use photoshop and premiere, which creep way up into the hundreds as well. I dunno what you are doing with your machine, but if 60 or even 100 megs is more than you can bear... well, like I say, the problem isn't with the devs. More likely you did what you accused me of doing, not thinking before I typed. If you have a machine with less than 256 megs of ram running xp, then MAYBE Firefox might be tough, but honestly IE can do as badly depending on the content. P.S. If you allow, say 128 megs for firefox, that's what? 20 or 30 bucks worth of RAM on a bad day? Have a garage sale, mow a couple of lawns. |
First of all I don't use Windowblinds anymore. Let's get that out of the way. I haven't been using any SD apps for quite some time. To lazy to install them on my soon to be gone XP machine and my other machine is all Linux.
All I have on the new machine is 256 megs to work with of the OLD PC-133 SDRAM. So having any browser, even IE, suck up more than 40 to 50 megs is not worth it. I am currently using Swift Fox. Light footprint. I'll probably end up using that or Konquerer.
I don't like using IE any more either. addicted to the speed, stability, extensions and tabs of FF.
BTW: the old SDRAM costs a bit more than that.
Keikonium
Reply #36 Friday, October 27, 2006 11:03 AM
Reply #36 Friday, October 27, 2006 11:03 AM
Just upgraded. All my extensions work. Its a beautiful thing. Running smooth, fast, and uses about 60 MB... been browsing for 3 hours. This is nice .
Also a quick note, the built in spell checker is my best friend now... I LOVE it and I am sure everyone else loves that I have it when I make posts
.Also a quick note, the built in spell checker is my best friend now... I LOVE it and I am sure everyone else loves that I have it when I make posts
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Reply #21 Wednesday, October 25, 2006 8:54 PM
My firefox is using 38 megs.