Firefox2007

[Dv8ted2]

I thought I would try to inject some humor.

here

Warning: Also, if you visit the following websites, MS Firefox 2007 will shut down your computer unexpectedly. The sites include google.com, gmail.com, apple.com, itunes.com and yahoo.com and any sites with the phrase microsoft/windows/explorer/vista/bill sucks.

[Faustus]

dats already out but its called IE7

[Dv8ted2]

dats already out but its called IE7

Yep, Internet Exploder copied Firefox.

[BJ_M]

lot of bad reports on FF2

[Faustus]

lot of bad reports on FF2

Count me as a perfect report. I've used it at least 10 hours a day for the last 3 days.

[Dv8ted2]

lot of bad reports on FF2

I have not had a problem with it. I use it continuously every day.

[guns1inger]

I miss a couple of the extensions that haven't been upgraded yet, but otherwise FF2 seems to be stable, fast and problem free.

I have also had IE7 on another machine since the first beta, and although it seems to work well enough, it does seem very clunky in comparison to FF. In part this is because of the lack of extendability when compared to FF/FF2, and in part because underneath it is still IE.

[LSchafroth]

I could never get Firefox downloaded so I got it via bittorrent.

Tried it for a day and uninstalled it. Not impressed.

The feature I like most about IE7 is gthe memory release when minimized.
Load task manager and look at IE7's memory usage. Minimize it and watch the usage.

I really like IE7 so far.

LS

[Faustus]

I could never get Firefox downloaded so I got it via bittorrent.

Tried it for a day and uninstalled it. Not impressed.

The feature I like most about IE7 is gthe memory release when minimized.
Load task manager and look at IE7's memory usage. Minimize it and watch the usage.

I really like IE7 so far.

LS

I've got a gig so a program can take all it wants. Plenty of memory for me to run FF, WoW, Foobar, Notepad, GoogleTalk all at the same time.

[Poppa_Meth]

There is a simple tweak for FF that makes it do the same thing, release memory on minimize.

[MackemX]

There is a simple tweak for FF that makes it do the same thing, release memory on minimize.

Cheers 8), didn't know that and that's one thing that FF would do to me, sit there on Google and use 150Mb for no reason after a browsing session. Only closing and restarting would release it (if it didn't crash before then)

if anyone is interested here's how you do it

1. Start Firefox
2. type “about:config” in the address bar and hit enter (don’t type the double-quotes)
3. type “config.trim_on_minimize” (again, not the double-quotes) into the Filter field. Odds are, you won’t have this preference but we should check first.
1. If you DO have the preference, make sure it is set to true
2. If you do NOT have the preference, add it
1. Right click anywhere in the preference list and select New -> Boolean
2. Preference name should be “config.trim_on_minimize”
3. Select true for the value
4. Close Firefox and then reopen it.

That should be all it takes. To verify you got it right, load up a few pages in a few tabs. Start up task manager or your platform’s monitoring tool of choice and see how much memory Firefox is using. Now, minimize Firefox. Check that memory usage again.

[Cobra]

FF2 working perfectly on this machine. Certainly better than IE7 did, and that took a reformat to get rid of...