[LINK] Firefox 2.0 - is it ready?

[Eleanor Lister]

Jan Whitaker wrote:
> Hi linkers. Just after your informed opinion. Is Firefox 2.0 ready for
> primetime and the risk of upgrade?
>
> Jan

Jan,

    I moved across to FF 2.0 automatically when i upgraded my Linux
Ubuntu to Edgy Eft (v6.10), and my experience so far is:

* seems faster than FF 1.5 (but that may be subjective, or an artifact
of Edgy being more efficient than Dapper)

* not all the plugins worked initially, for example the TinyURL plugin
was only supplied yesterday in a workable form, but they seem to be
working like demons to upgrade them.

* a lot of themes & plugins are FF 2.0 only anyway, and this increases
my options.

* like Adam Todd, i found it strange that they went to a close button
for each tab, when i was happy with select-a-tab-and
click-the-common-close because i could shut down tabs easier, but i can
live with that.

* i haven't had it hang yet, unlike the (occasional) hang in FF 1.5)

overall, i'm happy with it.

regards,
    EL

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