know what? my browser now - FIREFOX 5.0

[uncleyap]

Linux distributions are now updating Firefox to 5.0 not bad.

Try at URL below:

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

 

[talkincock]

Big deal!

For version 4.01 many add ons are still incompatible.

And the plugin-container (to support various flash videos) which slows down the browser are still present.

 

[uncleyap]

Big deal!

For version 4.01 many add ons are still incompatible.

And the plugin-container (to support various flash videos) which slows down the browser are still present.

My plugin for flash and other videos works, never noticed any issue. I use Linux.

I don't face any MS issues.

I would however install extra plugins just to block FLASH, because I hate these advertisements that made noises and play animations. Try Flash Block plug-in. Only flash that you chose will play, the rest will be blocked by default. You can even delete away any flash on the page.

 

[Windsor]

I screwed up by accepting the upgrade. Now my Foxtabs all gone forever!!

 

[Sideswipe]

I will wait to upgrade.
Internet Download Manager must be compatible with Firefox for me. that's all.

 

[talkincock]

I screwed up by accepting the upgrade. Now my Foxtabs all gone forever!!

You can get back any version of your choice from this reliable website.

http://www.oldversion.com/Mozilla Firefox.html

 

[Windsor]

You can get back any version of your choice from this reliable website.

http://www.oldversion.com/Mozilla Firefox.html

Yes but I cannot get back my Foxtabs:(

 

[talkincock]

Yes but I cannot get back my Foxtabs:(

Try whatever methods you can think of including a clean install and say thanks to Yap.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/foxtab/

 

[red amoeba]

is it better than Chrome?

i accepted upgrade to FF4.1 and it screwed up my system...

 

[talkincock]

is it better than Chrome?

i accepted upgrade to FF4.1 and it screwed up my system...

Chrome is fast but addons are very very limited.

 

[uncleyap]

Chrome is fast but addons are very very limited.

My firefox 3.6x 4.x 5.x all faster than my chrome. I use both.

Now I started to recall that 3.6x to 4.0 upgrade did gave me some issue with flash but I just fiddled with it a while and worked already. It was sometime before the GE, that I almost lost my memories of that. 5.0 just worked without I realised it was 5.0

What happened, 2 days back Linux offered me a big collection of latest updates, including firefox, I assumed it was a minor version change, never bother to check details, I just upgraded whole lot. And applied this to more than one system, everyone used as per normal, I didn't notice was a major version upgrade. Only this morning, in a telephone conversion, I instructed someone to click this & that, I heard "Ok now firefox 5.0 opened up..." I asked "sure it's 5.0 or not?" as I checked my own browser, indeed was 5.0 :p

I only installed java-plugin and flash and flash block & in one system flash-got and nothing else.

Remember that plug-ins are separately developed. Not originally a part of the firefox. They are independent developments, you can freely install and uninstall them. Don't view them as an integral part of browser.

 

[talkincock]

Remember that plug-ins are separately developed. Not originally a part of the firefox. They are independent developments, you can freely install and uninstall them. Don't view them as an integral part of browser.

It won't be favorable to addon freaks like BusNo64.

 

[uncleyap]

It won't be favorable to addon freaks like BusNo64.

Users must have what they need, but don't be to fancy.

Addon developers have huge problems these days to catch up with rapid browser developments. Before they can complete one version it is phased out again. They will never be able to catch up. Open source drives development business to rocket speed.

If you depend on too many plugins, you will never be able to catch up also. Then you are left behind with old version fancy things while the basic browsers are strongly improved. You would realise that important popular features will be included by browsers developers and that eats away the relevant plugin market.

 

[talkincock]

Users must have what they need, but don't be to fancy.

Addon developers have huge problems these days to catch up with rapid browser developments. Before they can complete one version it is phased out again. They will never be able to catch up. Open source drives development business to rocket speed.

If you depend on too many plugins, you will never be able to catch up also. Then you are left behind with old version fancy things while the basic browsers are strongly improved. You would realise that important popular features will be included by browsers developers and that eats away the relevant plugin market.

Browser popularity speaks for itself. Just look at the number of addon contributors between the two.

 

[uncleyap]

Browser popularity speaks for itself. Just look at the number of addon contributors between the two.

Popularity tells the reversed of the Right to me.

In most learned things, bad things are very popular. The more useless and harmful they are the more they would get popular. IE & MS are the best examples. PAp's 66% -> 60% also told the same answer. The HUGE market is only full of silly and brainless people. They go for the MOST EASY things which needs no brains nor skills. They will gladly accept the shallowly hidden harms regardless how deep are they going to harmed and they won't give up the things that exploits them like IDIOTS, cos that's what they are.

The civilisation falsely believes in a COLLECTIVE HUMAN INTELLIGENCE, but only the opposite exist.

Good honest products are the hardest to sell in this world, poisons sells like hot cakes as usual.

 

[uncleyap]

BTW video plugin works well in Linux these days and so does java. Parole is the video mediaplayer plugin.

 

[talkincock]

Good honest products are the hardest to sell in this world, poisons sells like hot cakes as usual.

IE (51%) = stupid choice
PAP (60.1%)

 

[uncleyap]

So accordingly the TABs had been improved have so called TAB GROUPS. Improved Plug-In Manager & so on so forth...

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

Most of the new features I don't need and I don't use. I have so far found it less irritating than 4.0 for example at sammyboy.com here some times 4.0 will pop up a dialog as I clicked something, it asked me if I want to save that php file or not.
That sucks :*:.

To stop that nuisance I had to temporarily turn off javascript. But that disabled some features. :(

5.0 don't do that (so far).

This 5.0 upgrade came in time, because I already got sick of turning javascripts on & off repeatedly.

 

[talkincock]

This 5.0 upgrade came in time, because I already got sick of turning javascripts on & off repeatedly.

Some MS plugins are redundant and slows down the browser. Useful only for power users and web developers. And they don't always come with an uninstall option.

 

[uncleyap]

Some MS plugins are redundant and slows down the browser. Useful only for power users and web developers. And they don't always come with an uninstall option.

The ONLY solution required for ALL MS problems now is to Erase Them from All DISKs, it solves ANY problem. There are so many reliable and strong alternatives all working. Just install one of the hundreds of alternatives, Linux, BSD, Applesoft, Solaris, etc mostly are FOC.

If you Internet connection is fast, any desktop / laptop / workstation /server can be completely reinstalled within 20-40mins. Full working. You don't need event to have any DVD or CD or even thumbdrive to install. You can directly install from MS or PXE.

DVD & CDs are going to become completely obsolete in 24 months. Blu-Ray never really make it also. Web & USB are the main media now.

I actually mentioned about a year ago that embedded Linux should become a part of any motherboard just like BIOS. Flash memory is so cheap. Just put 4GB or 8GB on every board. Make them directly bootable without need to add any disk. Some manufacturers are doing it, but not for every model. Asus EEE-pc are examples, Hua Wei also have some. The X-pad mobile devices are also the same in architecture. So are these mini-Net-Books.