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1 posted on 10/25/2006 10:18:04 AM PDT by CedarDave
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To: CedarDave

Link to Firefox Version 2.0:

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


2 posted on 10/25/2006 10:19:25 AM PDT by CedarDave (The only way you can compare Iraq to Viet-Nam, is to LEAVE before the job is done.)
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To: CedarDave
I downloaded 2.0 yesterday. Then installed it. Have had no problems thus far.

Several extensions will not work though (Clear Cache, Download Manager, FasterFox, Show Image and Search Plug-in Hacks).

That aside I've had no problems.
3 posted on 10/25/2006 10:23:14 AM PDT by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: CedarDave

I've used Firefox 2.0 RC's 1, 2 and 3 with no real problems. Some extensions and themes are no longer supported (or not yet updated for 2.0), but other than that, I think I works wonderfully. I was amused to see that when Macrobloat rolled out IE 7.0 the other day, it looked very, very familiar... ;-)


7 posted on 10/25/2006 10:31:55 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh
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To: ShadowAce

This is a vanity, but you might want to notify your ping list of some Firefox concerns.


9 posted on 10/25/2006 10:34:45 AM PDT by CedarDave (The only way you can compare Iraq to Viet-Nam, is to LEAVE before the job is done.)
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To: CedarDave

I'm using RC3 at the moment; nothing funny so far. Some extensions and themes were incompatible, but they were disabled on installation. (And one cool thing Firefox2.0 does is to check for updates before starting. If an update is available, it's applied at that point and a restart of the browser isn't necessary.)


11 posted on 10/25/2006 10:36:34 AM PDT by Redcloak (Speak softly and wear a loud shirt.)
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To: CedarDave


I've upgraded 3 machines without issue.

My only complaint is that "silver skin" my theme of choice isn't available. I have however "sphere gnome" again which was my older choice.


14 posted on 10/25/2006 10:38:06 AM PDT by Malsua
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To: CedarDave

PING for later.


18 posted on 10/25/2006 10:59:52 AM PDT by Tatze (This tagline is brought to you by the Admin Moderator!)
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To: CedarDave

I had no loss of data in my update..


19 posted on 10/25/2006 11:10:08 AM PDT by N3WBI3 ("I can kill you with my brain" - River Tam)
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To: CedarDave

People, listen to the thread poster! If you are a power user of firefox, i.e. use more than 5 or 6 extensions, DO NOT upgrade to 2.0 yet!

I use 22 extensions, only 8 were automatically updated for 2.0 upon 2.0 ff installion, 4 more were found going to extension homepages and manually installing new extension builds, but I lost 10 extensions so far.

Do NOT install 2.0 over a 1.5.x installation yet.


20 posted on 10/25/2006 1:53:20 PM PDT by JerseyHighlander
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Or do a full backup of the profile directory with particular attention to bookmarks.html. Any problems can be fixed with a drag and drop of the whole kit and kaboodle....after an uninstall of 2.0 and reinstall of 1.5.0 If anyone needs the 1.5.0 executable (not 1.5.0.7)...I have it.


23 posted on 10/25/2006 2:21:16 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Mathemeticians are machines that turn coffee into theorems.)
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To: CedarDave

bump for publicity


24 posted on 10/25/2006 2:23:22 PM PDT by VOA
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To: CedarDave

I upgraded the Mac to FF 2.0 -- all seems fine so far.


31 posted on 10/25/2006 3:21:30 PM PDT by DaveMSmith ("Heaven is the only basis for our continued existence".)
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To: CedarDave

No problems here. Some of my extensions and themes are incompatible, but I expected that (I have noticed the same thing with past betas and new releases). I'm totally digging the new version. This spell check feature is awesome.

Suck it dry, IE7!


40 posted on 10/25/2006 9:38:05 PM PDT by Zeon Cowboy ("Show me just what Muhammad brought... and there you will find things only evil and inhuman.")
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To: CedarDave

ping for later


41 posted on 10/26/2006 6:24:21 PM PDT by Tall_Texan ("Journalislam" - reporting about murderous extremists as if they are moral equivalents.)
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To: CedarDave

I just installed it.

I was using Netscape before, but this new version has some neat features. I still like the Netscape GUI better, but Firefox's inline spell checking might just be the deal breaker. Maybe I'll go see if there's a new version of Netscape out yet that can do it. If not, I might be using Firefox for a while.


42 posted on 10/30/2006 9:18:08 AM PST by Sofa King (A wise man uses compromise as an alternative to defeat. A fool uses it as an alternative to victory.)
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To: CedarDave
Upgraded to V2 w/o a problem (downloaded via IE7).
Lost my colored tabs ... I'll live.
43 posted on 10/30/2006 9:43:13 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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