FireFox 2.0 Beta

[Phnom_Penh]

Yes, its up for grabs get it here!

And there's more info about it here. (The link also has an Alpha of 3.0).

Looks Like this -

 

[FarFarAway]

It any good?

any point me actually getting it?

 

[Phnom_Penh]

It any good?

any point me actually getting it?

I'm not 100% sure yet, only had it about 20 mins, , seems pretty much more of the same, which isn't necessarily a bad thing , it's more secure, but your extensions won't work .

Edit: it has a spell checker which works with OC3D's forums .

 

[Dav0s]

meh, unless it does anything im actually ging to notice i wont bother

 

[JN]

Glad to see that OC3D looks ok in it.

/me hates new browser releases (scared of compatability issues)

 

[Raging]

if my extensions wont work whats the point in them making it?

all new versions of a program should be back compatible with extensions/remember settings and whatnot imo and i agree with daves comment also

i find my fox secure enough atm

cheers.

 

[Dav0s]

i waited about 3 months before upgrading to 1.5, and found that to be no different.

 

[JN]

Does it sort out memory hogging?

My FF atm is using up 96mb, and i've seen it use about 150mb in the past

 

[Phnom_Penh]

Does it sort out memory hogging?

My FF atm is using up 96mb, and i've seen it use about 150mb in the past

Doesn't seem to (it's using 75mb for this page), but you can change that in about:config, but its either memory or disk cache it uses.

 

[Dav0s]

Does it sort out memory hogging?

My FF atm is using up 96mb, and i've seen it use about 150mb in the past

jim u can limit the max memory firefox uses, ive told u that before im 100% sure.

theres a setting in about:config, have a browse and see if u find it, if not, google it

 

[clive r]

It has a new spell checking feature and an anti phishing tool. That's about it I think.

I've got a ton of extensions, so I'll be waiting a while yet.

 

[PV5150]

http://www.overclock3d.net/news.php?type=3&id=106&desc=firefox_2_0_slated_for_august_2006_release

 

[Phnom_Penh]

http://www.overclock3d.net/news.php...I don't see a beta download link there ;) :p.

 

[PV5150]

ROFL cheeky, very cheeky

 

[FragTek]

I've been testing Bon Echo and it has it's own bag of glitches... It looks to be a promising new release though!

The only reason I'm using Safari over FF right now is because FF seems to run a tad slow on my Mac compared to Safari. The load time of FF is a bit longer and is a bit sluggish. Maybe this new beta is better, I know Bon Echo is faster than the current FF release so maybe they're working on it. I love my Safari though, it's a great browser!

 

[Phnom_Penh]

I've been testing Bon Echo and it has it's own bag of glitches... It looks to be a promising new release though!

I went and put that (Bon Echo) in the search engine in FF, it seems now it comes up with suggestions, as i was typing the suggestions included, "boneme, boneme.com, boner and bongs" .