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Title: Firefox 2.0 Available
Post by: Jon_J on October 25, 2006, 03:14:15 pm
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Title: Firefox 2.0 Available
Post by: dougeeebear on October 25, 2006, 06:05:46 pm
I guess it's probably nice, but I've spent too way much time configuring my Firefox 1.5 and getting it the way I want, to upgrade and have to start all over again.
Title: Firefox 2.0 Available
Post by: Hrw on October 26, 2006, 05:58:04 am
Upgrading from 1.5.0.x -> 2.0 is not a problem - I did it yesterday on one machine. The only one problem can be extensions/themes - some are not yet updated for 2.0.
Title: Firefox 2.0 Available
Post by: nilch on October 26, 2006, 01:13:18 pm
But its worth upgrading - even I upgraded yesterday and find the new Firefox much more responsive and faster on Linux. Preserving Bookmarks, history, etc is not a problem at all. Evrtrything was just fine.
Title: Firefox 2.0 Available
Post by: Da_Blitz on October 30, 2006, 05:30:54 am
i see the new spell checking feature is working
Title: Firefox 2.0 Available
Post by: nilch on October 30, 2006, 09:12:33 am
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But its worth upgrading - even I upgraded yesterday and find the new Firefox much more responsive and faster on Linux. Preserving Bookmarks, history, etc is not a problem at all. <b>Evrtrything was just fine.</b>
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Spell Check

Oh yes, I did forget to mention that feature - and its a killer - particularly for me - my typing is atrocious (I mean to say I know my spellings but ..  

Sadly my post quoted above is from office from IE (can't use Firefox at work), so please forgive the occasional error filled posts, Da-Blitz and all  
Title: Firefox 2.0 Available
Post by: Jon_J on October 30, 2006, 12:40:30 pm
spell check comes in very handy, now I only need the dictionary occasionally.