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Firefox 2.0 scores big on the Internets

Mozilla's Firefox 2.0 browser was quite a popular download within the first 24 hours of its public availability. The new browser, which was introduced early last week, achieved 2 million downloads during its first day. Mozilla provided the following figures for its browser releases:

  • Firefox 1.0: 1 million downloads in the first 24 hours.
  • Firefox 1.5: 1.5 million downloads in the first 24 hours
  • Firefox 2: 2 million (actually slightly more) people using Firefox 2 in the first 24 hours.

There is definitely growing support for the browser and many have been anxious to see how Mozilla's latest and greatest stacks up to Microsoft's recently released Internet Explorer 7.0 web browser. Now if only the extension/add-on community would kick it into high gear and get all extensions up to 2.x compatibility.

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I use Firefox and IE7
By Christopher1 on 10/29/2006 6:50:06 PM , Rating: 2
I have to say that I use both Firefox 2.0 and IE7, and both are pretty good browsers. Though, for websites that I do not trust or that I am going to for the first time, I use Firefox with the NoScript extension turned on.

It's just a WEE bit more secure than IE7, though Microsoft might be able to make IE7 even more secure after it has been released with updates.




RE: I use Firefox and IE7
By IceT on 10/29/2006 6:55:03 PM , Rating: 2
I've to say that the new Firefox browser is very nice. For example, I like the built-in spell-check feature. In addition, search string suggestion is also quite helpful.

.IceT.


RE: I use Firefox and IE7
By Clauzii on 10/29/06, Rating: -1
RE: I use Firefox and IE7
By mlittl3 on 10/29/2006 7:00:53 PM , Rating: 1
I think you are thinking of some completely different software program. 2 versions back? Spy/malware?


RE: I use Firefox and IE7
By Clauzii on 10/29/2006 7:09:23 PM , Rating: 2
The Firefox I had (how many versions is 1 1/2 Year?) from their site, got off the PC in say after 2 minutes...Even with SpybotSD, Router Firewall and AVG, as soon as I opened the browser (back then), 20 or so windows popped up under 3 sek. :O No joke! - So I haven't used it since.

But from your answer that's not the issue anymore see :)


RE: I use Firefox and IE7
By Clauzii on 10/29/2006 7:11:02 PM , Rating: 2
"...issue anymore I see :)", the last sentence should say. Done no wher that I went??


RE: I use Firefox and IE7
By mforce on 10/29/2006 7:12:20 PM , Rating: 2
Some programs can and do modify your homepage to one of their choice and that can happen in IE too. Then when you open the browser it goes to that set home page and you get all kinds of stuff , maybe that happened to you. Anyways if this happens again just check the homepage in Firefox unde Tools , Preferences .


RE: I use Firefox and IE7
By Clauzii on 10/29/2006 7:18:33 PM , Rating: 2
Shure enough about hijacking and all that :) I ALLways set the startpage to Google before using the net for the first time on a new machine :)


RE: I use Firefox and IE7
By Clauzii on 10/29/2006 7:21:20 PM , Rating: 2
Ooops - and locking changes of those IE settings etc... :)


RE: I use Firefox and IE7
By mforce on 10/29/2006 7:09:39 PM , Rating: 3
Firefox is and always was open source . What that means is that the program is as free as they come , you can even modify and build a new verison of it yourself if you really want to.
It doesn't include any spyware and it never has. Just make sure you get your software from trusted websites otherwise they can add spyware to a program and offer it for download.
Firefox official site is here :
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Try it. I guarantee it's safe.


RE: I use Firefox and IE7
By Clauzii on 10/29/2006 7:13:55 PM , Rating: 2
OK - Trying then...:)


RE: I use Firefox and IE7
By Bonrock on 10/29/2006 8:10:42 PM , Rating: 3
Haha!

Firefox is indeed safe, but I find it incredibly funny that some random guy on the Internet writes "I guarantee it's safe" and that's apparently enough to make you go download it.


RE: I use Firefox and IE7
By Clauzii on 10/29/2006 8:22:41 PM , Rating: 1
Hmmmm, when a "random" guy leads you to the correct webpage - why shoulkd I distrust??

BTW, I can say that I am pretty convinced with FF 2.0 - I've been using since install - works flawlessly :) And oddly enough the speed is ok now :)

ONE thing - the Bookmarks gets imported allright (!) but I have to rearrange the whole lot, since I'm not using strictly alphabetic sort :O

I must admit - I like until now.

- Claus


RE: I use Firefox and IE7
By mforce on 10/30/2006 2:52:34 AM , Rating: 2
You're right here , just because a "radom" guy ( never been called that before ) recommends something you shouldn't trust him but Firefox is also recommended by other sites , persons , it's not just me.
I did what I could , offer my personal guarantee and give a link to the official homepage at mozilla ( surely that can't be a scam ) .
Anyway enjoy Firefox .


RE: I use Firefox and IE7
By Arrepiadd on 10/30/2006 3:14:34 AM , Rating: 2
Anyway, I find it odd that this guy needs you or anyone else to point him to the right direction to get Firefox. That seems like *not* a very good excuse. Every time Mozilla does anything to it's browser millions of websites post about it and link to the Mozilla website. It would not be hard to find it...

Anyway, and about Firefox having malware, I've been using Firefox since the version 0.1 (those days it was called Phoenix) and never came across any spy/malware. Don't know what the other guy got and where he got it, but it sure wasn't Firefox from Mozilla.


RE: I use Firefox and IE7
By Clauzii on 10/30/2006 10:14:45 AM , Rating: 2
Well, well,

YES - I know how to find stuff on the net myself. YES, I know of security stuff. Yes, I know how to put PCs together, install etc......

I didn't ask for the link, but was happy that Mr. "Random" put the link here :) Of course I could have found that myself, but as help, Mr. "Random" wrote a little about fraudulent pages, and gave the right one. (To B shure, that I was getting the right one this time :)

Thank You for Your help Mr "Random"!

Besides from all that, I am now a FirefoxUser again :)


RE: I use Firefox and IE7
By Xietsu on 10/31/2006 3:11:23 PM , Rating: 2
This man is a marketer from some advertising segment of "some" corporation. Audience profiling is fun!


Problems
By Exodus220 on 10/29/2006 6:54:21 PM , Rating: 2
I have been running Firefox 2.0 for over a week now and I keep having problems with random freezes. FF just stops responding and I have to close it. Luckily FF2.0 has the option to reload everything I was working on, but it is still such a pain to have it freeze on me so often. I love the new interface though, and I don't have any plans of changing my browsers. I would try IE7 but my Windows does not pass the validation test so I am left to wonder what it would be like.




RE: Problems
By Brandon Hill (blog) on 10/29/2006 7:03:59 PM , Rating: 2
I have problems with FF 2.0 freezing when a site tries to display a legitimate popup or sometimes when a site opens a new window. It got to the point where it was happening WAY too frequently so I went back to FF 1.5.0.7.


RE: Problems
By mlittl3 on 10/29/06, Rating: 0
RE: Problems
By Exodus220 on 10/29/2006 9:48:18 PM , Rating: 2
Not a troll mate, sorry to disappoint. I was hesitant when first introduced to FF, but then I quickly fell in love with it and have had my whole family change over to FF instead of IE. I am totally for FF and I would even download it on the University computers so I did not have to use IE6, it was just much nicer for me to have FF.