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Pincho Paxton
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With automatic updates on I got a new Firefox yesterday. It is way faster than the last version!!!

Get it now!!!

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Saikoro
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I may go back to Firefox, but lately I've been experimenting with that new Flock browser (made by some folks that came from Firefox). Does the new Firefox have loads of unneeded things that jack up the RAM usage, or is it still fairly basic yet helpful?

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Pincho Paxton
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Posted: 15th Apr 2006 16:39
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Didn't take much notice of the new components. My Ram is big anyway.

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Saikoro
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I suppose I will go back to FireFox, if just for the compatibility.

Tried out the new FireFox, and it seems to run exactly as Flock anyway. Even the plugins are the same.

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Quote: "Tried out the new FireFox, and it seems to run exactly as Flock anyway. Even the plugins are the same."

Yes, now I wonder why that is..

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Saikoro
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I know it's made by some people from FireFox, but I had at least thought it to be a different browser, than exactly the same thing under a new name. Didn't know any single company went and made identical products with different names and gave them to people.

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Posted: 15th Apr 2006 17:02
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Quote: "Didn't know any single company went and made identical products with different names and gave them to people."

Gameboy
Gameboy Pocket
or
Gameboy advance
Gameboy micro
or
Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS lite
Get the jist?
Sega Mega drive/Genesis
Sega 32x

I guess these peeps are trying to increase usage by increasing a 'new' products

Anyway yup I've updated my firefox, the plugins are fun, although I have no use for the "Translate this page into Japanese" plugin though...

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Saikoro
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Posted: 15th Apr 2006 17:04
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They aren't identical, they have different functionality and usage.

But lets keep this on topic, please.

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Posted: 15th Apr 2006 17:09
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close as I could get to indentical I could get with out naming certian new windows features and not so new mac features

But yeah, I'll shut up to keep on topic

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David R
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Posted: 15th Apr 2006 17:10 Edited at: 15th Apr 2006 17:11
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Flock uses exactly the same COM system and rendering engine as FF, and is practically indentical. I found it totally useless, so I stuck with FF

Quote: "With automatic updates on I got a new Firefox yesterday. It is way faster than the last version!!!"


My auto-update seems to be broken. It just doesn't work

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Posted: 15th Apr 2006 18:56
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I updates...but haven't noticed any changes. My college finally fixed their packet shaper, so our connection is finally as fast as it should be now.

@ David R: Hahahah, I just realized what your avatar is, that's hilarious!

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Saikoro
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Just out of curiosity, is the latest Firefox that you have 1.5.0.2?

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Benjamin
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Posted: 15th Apr 2006 19:19
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Isn't there supposed to be an update button somewhere in FF? I see something when I first open it but then it dissapears almost instantly.

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MartinS
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Firfox just "auto-downloaded" the update. It's nice!

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himynameisali
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Posted: 16th Apr 2006 00:42
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No I havent, I must update it, 1.5 was so buggy for me

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Posted: 16th Apr 2006 02:18
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Mine couldn't do the short download for some reason, so it had to do the large version. It only happened on one computer though...

Update checks can be done in Help -> Check For Updates.

Just found that one of my laptops has a 4K bad cluster - might be time to start looking for a new hard drive...

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Benjamin
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Quote: "Update checks can be done in Help -> Check For Updates."

You mean as in the invisible "Check For Updates" item? It's not there.

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Posted: 16th Apr 2006 02:37
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um, yeah it is

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ionstream
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Posted: 16th Apr 2006 02:40
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Usually I see a little arrow in the upper right hand corner of the window, it'll either be green or red.

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Benjamin
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Posted: 16th Apr 2006 02:42 Edited at: 16th Apr 2006 02:43
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Uh...


I think FF is conspiring against me.

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Posted: 16th Apr 2006 02:50 Edited at: 16th Apr 2006 02:52
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Seems visible enough for me..

I think you've got a much older version - go to the Firefox website and download the full program.

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Posted: 16th Apr 2006 03:16
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Moderator functions eh.. very nice..

Quote: "I think you've got a much older version"

Yep, that must be it. A version that clearly "doesn't have it".

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Xander
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Posted: 16th Apr 2006 05:01
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Hmm...Benjamin's Firefox wants him to promote it, but it can't even update itself! Sounds fishy to me

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Arkheii
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Posted: 16th Apr 2006 05:06 Edited at: 16th Apr 2006 05:10
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IIRC that little button in the corner becomes green (or was it red?) when an update is available.

edit: Opera pwns ^_^

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Mattman
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Posted: 16th Apr 2006 07:09
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Wrong one. Thats the thing that spins when you load a page....

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Travis P
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Ever since the new version Firefox "breaks" sometimes, gets fixed with a restart. Everytime I try to go to a site, I always get an "(Untitled)" page.
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OSX Using Happy Dude
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Well, I should be changing ISP's tomorrow (if they work on a bank holiday), so the picture wont be lasting long...

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I scoured the Interwebs for this...



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Pincho Paxton
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Posted: 3rd May 2006 16:56
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Just got another Firefox update.

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Benjamin
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Posted: 3rd May 2006 17:03
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Same here.

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have you added the extensions worth getting as well?

I bet you forgot a few

I like these:

FlashGot (160043 downloads)
NoScript (113626 downloads)
Fasterfox (93511 downloads)
Adblock (75412 downloads)
VideoDownloader (63594 downloads)
Adblock Filterset.G Updater (42355 downloads)


https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/?application=firefox

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