[CS-FSLUG] Firefox 0.9

[Jukka Y]

On Saturday 19 June 2004 15:26, Frank Bax wrote:
> At 11:14 PM 6/18/04, Jukka Y wrote:
> >Has anyone tried latest version of Mozilla Firefox? I have used Opera for
> >over
> >two years (bought both windows and linux versions) and in my opinion other
> >browsers couldn't match its speed and functionality (well - maybe
> >functionality but not the speed). After trying both windows and linux
> >versions of Firefox 0.9, I agree with Brian Proffitt, editor of
> > LinuxToday: "...I was thinking "how fast would this be? I don't want to
> > be too technical, but in my professional opinion: really, really fast..."
> >
> >http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2004-06-18-020-26-RV-SW-NT
> >
> >If you want more speed for browsing, the Firefox 0.9 is worth of trying.
> > :-)
>
> MSIE crashed one too many times last week and I also made the switch to
> Firefox on Tuesday!  No looking back!  Then I found out they just released
> 0.9 on Monday, so I'm already out-of-date (I had downloaded but not
> installed earlier)!  Anyone considering upgrade from 0.8 to 0.9 should be
> warned to read upgrade procedure (do *not* simply install 0.9 over 0.8)!
>          http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=84091
>
> I haven't upgraded myself yet, but my son did (the wrong way).
>

For me there was noticeable speed improvement between versions 0.8 to 0.9 - I 
think you should upgrade it right away :-).

Blessings,
Jukka