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Firefox 2 is out! — Brooklynian

Firefox 2 is out!

dailyheights
dailyheights
edited November -1 in Site Issues
For those of you as behind the times as DH... "Firefox 2" was released 2 weeks ago. Thanks to armchair warrior for the tipoff. Here is the release and download info:

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

What browser are you using? Take the poll.

Comments

  • quijibo
    quijibo
    dude. so way behind the times [-(
  • steve
    steve
    Uh, no option for those of us that work with both mosaic lynx? :roll:
  • lostingreenwoodhts
    lostingreenwoodhts
    You gotta download the Cooliris plug-in for Firefox 2.o

    Allows you to view linked pages before going to them!

    A must have...

    Yippy!

    https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2207/
  • whyfi
    whyfi
    lostingreenwoodhts wrote: You gotta download the Cooliris plug-in for Firefox 2.o

    Allows you to view linked pages before going to them!

    A must have...

    Yippy!

    https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2207/
    Awesome plug-in! Great for skimming the news, search engine results, etc. But there will be pages where you'll prefer it disabled!
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    No Camino option for the poll? Not that I ever use it, but I have it.... 8)
  • anotherdayinbkln
    anotherdayinbkln
    weird,firefox just updated automatically yesterday, but i still have v.1.5.0.8!

    firrrrrrrrrrefox2hereicome
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    Are there any mac users out there using FF2? I've notice a feature that seems to be gone, and I'm wondering if anyone else has figured out how to turn it back on...

    You used to be able to click-and-hold on a picture or link and it would be like right-clicking in windows (you'd get options like "properties", "copy link" "copy link location" etc.). Now nothing happens. I want this feature back!!!!
  • doctorj
    doctorj
    steve wrote: Uh, no option for those of us that work with both mosaic lynx? :roll:
    Indeed. I use lynx and w3m nearly as often as GUI-based, but couldn't pick multiple options :(
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    thank the gods i have windows. one of my tools wasn't working, i bitch to some of my message board friends and hehe one got a fix on that :p. even if its not officially supports the new ff2 hehe.
  • anotherdayinbkln
    anotherdayinbkln
    Carnivore wrote: Are there any mac users out there using FF2? I've notice a feature that seems to be gone, and I'm wondering if anyone else has figured out how to turn it back on...

    You used to be able to click-and-hold on a picture or link and it would be like right-clicking in windows (you'd get options like "properties", "copy link" "copy link location" etc.). Now nothing happens. I want this feature back!!!!
    i updated and it works on mine.

    ALSO IT HAS AUTOMATIC SPELL CHECK like ms word! LOVE IT!
  • apollonia666
    apollonia666
    Carnivore wrote: Are there any mac users out there using FF2? I've notice a feature that seems to be gone, and I'm wondering if anyone else has figured out how to turn it back on...

    You used to be able to click-and-hold on a picture or link and it would be like right-clicking in windows (you'd get options like "properties", "copy link" "copy link location" etc.). Now nothing happens. I want this feature back!!!!
    This is happening for me too! Rrrgh. Did you download the Cooliris plugin, Carnivore? Anotherdayinbkln? I did as soon as I downloaded Firefox, so I wonder whether that has to do with the missing click-and-hold options.
  • anotherdayinbkln
    anotherdayinbkln
    oh sorry, i dont read carefully.
    im not a mac user. PC 4 LYFE
  • lostingreenwoodhts
    lostingreenwoodhts
    PC...
    BOOOOO!

    Mac is where it's at, Mack!
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    apollonia666 wrote: [quote=Carnivore]Are there any mac users out there using FF2? I've notice a feature that seems to be gone, and I'm wondering if anyone else has figured out how to turn it back on...

    You used to be able to click-and-hold on a picture or link and it would be like right-clicking in windows (you'd get options like "properties", "copy link" "copy link location" etc.). Now nothing happens. I want this feature back!!!!
    This is happening for me too! Rrrgh. Did you download the Cooliris plugin, Carnivore? Anotherdayinbkln? I did as soon as I downloaded Firefox, so I wonder whether that has to do with the missing click-and-hold options.
    I also downloaded Cooliris right away, although I'm not as enthusiastic about the plugin as some. I was suspecting that might be the problem, so I disabled it, and that didn't fix it.
    I might try uninstalling it next.
  • pitu
    pitu
    Carnivore wrote: Are there any mac users out there using FF2? I've notice a feature that seems to be gone, and I'm wondering if anyone else has figured out how to turn it back on...

    You used to be able to click-and-hold on a picture or link and it would be like right-clicking in windows (you'd get options like "properties", "copy link" "copy link location" etc.). Now nothing happens. I want this feature back!!!!
    Mac here, newly FF2 with no plug-ins, and no click-and-hold properties either.
    That is the only thing I miss from PCs . . .
    BAH!

    For the record, I've always had Macs at home, but suffer through the PCs at work.
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    pitu wrote: [quote=Carnivore]Are there any mac users out there using FF2? I've notice a feature that seems to be gone, and I'm wondering if anyone else has figured out how to turn it back on...

    You used to be able to click-and-hold on a picture or link and it would be like right-clicking in windows (you'd get options like "properties", "copy link" "copy link location" etc.). Now nothing happens. I want this feature back!!!!
    Mac here, newly FF2 with no plug-ins, and no click-and-hold properties either.
    That is the only thing I miss from PCs . . .
    BAH!

    For the record, I've always had Macs at home, but suffer through the PCs at work.

    ctrl-click brings up the same menu, ya know.
  • pitu
    pitu
    alafairnadia wrote: [quote=pitu][quote=Carnivore]Are there any mac users out there using FF2? I've notice a feature that seems to be gone, and I'm wondering if anyone else has figured out how to turn it back on...

    You used to be able to click-and-hold on a picture or link and it would be like right-clicking in windows (you'd get options like "properties", "copy link" "copy link location" etc.). Now nothing happens. I want this feature back!!!!
    Mac here, newly FF2 with no plug-ins, and no click-and-hold properties either.
    That is the only thing I miss from PCs . . .
    BAH!

    For the record, I've always had Macs at home, but suffer through the PCs at work.

    ctrl-click brings up the same menu, ya know.

    no I did not know
    :oops:
    tanks!
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    That takes 2 hands though. Not as convenient as the old way.
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    pitu wrote: [quote=alafairnadia][quote=pitu][quote=Carnivore]Are there any mac users out there using FF2? I've notice a feature that seems to be gone, and I'm wondering if anyone else has figured out how to turn it back on...

    You used to be able to click-and-hold on a picture or link and it would be like right-clicking in windows (you'd get options like "properties", "copy link" "copy link location" etc.). Now nothing happens. I want this feature back!!!!
    Mac here, newly FF2 with no plug-ins, and no click-and-hold properties either.
    That is the only thing I miss from PCs . . .
    BAH!

    For the record, I've always had Macs at home, but suffer through the PCs at work.

    ctrl-click brings up the same menu, ya know.

    no I did not know
    :oops:
    tanks!

    It's funny, Mr.M, Carnivore and I had the same discussion over the weekend. I never knew you could click and hold - I ALWAYS ctrl-clicked.
  • dailyheights
    dailyheights
    Is it possible that only 10% of you are running Internet Explorer?

    Or are Firefox users the only ones proud/vain/geeky enough to bother reporting what browser they use? Or is it that regular users simply aren't aware of the issue? I've talked to more than one person who had no idea what "brand" of browser they were using.

    Q. What browser are you running?
    Average user: "The INTERNET browser. Duh."
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    I only use IE when I use Citrix from my PC at home. I run Firefox at home and at work, except on the Mac, where I run Safari (though I have Opera, IE and Firefox installed) because it's just easier for my lazy self. I'm multi-browsered, and IE is my least favorite/most hated.
  • quijibo
    quijibo
    dailyheights wrote: Is it possible that only 10% of you are running Internet Explorer?

    Or are Firefox users the only ones proud/vain/geeky enough to bother reporting what browser they use? Or is it that regular users simply aren't aware of the issue? I've talked to more than one person who had no idea what "brand" of browser they were using.

    Q. What browser are you running?
    Average user: "The INTERNET browser. Duh."
    i use FF for personal browsing
    but IE commands about 90% of the browser audience at work, so i use IE to ensure my work looks good on IE

    what do the site logs say about visitors to brooklynian?
  • doctorj
    doctorj
    dailyheights wrote: Or is it that regular users simply aren't aware of the issue? I've talked to more than one person who had no idea what "brand" of browser they were using.

    Q. What browser are you running?
    Average user: "The INTERNET browser. Duh."
    Or even: "what's a browser?" I suspect a lot of people who use browsers don't know what a browser is, let alone that there might be more than one kind, let alone that they probably have a choice on their particular model of computer, let alone that it might be worth changing when the one they've got seems to work ok. You just paid all this money for a computer that works out of the box; why would you want to waste time fiddling with what you don't understand and aren't interested in? Either that, or it's a work computer, and the IT department is supposed to take care of all that internet stuff.
  • lostingreenwoodhts
    lostingreenwoodhts
    I have found that FF has been the most stable of the mozilla based browsers. Safari has some nice touches, but typically craps out on any complex scripting interfaces, especially back end CMS WYSIWYG interfaces.

    That being said, we always test on IE (mac/pc), Netscape (mac/pc), Safari and FF...normally don't both with Opera.

    I wish Apple would do more with Safari!

    Dumb question, I think. Love FF's new spell checker, but how the heck does one get it to work!?! Letting me know what a dumb-assed speller I can be is fine. Helping me over my handy cap by fixing it for me is essential ;)
  • mr. tips
    mr. tips
    sweeeeeeeeeeeet!! FF2 seems even faster than FF1 (with fasterfox)
  • anonymous
    anonymous
    I am sure this is a dumb question, but I have been running the regular FF for a year now and love it. I just downloaded Version 2, but, don't see a mil tab on my toolbar nor do i see a way to insert one. how do I get into my Outlook mail from now on?
  • emily
    emily
    lostingreenwoodhts wrote:
    Dumb question, I think. Love FF's new spell checker, but how the heck does one get it to work!?! Letting me know what a dumb-assed speller I can be is fine. Helping me over my handy cap by fixing it for me is essential ;)
    Right-click on the misspelled words and suggestions will appear, just like in MS Word.

    I'm digging the downloadable dictionaries for foreign languages that you can swap between without restarting the browser! I've got English, German, and French so far.
  • pitu
    pitu
    I'm finding FF2 is slower loading pages than my old Safari . . .
    :evil:
  • lostingreenwoodhts
    lostingreenwoodhts
    Emily wrote: [quote=lostingreenwoodhts]
    Dumb question, I think. Love FF's new spell checker, but how the heck does one get it to work!?! Letting me know what a dumb-assed speller I can be is fine. Helping me over my handy cap by fixing it for me is essential ;)
    Right-click on the misspelled words and suggestions will appear, just like in MS Word.

    I'm digging the downloadable dictionaries for foreign languages that you can swap between without restarting the browser! I've got English, German, and French so far.

    Ahh, right click eh? On a Mac, but lemmie try the control key and click...

    Yippy! So for Mac folks, hold the "control" key down and click on the field or word. :)
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