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p.3 #1 · Don't download new firefox

Personally, I HATE Firefox... Had problems with it a while back (Took over my PC; used up ALL memory and pegged the CPU @ 100%); Now that IE has the ONLY feature that I liked in FF (Tabbed Browsing), there's no reason to use anything else... I'l NEVER use FF ever again.

Edited on Aug 31, 2008 at 12:09 AM

Aug 31, 2008 at 12:09 AM

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p.3 #2 · Don't download new firefox

I used FF back with their first release and had problems with it, just as you mention. But have used FF 2. and 3 with no problems at all.

Aug 31, 2008 at 12:29 AM

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p.3 #3 · Don't download new firefox

The improved protection in FF3 can be overkill. I've got a situation where I get into a "dialogue", as it were, like this:
"Are you sure you want to do this?"
"Yes."
"Are you REALLY sure?"
"Yes."
"Well, then you have to add [item] to [exclusion list]."
"Fine, I do know what I'm doing and I wish to continue." [click]
"Well, [grudgingly] Okay, I'll let you do it. For now.

At work I've got about 15 network switches with a non-valid security certificate which, in FF2, caused a lot less fuzz. I know they are expired, and I know that the network switches are secure through other means. Having to exclusion-list them all isn't something I'm exactly ecstatic about.

... But it's a minor scuff mark, and in the greater scheme of things, it's good to have a proper warning system for faulty security certificates.

Sep 01, 2008 at 05:42 AM

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p.3 #4 · Don't download new firefox

I kept putting off downloading the update ... until I read this thread (and the lack of ample support and follow up by the OP).

So far since I've downloaded it, I can't see why I wouldn't recommend it.

Sep 01, 2008 at 06:08 AM

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p.3 #5 · Don't download new firefox

I just noticed that I have the Ctrl-Click problem ONLY on the forums list page (http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/), NOT on the other pages ... So it might have something to do with something specific to that page ...

Sep 01, 2008 at 02:39 PM

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p.3 #6 · Don't download new firefox

THe new firefox crapped out on me today. It loads a homepage fine, but no links from the homepage will work. I just get the hourglass. I tried sending a report to Firefox, and gave up after it spent 30 minutes contacting the server. It was a good breakfast, though.

Sep 06, 2008 at 03:37 PM

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p.3 #7 · Don't download new firefox

Well, in the week or two that I've been using it, still not one problem.

Sep 07, 2008 at 07:30 PM

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p.3 #8 · Don't download new firefox

For those with the CTRL+Click problem.... click the mouse scroll wheel instead.

Incidentally I'm using Firefox 3.01 and I don't have a problem CTRL+clicking from the main forum page. However its much faster to simply click on the scroll wheel.

Sep 08, 2008 at 02:07 PM

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p.3 #9 · Don't download new firefox

James_N wrote:However its much faster to simply click on the scroll wheel.
Nothing happens on my Firefox when I click the wheel ...

Sep 08, 2008 at 06:25 PM


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