JMoss
jmoss111 at bellsouth.net
Sat Jul 17 18:04:40 CDT 2004
I don't know what version the reviewers were talking about but everything that I had at v0.8 is still functional after an update to v0.9.2 without any intervention on my part. There is a page at the firefox download site that had links to plugins. I don't use firefox heavily, but have encountered no errors to date. Another favorite feature that I neglected to mention earlier is the configurable popup stopper which is how I found it in the first place. v0.9.2 was released recently, and maybe that is what the reviewers were talking about. And to be honest, most of my web browsing in the last month or so has been done at client sites on IE6. I think that the problem with some addons is that firefox checks the addons and if not known to be "certified" for the new release will be disabled by firefox upgrade. v1.o releases in the middle of September. JM -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 5:08 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: New Browser To all the firefox users... The two reasons I decided against that browser were that reviewers said you had to find and install add-0ns to make it fully functional and that upgrades hosed those add-ons and made you re-install them. Also some kind of bugs just recently (in the last month) making it flaky. Any comments on that? John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 2:13 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problemsolving Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: New Browser On 16 Jul 2004 at 23:43, jwcolby wrote: > I downloaded Opera today, to start evaluating alternative browsers. > I'll be downloading mozilla next. Firefox appears from what I am > seeing to be still in beta. > > Anyone care to answer a poll: > > Of those who use an alternative browser (not IEX) what browser do you > use? > Firefox. I love it, especially the multiple tabs and the download manager. WRT it's beta status, there seems to be a developing trend, especially in Open Source, for software to remain "in beta" for years. In the case of Firefox, it's because they have a very clear roadmap with milestones. In their case, beta doesn't mean "buggy", it means "not all the planned features of ver 1.0 are in place yet". I've certainly found it to be very stable. -- Lexacorp Ltd http://www.lexacorp.com.pg Information Technology Consultancy, Software Development,System Support. -- _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com