Web wars redux

Web standards ...

besides this - more and more people are thinking that corporations might start switching to linux ... which = firefox
 
Firefox 1.5x was a bit scruffy when it came to some special websites. Since V2.0 came out I have had nothing but pleasurable surfing on ALL websites I've visited - even those that were problematic on V1.5x.

Big up to Firefox!
 
i love firefox! I'll never use IE. They're so useless they need to copy Firefox to stay competitive, pathetic!

But what the hells the difference between firefox version 2 and the previous one? I know it looks better, has more security and it has spell checking but other than that? Is there something that is built into version 2 that i could be using?
 
IE has always been the inferior product, inferior to Netscape, to defunct products like CyberJack, inferior to Opera, and of late Firefox.

Opera person myself, but cudos to Firefox for stirring the pot.
 
Great browser.

from the release notes
What's New in Firefox 2

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Visual Refresh: Firefox 2's theme and user interface have been updated to improve usability without altering the familiarity of the browsing experience.
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Built-in phishing protection: Phishing Protection warns users when they encounter suspected Web forgeries, and offers to return the user to their home page. Phishing Protection is turned on by default, and works by checking sites against either a local or online list of known phishing sites. This list is automatically downloaded and regularly updated when the Phishing Protection feature is enabled.
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Enhanced search capabilities: Search term suggestions will now appear as users type in the integrated search box when using the Google, Yahoo! or Answers.com search engines. A new search engine manager makes it easier to add, remove and re-order search engines, and users will be alerted when Firefox encounters a website that offers new search engines that the user may wish to install.
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Improved tabbed browsing: By default, Firefox will open links in new tabs instead of new windows, and each tab will now have a close tab button. Power users who open more tabs than can fit in a single window will see arrows on the left and right side of the tab strip that let them scroll back and forth between their tabs. The History menu will keep a list of recently closed tabs, and a shortcut lets users quickly re-open an accidentally closed tab.
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Resuming your browsing session: The Session Restore feature restores windows, tabs, text typed in forms, and in-progress downloads from the last user session. It will be activated automatically when installing an application update or extension, and users will be asked if they want to resume their previous session after a system crash.
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Previewing and subscribing to Web feeds: Users can decide how to handle Web feeds (like this one), either subscribing to them via a Web service or in a standalone RSS reader, or adding them as Live Bookmarks. My Yahoo!, Bloglines and Google Reader come pre-loaded as Web service options, but users can add any Web service that handles RSS feeds.
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Inline spell checking: A new built-in spell checker enables users to quickly check the spelling of text entered into Web forms (like this one) without having to use a separate application.
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Live Titles: When a website offers a microsummary (a regularly updated summary of the most important information on a Web page), users can create a bookmark with a "Live Title". Compact enough to fit in the space available to a bookmark label, they provide more useful information about pages than static page titles, and are regularly updated with the latest information. There are several websites that can be bookmarked with Live Titles, and even more add-ons to generate Live Titles for other popular websites.
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Improved Add-ons manager: The new Add-ons manager improves the user interface for managing extensions and themes, combining them both in a single tool.
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JavaScript 1.7: JavaScript 1.7 is a language update introducing several new features such as generators, iterators, array comprehensions, let expressions, and destructuring assignments. It also includes all the features of JavaScript 1.6.
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Extended search plugin format: The Firefox search engine format now supports search engine plugins written in Sherlock and OpenSearch formats and allows search engines to provide search term suggestions.
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Updates to the extension system: The extension system has been updated to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions.
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Client-side session and persistent storage: New support for storing structured data on the client side, to enable better handling of online transactions and improved performance when dealing with large amounts of data, such as documents and mailboxes. This is based on the WHATWG specification for client-side session and persistent storage.
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SVG text: Support for the svg:textpath specification enables SVG text to follow a curve or shape.
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New Windows installer: Based on Nullsoft Scriptable Install System, the new Windows installer resolves many long-standing issues.
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rendan said:
i love firefox! I'll never use IE. They're so useless they need to copy Firefox to stay competitive, pathetic!

But what the hells the difference between firefox version 2 and the previous one? I know it looks better, has more security and it has spell checking but other than that? Is there something that is built into version 2 that i could be using?
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They copied Microsoft and put the "X" on the tabs and not on the far right like it use to be :D
 
Its great that we can now resume web sessions in v2... Thats a great feature that opera had and firefox didn't..
 
So far the only thing I prefer in IE7 to firefox2 is the way that page zoom is implemented. IE7 seems to be the only browser that zooms everything on the page including boxes and graphics - firefox seems to only zoom the text.
Unless of course there is a setting that I am not aware of. However IE7 seems to struggle with a lot more web pages than firefox
 
Opera also zooms images.

I haven't upgraded to FF2 yet, but can't see the point of an X on each tab - I've always middle-clicked to close the tab.
 
Has MS has shot itself in the foot only releasing IE7 for XP or later, or have their sneaky actuaries looked at the market and decided that they could make more money by forcing people to upgrade, despite loosing browser market share to Firefox?

Used to use IE exclusively until a couple of security patches back when it started crashing constantly. Newer patches have helped, but the problem hasn't gone away completely. Now I use Firefox almost exclusively, have upgraded to version 2, but cannot upgrade to IE 7 as I am running 2000 (which incidentally imho is far more stable than xp).

Would be interesting to see how the market share in browsers shifts over the next six months and whether upgrades in OS are comparable ;-)
 
ie7 copied ff thats it! i'll stick to ff
 
What I find odd is, IE 7.0 download is 15mb and FF is 5.6mb.

Also, FF works a lot better than IE 7.0, is faster (especially with slow connections) and it sticks to web standards. Web standards (CSS, JS, DOM etc) is the reason I really dislike IE.

And not to forget FF has "Extensions". That alone makes FF 10x better than IE.
 
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