RSS| Blaxima | Dec 18, 2008 | 2.0.0.20 |  3 out of 5 |
If people were to move with the times Adrian, they would be using Opera which is far better than the (once again) overated FF3 which is only a slight improvement on v2 and still suffers from the pain in the arse of plugins and themes needing to be updated, however I give Mozilla credit for still supporting this version. Too many times people are forced to migrate away from things they are more than satisfied with so its good to see Mozilla is letting people have a choice! As for this release I honestly don't see any improvements or degration. Its still a compitent browser but the slowness of it have made me use Maxthon as my rarely used second browser now |
| mjm01010101 | Dec 18, 2008 | 2.0.0.20 |  5 out of 5 |
So much for .19 being the last version! |
| christoofar | Dec 18, 2008 | 2.0.0.20 | 5 out of 5 |
I'll stick w /v2 till they update all the themes & addons I've come to enjoy & depend on are ported over to v3 |
| kindbud1 | Dec 18, 2008 | 2.0.0.20 | 5 out of 5 |
I agree that people should update to FF3, but that's no reason to give this a 1. Don't be a retard. |
| Adrian79 | Dec 18, 2008 | 2.0.0.19 |  1 out of 5 |
move with the times people!! 3.0.5 |
| Banquo | Dec 16, 2008 | 2.0.0.19 |  4 out of 5 |
Avoid 2.0.0.19 since it's really a downgrade, the only change is they removed the phishing protection. It's also the last version, the 2.0 line is now discontinued. If you must stick with 2.x stay with 2.0.0.18 for a while longer, though eventually you will want to move to something else for security reasons. Kind of a shame, I really hate Firefox 3. |
| mjm01010101 | Dec 16, 2008 | 2.0.0.19 | 5 out of 5 |
MHTML is not a finalized standard, and due to the files looking different on pretty much every browser, I can see why Mozilla ignores it. Not even IEx or Opera can save every page with consistency. Users should have migrated off of this version of Firefox by now to version 3. |
| analphatester | Nov 27, 2008 | 2.0.0.18 | 1 out of 5 |
Open .MHTML in any browser is the minimum. Firefox not able open .MHTML files. How old are Netscape, Mozilla or FF project or called anyway? Least could be a minimum. other Many people runnin XP,Vista and wondered why making program for Win9x? simple Win9x better than XP |
| BelgianWaffle | Nov 12, 2008 | 2.0.0.18 | 1 out of 5 |
I would really prefer Mozilla putting in effort fixing holes and all the other problems in version 3.... |
| ubermann | Nov 12, 2008 | 2.0.0.18 | 5 out of 5 |
Ahh i hope they continue v2 as v3 made me go over to Opera (found it much better. when you try it for 1 day or 2) I have had several computers and on everyone since the birth of V3 i get a bug where firefox is still running in the background after i closed it down. I have seen it on my brothers computer also. Its no small bug cuz its sitting in the background and eating ~50 meg ram and consuming alot of cpu time. I never ever had that on V2 and i dont use ANY addon or such for V3. But after trying opera it was like when i switch from explorer to firefox, it was so much easier to browse the web. Firefox dont even use the so called tabs when you start it. In opera you only use 1 window with tabs so its alot nicer to your RAM and it feels alot faster everything i do in it. |
| Virtual_ManPL | Nov 1, 2008 | 2.0.0.17 | 5 out of 5 |
The BEST browser form me !!! Secure, fast, stable and powerfull with extensions !!! But its time ppl to migrate on Fx 3 |
| Orbitration | Sep 24, 2008 | 2.0.0.17 | 5 out of 5 |
Personally, I do not like FF 3. I don't like the incompatiblity with my most used addons, I don't like the database bookmark system, and I don't like the location bar functions. Not to mention, I have a good 7Mb DSL service and a fairly fast computer, I noticed no speed differential in the two. I hope they keep FF2 around a lot longer, it does everything I need in a browser. Call me old fashioned, but I prefer XP Pro over Vista, too. Go figure. |
| acey99 | Sep 24, 2008 | 2.0.0.17 | 5 out of 5 |
ok, as much as I love FF. I gotta know, why release more of the bug ridden 2.0 series, hasn't everybody been pointed to FF3 ? Note to the mozilla group: Kill FF < 3 why,why why? :( |
| Ryusennin | Sep 23, 2008 | 2.0.0.17 | 4 out of 5 |
Security update. http://mozilla.com/en-US...x/2.0.0.17/releasenotes/ |
| sjc001 | Sep 23, 2008 | 2.0.0.17 | 5 out of 5 |
Why is there still new version 2s of Firefox? |
| Mick Leong | Jul 23, 2008 | 2.0.0.16 | 3 out of 5 |
Ever since ver 2+ firefox have been giving me problems with SVG graphics. It just plain refuse to display them when firefox 1.5 works beautifully. |
| davidtb | Jul 16, 2008 | 2.0.0.16 | 5 out of 5 |
I thought it worth mentioning that anyone can participate by downloading Gran Paradiso (FF3) or Bon Echo (FF2), get nightly builds, and be a part of the project. |
| mytake4this | Jul 16, 2008 | 2.0.0.16 | 5 out of 5 |
FF3 works fine for me, with one exception. It can lose the sub folders in bookmarks. I have Opera, so I exported as HTML, all the bookmarks to a folder on Windows, then Imported the bookmarks and moved them to tool bar bookmarks. I work off the toolbar links.Once I got the bookmarks working, everything is fine. And there is Ad Block for FF3. That said, FF2 is also excellent. Only lagging browser, in my view, is the IE6 & 7. |
| jgra | Jul 15, 2008 | 2.0.0.16 | 5 out of 5 |
IhavehadnoprovlemswithFF3,sometimesitgetsstuckwhen tomanytavsareopenvutheysoislife... IcantwaitforFireFox7 |
| mjm01010101 | Jul 15, 2008 | 2.0.0.16 | 5 out of 5 |
Only issue I had with FF3 was adblock isn't supported (and for some reason the extension blocker doesn't block it.) I upgraded to adblock + and no issues since. FF3 is far more stable for me otherwise. |
| rburly | Jul 15, 2008 | 2.0.0.16 | 5 out of 5 |
I had so many problems with FF3 that I had to drop back to FF2. Fortunately Mozilla has continued with these last two upgrades. The best browser stays the best. FF3 just came out too early. |
| dejavu | Jul 15, 2008 | 2.0.0.16 | 4 out of 5 |
I don't use FF3 yet. Firefox 3=Room Full Of Bugs! |
| alexweber15 | Jul 15, 2008 | 2.0.0.16 | 5 out of 5 |
security fix... great for those who wanna wait a bit before goin to 3.0 |
| us3r | Jul 15, 2008 | 2.0.0.16 |  2 out of 5 |
It's weird. Why do they still support version 2.0 ? There wasn't any updates for months because of version 3.0 development. And now AFTER official Firefox 3.0 relese they go back to version 2.0 instead of making necessary fixes and improvements for version 3.0. |
| bigmama | Jul 15, 2008 | 2.0.0.16 | 3 out of 5 |
good |
| anonymous_user | Jul 15, 2008 | 2.0.0.16 | 5 out of 5 |
3.0 is the final version but version 2 is still being supported. 2.0.0.16 is just security fixes. |
| Adrian79 | Jul 15, 2008 | 2.0.0.16 | 5 out of 5 |
home page shows version 3.0 as final?!? |
| ballyhairs | Jul 15, 2008 | 2.0.0.16 | 5 out of 5 |
Walmart! |
| pjafrombbay | Jul 15, 2008 | 2.0.0.16 | 1 out of 5 |
I checked the Mozilla website; there DOES NOT seem to be a version 2.0.0.16 of Firefox! Where does this one come from? |
| analphatester | Jul 5, 2008 | 2.0.0.15 | 1 out of 5 |
trojan server access localhost any full file system and make open all ports for hackers |
| Joco | Jul 2, 2008 | 2.0.0.15 | 5 out of 5 |
After installing, the about screen will show up and there is a link to the release notes: http://www.mozilla.org/p...es.html#firefox2.0.0.15 |
| pforbes | Jul 2, 2008 | 2.0.0.15 | 5 out of 5 |
Excellent. Thank you for keeping version 2. It allows me using the same explorer on dual boot XP-98 for both OS. BTW I use 98 for old programs and, more important than that, as an excellent substitute for the recovery console: in case of need you only have to start with 98, delete XP and copy-paste a previous copy preserved on an external HD, which means restoring XP from scratch in less than 5 minutes. No need of killing Win98 at all!. |
| Trgiaol | Jul 1, 2008 | 2.0.0.15 | 5 out of 5 |
I'm not a big fan of Firefox 3, glad to see they're still updating 2 |
| alexweber15 | Jul 1, 2008 | 2.0.0.15 | 5 out of 5 |
im guessing this is just a bug-fix release but cant someone post a changelog? |
| cladeas | Jul 1, 2008 | 2.0.0.15 | 4 out of 5 |
if you're still using Win98SE, you need to KILL YOURSELF. |
| christoofar | Jul 1, 2008 | 2.0.0.15 | 5 out of 5 |
Glad to see they are still updating v2 for the time being. My experience w/ v3 so far , has been less than optimum |
| mjm01010101 | Jul 1, 2008 | 2.0.0.15 | 5 out of 5 |
1. Because they don't like the loss of some extensions. (For instance adblock (the first one) doesn't work on V3 and some people don't want to change extensions.) 2. Because they aren't ready for it. 3. Because they like how V2 works. My brother refuses to upgrade past 1.5 because of visual changes and the fact that Control+W no longer closes the browser (it closes tabs.) |
| SteveJohnSteele | Jul 1, 2008 | 2.0.0.15 | 5 out of 5 |
odd! I was surprised to see a new version of Firefox 2. Why would people use 2.0.0.15 when 3.0 was released a short time ago?! Still a very good browser. |
| 1uk3 | Jul 1, 2008 | 2.0.0.15 | 5 out of 5 |
etalmar: The link was for Firefox 3 and was then changed back to Firefox 2 - that's why I wrote my comments for FF3 here. |
| etalmar | Jun 20, 2008 | 2.0.0.14 | 4 out of 5 |
Before I begin my review, I would like to say to reviewers "mackley", "1uk3" and "revparadigm" - if you carefully read the title of this browser review, your comments are supposed to pertain to Firefox version *2* - not Firefox version 3. Now that we know what browser we are actually discussing, I have been using Firefox 2 on a daily basis as my primary browser for a little over 7 months now and I have grown to like it very much, especially the add-ons plugins that you can choose from, which I feel is the main selling point of using Firefox. As far as more secure, less secure, secure enough, that point can always be debated ad infinitum, so I am leaving it alone. I have read far too much about that to date. ALL browsers have security issues of varying kinds - enough said. The main reasons why I am rating Firefox 2 a "4" and not a 5 is due to 2 things - poorly designed scrollbar functionality and mediocre right-click options for revising bookmarks. Neither of these features work as well as in IE 6. Now one would think that those features would be so basic and rudimentary that Mozilla would have designed them right the first time, but that is not the case, not even with current version 2.0.0.14. Firefox 2 is a very good browser, especially for my aging Win98SE OS, but it still has a lot of important improvements to make in order to convince me to stop using IE 6 for good. |
| mackley | Jun 18, 2008 | 2.0.0.14 | 5 out of 5 |
Mozilla Firefox 3 is really a good Web browser ! |
| bufftbone | Jun 17, 2008 | 2.0.0.14 | 5 out of 5 |
All I can say is people stop downloading for about 5 minutes so I can get mine. In all seriousness, FIREFOX RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| ModderXManiac | Jun 17, 2008 | 2.0.0.14 | 5 out of 5 |
simply the best. |
| 1uk3 | Jun 17, 2008 | 2.0.0.14 | 5 out of 5 |
I only thing I feel lets it down a tiny bit is the interface - I don't like the buttons on the default theme. Apart from that; it feels much quicker than Firefox 2 and has some nice new features. Firefox 3.0 is definitely my browser of choice by quite a margin. P.S. You can download from FileHippo now: http://www.filehippo.com/download_firefox/ |
| revparadigm | Jun 17, 2008 | 2.0.0.14 | 5 out of 5 |
F because the download servers are swamped from people wanting it? FF3 is the best web browser out there, period. |
| jeck | Jun 5, 2008 | 2.0.0.14 | 1 out of 5 |
Guess I have to give this an F. Version 13 has been giving me fits and I can't even download this one and I'm not ready to jump on the V3 bandwagon yet. Every time I attempt to download v14 from here I get "500 Permission denied"; anyone know what's up with that? I've written numerous error reports with no answer of fix. Doesn't matter whether I'm signed in or not or whether I use my download manager/accelerator or not; everything I try ends up with the same result, "500 Permission Denied". I'm not having this problem with any other program on this site; just this one. If it can't be fixed I'd at least like to know what the problem is. Anyone have a clue? I'm not even sure 14 is worth installing; it seems these days that upgraded/updated versions are not necessarily better than the older versions. What do you think? |
| osric | Apr 20, 2008 | 2.0.0.14 | 5 out of 5 |
I'm sticking with this till FF3 is officially released. Some of my addons - like Foxmarks are not yet compatible with FF3. |
| photonboy | Apr 18, 2008 | 2.0.0.14 | 5 out of 5 |
What can I say, Firefox rocks. In general, I tell most people NOT to use Beta software and I also agree that scores at this site should be solely for the product on the page. I did reinstall v2 of FF to review it but I'm back to v3 Beta. Barring any addon incompatibilities or other issues I do believe FF v3 Beta 5 is very stable and worth upgrading. Do NOT run both v2 and v3 at the same time. The addons I use aren't many, but they all work with FF v3 Beta. I use the following addons: 1) NoScript 2) WOT (Web of Trust) 3) IE View (For FF v3, to get my HOME icon where I wanted it, I think I had to open the Bookmarks toolbar, then "Customize" and drag it to my main toolbar.) |
| Sven123456789 | Apr 17, 2008 | 2.0.0.14 | 5 out of 5 |
To GrantTLC. The point of adding a comment is to rate the software and give an opinion. Anyone giving firefox lower than a 4 has never used it or is still using Netscape 4.78 and can't figure out how to use a newer browser. |
| davidtb | Apr 17, 2008 | 2.0.0.14 | 5 out of 5 |
FireFox 2.0.0.14 is a good, stable browser. It's an auto-upgrade already, isn't it? Bleeding edge beta buffs may want to have a look at: http://ftp.mozilla.org/p...ghtly/latest-mozilla1.8/ perhaps the last beat of this now passing platform. |
| GrantTLC | Apr 17, 2008 | 2.0.0.14 | 2 out of 5 |
I can't rate this version of Firefox highly knowing FF3 is about to hatch. FF3 is a massive improvement on this clunky, slow, legacy browser. It's commendable that Mozilla are keeping this secure while FF3 bakes, but there's really no reason any more to recommend this version to anyone who isn't already using it. Get them to use the Beta instead. |
| cowgaR | Apr 17, 2008 | 2.0.0.14 | 4 out of 5 |
GREAT platform - without competition...6/5 normally, but if I would like to select "only" a browser, I would pick an Opera, but then again, I need a robust platform to work with...and that what's firefox is (but you can use it as a browser aswell ;-) so 4/5 because Firefox 3.0 is superior to version 2.0 in so many ways one can't simply count, circa zillion changes +1, in every direction you look at, so should be renamed to Firefox 30.0 compared to this "old_win95_buggy_memory_hungry_nosqlite_nocairo_nogoogpluginhandling" codebase ;) but still, Firefox 2.0 was my mistress for a long time, sniff...sentiments to the best browser on Earth, fell in love since Phoenix 0.4 (first usable for me) back to my fetish, reading: http://www.squarefree.com/burningedge/ |
| EarlyMorningHours | Apr 16, 2008 | 2.0.0.14 | 5 out of 5 |
I was a Maxthon user for years. I felt then and feel now that Maxthon v1.x was better than FF v1.x. Things changed as both browsers went to v2.x. Maxthon v1.x became buggier with each release and the v2 series.. well I don't have all day to write about that abortion. The point I'm getting at however is that while Maxthon v1.x eventually took a one way trip to bug city it did have a TON of features that I really miss to this day. It would please me to no end if the FF dev team picked off a couple of those things or even found a way to work with the developer of NoScript to make that part of the browser itself. At this point I've completely migrated myself to FF v3b5 and haven't looked back. While v2 is IMHO the best browser that is currently in general release, it is in fact pale compared to v3. Once v3 goes final I doubt anyone will be able to make a convincing argument of any kind that this or that browser is better. Perhaps an argument based of personal preferences of interface, appearance, etc., but certainly not on technological merits. |
| Bad Prit | Apr 16, 2008 | 2.0.0.14 | 5 out of 5 |
Today the best, tomorrow even better ! |
| philosopher_dog | Apr 16, 2008 | 2.0.0.14 | 5 out of 5 |
Maxthon!? Opera!? What planet are you people on exactly? FF 2.x is not perfect, but let's get real. It blows anything else out there away on any platform. Granted it is a memory hog. By the looks of V3.x, however, this criticism will no longer be apt. Let's hope. |
| psycros | Apr 16, 2008 | 2.0.0.14 | 4 out of 5 |
It never ceases to amaze me that people will swear at each other about a piece of software. However, I realize that anonymous forums are irresistible to the "just smart enough to be laughable" crowd. Anyway, I like Firefox for several reasons. Its interface is more flexible than others I've tried, which really just means I can give it a look that appeals to my sense of desktop aesthetics. The plugins are a big part of this: without the big ones that almost everyone uses, FF isn't worth using. Unfortunately this means its going to be a memory hog since all of this stuff is XML and the like. I find it to be at least as fast as IE and noticeably quicker than other browsers I've tried. It virtually never freezes up, which IE does fairly regularly. Things I don't like include its poor handling of bookmarks compared to most browsers (including IE) and the inability to control the width of bookmarks on the bookmark toolbar (not to mention drop-down Live Bookmarks). The lack of a hotkey to get rid of the search bar is annoying (how about making CTRL-F a toggle, Mozpeople?). There's no may to manually add file associations that I can see, so if another program doesn't natively support Mozilla you're out of luck. I'm pretty disappointed in FF3 since none of the shortcomings seem to have been addressed. The best thing they could do is (as MANY have suggested) incorporate the functionality of Adblock Plus, Tab Mix Plus, Add Bookmark Here 2 and Flashgot..and fix the other things I mentioned while their at it. BTW, I've tried Opera and didn't like it. That quickbar you can't get rid of was annoying, the ton of pre-installed bookmarks, non-standard shortcuts..pretty much everything about it turned me off so I didn't mess with it much. |
| aking80 | Apr 16, 2008 | 2.0.0.14 | 5 out of 5 |
Bulls*** you got Opera running on 12000k. I agree Firefox uses a lot of memory but it's not as bad as some make it out to be. Great plugins, great speed, and loads right up for me. 5/5 |
| Blaxima | Apr 16, 2008 | 2.0.0.14 | 3 out of 5 |
This is still a mediocre browser with great plugins. Loads really slow at start up and pages too. Huge memory hog and don't believe the hype about FF3 either. I have the same page open on a barebones version of FF3 beta5 portable and Opera USB and the usage is firefoxe.exe = 64,004K FirefoxPortable = 7,988K (which runs at the same time so just add those 2 and tell me thats an improvement) Opera = 12,876K Like I said don't believe the hype. I have pleanty of ram but why should so much be dedicated to a browser when others require so much less to do a better job? @Canuckistani Opera is extremely customizable too if you know what your doing so I guess your not the geek you think you are |
| Hellcat_M | Apr 16, 2008 | 2.0.0.14 | 4 out of 5 |
darthbeads - for one thing Maxthon is one big plug-in of sorts. Its a skin for MS IE (but it is a good skin, has some good finctions and I use it sometimes). why hello there - I agree with you, and I think the way Mozilla can fix this is by looking at the top plug-ins (TabMix plus, All-in-one sidebar, Google browser sync (or foxmarks), Adblock plus, and NoScript) to name a few and just put those functions in the browser. I think if they did this they could optimize the browser better which will make it load in faster (also you wouldn't have to load in all the plug-ins which takes longer), which would also save in memory usage. Will they do this, probably not. All we can hope is that FF 3 and 4 use up less memory to make up for the memory the plugins use. Maybe Mozilla should quality control the plug-ins better and make sure their optimized for FF better. Maybe they should have a plug-in system that integrates the plug-ins better into FF, incorporating the code better into the browser instead of something that just plugs into the browser loosely. |
| darthbeads | Apr 16, 2008 | 2.0.0.14 | 4 out of 5 |
Dear improvelence: Okay. Maxthon. Will there be anything else? More to the review -- nice to see some further hole-plugging on Firefox 2, though I have been using FF3 for a while now and simply love it. |
| why hello there | Apr 11, 2008 | 2.0.0.13 | 3 out of 5 |
Dear god. What a memory hog! The truth is Firefox's strength lies in its vast and varied plugins. Speed-wise and memory usage-wise, Opera still reigns supreme. Go ahead and try the vanilla versions of those two browsers. Open up the same amount of tabs and you'll see that Firefox over time gulps up memory like there's no tomorrow. And that's just the vanilla version. Wait until you try to use Firefox with plugins. It's even worse. There's also the issue of JavaScript. There's a few website with JavaScript menus that Firefox does not render correctly whereas Opera does not have that same problem. |
| improvelence | Apr 8, 2008 | 2.0.0.13 | 1 out of 5 |
L4zy1 is probably a pansy a** Opera user. Name one other browser that has a ton of useful functionality without plugins? Comon? Just one? What a dumba** comment. |
| L4zy1 | Apr 8, 2008 | 2.0.0.13 | 1 out of 5 |
I hate firefox firefox is crap that takes multiple plugins just to start to become useful |
| roymccoy | Mar 28, 2008 | 2.0.0.13 | 5 out of 5 |
After years of trying out different browser and their features, I've find the ONE! FireFox makes the use of Internet easier and better in every way - no matter you're a geek or a dummy! |
| Canuckistani | Mar 27, 2008 | 2.0.0.13 | 4 out of 5 |
Yes, FF is still a memory hog but the issue is easily addressed by installing more RAM which has the added benefit of making your entire OS, whether it is an NT derivative ot Linux, run faster and more smoothly. RAM is cheap these days so get as much as your motherboard can handle. However, I have never thought of FF as being a "mainstream" browser like IE or Opera and is best suited for geeks like myself who love to tinker. My version of FF looks and behaves like no other version. It is truly MY web browser and unique from all others but how many other people feel comfortable editing .css files and ripping apart .jar archives? Right, almost no one. Opera and IE are very good browsers. Sure they can be compromised and so can FF. Relying on your web browser to be completely secure or more secure than others is a mugs game you are sure to lose. You're on your own out there so it's up to you to browse safely and keep your head up. |
| alanpalmer | Mar 26, 2008 | 2.0.0.13 | 4 out of 5 |
Clumsy and slow when compared to Opera, but much better than IE! |
| aszure | Mar 26, 2008 | 2.0.0.13 | 4 out of 5 |
Been using FF since Firebird. Great browser, but has become somewhat of a memory hog, especially if you have a ton of extensions installed. But worth it if you're tired of IE. |
| jspratjr | Mar 26, 2008 | 2.0.0.13 | 4 out of 5 |
Thought the purpose was to rate the version posted... if not: Opera 19.2 rates a 5 IE42 rates a 5 Firefox 27 rates a 5 ...anyway, 3 for the browser itself (slow), 5 for the add-ons (slower but useful)... |
| ltsnow | Mar 25, 2008 | 2.0.0.13 | 5 out of 5 |
Sturgess is right. Firefox 2 is great, but Firefox 3 (beta 5 now) is amazing. It is so fast you won't believe it. I update it every day and help with the beta testing. Try it, you'll love it. |
| DaComboMan | Mar 25, 2008 | 2.0.0.13 | 5 out of 5 |
Perhaps i should jump into the Opera hype and give a 5 no matter if it works or not. Firefox3b4 Portable Edition is the way to go so you can keep your latest version and run side by side without any major issues. Foxmarks is neat (not on present beta) but Diigo works well with 3Beta4. Temporary alternative. |
| dejavu | Mar 25, 2008 | 2.0.0.13 | 3 out of 5 |
I'm tired! "2.0.0.13" isn't my luck number...jumping to Firefox 3! |
| EarlyMorningHours | Mar 25, 2008 | 2.0.0.13 | 5 out of 5 |
Why am I still using this? Foxmarks among other things. The "other things" I could probably live without, but Foxmarks is nearly mandatory. I've read they have a beta program for a new v3 compatible version of their plugin. I can only hope it sees a general release soon. |
| Adrian79 | Mar 25, 2008 | 2.0.0.13 | 5 out of 5 |
i venture off and always end up coming back to FF. IE8 might cause me to try it, but ff will still be installed. |
| sturgess | Mar 25, 2008 | 2.0.0.13 | 5 out of 5 |
It's worth a 5. But I have been using the latest beta and that would deserve a 6. Why you guys are still using this, when the now far superior 3 is available is beyond me. One more beta of 3 and then it will be the final so you will have to change. Why wait ? Go for it now, you know it makes sense. |
| De Julien | Mar 25, 2008 | 2.0.0.13 | 5 out of 5 |
Same here, I took the plunge to Opera after reading some opera-freak's reactions, but it's not even touching Firefox' knees. |
| siryak | Mar 25, 2008 | 2.0.0.13 | 5 out of 5 |
I have tried all the IE clones, Opera, etc. and I always end up coming back to this browser. Simply the best hands down. Looks to be even better with version 3. |
| horsecharles | Mar 25, 2008 | 2.0.0.13 | 5 out of 5 |
Unfortunately FF has regressed instead of progressing since its heyday...becoming one huge mess of incompatibilities and never-ending bugfixes. That said, all other browsers out there are lacking for one reason or another... it's why i give the new kid Safari for Windows an actual fighting chance. |
| DJHasis | Mar 25, 2008 | 2.0.0.13 | 4 out of 5 |
Mozilla Firefox is a good product, its just sad that this version is alot slower and buggier then the latest beta of Firefox 3 but people shouldn't still complain here about what are the problems and tell them to the dev so they can remove those problems. But if you people think this sucks badly then I suggest trying the latest beta of Firefox 3. Its also as good as this and alot more better too! |
| cannie | Mar 25, 2008 | 2.0.0.13 | 5 out of 5 |
Simply the best. |
| mjm01010101 | Mar 25, 2008 | 2.0.0.13 | 4 out of 5 |
After a day of use I have discovered that I can't login to my bank anymore with this version. I'm using IE temporarily. |
| TC17 | Mar 23, 2008 | 2.0.0.12 | 1 out of 5 |
I used to like Firefox, but they have gone downhill bigtime. Never have I seen such a buggy browser. EVERY day I get a stupid lockup with it. It also takes up a ton of resources, much more than IE. |
| Sephiroth... | Mar 12, 2008 | 2.0.0.12 | 1 out of 5 |
This browser its slow like hell, even I.E. is more fast like this, and no talk about his memory hog. |
| De Julien | Mar 9, 2008 | 2.0.0.12 | 5 out of 5 |
Still the most complete browser by far. Fast and completely configurable, no other comes even close. |
| David_2005 | Mar 6, 2008 | 2.0.0.12 | 1 out of 5 |
this is actually better then the v3 to me but it takes much longer to load up then IE7 and Opera it uses more memory then any other browser out there too, check the facts for yourself |
| Mastertech | Feb 28, 2008 | 2.0.0.12 | 1 out of 5 |
Slow Performance, high memory usage, can crash for no reason - just about everything you thought you knew is wrong. http://www.firefoxmyths.com |
| Chocobito | Feb 24, 2008 | 2.0.0.12 | 1 out of 5 |
Big memory hog, the 3 beta is more fast but more unstable and incompatible |
| FileTracker | Feb 22, 2008 | 2.0.0.12 | 1 out of 5 |
Needs to concentrate even more on performance, CPU usage, memory usage and memory usage. |
| Animal Testing Rocks | Feb 12, 2008 | 2.0.0.12 | 5 out of 5 |
best with both controle de scripts and adblock plus http://easylist.adblockplus.org http://animal-testing-rocks.blogspot.com :) |
| bigspud | Feb 10, 2008 | 2.0.0.12 | 3 out of 5 |
still the slooooowest. still a big memory hog. still the most cofigurable. still the safest. still my favorie. i would use ff3, which is sooo much faster, but most extensions are not compatable. |
| hell0 | Feb 9, 2008 | 2.0.0.12 | 4 out of 5 |
for those looking for a linkpad like add-on for FireFox (with Netscape going out of existence soon) there is a add on called bookStack that does the same things as link pad. http://diehealthy.org/bookstack |
| Prospero424 | Feb 8, 2008 | 2.0.0.12 | 5 out of 5 |
You know, if Opera had the sort of community and web support Firefox enjoys due to its open nature, I would choose it hands down. It really is quick. But quickness isn't everything. No other browser will allow me to do the sorts of things I've become used to doing in Firefox. I wish that weren't the case, but it is. And for people complaining (yet again) about broken plugins due to an update to a BETA build: yes, this happens. It happens every TWO YEARS, and it takes a matter of mere days and weeks for major (and even minor, these days) plugin authors to catch up after a final release. If you have a plugin that hasn't been updated yet, then ask the author nicely to get on the bus and simply use the latest stable version of Firefox until the third parties you are relying upon catch up; no one's forcing you to upgrade to the latest and greatest. Until the final release of Version 3 comes out, this will be my browser of choice. |
| GrantTLC | Feb 8, 2008 | 2.0.0.12 | 3 out of 5 |
The old humvee has now been taken off my system, now that the beta of FF3 is outperforming it. Sadly, though, this means *none* - not one - of the extensions I use in FF2 work in FF3, fairly crippling the browsing experience (What, no mouse gestures?!?). I agree with the commenter below who feels this is becoming unacceptable, that every major release breaks the extensions you've spent months tweaking and fiddling with and you then have to rely on 3rd party authors bothering to update their code for the new platform. Also, FF2 still feels heavy and lethargic in operation compared to Opera's latest. So it gets a 3, now that its successor is stable enough to use for everyday browsing. |
| periklo | Feb 8, 2008 | 2.0.0.12 | 4 out of 5 |
xpose, I agree. Opera has its problems, but once you have been using it for long enough, slowness of FF2 becomes painful. Still, it is irreplaceable for web development. |
| joeshmoe7 | Feb 8, 2008 | 2.0.0.12 | 5 out of 5 |
personally, i've only had a problem once when upgrading, and that was quite a while ago. And it wasn't even from an extension, it was some registry thing. I agree with mjm, ff+ns+ds just rocks. |
| xpose | Feb 8, 2008 | 2.0.0.12 | 4 out of 5 |
Imagine if Firefox didn't have memory leaks and loaded as fast as Opera. (Don't knock it till you try it folks, its remarkable how fast Opera loads) Only then would FF be the ultimate browser. For now, its the best we got. |
| coover | Feb 7, 2008 | 2.0.0.12 | 3 out of 5 |
Memory use continues to be a problem. I realize that my other major complaint will be dismissed by most folks, but allowing outsiders to build the extensions simply causes problems. Every time Mozilla updates this browser, many of those extensions simply will not work until the author or authors of the extension get around to fixing it. It would make more sense to have Mozilla take control of the extensions, only allowing those which will not break when updates are applied. Or, if they do break, fix them when the updates are written, making the fix part of the update. I prefer my ad-ons to be a part of the browser, not attached to it. |
| Blaxima | Feb 7, 2008 | 2.0.0.12 | 3 out of 5 |
Couldn't agree with you more philosopher_dog. FF needs to get a hold of the biggest problem it continues to have build after build, the memory consumption |
| philosopher_dog | Feb 7, 2008 | 2.0.0.12 | 2 out of 5 |
Lots of work to do on this browser to get the memory issue and resource use under control. It's not just extensions that are the issue, and I know about all of the tweaks. We can only hope that v3 will come close to the unjustified hype this browser has been subject to. |
| mjm01010101 | Feb 7, 2008 | 2.0.0.12 | 5 out of 5 |
adblock + noscript + download statusbar = the best possible browsing experience. |
| guitarplayer9999 | Feb 7, 2008 | 2.0.0.12 | 5 out of 5 |
This is the only web browser I will use. I have tryed opera and IE in the past but they are horrible compared to Firefox. |
| Skyfrog | Feb 7, 2008 | 2.0.0.12 | 5 out of 5 |
Firefox definately performs better than any browser I've tried, though Opera is a close second. Even trying to compare it to IE in any way is a sad joke. By the way, the firefoxmyths site is full of false information and FUD. It's run by a Microsoft shill who is well known for quoting out of context information and just plain lying on forums all over the web. Don't believe anything you read there. |
| fv1fv | Jan 14, 2008 | 2.0.0.11 | 5 out of 5 |
Not perfect, but the among the top5 most usable ware I've ever used. Working down thru the prev comments: While FirefoxMyths.com make valid points, some are silly red herrings (see wikipedia), and the site itself purveys some fud. Also, you should notice the author is anti user-control. 10 year old pc's? I usually use a sub-1GHz, 640kB ram WinXP. Yes, FF flakes after i have 50 or so tabs open (with a couple other (smaller) things running, plus Comodo fw v2, Avira antivirus). I've noticed Opera also begins eating ram with lots of tabs open. But Opera seems to start faster. Opera's UI is bizarre, and strange things happen during customizing. Multiple inconsistencies in user-experience. The mail and newsgroups are nice, but way too clutzy to use except when desperate. Toolbar, menu, ini, buttons, js (eg, smir.de/cg/), etc can be found on the net. As w/Greasemonkey, research before using userscripts. Despite (?) Opera's js-orientation, Opera seems very security conscious. Opera's good for a slimmer running or for self-contained usage. BTW, context-click>Site preferences to disable js on per-site basis. IE7 is hopeless. Use Maxthon1.x if you want a usable (tho ugly) UI for IE, and find a good IE settings (friggin mess in tiny tabs gets bigger every year) guide. Reviews of IE7Pro look good, but on XP and Vista Home Premium, FF2 runs better than IE7, so I don't expect to try it w/IE7Pro. Over the years, I've found that few FF extensions are worth reinstalling: Googlebarlite. Pederick's webdev in a profile for that type of work. Xpather is useful. Tabmixplus is nice but huge. I suggest userstyles.org to optimize UI (and webpages). Font size. hmm, to set font size, use that option. It's a bit like the %size preference in Opera. However you can also specify font and other styles in userContent.css. For site-specific styles, wrap styles in curlies with @-moz This should work as example: @-moz-document domain(kb.mozillazine.org){body, * {color:red;}} I don't think moz claims FF's (or SM's) password manager is highly secure. It's a logon convenience for people registered at too many sites. :-) Maybe Opera's Wand security is stronger? (It's a form filler) Else use external password manager? (read betanews reviews :-) ) Blocking? All browsers should run thru Proxomitron and HOSTS. For employment purposes, I sometimes install Adobe's flash plugin in a FF profile. The other plugins are even more useless: pdf in a browser?? Java on the web was a 90's experiment. FF's trunk, branch(es), and release nightlies (and tinderbox and other builds) system is confusing. :-) Use Releases only, to avoid confusion. BTW, desktopteam has the opera 'beta' builds. Google's toolbar went bad after v2 (2004?). Yahoo periodically revises mail and breaks it in new ways. Turn off javascript. You'll lose the checkall function, but everything else will actually work. Best: switch to Fastmail. FF and IE7 have the most complete heirarchy of search tools. Full-option searchbars, searchplugins, quicksearch/keyword, and bookmarklets. Opera's missing the full-option toolbar(s). [this review page needs breaking into multipages, cuz load time is ridiculous.] |
| Nikkie | Jan 8, 2008 | 2.0.0.11 | 5 out of 5 |
Cause a website must mean it's true!! Anyhow, I can't wait for firefox 3. p.s I can't live without my extentions.. |
| Mastertech | Jan 2, 2008 | 2.0.0.11 | 1 out of 5 |
Slower than Internet Explorer, insecure, unstable and copied all it's major features off Opera. Get the facts: http://www.FirefoxMyths.com |
| Sven123456789 | Dec 27, 2007 | 2.0.0.11 | 5 out of 5 |
Still one of the great browsers out there. Have to laugh about the memory thing. I guess those 10 year old pc's do have a problem with good software like this. |
| vincent326 | Dec 8, 2007 | 2.0.0.11 | 3 out of 5 |
2.0.0.11still not good enough, especially when I save pictures and pages, I have to wait a long time before I can do anything! |
| bigspud | Dec 5, 2007 | 2.0.0.11 | 3 out of 5 |
2.0.0.11 is still bloatware. stll gets up over 100megs of memory use. still quite sluggish in startup and browsing. still my favorite browser. still gets a 3/5 rating. |
| Point Zero | Dec 3, 2007 | 2.0.0.11 | 5 out of 5 |
Unlike IE, this browser is close to the ball at fixing bugs, fast, and so configurable. Perfect ! |
| minklein | Dec 1, 2007 | 2.0.0.11 | 3 out of 5 |
philosopher_dog Thanks for the info on nosquint, it works well and makes FF usable at hi res. You are right, FF 2 does not scale the pages correctly when zooming. The Beta News pages run off the edges, especially when viewing all the review posts. |
| mjm01010101 | Nov 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.11 | 5 out of 5 |
I don't understand why people who rate this at 3 or below continually rate this product. I mean, when I use a product, and it's so bad that I rate it a 1-3, I typically stop using it and therefore stop rating it. (Sometimes I give it a chance to improve, like filezilla, in which case it DID improve!) But to waste your time to continually tell us you hate firefox, just doesn't make sense... You aren't going to change anyone's mind. |
| teranova52 | Nov 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.11 | 5 out of 5 |
Thats the stats of my personal web page . Same people like to nag , but the numbers tells the real truth . Browser Stats: 1.Firefox 1.X 0.49 % 2.MSIE 6.X 4.37 % 3.Firefox 2.X 83.50 % 4.MSIE 7.X 11.65 % |
| analphatester | Nov 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.11 | 5 out of 5 |
some plugin crash but i think this not firefox problem. very user frendly but very slowest than opera |
| Blaxima | Nov 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.11 | 3 out of 5 |
This update was for a stupid regression that shouldn't have happened in rendering some images. Those of you who are saying wait till v3 are in for a huge surprise and that huge thing is once again the memory. Boast all you want about the fixes but test it(i have) and then come talk to me. This browser is good when you add great plugins but out of the box its merely a compentent browser that has severe memory issues especially in comparison to Opera which has far more functionality out of the box but can't render at as high a percentage as this browser |
| midnighter_9999 | Nov 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.11 | 5 out of 5 |
@Netean You don't have to download the entire programme. Click on help > check for updates.. It downloads only the patch.. At least that's what it does on my computer.. |
| Golden Falcon | Nov 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.11 | 5 out of 5 |
With FF 3.0 Closing in. These mini updates are coming more frequently... Still best browser ever. Despite the memory leaks and becoming a little bit more bloated. |
| netean | Nov 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.11 | 2 out of 5 |
haven't we just had an update... and now we have to update the whole thing again!!!! Why can't mozilla have patch updates that mean you don't have to redownload the whole program every 10 days when they find a bug. |
| dejavu | Nov 29, 2007 | 2.0.0.10 | 4 out of 5 |
Firefox is my default browser but Mozilla Org. needs to solve the "persistent" memory problem. It's urgent! |
| alexweber15 | Nov 28, 2007 | 2.0.0.10 | 5 out of 5 |
5 stars |
| Vetta | Nov 28, 2007 | 2.0.0.10 | 4 out of 5 |
This version seems to be a real improvement over the previous regarding speed, but the newest Navigator still has an edge there. So far, 2.0.0.10 hasn't gone memory bonkers on me and that seems another improvement over 2.0.0.9. It's getting better, I think. No browser is perfect for everyone. |
| bigspud | Nov 27, 2007 | 2.0.0.10 | 3 out of 5 |
bloatware! 45 megs at startup, over 100 megs after browsing awhile. extensions make ff very custumisable. updated frequently, but they wont fix tthe bloat! still better than internet exploder. |
| Tutsumi | Nov 27, 2007 | 2.0.0.10 | 5 out of 5 |
bigmama - You do realize that IE 7 hasn't had as many upgrades because...they are slower at giving them? Firefox gives out the fixes on a quick pace and has far less problems than IE 7; which I might add doesn't even have proper plugins which you don't pay for. IE 7 is also a system hog, even more so than Firefox. |
| bigmama | Nov 27, 2007 | 2.0.0.10 | 2 out of 5 |
Opera rocks Firefox does the job but it has no functionaliry. With 10 extensions becomes functionable but a system hog too. |
| sturgess | Nov 27, 2007 | 2.0.0.10 | 4 out of 5 |
How many security updates are required to keep this thing safe, I am beginning to worry more about this than I.E.7 which thankfully is my default. Still I'll give it a four as it works, but another security update with-in the next month and I'll drop it for good. |
| preinterpost | Nov 27, 2007 | 2.0.0.10 | 3 out of 5 |
It's a resource hog. Probably due to multi-platform. OK browser but the hype purely originates from people hating Microsoft rather than the quality of the product. On Linux it's of course much more viable. |
| thebig429 | Nov 26, 2007 | 2.0.0.10 | 5 out of 5 |
Excellent |
| Jammerdelray | Nov 26, 2007 | 2.0.0.10 | 5 out of 5 |
Firefox 3.0 is far superior, extremely fast with over 11.000 fixes and over 300 memory leaks fixed and more to come and a ton more improvements. |
| Blaxima | Nov 26, 2007 | 2.0.0.10 | 3 out of 5 |
@The MAZZTer Thanks for the sales speech but have you even tested it? http://www.kejut.com/browsermemory As for this version, The memory usage is not good and it's really the extentions that make it what it is. It does do a good job now of rendering most sites. Extentions aside it's an alright browser |
| The MAZZTer | Nov 26, 2007 | 2.0.0.10 | 5 out of 5 |
doctorsmith: There are over 300 memory leaks fixed in the latest Firefox 3 beta. |
| doctorsmith | Nov 26, 2007 | 2.0.0.10 | 5 out of 5 |
great product, and one day [we hope] they'll fix the memory problems, then it will be an excellent product. @philosopher_dog I run it on 2 Vista boxes without any compatibility problems |
| bufftbone | Nov 26, 2007 | 2.0.0.10 | 5 out of 5 |
Don't hate th player, hate the game! |
| philosopher_dog | Nov 26, 2007 | 2.0.0.10 | 2 out of 5 |
No change log? This browser is way over rated. It's a total resource hog, and we've been waiting some long years for this issue to be addressed. Oh yes it's the "plugins".... Come on! Make this thing better. Vista compatibility sucks the big one too. For the guy that wrote about small fonts try the addon NoSquint. It rocks. You can set zoom settings for every web page and it remembers the settings, although as you know FF is still very bad at zooming proportionally. We're promised this will be solved in V3. I'd be happy if it ran under 100 mbs most of the time. I personally think that this browser is the most over rated piece of junk. But what other options are there? Opera? You can't use addons. IE7? Even worse. We're stuck with this junk for now. |
| minklein | Nov 26, 2007 | 2.0.0.10 | 3 out of 5 |
I used to love FireFox but now: AT&T Yahoo forced a new default web page down our throats. The old Yahoo page gave you the ability to set the font size, the new one is fixed, unchangeable. For me that default is about 6 points. FireFox will not make any adjustment to the page fonts, yes you can zoom in after you start, but this does not remain permanent. I run a 24 inch LCD at 1920x1200, with FireFox the fonts are too small to read comfortably. At least with IE and Opera you can set the defaults and they will remain fixed.In IE just use the largest fonts in the Page settings, and with Opera set the page to read about 120%. So for me I am back to IE, and besides that I miss the mail icon in the tool bar. Gone since 1.5. |
| tannenwheel | Nov 26, 2007 | 2.0.0.10 | 4 out of 5 |
i just wanna add LOL to XUL :p http://img174.imagevenue...01_lolxul_122_162lo.jpg Firefox gets better (or actually my hardware got better, e.g. from Ultra ATA/100 to SATA) but it's still a prick (or Brick, to be fair). You add makeup but there is this smell from the mouth. |
| Perezoso | Nov 26, 2007 | 2.0.0.10 | 1 out of 5 |
No, mjm01010101. The password manager hole is still unpatched in this release. It was originally reported in November 2006 and it made headlines in July 2007. It's still there. Test Firefox 2.0.0.10 yourself. http://www.heise-securit...k/demos/moz/pass1.shtml |
| christoofar | Nov 26, 2007 | 2.0.0.10 | 5 out of 5 |
Solid stable browser, doesn't need Active X, updates/patches for the most part get published quickly. Isn't Internet Exploder. 2 thumbs UP |
| mo_mo | Nov 26, 2007 | 2.0.0.10 | 5 out of 5 |
despite the resource hog and a few securities problem, firefox is still consider the best internet borrower at the moment there isn't a prefect software in this world you know =) but each one of us can help to make a better open-source software |
| Ian C. | Nov 26, 2007 | 2.0.0.10 | 5 out of 5 |
Awesome browser, but I wish I could give it a 10 to counteract the votes from the trolls. |
| Lsavagejt | Nov 26, 2007 | 2.0.0.10 | 5 out of 5 |
I just cannot think of anything I don't like about it, and I'm happy to get the update. I like Firefox. |
| mjm01010101 | Nov 26, 2007 | 2.0.0.10 | 5 out of 5 |
Fast. Resource Light. Great security track record. Password manager hole patched. For this alone Firefox deserves the highest rating available. Perezoso [above] The sample page doesn't work. Perhaps it's noscript doing it's magic? |
| Perezoso | Nov 26, 2007 | 2.0.0.9 | 1 out of 5 |
Slow. Resource hog. Spotty security track record. Password manager hole still unpatched 4 months after it made news. For this alone Firefox deserves the lowest rating available. |
| Sven123456789 | Nov 3, 2007 | 2.0.0.9 | 5 out of 5 |
Interesting sturgess, You gave this a 2 a month ago. than upgraded to 3 when all this was, is a very small security update. So before you start posting bad reviews for the sake of killing the product, maybe try using this for a change. And bye the way, only a select very few members of Microsoft have accessibility to IE 8 as they call it. So that makes you a tech. from Microsoft working on that new browser. So that might explain those bogus, low review marks from you. And to robmanic44, Seamonkey Off the table? Nothing changed with it. Its great also. Nothing has changed with Seamonkey, performance wise, in years. They only make security updates to that browser. Even Netscape, which I have bashed since around version 4.75, has finally produced a fine version in the 9 series. Which is also out. |
| robmanic44 | Nov 2, 2007 | 2.0.0.9 | 3 out of 5 |
Now that seamonkey's off the table I guess this will be my choice. I don't know of any browser that's going to "protect me". |
| HelgeFossmo | Nov 2, 2007 | 2.0.0.9 | 5 out of 5 |
sturgess & GrantTLC: where is this IE8 you speak of? it's funny how you compare this browser with one that is expected to be released in 2009. |
| sturgess | Nov 2, 2007 | 2.0.0.9 | 4 out of 5 |
Sven123456789 More than a security update, you need to read what has been improved. Nice to see you checking my previous postings. I have nothing to do with IE8, if you read my comment I was asking about it, not reporting on it. My default is IE7, used to be Opera for years, but too many problems since 8.54. I like Firefox but it crashes, on reflection I will change my vote to a 4. I do use it on a daily basis, also Opera. Still I must try to be more consistent in my marking, point taken. But at the moment for me IE7 is the best, however a new Opera and a new FireFox are on the way, but then so is a new IE. |
| trynow | Nov 2, 2007 | 2.0.0.9 | 5 out of 5 |
Th?s browser getting better. But I still use IE6 sp2 version. Why not IE7 sp2...it is very complicated. we need a browser which is protects us from everything. You see all in one browser. A browser must be remove all spywares and graywares without installing any software. But virus and firewall must be installed into your pc laptop server etc. And I have to see all removed spywares other in my browser list or quarantine part. We need this type of browser. A browser must connect to its server and update all data where you visited and second time your browser must not go that site why you will say think why... thanks all. firefox it all the web and get best results with it. |
| Point Zero | Nov 2, 2007 | 2.0.0.9 | 5 out of 5 |
It has it's quirks and high mem usage, but it's still lonely at the top. |
| GrantTLC | Nov 2, 2007 | 2.0.0.9 | 3 out of 5 |
In its basic form, Firefox offers very little over IE8. And having to compile a group of extensions to get the functionality you want - e.g. Mouse gestures (almost as fundamental to browsing as Tabs, IMHO)- is often too much hassle for lay users. It is emphatically NOT the fastest broswer out there, suffers from high memory usage, and suffers from nearly as many security issues as IE. Compared to many other browsers out there it can also *feel* clunky. Maybe 3.0 will improve matters. We'll see. |
| Ciolouse | Nov 2, 2007 | 2.0.0.9 | 5 out of 5 |
Waiting for Firefox 3 :p |
| cowgaR | Nov 2, 2007 | 2.0.0.9 | 5 out of 5 |
horsecharles is moron... that says it all ;) ah I forgot...the best =D |
| 0x1a4 | Nov 1, 2007 | 2.0.0.9 | 5 out of 5 |
http://ftp.mozilla.org/p...x%20Setup%202.0.0.9.exe |
| guitarplayer9999 | Nov 1, 2007 | 2.0.0.9 | 5 out of 5 |
The best browser period! Firefox is great and continues to improve. |
| uberfly | Nov 1, 2007 | 2.0.0.9 | 5 out of 5 |
Every app should be this good. Start off basic and add as much functionality your heart desires through addons. Oh so good. Also 5 stars to offset ppl who base their votes on how it's posted at betanews. Der. |
| Pkshadow | Nov 1, 2007 | 2.0.0.9 | 4 out of 5 |
When did Seamonkey get off the table as a new release was 2 days ago? Personally I like/use SeaMonkey. Wondered why my FF would not update so if this is a RC then why is it posted in such a manor to be mistaken for a full release. Docked 1 point for making a posting mistake which should never happen. |
| bufftbone | Nov 1, 2007 | 2.0.0.9 | 5 out of 5 |
fo shiggins bub. |
| Sativarg | Nov 1, 2007 | 2.0.0.9 | 5 out of 5 |
I am an avid Firefox user and I would like to down load this version but the Warning dialog says I am forbidden??? Update: this is not a release it is Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9 RC1 and may still be unstable. Update: K Now it's updated by Itself :^) |
| Paul Skinner | Nov 1, 2007 | 2.0.0.9 | 4 out of 5 |
FFS. Yet another update. Yes, it's a good browser. No, it's not secure. I give it a 4 for being miles better than IE function wise, but being nearly equally as insecure. Opera all the way, I'm afraid. |
| Point Zero | Oct 19, 2007 | 2.0.0.8 | 5 out of 5 |
Still the fastest, most stable, most secure, most extentable browser. Nothing comes close. (No, that lousy Opera neither) |
| infectiphibian | Oct 19, 2007 | 2.0.0.8 | 5 out of 5 |
Greetings from Slovenia http://www.spreadfirefox.com/node/28308 |
| mjm01010101 | Oct 19, 2007 | 2.0.0.8 | 5 out of 5 |
I like the quickness that a FF patch was released. Opera is slipping. It's got a few new vulnerabilities recently, and they are...silent... |
| sturgess | Oct 19, 2007 | 2.0.0.8 | 2 out of 5 |
Reviewer:Sven123456789 To call someone a moron simply because he disagrees with your views is not necessary, and the asinine comments you make that FireFox is the same apart from better security is tripe, much like your post. |
| Sven123456789 | Oct 19, 2007 | 2.0.0.8 | 5 out of 5 |
ROTFLMAO, Good in 2003 and bad now. What are you a moron. Its the same browser with just better security and a few more features and allot more themes and add ons. Dumb post like that proves the mentality of some newb users out there. |
| horsecharles | Oct 19, 2007 | 2.0.0.8 | 1 out of 5 |
Reviewer: raz0r Oct 19, 2007 Version: 2.0.0.8 Nice and fast browser, all my friends are switching to Firefox to!. Rating: 5 ________________________________________________ ROTFLMAO You guys are almost ½ decade behind the times... FF was good in 2003... then Mozilla Foundation ruined things-- folks in the know have been running away from it the last year or two actually. |
| raz0r | Oct 19, 2007 | 2.0.0.8 | 5 out of 5 |
Nice and fast browser, all my friends are switching to Firefox to!. |
| darkripper | Oct 19, 2007 | 2.0.0.8 | 3 out of 5 |
Opera is a faster and better browser |
| zeeZee | Oct 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.8 | 5 out of 5 |
nice update. went over 2.0.0.7, no probs. running these extensions, cookiesafe, toolbar buttons, tab mix plus, enhanced history manager, reliby, my portal, mouse gestures, flashblock, drag de go. every one of these extensions get you spoiled fast. i see alot of posts saying extensions make it slower and eats alot of cpu. i see no difference. especially with flashblock on with 200 tabs open for 3 days without a close. flash eats cpu with idle tabs sitting, but with flashblock on it saves cpu cycles with that many tabs open. i click each tab for flash, my fav extension. opera 9.50 alpha is smokin fast though. netscape 9 is nice. ie7 is decent as long as you "run as administrator" in vista, otherwise flash freezes snags hangs ie7 without administrator mode. firefox 2.0.0.9 RC1 running good. i want fileforum to post RC releases please. softpedia does. i like FileForum better. been coming here for years. this site is great. |
| bufftbone | Oct 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.8 | 5 out of 5 |
Like th song says... Simply The Best! |
| philosopher_dog | Oct 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.8 | 3 out of 5 |
What version number is this? Is it Firefox 2.0.0.8 RC2? Seems puzzling that this version is posted as what appears to be 2.0.0.8 final release. Also, a change log would be handy to have. I'm using FF as my main browser. Looking forward to any updates that would make it less of a resource hog. |
| SteveJohnSteele | Oct 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.8 | 5 out of 5 |
Firefox + NoScript + CookieSafe + AdBlock Plus :-) |
| tafugate | Oct 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.8 | 5 out of 5 |
outstanding browser. i run bon echo with tab mix plus and zonealarm's forcefield. however, opera remains my primary browser because of its speed. but i do fire up ff to check my flickr photos. |
| Ian C. | Oct 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.8 | 5 out of 5 |
Great browser!!! The best as far as I'm concerned. As far as Netscape, if I wanted a browser that came default with every feature known to man, I'd use Opera, not Netscape. |
| thebig429 | Oct 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.8 | 5 out of 5 |
Excellent as usual! If people are having it crash turn off extensions! |
| jlschwab | Oct 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.8 | 5 out of 5 |
netscape sucks, firefox is the best, done. |
| hurzx | Oct 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.8 | 1 out of 5 |
still crashing. I'm becoming tired of that browser. |
| zeeZee | Oct 6, 2007 | 2.0.0.7 | 1 out of 5 |
netscape 9 release candidate 1 has a checkmark to NOT allow 3rd party cookies. firefox does have this option. netscape takes all the best firefox offers and uses it. it is in their licensing agreement. LINKPAD is awesome!!. firefox does NOT have this either. netscape option are way better. netscape is better than firefox. people need to try it and realize this. it is part of aol. thats ok. aol is awesome if you ask me. they helped pioneer the web anyway through the 90's. there is no AOL branded stuff in the browser. |
| wdc | Oct 5, 2007 | 2.0.0.7 | 1 out of 5 |
crashes and more crashes, stick with 2.006 until 2.008. |
| speedwaystar | Oct 5, 2007 | 2.0.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
I can quite categorically assure you that Firefox 2.0.0.7 does *not* include either Google Desktop or Google Search Bar. *rolls eyes* |
| sirhardi | Sep 21, 2007 | 2.0.0.7 | 2 out of 5 |
Dwapite my liking for Firefox, the latest installer has the googlebar AND Google Desktop hidden as install, as detected by Kaspersky. I do not appreciate hidden installs.shame on you ! |
| DoHickey | Sep 21, 2007 | 2.0.0.7 | 1 out of 5 |
is more like it. No way will I keep this browser on my machine. I have a list of things that twist my knickers about FireFox. I won't list them because I have so many bad things to say. |
| bigmama | Sep 20, 2007 | 2.0.0.7 | 1 out of 5 |
I don't like it. I like opera because I can customize everything I want Usability, functionality and speed in opera is miles ahead Also the plugin system in ff sucks. About 5 plugins and you've got only crashes :-( (and the memory consumption is high) Firefox is a very good browser. However developers must think about the future. Users don't want only a safe browser... |
| wat0114 | Sep 19, 2007 | 2.0.0.7 | 4 out of 5 |
If it didn't crash so often especially with intensive flash content, I would rate it a 5. That said, I love this browser. It has recently bumped Opera to the #2 spot in my rankings :) |
| GrantTLC | Sep 19, 2007 | 2.0.0.7 | 4 out of 5 |
Ach - that's what I get for posting first thing in the morning! This ain't Gran Paradiso, is it? *embarassed* |
| uberfly | Sep 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
Of course firefox is a 5. It's a great example of open source done right. For me it is 100% reliable and you just can't beat its extendability. As for speed, it comes in last, but you give some and take some. Point Zero - thanks for the laugh. Your post came off as pretty nasally nerd-elitish. How you look down at all us hayseeds from your mighty comp desk throne. |
| coover | Sep 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
Point Zero wrote ... "... IE still is the browser for the braindeads. Opera stays the browser for trying once and then uninstalling. Firefox stays the browser for the hardcore browser who like speed & configurability." I guess I'm one of those braindead folks who like and use IE7. It's not because I haven't tried using Firefox. I have. And it's not because I'm a slave to anything MS. I'm not. It's just that I prefer the way IE7 looks on my computer and the way it can be configured. As far as speed, I find IE7 at least as fast as Firefox, and I find Firefox and IE7 both faster than Opera. But the thing that bothers me most about Firefox is (believe it or not) the extensions that must be used for configuration. A lot of you are saying "extensions? That is what I like about Firefox". But darn it, whenever Firefox is updated, half of those extensions break and have to be reinstalled. I'd rather have whatever features I want in the browser to actually be a part of the browser. It doesn't work that way with Firefox. "Security" you say!"Firefox is more secure than IE7." No, no, no. Firefox is not much safer than IE6. All but the Firefox Fanboy Security Pros will tell you it is true. Most Pros will tell you that IE7 is no less safe than Firefox. Both browsers have problems. In some cases, they have the same problems. In other cases, the problems are different, but neither is 100% safe. Firefox is in no way safer at this time than IE7. Firefox is a great browser and I have rated it a 5. IE7 is a great browser and I would also rate it a 5. If, however, I had to rate it on my preferences, IE7 would rate a 5 and Firefox about a 4.6. But most of you probably like working with extensions. For you, Firefox is a pure 5 and I'm happy you have it and I'm happy you use it. |
| Point Zero | Sep 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
*sarcasm* Yeah sure ! What a speed increase ! ... especially for an Apple Quicktime vulnerability is all that got changed ! *sarcasm off* Anyway, IE still is the browser for the braindeads. Opera stays the browser for trying once and then uninstalling. Firefox stays the browser for the hardcore browser who like speed & configurability. |
| some guy | Sep 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.7 | 3 out of 5 |
nice speed increase, but becomes screwed up while watching stage 6 divx |
| CharlieGimbert | Sep 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.7 | 4 out of 5 |
Paul Skinner & pjb, it is BETA "During the run up to Firefox 2, we released beta builds and release candidates for wide testing and feedback as part of a community beta program. Anyone who downloaded and installed these pre-release versions of Firefox became part of this beta program and was automatically updated to the Firefox 2 final release. To ensure continued improvement in the quality of Firefox 2, we are now applying the same program to our security and stability release process for Firefox 2. Starting within the next 24 hours, everyone who participated in the beta process will be offered a pre-release version of the next security and stability update. If you are participating in this program, thanks for your continued help. Please report any problems or issues at our community feedback web site at http://feedback.mozilla.org or through the mozilla.feedback.firefox.prerelease newsgroup. The final release of Firefox 2.0.0.7 will take place shortly after we complete wide testing through this program. All press inquiries should be directed to press@mozilla.com. To exclude yourself from the beta program, simply download and install the latest stable production release of Firefox from http://getfirefox.com. In the near future, we will be accepting additional people into this community beta program. More information on how to join will be posted soon to http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/."; |
| nms04 | Sep 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.7 | 4 out of 5 |
@mjm01010101 opera has an ad-block feature!! http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/ simply choose an opera block list, and copy everything to urlfilter.ini |
| pjb | Sep 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
@ElectricEye: It usually takes 12-24 hours for their website to update. The download here is probably Eng-US. I would anticipate a check on their site in the morning will show the .7 versions for all country's. @mjm01010101: You could always try Admuncher. I like both FF & Opera, and Admuncher works really well with both of these browsers. Edit: 19th Sept. As anticipated version 2.0.0.7 is now listed on their site. @CharlieGimbert Not sure where you get your info from, it is not a beta. |
| Paul Skinner | Sep 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.7 | 4 out of 5 |
@ElectricEye: It's been released to their 'Final build' FTP server area. They do that so all the geeks can download it first, then the general public tomorrow. It slightly lessens the server blow than if everyone downloaded it at once. In other news: Opera is better. |
| ElectricEye | Sep 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
I LOVE Firefox but how come it's still "English 2.0.0.6" on offical webpage? Is this beta? ok Paul Skinner, got it. By the way, Opera is not better ; ) and pjb, as i said it's "ENGLISH 2.0.0.6" |
| mo_mo | Sep 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
IE is good but Firefox is better =) Firefox forever LOL |
| JeRrYFaR | Sep 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.7 | 4 out of 5 |
Personally I'm a FF fanboy as everyone would put it. I don't think IE *sucks* per se', but I like the freedom of extensions you get with Firefox. Several extensions I use help me daily. I just hope this version kills the issue with multiple tabs not responding for a couple of minutes. File>WorkOffline, File>WorkOffline again fixes it. We shall see. |
| Infidelus | Sep 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.7 | 4 out of 5 |
However, forget Internet Explorer. Its crap and it sucks. That is your opinion, and nothing more. Internet Explorer does NOT suck as you so succintly put it, and I wish people would stop saying Firfox rocks and IE sucks. I personally don't like Firefox. Not because it *sucks*, nor because it's utterly overhyped. It doesn't float my boat and from the tests I've done with it, it's slower than IE. Sure, it has a few nice points. A few of the extensions mentioned make it nicer for browsing (like Adblock), but I can get the same with IE7Pro. For those of you that love it, great. Just don't keep slamming a bit of software just because it doesn't have a million different (and largely pointless) extensions, and because it's made by Microsoft. |
| mjm01010101 | Sep 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.7 | 4 out of 5 |
This is the browser I use and trust. And all because of one (quite controversial) add-on:adblock. Without ad-block I'd be on Opera in a heartbeat. I find that functionality and capability lacking in Opera. The biggest gripe I have with FF is when you are loading a page within tab, access to other tabs isn't possible, or is very slow and cumbersome. Not as much a problem on most modern hardware, but on some of our older laptops it's quite painful... we're talking 5-10 second delays... Still has issues with multiple entries in add/remove programs. Has trouble with some java applets. Either Mozilla or Sun needs to fix this, I knock them both down because it's been ongoing for like 4 years now. nms04 (above) after about 15 minutes of fiddling, I still see ads on cnn.com, and many other sites. adblock not only removes the ads, it removes the space where the ad would be, so you can actually see more of the web page. Adblock I import a text file (which contains far more than ad servers, it includes graphic images I no longer want to see, like logos, banners, and silly icons that annoy me on my favorite pages. Keep at it, opera devs and users. You have a great browser. |
| Mystiqq | Sep 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
Fact is, Firefox isnt for everyone. Most people do not understand what extensions are or even how to use them. Lot of people dont even care. If you know your way around computers and want more from browser then Firefox is it. Firefox IS more secure if you know what you are doing and use extensions. e.g. PasswordMaker and NoScript, both which inevitably makes your browsing, when used correctly, more secure. For computer illiterate people, id suggest something else. Opera perhaps or some other free alternative. However, forget Internet Explorer. Its crap and it sucks. |
| devinnnn | Sep 6, 2007 | 2.0.0.6 | 5 out of 5 |
firefoxmyths = mostly disinformation Had ie not been integrated into the OS, which in itself was unwise, a fair comparison of speed and resource use could be made. Security? Microsoft XP Home creates all user accounts with admin rights. That's a security nightmare waiting to happen. IE is an open portal to evil. While firefox run by that user also runs in an admin context it takes another level of user folly to allow evil invasion. [vista will just annoy users in disabling the "protection features" to run with the most privileges with least annoyance... and back to square one] By design (and deployment) IE has ALWAYS been more insecure than firefox. ** HOWEVER, there's been an INTOLERABLE s*** in extension (add-on) development. There are EvilWare add-ons available from addons.mozilla.org: those that surreptitiously generate profit for the developer, data mining, user tracking, adware, click-through models, and worse. Have the moderators gone mad? What happened to the open source utopia? Giving for the greater good of others? If your add-ons are awesome people will donate voluntarily. |
| ShiftedBlue | Aug 5, 2007 | 2.0.0.6 | 5 out of 5 |
The Firefox backlash here is so viscous it's hard to even comprehend. Look, it's just a free browser that works, and works amazingly well. It's not trying to hurt you, it doesn't even know you. I've run every major browser ever released, and I keep coming back to Firefox. It's fast, easy to use, secure, stable, and extensible. I keep Avant and Opera around for when I need them, but 99% of the time, Firefox gets the job done. |
| Mastertech | Aug 1, 2007 | 2.0.0.6 | 1 out of 5 |
Does Mozilla make millions off end user searches? Is IE faster than Firefox? Is IE more secure than Firefox? Is Firefox not standards compliant? Does Firefox have unpatched vulnerabilities from 2004? Do over 90 Firefox extensions collect data and uniquely identifying users without notifying them? Read the truth: http://www.FirefoxMyths.com |
| bodean | Jul 31, 2007 | 2.0.0.6 | 2 out of 5 |
A lot of broken things in this version. Go look on their website's forums. For one, pluggins won't download. Get some download error when trying to download pluggins. Definitely a step BACKWARDS for firefox. I have tried to install two or three add-ons from the Firefox site including the new e-Bay live update. They download OK but when I try to install them I get error code -288. |
| christ999 | Jul 31, 2007 | 2.0.0.6 | 3 out of 5 |
no functionality opera is better. |
| philosopher_dog | Jul 31, 2007 | 2.0.0.6 | 1 out of 5 |
It's my main browser, but I'm still having resource issues. I've seen this browser use over 500 mbs on my setup, with some tabs open! I've tried most of the tweaks and tips that are around, but it's still using too many resources. I've compared my addons to the list of problematic ones given by mozilla and uninstalled ones I don't urgently need. I'd love to know how to get this browser running properly because other than this issue I love it. |
| Sven123456789 | Jul 31, 2007 | 2.0.0.6 | 5 out of 5 |
2.0.0.6 is running fine on my pc. I mostly use Seamonkey, but have firefox also with about a dozen extensions. Not sure why people are having probs with this. My pc only has 512 mg of ram. If i had to guess, it has to be some of the add on's people are using. If your having problems i would recommend totally removing firefox. And not just by removing it from control panel. Go to progam files and delete the folder for mozilla firefox. Than go to document and settings in your c drive and find the folder there and delete it. And install the latest firefox without any add on/extensions. If it still doesn't work well, than maybe check firewall and security settings on your pc. If it still doesn't work. Well go and use another browser. |
| RaGhul | Jul 31, 2007 | 2.0.0.6 | 3 out of 5 |
STUCK I remember when this puppy ran out of the starting gate with v1.0, and then with v1.5: It was sleek, slim, TONS faster than IE6, with useful features that many of us were just beginning to catch on to. I remember thinking to myself why hasn't everyone else caught on to that. And when Firefox slowly gained market share, I patted myself on the back for being an early adopter. Then came v2.0 Since then, it has become a horrible resource hog. Many Firefox pundits have pointed out that most users nowadays should have PLENTY of memory installed to support it, but I've used it on PC's with 3gigs of RAM, and it still sticks. Other reviewers have mentioned that it feels "clunky". Strange, I know, but I can't think of a better word to describe it. CLUNKY. Also, I'd like to reply to Firefox supporters who say things like, "All you have to do is go into the *--* settings," or "Enter *--* value," etc... I have tried all of these. Firefox still drags. And even if these settings had worked, that's something that shouldn't be required of you. How much configuration does an application need? I've been hearing this one particular phrase tossed about alot lately... "It just works." I think this should be the aim of ALL software developers: that it works right the first time, every time. It may seem like I'm slamming Mozilla, but I've been a faithful Firefox user for over 2 years now. I love the extensions, search options, and RSS feeds. No other browser handles these things as well as Firefox. I'm just disappointed. I'm so addicted to these features that when my Firefox stalls, sticks, or freezes entirely, I'm forced to grin and bear it. But not everyone is willing to sacrifice as much for their "toys". And if this keeps up, I too may just move on. |
| Aires | Jul 31, 2007 | 2.0.0.6 | 4 out of 5 |
In response to those who complain about the memory use - it will the particular plugin(s) that are to blame for that and not Firefox itself. There are known problems beetween certain plugins and Firefox - do some research folks. Critical bug in Firefox 2.0.0.6: Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2007-27 - Unescaped URIs passed to external programs Solution to this: Enter about:config in the location bar Enter warn-external in the Filter: box Double-click to set the mailto, news, nntp, and snews lines and set to True |
| davidtb | Jul 31, 2007 | 2.0.0.6 | 4 out of 5 |
It's a final, so instead of fussin' around you could goto: help check for update done! db. |
| DoHickey | Jul 31, 2007 | 2.0.0.6 | 1 out of 5 |
It crawls on my 2.40 Ghz processor, I can imagine what it's like on a Pentium 233 system. Plus I don't like having to use Sun Java & install extensions. It reminds me too much of Netscape. I don't like it at all. I prefer Maxthon 2 and streamlining the look of it to what I want to see. Nope, don't like it. It's more like FireDog than a FireFox. |
| Vantorax | Jul 31, 2007 | 2.0.0.6 | 5 out of 5 |
lol! That so-called browsercheck page revealing a security flaw in FF isn't even working for FF 2.0.0.5. |
| Perezoso | Jul 31, 2007 | 2.0.0.6 | 3 out of 5 |
Slow. Resource hog. Spotty security track record. Password manager hole still unpatched. http://www.heise-securit...k/demos/moz/pass1.shtml It has very nice extensions though. ---- This is a screenshot for the fanboy who can't follow instructions in plain English. http://img227.imageshack...27/4171/vantoraxuv7.png That's FF 2.0.0.6 giving away the password [Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; es-AR; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6] |
| Alex Stevens | Jul 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.6 | 5 out of 5 |
It IS final, it's in their ftp releases folder. It takes them a while to update their main page but that does not mean it's not final. http://releases.mozilla....irefox/releases/2.0.0.6/ |
| DakotaSunRunner | Jul 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.6 | 4 out of 5 |
I like firefox but I have recently turned over to Netscape of which I can use most firefox extensions work with netscape. I find for myself at least that netscape is better and faster and it has not crashed once on me like firefox has. To each their own I guess. However, I shall give it a 4 as it is a very good product. |
| DrTeeth | Jul 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.6 | 3 out of 5 |
FF is not as fast as its cracked up to be, certainly no faster the IE in any test. I do use it because of the extensions and the fact that the cursor focus follows from display frame to bookmarks automatically (without clicking). |
| Jammerdelray | Jul 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.6 | 4 out of 5 |
Excellent browser that is fully customizable with extensions and themes and blazing fast. Cons: crashes every now and then, popup blocker inneffective. Firefox 3.0 when it is released is going to fix all this. |
| waynebike | Jul 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.6 | 5 out of 5 |
http://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox:2.0.0.6 This is still a beta, not quite final yet. Getfirefox.com still displays 2.0.0.5 as well. |
| mjm01010101 | Jul 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.6 | 5 out of 5 |
After install it claims this is a beta version? confirmation? |
| keisan12 | Jul 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.5 | 3 out of 5 |
i like its clean interface,but there are no useful feature builted in.so i dl extension,it is useful,but what extensions bring me was memory hog and messy UI(not the way i want). Fast rendering but not the fastest. For sure it is not the most secure browser. In fact,this is an oustanding internet browser. |
| mozillafirefox | Jul 24, 2007 | 2.0.0.5 | 4 out of 5 |
support!!you can download firefox at its own homepage |
| robmanic44 | Jul 19, 2007 | 2.0.0.5 | 2 out of 5 |
This browser is crippled. Mozilla needs to get the 3 beta out soon. I don't know why anyone would want this on their system. |
| lasthouse | Jul 19, 2007 | 2.0.0.5 | 3 out of 5 |
"- memory usage can be reduced, it simply caches pages for fast access and does not integrate in OS using libraries the os loads when u sitch on your pc (as ie does)" I'm tired of seeing that canard repeated. Opera has a similar feature, yet Opera does it 1000 times better and isn't a bloated memory hog. That's because the Opera devs know how to code efficiently and the Firefox devs do not. Having said that...like many I use Firefox as my main browser because of Adblock Plus and NoScript. If Opera ever implements a user friendly ad blocker and a domain specific script blocker like NoScript then there would be no need to put up with this bloated mess called Firefox. Wishful thinking I know but one can always hope. |
| anonymouscowturd | Jul 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.5 | 3 out of 5 |
This release is buggered. All Winzip executable files are being downloaded corrupted. Anyone else with the same problem? |
| mjm01010101 | Jul 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.5 | 5 out of 5 |
I like Mozilla's 5 days response to the bugs, consistent quality releases since version 1.5x |
| Jordanr05 | Jul 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.5 | 5 out of 5 |
In REAL-world surfing, this is the fastest browser out there. Pages render quickly, the auto-update feature is extremely efficient, and I love the extensions. Kudos to Adblock and Noscript! Good to see the recent security exploits patched in version 2.0.0.5. |
| midfingr | Jul 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.5 | 5 out of 5 |
Simply the best and getting better with each release. No other browser that I know of is so easily customizable. The about-config (not a typo) command within the Firefox offers so many tweaks and workarounds, it's worth it's weight in gold. You can use this in combination with SandBoxIE, NoScript, and AdBlock, and feel fairly confident surfing the web and it's available on multiple platforms. |
| ballyhairs | Jul 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.5 | 5 out of 5 |
I love it, if I use any other browser I get pain in my tummy! |
| midnighter_9999 | Jul 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.5 | 5 out of 5 |
I'm having trouble to access my Yahoo mail through Firefox and other browsers. Says cookie rejected. Anyone knows how to fix it?? |
| Dreimanis | Jul 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.5 | 4 out of 5 |
my default browser. slow and a memory hog but otherwisse great. |
| Cionno | Jul 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.5 | 5 out of 5 |
@ Blaxima - memory usage can be reduced, it simply caches pages for fast access and does not integrate in OS using libraries the os loads when u sitch on your pc (as ie does) - clunky feel did you ever try to use a theme like ifox graphite? - yes it doesn't render 100% of the pages but 100% of browsers can't do that, this is because the most o internet sites are "optimized" for ie, I used to be a webmaster and you don't know how many code is necessary to fix the rendering of pages ... about rendering errors to be fixed: ie 90% FF 10% - loads slower? strange i've never noticed and used opera ie6 ie7 ff safari on a T1 connection |
| Skizelli | Jul 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.5 | 5 out of 5 |
Despite its flaws, it's still updated way more often than IE. And if you look closely on that page Blaxima kindly linked us to, you'll see this: "Most Critical Unpatched The most severe unpatched Secunia advisory affecting Mozilla Firefox 2.0.x, with all vendor patches applied, is rated Less critical" I do agree that it still uses too much memory. Clunky? No. Renders pages just fine; just not pages that a moron designed specifically for IE, which doesn't follow the standard anyway. Loads pages fast enough. No scrolling issues here. Still my browser of choice. Opera is a close second. |
| siryak | Jul 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.5 | 5 out of 5 |
Beats any browser out there hands down in both speed and features. This is by far the BEST browser. |
| Blaxima | Jul 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.5 | 2 out of 5 |
AlanS2001, I think YOU need to get YOUR facts straight. http://secunia.com/product/12434/?task=statistics Add to that the criticle flaw with the url that they originally blamed on IE7 Still uses too much memory. Has a cluncky feel Does not render 100% of pages Loads pages slower than the competition Has scrolling issues |
| Haaglander | Jul 18, 2007 | 2.0.0.5 | 5 out of 5 |
Great programm. |
| bh22kk | Jul 3, 2007 | 2.0.0.4 | 1 out of 5 |
2.0.0.4 stinks. I lose the scrollbars unless the window is microscopic. Can't see the information telling me what its doing at the bottom (no status bar). Tabs are not moveable (e.g. I prefer them at the bottom of the screen). No thanks, I'd like to go back to the previous version, please. |
| MetalHellsAngel | Jun 28, 2007 | 2.0.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
Out of all the browser's I have tried Firefox stands alone on top. The fact that It's skinable, can be customized with extensions, and is open source (so it will continue to be developed), makes it a great browser to use. I used maxthon prior to this, and it has nothing on firefox. If your looking for a way to customize your browsing experience look no futher firefox is for you! |
| xproject51 | Jun 26, 2007 | 2.0.0.4 | 1 out of 5 |
Still no smooth scrolling? No thanks. I feel like I'm using notepad when scrolling webpage in firefox. Too ugly. Any BTW, if there are no vulnerabilities in firefox, I guess we don't need to update it anymore. |
| AlanS2001 | Jun 2, 2007 | 2.0.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
Mastertech, there are no listed vulnerabilities for Firefox 2.0.0.4. Get your facts straight. http://www.cve.mitre.org...keyword=Firefox+2.0.0.4 |
| Mastertech | Jun 1, 2007 | 2.0.0.4 | 1 out of 5 |
Firefox is Secure = Myth CVE lists 266 vulnerabilities: http://www.cve.mitre.org...key.cgi?keyword=firefox Over 90 extensions have been found to collect data and uniquely identifying users without notifying them: http://forums.mozillazin.../viewtopic.php?t=500994 "Hackers can drop malicious code into systems running Mozilla's Firefox when the browser is armed with any of several high-profile add-ons, including Google Toolbar and Yahoo Toolbar." http://www.digitalartson...s/index.cfm?NewsID=8005 Get the Facts: http://www.FirefoxMyths.com @Alan The reason Mozilla $Corporation$ has to keep releasing updates is to try and patch all these vulnerabilities that keep showing up! They still have not patched many: http://secunia.com/product/12434/?task=advisories The CVE link shows Firefox's POOR security history. |
| osric | May 31, 2007 | 2.0.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
For those of you who didn't know: Firefox is a "Web Browser" Its not an all-in-one "Browser + Mail Client + Torrent Downloader + Dishwasher + BlahBlahBlah" Opera is a very good all-in-one, but I don't like the fact that it is closed source. What will happen to the project once a few of the top developers quit? Make the project Open-Source and you will see it get a lot more popular. |
| keisan12 | May 31, 2007 | 2.0.0.4 | 3 out of 5 |
Agree with bigmama,i cant use firefox without some extension installed.And yet there are a thread claims that"Popular add-ons to Firefox are the latest criminal attack vector" on cnet lately. http://www.download.com/...723824-12.html?tag=head There has been some discussion today regarding what to do with the Firefox bloat, sparked by a Wired article. Mike Schroepfer, Mozilla’s VP of Engineering, says “Other software, add-ons, extensions and other things can impact performance.” Since extensions are written and developed by 3rd parties and not maintained by Mozilla, there are no guarantees that they won’t contain any memory leaks or have a negative impact on the browser’s performance. .................. overall, ff is safe, gecko is a good engine, and generally does the job. So i give ff a rating of 3 stars as it is (not with plugins and extentions) |
| Metshrine | May 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.4 | 4 out of 5 |
12 security fixes in a single release, its funny, last time I updated IE I had 2 fixes and one of them was not a security fix. Guess firefox can no longer claim its more secure than IE because that truth has come to light. Still a good browser thou, although a bit bland out of the box which is why I give it a 4. I rate it on how it performs on a default install, not how it CAN run with extensions. If I wanted to rate extensions, I would do so. |
| voltaire | May 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
Yes it does work with Vista. I have been running Firefox on Vista since beta 2 and never had problem with it. In my experience it is not the core browser itself that is usually the problem it is the extensions that people load into Firefox that cause the problems. |
| Adrian79 | May 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.4 | 4 out of 5 |
does this work on vista? just want to make sure it didnt b4 |
| Ian C. | May 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
In reply to bigmama: IMHO Firefox is better. Opera comes with too many extensions to be usable. Opera gives me more garbage by default, without the need of downloading widgets extentions etc., than I know what to do with. So my choice is Firefox. ----------- Firefox is good because it is the least bloated of the main stream browsers. ----------- However Opera is safe, has a decent engine, and generally does the job. So i give Opera a rating of 3 stars as it is (with all the bloat.) |
| doctorsmith | May 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
always an excellent product. not an RC, it's on the releases page at the Moz site http://releases.mozilla....ses/2.0.0.4/win32/en-US/ |
| chocolim | May 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
Firefox give you the oportunity to chose what features you want, so is not true that it need a lot of extension to became a BROWSER. It's a browser it need a lot of extensions if you want a toy. It make a very good job as browser and even a better job if you play with it and adds a lots of extensions to it. |
| Paradise-FH- | May 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.4 | 4 out of 5 |
This appears to be an RC ... not the final. It launches this on first start: http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0.0.4rc/whatsnew/ |
| alexweber15 | May 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
anyone have a changelog? |
| bigmama | May 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.4 | 3 out of 5 |
IMHO opera is better firefox needs a lot of extensions to be usable opera gives me the same things and more by default without the need of downloading widgets extentions etc. (ad blocker, trash bin, side panel, copy to note, paste & go, session manager, good and quick rss feed display, create searchbox, wand passwords, mail and chat accounts, torrent downloader and much more exist in opera with the default installation) So my choice is opera. ----------- firefox is good but needs a lot of features or plugins and customization to become a BROWSER. ----------- however ff is safe, gecko is a good engine, and generally does the job. So i give ff a rating of 3 stars as it is (not with plugins and extentions) |
| gnovak1 | May 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
After an install I had a problem.I had four icons of FF on my desktop and I couldn't delete it (unrecognisible file format).In the end I managed to solve this unusual problem.Otherwise it works flawlessly. One question.After an install you're connected (when you open FF) to their official web site and according to them this is still Beta version (RC 3).Is this 'cause a company still didn't make an official presentation (press conference)? |
| Jegar48 | May 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
I see MasterTech is still trying to get people linked to outdated, BS websites. Please don't feed the troll by responding to him. For my money this is the best, most customizable browser out. Did it occur to those of you who are claiming that it is a "release candidate" that the final release candidate (RC3) needed no changes after testing and was released as the final? |
| Sven123456789 | May 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
Bloated at 5 megs? Try the 7 series of netscape at 24 megs with all the aol crap. Plus, i hate people who hate larger software downloads. What are they running, a pc 6300... I want every friggen feature avail. I know theres a ton of Firefox extensions out there, but i would download a 70 meg version of Firefox if it included the top 50 extensions or more. So give me the darn bloat any day of the week...The other complaint i always read (oh the software uses to much memorie). Really, guess that 1 meg of ram on there pc's can be a problem. |
| Mystiqq | May 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
Bloated? Exactly what do you consider "bloat"? Havent found any "useful" extensions? Seriously, have you even tried? Heres a small list you should consider. Add bookmark here, All-in-One Sidebar, Bookmark Backup, Fasterfox, Firefox Showcase, Flashblock, Greasemonkey, IE Tab, MediaPlayerConnectivity, NoScript, PasswordMaker, PDF Download, Sage, Scrapbook, Tab Mix Plus, Translate... PasswordMaker, among few others, are simply a must have. Since ive learned to use it, ive never had to worry about passwords. Each password is unique and you dont have to remember any of them. Bookmark Backup name is bit misleading. You can backup anything and im currently using to backup my Tab Mix Plus session (.rdf) data etc. Ive got also tons of web development extensions, but im not going to list them here. Firefox in the right hands is simply unmatched. Extensions allow so much and best is that extensions are written in a way that allows anyone to modify them. However, "pc newbies" might not like this at all, so other options might suit them better. |
| l3rutalSilence | May 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
Nikkie, I realize that but and I like Opera but it's just way too bloated for my taste. |
| ModderXManiac | May 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.4 | 4 out of 5 |
Mastertech, stop trying to make money by sending people to your conspiracy sites. It's not the most secure browser ever, but it beats the hell out of IE7. I wish they'd fix the memory leaks and lag that occurs with certain plugins, but extensions make this more than worthy, even over Opera. |
| siryak | May 30, 2007 | 2.0.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
Best and easily the fastest browser out there. Also to the people saying it is not more secure then IE tell that to my classmates on Myspace that got hacked while I didn't. Guess who was using FF. Me |
| kyleabaker | May 13, 2007 | 2.0.0.3 | 1 out of 5 |
Too heavy and bloated in my opinion. The extensions are a nice feature, but I haven't found any that I would actually consider useful for me. Load times are also slow. I prefer Opera. It's lite, faster and super lean. Plus it already has many useful features available out of the box while other browser require you to install add-ons. Opera is my browser of choice by far. |
| Nikkie | Mar 31, 2007 | 2.0.0.3 | 4 out of 5 |
Actually those arn't myths.Do you believe everything you read? From experience, I've fixed more pc's that got messed up while the user had ie as their default browser.Spyware and lots of other nasty things got into the pc etc. Opera is actually better than firefox in this department... and no, not every user or the average user has a proxy.. |
| Mastertech | Mar 27, 2007 | 2.0.0.3 | 1 out of 5 |
Firefox is secure = Myth Firefox is more secure than IE7 = Myth Firefox is faster than IE7 = Myth Firefox is Standards Compliant = Myth Firefox is not for profit = Myth + many more... Get the facts: http://www.FirefoxMyths.com |
| Jegar48 | Mar 26, 2007 | 2.0.0.3 | 5 out of 5 |
Deleted, wrong review |
| midnighter_9999 | Mar 22, 2007 | 2.0.0.3 | 5 out of 5 |
hey...my pop-ups (not the ads') dont appear properly...kind of deformed!! need help |
| BOTOX | Mar 22, 2007 | 2.0.0.3 | 3 out of 5 |
Mastertech, dont start again. so I just repeat myself: That pretentious website you refer to: http://www.FirefoxMyths.com is what I just called it. It tries to establish myths by pointing to comments on www.spreadfirefox.com which are made by dumb monkeys like you. Dont be so ignorant, that website tries to bring down Firefox largely on the basis of unknown comments made by unknown people. Some crazy comments does not make a myth. Jeez, I even mailed th person behind that, but he is as ignorant as you. Definitely biased, both of you. Anyways, 3 points for Firefox because I've had some stability issues lately. Dont really care if that is user related or not, it just happens. Opera is a nice alternative. I've made the switch and am fairly happy with it, although the adblocker from the Firefox plugin performs better than the buildin version of Opera. |
| blidstone | Mar 21, 2007 | 2.0.0.3 | 4 out of 5 |
"On Windows Vista, IE7 is much better and safer than Firefox". Based on what? I'm NOT criticising, I'd like qualification because I'm still thinking about moving to Vista. |
| caronn | Mar 21, 2007 | 2.0.0.3 | 1 out of 5 |
On Windows Vista, IE7 is much better and safer than Firefox |
| osric | Mar 21, 2007 | 2.0.0.3 | 5 out of 5 |
Why do you guys keep arguing about which browser is better? FF and Opera are designed around two completely different strategies. FF is an open source software. The Open Source Software Philosophy is centered around building specific tools for specific tasks rather than one huge software that does it all. The original design Mozilla Suite got too bulky so they decided to break it down into two parts FF for browsing the web and Thunderbird for sending/receiving emails. Opera is a freeware, but a closed source software. Nonetheless, Opera has got a really talented team of developers. They have packed really good features in it, while at the same time preventing it from getting bloated. So the bottomline: Try both and use what suits you. You have the power to choose!!! |
| lgjivic | Mar 20, 2007 | 2.0.0.3 | 4 out of 5 |
@cowgaR first of all, do not talk something that you don't know for sure. You should have said that it was you opinion. Now, learn something about opera;) http://www.markschenk.com/opera/history.html |
| Pensador | Mar 20, 2007 | 2.0.0.3 | 5 out of 5 |
The best browser around. |
| jspratjr | Mar 20, 2007 | 2.0.0.3 | 4 out of 5 |
Great extensions/add-ons - I use both Opera (for general surfing) and Firefox (for "those" sites destroyed in Opera and development). They both have their flaws and neither is any better than the other in my opinion. Choice is generally a good thing. |
| cowgaR | Mar 20, 2007 | 2.0.0.3 | 5 out of 5 |
bigmamma sux ;) No trash-can - heh? No mail-chat accounts - heh? Thunderbird...mail extensions No sidebar - heh? dozens of ext No quick-notes - heh? hundreds of ext No paste&Go -> heh? thousands of ext No create-your-own-search -> heh? milions of ext ;) No wand-passwords -> heh? you suck ;P No phising-protection -> you extremely suck =D No transfer-resume -> gazillion of download managers that actually WORK (opera's DM was nightmare for years) No crash-restore -> you know what? YOU SUUUUCK! No speed-dial No torrent-support No good rss-feeds management No content(Ads)-blocking No voice-support No tab-preview No speed-dial bla bla bla don't have time for Opera fanatics... Opera's far behing FF and I've been using both from the archaic era of Internet, when Internet wasn't even called Internet...it was called...let me recall... IE =D Big memory-usage(if you have extentions much more) You are right, till FF 3.0 we will need to live with its leak, it is heavy memmory hungry, 400MB - 700MB of usage when I "work" with it...sadly ;/ Plz don't say that these features come as extentions... ah I see now ;) should read your post but you suck =D |
| mjm01010101 | Mar 20, 2007 | 2.0.0.3 | 5 out of 5 |
Opera sucks: No Adblock No Noscript Massive Site incompatibility I've read on the Opera forums all the ways you can block ads and get your browser setup the way you want, none are as easy as just using adblock. Without ad blocking and content control, I won't use a browser: Period. |
| Banquo | Mar 20, 2007 | 2.0.0.3 | 5 out of 5 |
This is the best browser available for Windows. |
| christoofar | Mar 20, 2007 | 2.0.0.3 | 5 out of 5 |
Still the best. Hits sites that Opera can't handle. User-configurable - put in what you need , leave out what you don't. No memory leaks here. |
| Metshrine | Mar 20, 2007 | 2.0.0.3 | 5 out of 5 |
sophist, how about you stop flaming against people everytime you reply. I have sent a reply asking fileforum to handle you simply because there isnt a reply on betanews in which you dont attack someone. Try just reviewing the program and let others have their own opinion. |
| pea | Mar 20, 2007 | 2.0.0.3 | 5 out of 5 |
You can get almost all opera features as firefox extensions. I'm a website design developer and use firefox, sure opera renders pages slightly better, But sometimes practically outweighs that. I used opera for over a year before firefox. After one of the updates, Opera started deleting and resetting my settings, cookies and buttons. I still have opera installed but always end up going back to firefox. |
| ballyhairs | Mar 20, 2007 | 2.0.0.3 | 5 out of 5 |
The BEST, I can't even think of my pc without Firefox, I love it even more since I found mozbackup. |
| the artist | Mar 20, 2007 | 2.0.0.3 | 3 out of 5 |
the last time i used this, it started memory-leaking LIKE HELL and got unusable, i had to restart it from time to time. It's a very serious flaw, and even if the rest of the browser is quite nice, i don't see myself using this again neither till 3.1 and above. Opera 9 is still the number one... and wait till Opera 10... |
| ryanvm | Mar 20, 2007 | 2.0.0.3 | 5 out of 5 |
How do you figure that Seamonkey is more secure than Firefox when they're build of the exact same Gecko core? |
| robmanic44 | Feb 25, 2007 | 2.0.0.2 | 2 out of 5 |
I took this off my system and I don't see myself using it again. Seamonkey is faster, more secure, and without the hassles. |
| doctorsmith | Feb 24, 2007 | 2.0.0.2 | 4 out of 5 |
sadly for the first time in many releases I am experiencing a few bugs, which makes me rate this version a 4 instead of 5 which I normally give it. |
| PicAFlic | Feb 23, 2007 | 2.0.0.2 | 5 out of 5 |
Personally I wouldn't trust SpySweeper with my life. It crashed my laptop once when I was trying to run it. So, personally I wouldn't trust a word of what it says. I just use Ad-aware and Spybot. Anyways, great update, just keeps getting better and better!!!!!! |
| onestar | Feb 23, 2007 | 2.0.0.2 | 5 out of 5 |
Just upgraded to 2.0.0.2, and SpySweeper indicated that Sogou Toolbar tried to be installed. Has anyone else seen this? |
| TGB72 | Feb 23, 2007 | 2.0.0.2 | 3 out of 5 |
- The excess of memory consumption is a fact (38MB right now while I'm posting) - Don't like that in v2 the option to block "third party cookies" have been removed from options. |
| kronix2 | Feb 23, 2007 | 2.0.0.2 | 4 out of 5 |
Yes, Firefox uses far more memory and takes longer to launch than its competitors. However, the massive number of add-ons means you can customise it to your heart's content. If you want a feature, it's most likely out there in the form of an extension. I've used Firefox since Phoenix 0.3, and while I originally switched because of tabs, I stay because of the extensions and customisability. I've got 53 extensions enabled at the moment, cut down from 200. Most of those extensions offer functionality that isn't available in IE7 and Opera. IE7 was a huge step forward, but it's still behind Firefox. I gave it 4 out of 5 because of the massive memory leak. |
| marctos | Feb 23, 2007 | 2.0.0.2 | 1 out of 5 |
I've just installed version 2.0.0.2 and it deleted all my saved passwords. |
| sturgess | Feb 23, 2007 | 2.0.0.2 | 5 out of 5 |
I have for the last three years or so always used Opera,but having compared the latest versions of both browsers, now much prefer Firefox.The one problem I have is that Opera has a superb email client built-in to the browser,quick and effective.The alternative offered up by Firefox i.e. Thunderbird is slow and cumbersome.Still Firefox the browser rates 5 with me, and Opera a close second at 4 and a bit. |
| JEdwardP | Feb 23, 2007 | 2.0.0.2 | 5 out of 5 |
I recognize that Firefox is imperfect, and I think the MAJORITY of us Firefox users do. I consistently rate it a five not out of some foolish belief that it has no short-comings, or that that it couldn't be improved, but simply because to this point, it remains the best browser that I have ever used. My only criticism of the previous review(er) would simply be a question: Why acknowledge the zealots, rather than ignore them as they deserve? In bothering to state that you expect an unwarranted attack, you've not only wasted words and time, but have in effect, invited the attack and ensured it will come. The only way we can avoid flames is to remain, at all times, above them. |
| jcollake | Feb 23, 2007 | 2.0.0.2 | 4 out of 5 |
Actually Joe Dirt didn't say he was rating Firefox a 4 because of the lack of a change list here, he just mentioned the lack of a change list in the comment. I like Firefox. What annoys me is the people who so zealously defend it. I mean, you have a problem if: 1. You are offended if someone rates the product a '4' instead of a '5'. 2. You are afraid of criticism or debate. Firefox should be able to stand on its own merits without the need to censor anyone who dares question it. 3. Refuse to acknowledge that all software has bugs, including Firefox. Firefox, like anything else, has its strong points and weak points. 4. Personally attack anyone who has a negative opinion of your browser. People are entitled to their opinions and personal attacks show desperation and legitimize whatever criticisms may be leveled against Firefox. I am using Firefox right now, and am a Firefox user. Though, I don't expect me being a firefox user to prevent me from being personally attacked for rating Firefox a 4 instead of a 5 and acknowledging that it isn't perfect. Oh, and of course, these zealots don't like to be called zealots. So, attack on... |
| speedwaystar | Feb 23, 2007 | 2.0.0.2 | 5 out of 5 |
here you go ^_~ http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0.0.2/releasenotes/ |
| Joe Dirt | Feb 23, 2007 | 2.0.0.2 | 4 out of 5 |
Change list please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Ulmo | Feb 13, 2007 | 2.0.0.1 | 5 out of 5 |
More than a browser : a Web Tool IE is a good text viewer Safari is a very good browser Opera is the best browser But Firefox is not just a browser. An environment, a Plugin receptor, a Web Dev paradise. |
| ModderXManiac | Jan 27, 2007 | 2.0.0.1 | 3 out of 5 |
Fix the memory leaks and bugs that have been plaguing gecko from day one and I'll switch from Opera. |
| BOTOX | Jan 27, 2007 | 2.0.0.1 | 4 out of 5 |
Mastertech, get your own facts right. That website you refer to: http://www.FirefoxMyths.com is a silly website. It tries to establish myths by pointing to comments on www.spreadfirefox.com which are made by dumb monkeys like you. If someone writes something down, like: "Mastertech is a Microsoft Monkey", is that something people see as a myth or as a truth?? Dont be so ignorant, that website tries to bring down Firefox largely on the basis of unknown comments made by unknown people. |
| Mastertech | Jan 23, 2007 | 2.0.0.1 | 1 out of 5 |
A completely insecure product, even IE is more secure! http://www.populartechno...x-more-secure-than.html Not only is Opera Faster, more secure and more compliant (Acid2) just about everything else you ever heard about Firefox is not true: http://www.FirefoxMyths.com Get the facts. All the feature people need are now in IE7. Botox, the paged is completely sourced and completely factual. Try reading the section called "Myth Origins" before you jump to more ridiculous assumptions. If the facts bring Firefox down, well maybe it wasn't that good to begin with? |
| polysius | Jan 8, 2007 | 2.0.0.1 | 5 out of 5 |
Firefox really leads the competition when you start to install extensions to Firefox. No other browser even comes to what Firefox can do with all the 100's of powerful extensions. Make sure you download the ABLOCK PLUS extension to Firefox, it removes every ad you'll ever see. Other extensions can change the interface to your liking, add 'missing' features you might like from Internet Explorer, Opera or other browsers, etc. With the correct addons, you can make Firefox look and work almost exactly like other browsers. Firefox 2 has some subtle changes over 1.5, but they're very much welcomed. One of the best is if your computer crashes/turns itself off, Firefox will come back up and will remember what pages you had open at the time of the crash. The other nice feature is the built-in spellchecker. The GUI is also very pretty, in fact: it is perfect... it couldn't be any better! There really is no contest here. |
| Richardky | Dec 26, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 4 out of 5 |
tried it for a week and will revert back to 1.5.X ... 2.X.X is just to bugy to use even without any addons - i will wait till 2.X.X becomes a little more stable .. |
| twosheds | Dec 24, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 4 out of 5 |
Fine and dandy, but I will be running this in a virtual OS until enough of my favourite extensions (or their equivalent functionality in other extensions)are implemented for 2.0 |
| Blackhole8746 | Dec 23, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 3 out of 5 |
As much as I hate Microsoft... I can't see why this is better than Internet Explorer 7 |
| TC17 | Dec 20, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 2 out of 5 |
I'm changing my rating again to a lower number. One thing that has ticked me off with Firefox the entire past year or so, is the 99% cpu cycles it decides to start taking away whenever it feels like. I find it insanely stupid that this bug has been around for so long and not fixed. I have been using Firefox totally for the past year, but this is really getting on my nerves. |
| Sven123456789 | Dec 20, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 5 out of 5 |
Just a bug update i see. Still the best browser out there. Just wish some of the old extensions were updated, but than again, its open source and allot of these programers must b busy. |
| siryak | Dec 20, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 5 out of 5 |
Great browser. Version 2 kept crashing on my, but this build so far seems sturdy. |
| morganp | Dec 20, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 5 out of 5 |
Not perfect but extensions make surfing the net so much better. |
| bugmenot | Dec 20, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 1 out of 5 |
Firefox is a memory hog. 25 megs just to open it. And it could go up to several hundred megs after opening a few tabs. I want a mean and lean Firefox Lite. |
| cannie | Dec 20, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 5 out of 5 |
It goes perfect on Windows 98 SE. I keep using this OS because I feel at ease with it because it is compact, secure and sufficient for my own. I already paid for a legal copy and dont't need to spend more money or update illegally. |
| Logain | Dec 20, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 5 out of 5 |
Pros: Mozilla Firefox would have to be one of the best browser out there, I love the new feature of spell checking within the browser as I do enjoy posting on forums and the interface is quite refreshing. Cons: The only problems is that several themes & extension which are supposts to be compatible with this version of Firefox tends to make the program a little bit buggy, However it must be taken into account that this is the first version of Firefox 2 so as time goes by this problem will be fixed as Mozilla takes the time to continue to update Firefox to make it an even better browser. |
| zridling | Dec 20, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 5 out of 5 |
Same here. Firefox's extensibility is great for power users, but chasing them down is tiring. Not enough to lure me from Opera. Firefox and IE are just now getting features that Opera has had since 2000 and 2003, saved sessions being one. And with built in BitTorrent, it's just one more app I don't have to mess with. We use Firefox at work, and the one thing I do like is that its apparent simplicity is very real. |
| madcats | Dec 19, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 3 out of 5 |
Anyone else had these problems with the new version? This quote from majorgeeks.com re:Firefox Ver2.0.0.1 Editors Note: Just as an FYI to you all. There have been a number of bug reports in this version 2.0 Final - Ranging from lost bookmarks and broken tabs to complete instability.Others report no Version2(11/30/06)is working fine why mess with it? |
| nickpowers101 | Dec 19, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 5 out of 5 |
Great product. It's my default browser. |
| Tutsumi | Dec 19, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 5 out of 5 |
http://www.neowin.net/fo...t=0&#entry588108579 2.0.0.1 change log |
| doctorsmith | Dec 19, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 5 out of 5 |
still the best by far |
| wat0114 | Dec 19, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 3 out of 5 |
Sorry, but Firefox is no longer in the same league as Opera, at least not this version. I can't believe how spartan and simplistic this browser has become. |
| benZin | Dec 19, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 5 out of 5 |
@bufftbone: Totally agree. |
| bufftbone | Dec 19, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 5 out of 5 |
Best browser period! No other poser of a browser can compare! |
| avacam | Dec 19, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 5 out of 5 |
Firefox is an excellent web browser. It's design allows both beginners and advanced users to experience web content the way that they want it. With a plethora of themes and extensions available it can be customized in a myriad of ways. The developers have been quick to patch critical security issues. Firefox has been designed such that it can be easily picked-up and understood by new users. |
| gericb | Dec 19, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 4 out of 5 |
Just installed it, didn't effect my Java 6 console or anything else that I can tell, working fine. Seems to be pretty robust. |
| cyberguy | Dec 19, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 4 out of 5 |
(Windows Version)Occasionally hangs up on startup requiring a shut down from the windows task manager. Also on numerous occasions when starting, the brower window does not show up at all. However hung Firefox background processes are left lying around in the Windows Task manager. Sometimes you can find multiple firefox instances running there depending on how many times it was unsuccessfully started. Firefox will not successfully start until ALL of these hung processes are terminated with the Windows Task Manager. After that it is a 50/50 change that it starts correctly. This has been noted on at least 6 of my workstations with varying configurations. 4 stars. JEdwardP : I have been using FF since it was called Phoenix in 2002 and feel I am reasonably versed about the about:config. However when the development team removes necessary GUI functionality from the browser it is NOT reasonable to force the average firefox user (who may not be as well versed with the about:config as you are) to go digging around in it. Frankly after over 4 years of using this browser I still do not like having to wade around in the rat's nest called about:config. Like the Windows registry, if you unwittingly change the wrong options in about:config it is quite possible to totally FUBAR Firefox. Recovery requires not only uninstalling the program and erasing all registry keys for it, but also erasing the profile (along with the bookmarks, themes and extensions). Expecting Beta testers to go screwing around in there is totally unreasonable. Beta testers are not necessarily developers. |
| Zankur | Dec 19, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 1 out of 5 |
I think firefox has become more of a bloat,with high cpu usages on certain sites,memory leaks and other probs... Also firefox developers have only copied from opera rather than their own technology... IE7 and Opera work far better...and opera leads the pack by a few 100 light years.. |
| azazel666 | Dec 19, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 1 out of 5 |
Disabled Java 6 console. |
| JEdwardP | Dec 19, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 5 out of 5 |
Anyone looking for certain features that SEEM to have gone missing since 1.5.x should have a look through their about:config settings and/or make a quick search of the Mozillazine forums before posting a review here that might only serve to embarrass themselves. You could complain about features being moved from the UI proper and being hidden away in about:config, and you'd certainly have a point. If you're an experienced Firefox user, though, you should KNOW to go looking in about:config for options not visible in preferences. I don't particularly like it either, but since I know to expect it, I can deal with it rather easily. Five more stars for my browser of choice. It's hardly perfect, but for the way I browse the web, it's definitely best. |
| mjm01010101 | Dec 19, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 4 out of 5 |
This version disabled java six console during extension check. |
| shtraue | Dec 19, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 5 out of 5 |
Changelog can be found here: http://forums.mozillazin.../viewtopic.php?t=494984 |
| zapatero | Dec 19, 2006 | 2.0.0.1 | 5 out of 5 |
Excellent, as usual. |
| tipsyboy | Dec 19, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 1 out of 5 |
This is a disgrace: - no possibility any longer to accept pictures from the original website only, Option REMOVED - they INTRODUCED the "super cookie" SHAME ON YOU! So - no way I will use this "update". I'll go on using 1.5.0.7 as the last reliable and somewhat secure FF. And if that will be "out of date" - well, screw 'em . . . |
| CMNetworx | Dec 3, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
I am suprised to see bad ratings for this. I have had absolutely no problems with firefox. Installation went extremely smooth, loads quick, and didn't change in appearance so nothing new to learn.. I Do like the spellcheck feature, made me realize I don't know how to spell some words right. One feature I do not like, Updates for plugins and skins are kinda like a nag screen, you have to dl the plugin and then restart firefox before it has started, I would like them to dl in the background, and install prior to my next launch of the browser.. Way better than IE7!! |
| keisan12 | Dec 2, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 3 out of 5 |
for me 1.opera 2.ie7 3.firefox sometime crash and quite slow to me.. improvement needed but it is still a good browser |
| VanAlex | Nov 27, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 2 out of 5 |
I loved Firefox, but this latest version got me using IE 7. About 80% of the instalations I do of this new version have a behaviour that get's me crazy. The page I'm viewing jumps up and down a few pixels indefinetly. This happens in fresh instalations, without any addons, and in differenct systems (XP, Vista). I hope they correct this soon, since it is hard to live without adblock plus in IE ;) |
| yanike | Nov 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 2 out of 5 |
Sucks!!! No mail button and not even close to 1.5.6 release. IE7 rip! Which IE7 ain't that great either. |
| Yogurth | Nov 22, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 2 out of 5 |
Formerly I was giving Firefox 3-4 stars, but this negligence about security and performance, really leaves a bad taste in mouth. With all the resources Mozilla has behind them(large development team and even larger supporting community) I can't help myself but ask what are coders doing to make Mozilla faster and safer.........since it seems nothing. Massive critical hole found again, FF2 and IE7 vulnerable: http://news.com.com/Fire...37844.html?tag=nefd.top too bad. |
| hellrazor238 | Nov 18, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
great its secure,cool themes its great truley replaces ie 7 |
| Nanobot | Nov 6, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Firefox 2.0 isn't a revolutionary upgrade from 1.5, but it does sport some very useful new features, such as inline spell checking and session restoration after a crash (which may happen due to things such as memory leaks from extensions, or often in my case the unstable Flash 9.0 beta on Linux). 2.0 also introduces a change in the default theme, which I am not such a fan of. I particularly find the home icon to be ugly and out-of-place. The classic theme is available for download, so this isn't too big of an issue for those who prefer the old default. For web developers, Firefox 2.0 doesn't offer much new, since it is still based off the Gecko 1.7 branch that Firefox 1.5 used. Nearly all platform development work since Firefox 1.5 has been going into Gecko 1.8, which looks to be very impressive and will ship in Firefox 3 in 2007. In regard to Mastertech, he is a known anti-Firefox troll and spammer of that Firefox Myths site which contains lots of deliberately misleading content, outright lies, and misquotes. Google for "Firefox Myths" and look at some of the responses to his article. |
| [deXter] | Nov 4, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 3 out of 5 |
A huge disappointment. Although Fx 2.0 still scores over IE 7.0 in terms of security, the much hyped release falls short of a lot of expectations. To cut a long review short: http://listvine.com/2006...o-upgrade-to-firefox-20/ http://feeds.penton.com/...x/~3/42419696/Index.cfm |
| Nikkie | Nov 2, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
I don't believe the ''hype'' but i also don't think it is a must to find something wrong with a program cause it has hype at all. The reason maxthon runs great for so many sites is due to it having the ie engine.Most sites build their sites to work for ie.Maxthon isn't the only one to view these sites fine.There are tons of browsers that do so for the very same reason. A lot of the times you will have resource issues cause of the extensions being user made and not always tested by the people who created them.Maybe someone should make a tool to see what extensions leak memory? Otherwise,choose carefully and it will prolly be best if you don't download loads of extensions.Any program will have issues with too many addons.Look at miranda.Choose wisely... I notice at first boot,without extensions,it runs fast but after all of my extensions it starts to hold it down.I use firetune for that though and all is well again. The reason i use firefox and opera is due to its great hold on security.Ie has always given me problems and not too mention when i had to clean crap from my families pc's..it drove me nuts. I went as far as to changing the icon of maxthon to ie's to get them to stop using the basic ie browser.I got my parents to swtich to firefox so far but my sister doesn't understand how these programs work and is too scared to switch.. like everyone she wants her comfort zone and fears change without an understanding at all..o well Btw,I can view a page with ie's engine in firefox with just a click of a button.There is an extension for that,if i ever want to see what the page looks like in ie etc. The only problem i have that the above users pages describe would be the java issue.if you upgrade java to the latest,the problem goes away.other than that,everything works fine.. |
| FmlyRnn | Oct 31, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Well, I just downloaded it, and I do not see anything buggy! Now, I am ready. I have Opera 9, Firefox 2.0 and IE7. |
| Skizelli | Oct 25, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 4 out of 5 |
It's improved, but why did they dumb down the cookie control? I can no longer set it to accept cookies from the originating site only, unless I'm over-looking something here. I currently have both Opera 9 and FF2 installed on my system for various reasons, so the following response doesn't stem from being a FF fanboy... @Mastertech: That site is outdated and applies to FF 1.x. Although I don't discredit it completely, believing what you read isn't any different from believing the "hype." But to counter your argument, you can give this a read -- http://www.webdevout.net/opera_myths.php |
| Mastertech | Oct 25, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 1 out of 5 |
The facts don't change FF 2.0 is still slower than Opera and IE 6 and 7. FF 2.0 is still not standards compliant and is insecure. Get the facts not the hype: www.FirefoxMyths.com (Updated for FF 2.0) Nothing has been able to "counter any argument" because they are simply excuses and rhetoric not the facts. Always ask for documented reproduceable proof and the sources. If they don't have any, don't believe them. David Hammond is a notorious Firefox Fanboy Spammer who would give you a big pop-up warning that your browser was dangerous if you visited his site with Internet Explorer, he got mad that I exposed him for what he is, a Firefox Fanboy. He now goes around attempting to slander me because he cannot argue the facts. |
| coolticker | Oct 25, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 3 out of 5 |
To Blaxima, just one little thing : Maxthon is NOT a browser itself, it's only a IE engine embedder, so it uses Internet Explorer motor to display web pages. |
| Blaxima | Oct 24, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 3 out of 5 |
Im going to be as unbiased as I can here because I really don't like the misleading FF fanboys do especially when it comes to speed and saftey(Secuna). The Good-------- -Looks good and I really like the way you can customize it -Seems faster than previous versions. -Faster than Opera -I prefer it now that it doesnt want to open a new window instead of a tab by default. -I love that its smart enough to go to a page rather than a search engine when you type "cnn" in the URL. -Love the spell check The Bad-------- -Still not as safe as Opera -Still not as compatible with ALL sites like Maxthon.(but its getting better) -Not as fast as Maxthon -Still leaves folders, files and keys all over even after an uninstall. -Still uses waaaaaaaaaay too much memory Bottom Line-------- This browser still doesnt live up to all the hype. Its good looks cant overshadow the fact that its still a memory hog. Maybe by version 3 it will have caught up to the other browsers where it really counts, of course by then where will the others be. I'll keep checking it out but for now don't believe the hype! EDIT: @coolticker Yeah thanx!! It's an IE clone which still makes it a browser as it has its own feature set, like the one that lets you use the Geko engine instead of IE @Mastertech: A better site would be Secunia Advisories if you wanted to make a point not that one. I doubt you've even tried the new Firefox becuase it IS faster than the latest Opera(which I still like better) |
| graffix | Oct 24, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 4 out of 5 |
as much as i love a new firefox 2.0 i don't like the fact that tab browsing is similar to IE 7 i have used firefox for as long as i can remmy i love using it as my default browser now how the hell do i configure the same tab browsing like in 1.5? why every time i want to open a new tab browse it jumps from currently active browser to empty tab? i don't like that damn i am going back to 1.5 any help would be appreciated thanks! |
| JEdwardP | Oct 24, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
I wish they hadn't removed the option to always block third-party cookies from the options dialog, and that they'd add the option to always accept session cookies, but both are available via about:config, so I can't complain too loudly. 2.0 is considerably faster on both my machines than was 1.xx, and Firefox remains the best browser I've ever used, beating out IE, several IE front ends, and Opera. For those who don't care for the new skin (theme), the old 1.5 theme has been ported to 2.0: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3479/ |
| wat0114 | Oct 24, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
The best Firefox release yet, and now the Ad muncher extension, err Add-on, now works! The built-in spell checker is a nice added feature. The browsing speed is the best I have seen in any other version of Firefox or, for that matter, any other browser. |
| Dixon_Butz | Oct 24, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 1 out of 5 |
Absolute rubbish! |
| davidtb | Oct 24, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 4 out of 5 |
I have to agree with DeJa Vu. There's a pretty good selection of browsers out there, easy to understand too. Until the next big thing comes along. db. |
| bello | Oct 24, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
The best and first internet-browser in universe ! Always a few step ahead than others. Always fast and always smart! Throw away buggy IE7 for good ! Opera can't compare to Firefox as well! |
| xtool | Oct 24, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
BadIronTree, what do you mean by "Opera 9.10 beta rulzzz"? Can you please list out comparisons and differences? Or perhaps tell us if there are any bugs with Firefox v.2? This is a Beta testing and it does not help us nor Firefox team with your respond. |
| McAleck | Oct 24, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
BadIronTree sucks |
| BadIronTree | Oct 24, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 3 out of 5 |
Opera 9.10 beta rulzzz |
| dejavu | Oct 24, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Firefox: Five Stars; Opera: Five Stars; IE7: Five Stars. Wonderful harvest of browsers! |
| NikMan | Oct 24, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
it is really good browser. IE7 is faster bit it's GUI is crappy. |
| ballyhairs | Oct 24, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
The best |
| uberfly | Oct 24, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Why does Firefox's own homepage still say 1.5 is the current version? I guess I'll wait before downloading to be sure. FFox is great stuff. Not just free but stacks with all the addons your heart desires. All apps should work this way. |
| gawd21 | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
"Reviewer: zridling Oct 23, 2006 Version: 2.0 Final Is that screenshot doctored? LOL Rating: " What do you mean? It looks normal to me. I don't care! FF is still better than whatever else is out there. User made extensions makes FF top shelf for me, IMO; It's like driving a Pinto verses a Bugatti Veyron! Again, this is my opinion and my belief. |
| zridling | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Is that screenshot doctored? LOL (joking) about it's subject. Lighten up, dude. |
| landfish | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
it says Firefox 2.0 on the releases page http://releases.mozilla....efox/releases/2.0/win32/ it usually only takes a few days for the extensions to catch up |
| Mirrebex | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 4 out of 5 |
WEIRD.. at firefox's homepage the current version is still 1.5 .. what's going on here? firefox is great.. 2.0 still has a few issues with my extentions but it's still my number one browser. |
| Don Juan | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Firefox is absolutely amazing. Even though 2.0 just released, I'll probably start using the alpha releases of 3.0 pretty soon. |
| Ian C. | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Great improvement to 1.5.x. |
| mjm01010101 | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 4 out of 5 |
http://weblogs.mozillazi...10/the_antirelease.html Shame on betanews. |
| TGB72 | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 1 out of 5 |
About firefox v2 final - It works slowest than v1.5 - Option to not allow "third party" cookies was removed from settings. - If you want to remove it the uninstall leaves half of the program in your pc (dlls, registry keys...) even after reboot. My advice,if you're user of v1.5 and you're happy with it don't update!! I'll return to v1.5 |
| OAKsider | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Greatest (open source) internet browser on the planet. Congrats to Mozilla and co. for Firefox 2.0 which succeeds in making that distinction even more clear. Fast, stable, ultra-customizable: no problems here and running better than ever. A must-have app for most computer users regardless of OS. |
| andrew_ | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 1 out of 5 |
Egad. Again with the hype and lack of follow-through. Maybe they should take out a full page ad to attract some decent developers first. As many others have stated... on a FRESH install of 2.0... CRASH BOOM. Down goes firefox. Down goes firefox. (harvey refrence there). It crashed on startup. IE - conistantly sucks FF - inconsistantly sucks Which is worse?? |
| lilmegz | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 4 out of 5 |
Good browser but I dont see this being available on the official Firefox site yet :| |
| doctorsmith | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
smooth as, just needs some extensions to catch up |
| Dreimanis | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
five stars to firefox. as five starst to IE7, as five stars to opera 9. they all are equally good, choose by your own preference. |
| punkesito | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 1 out of 5 |
unfixed bug http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ffoxdie.html |
| Shadow Wing | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
This is easily the best web browser available. IE and Opera don't even come close. Fanboys/girls of the aforementioned programs ought to avoid rating this wonderful program if they cannot be objective. |
| alanpalmer | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 4 out of 5 |
It works. Not much more to be said. I can't see that this warrants the leap to version 2.0, and it won't persuade me to abandon Opera. |
| morganp | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
While Firefox has not seen many changes it is still a superb product which I choose to use over both IE and Opera. While IE7 and Opera are nice it is the lack of extensions for them that stop me wanting to use them. Firefox has such handy little extensions that enhance the web for me. From simple extensions like Slashdotter to complex ones like Greasemonkey and Stylish. Personally I do not care what I use, as long as it does the job. Life is too short to argue on the internet about what web browser is best :) One small note ... If you are using RC3 then there is no need to upgrade as RC3 is Firefox 2.0 Final (as it should be in all good software development). |
| ^M^ | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Nice improvements to the GUI, spell checking is great when you're a forum's rat. Having a close button by tab is a bit deconcerting first, but you get used to it. To bad conquery is broken, the project seems pretty much dead. |
| The_Zeroorez | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Everyone who's crying about small, graphical things they don't like: Firefox is there to be customized. Get skins/extensions to clean it all up, edit your toolbars through 'View', make some changes in the about:config, and edit your UserChrome.css. If you want a browser that's nice out-of-the box, get Opera, if you want a nice browser, and feel like tweaking some things to your personal taste, get Firefox. |
| mfaccone | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 3 out of 5 |
Not being a Firefox fan... nor a IE fanboy.. I decided to give this version of firefox a try. At first glance... I though it could be something I might like. But, as usual with my experiences with firefox.. it started crashing every time I opened a new tab. Uninstalled it... maybe will try again with Firefox 3.O next year. Until then.. its IE7 and Avant |
| nickpowers101 | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Great browser! |
| menting | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 4 out of 5 |
i like 2.0 much better than the 1.x series, because the 1.x series had a font issue for the zh-tw version i used, and the 2.0 didn't. However, the high memory usage (something that people complains a lot should not be listed as a "feature", or should at least have an option to disable it) is still a problem with 2.0 for me. any way to disable or alleviate it? thx |
| 1uk3 | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Works great - brilliant browser. Feels a bit more like a version 1.6 than 2.0 though. |
| noBuddy | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 4 out of 5 |
As I don´t like feeds, I deleted the Feeds tab, and the Get Started tab. Now the web pages are jumping after loaded. Empty Bookmark Toolbar causes this. So I disable Bookmark Toolbar, and all is okay. Not so funny. |
| alexweber15 | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
awesome!!!!! |
| ranasrule | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
brilliant !!! |
| BioGirl | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
wOOt! ^__^ I have really been looking foward to this! Firefox just keeps getting better with each new release. ^__^ |
| darthbeads | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Love the new interface and the inline spell check. No problems with any of my addons. Loads fast. Great browser! |
| lazarus98 | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
zeeZee, Just a simple question, explain to me how you are able to open the tabs after closing. I don't get it... Maybe I'm thick... but I can't seem to get that to happen for me. So far I do like FF it does seem smooth an alot lighter than IE. I still would like to be able to put ALL of the toolbars where I want however. It just could not be that hard to program into it |
| LordNikon | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
I have been waiting a long time for this and it was well worth the wait. It was awesome that most of my favorite add-ons were updating quickly. The add-ons I had to uninstall were redundant the functionally was incorporated into FF. :D :D |
| glenwood | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Totally brilliant especially compared to IE7. Loads fast, excellent revisions of detail such as menus and apart from the fact that a few add-ons are lagging this release it is all that I expected and much more. No they don't pay me I'm just a long serving silver surfer who recognised a quality product. Well done Team Firefox. |
| zeeZee | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
firefox 2 restores tabs in the exact same order when i closed the browser. ie7 does not. not good when i have 80 tabs always open in a perfect order. ie 7 has a history view tab refresh problem also. i need to change history tab view to a different view, and then switch back. when i do this it updates the history. sometimes it refreshes, sometimes it does not. ie 7 final crashed 10 minutes after installing it on a mint running system. firefox 2 has not crashed on me yet. i run "extensionless". this might make a difference. ie toolbar is poor. firefox has a great bookmark manager. great when you have 400 bookmarks. you can sort firefox bookmarks, in your own order, alphabetically ascending, alphabetically descending. ie7 does not have this either. when using ie7 i always have to scroll through their puny side menu. |
| maraskus | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
yes , yes, yes DrTeeth, Firefox are not fast or fastest than Opera but....(maybe then speed are not the unique choice for select a browser) then webpage compatibility of Opera are not good until now. Firefox are too compatible with the most pages, and with plugins (maybe fasterfox) are brilliant |
| iamtux | Oct 23, 2006 | 2.0 Final | 5 out of 5 |
Alright! 1st to comment on 2.0! I've been following 2.0 since it's beta and have loved it. Earlier today I thought this had been leaked because I was told it's release date was tomorrow. But behold, we have it a day early! Nice. FF just got better! |
| DrTeeth | Oct 18, 2006 | 2.0 RC3 | 4 out of 5 |
With v1.5 and earlier, all one had to do to get an extension to work was to unzip the XPI file and change the version number. Maybe this will work for v2? |
| alexweber15 | Oct 17, 2006 | 2.0 RC3 | 5 out of 5 |
if youre gonna use a release candidate you should at least know ways of making your extensions work with unsupported pre-release software... like the nightly testing tool... i haven't had a problem yet and this is solid. i'd like to see some memory leaks and other lil bugs fixed before the final release but that's unlikely |
| ernstblaauw | Oct 17, 2006 | 2.0 RC3 | 5 out of 5 |
To use TabMixPlus with this new RC, just go to the website of the author and download the 'dev-buils'. Works pefectly fine here! I like Firefox ebcause of the language correction and the possibilities to extend the browser. A great project! |
| trebor | Oct 17, 2006 | 2.0 RC3 | 5 out of 5 |
Absolutely do not agree with previous opinions. Been on the Bon Echo 2.0 since RC1 and been auto-updating daily. This baby is screaming and most of the 'Add-On' as they're now to be called, work fine or have been bumped, or can be made to work using the Nightly Tester Tool add-in. Particular, TMP, Noscript, IETab, Tab Catalog, Stumbleupon (just a few of the 48 currently active) are very well behaved and integrated. Quite a few extensions could be dropped, to include spellcheck, as the one build in works great and uses multi lingual dictionaries from Thunderbird. A Must have for save and truthful and fast browsing.....rock-solid. (This is not a biased advert L&G) |
| Artem Tashkinov | Oct 17, 2006 | 2.0 RC3 | 3 out of 5 |
This release doesn't deserve '2.0' name. It still has too many bugs which Mozilla developers ignore for years - yet they are already thinking about the features to be added to 3.0 release. I give it only three marks. |
| HornyToad | Oct 17, 2006 | 2.0 RC3 | 4 out of 5 |
Agree with wat0114 : some extensions I've come to depend on, such as TabMix Plus, don't work on this Release Candidate, and that's a pain. I wonder how come Mozilla doesn't enforce a rule of automatic conformity for those who develop top (as in, very popular) extensions ; that way, said developers would have to make compatibility with a new build a top priority. Plus, since the code has been in development for quite some time, I wonder how come those extensions are still not compatible with a version of Firefox that's bound to hit our PCs (and Macs) in just a few days. There's gonna be some serious midnight-oil burning in the next few weeks... Aside from that, Firefox is still Firefox, fast, stable, with a nice look, touch and feel, but I still prefer Opera. To each his (her) own, as they say... |
| smanofsteel76 | Oct 17, 2006 | 2.0 RC3 | 4 out of 5 |
Upgrading from RC2 to RC3 in Vista was a headache because it kept telling me I needed permission to update the files. Anyone understand this? |
| Shadow Wing | Oct 16, 2006 | 2.0 RC3 | 5 out of 5 |
Anyone rating this great program lower than a 4 should be banned from BetaNews. No one that remedial should be allowed to evaluate anything, ever. I can't believe people this stupid can even manage to operate a computer... All Firefox has done is beat the snot out of IE and steal its lunch money. There's nothing better, no even close. 5/5 - no question |
| wat0114 | Oct 16, 2006 | 2.0 RC3 | 4 out of 5 |
Same problem here with some extensions not working, otherwise this is the fastest rendering speed I have seen in Firefox any version yet. |
| siryak | Oct 16, 2006 | 2.0 RC3 | 5 out of 5 |
Great browser. RC2 seemed to have a few freezing issues on me, but RC3 so far seems to be rock solid. |
| pyridox | Oct 16, 2006 | 2.0 RC3 | 5 out of 5 |
Page rendering is much faster in Beta 2. Only small problem that I have with beta 2, is a couple of my themes & extension plug-ins don't work with this version yet. |
| BlackAle | Oct 16, 2006 | 2.0 RC3 | 5 out of 5 |
Excellent browser, highly customizable, fast and stable. @lhdal ..er It's a browser, not an email client! |
| Browser12 | Oct 16, 2006 | 2.0 RC3 | 5 out of 5 |
Great Browser. Still fastest out there. Allot faster than Opera or IE. Though not that many new features over 1.5.0.7 though. |
| hondaman | Oct 16, 2006 | 2.0 RC3 | 5 out of 5 |
YAY! Wish there was a changelog link somewhere. |
| lhdal | Oct 16, 2006 | 2.0 RC3 | 3 out of 5 |
This browser isn't fast. I think it's became an urban legend that Firefox is fast. But truth is Firefox isn't faster than some browsers. Firefox uses more memory than those browsers. Firefox is safe but it's because it doesn't provide some features at all. It's like if you don't have an e-mail you'll not receive spam, e-mail viruses and such, at all. Since Firefox 1, there is no major improvement on any of those issues. |
| The MAZZTer | Oct 16, 2006 | 2.0 RC3 | 5 out of 5 |
mjm: because it includes themes too. |
| mjm01010101 | Oct 16, 2006 | 2.0 RC3 | 5 out of 5 |
Like it a lot. Better certainly than the Vista RC's. :) Why did they rename tools-->extensions to tools-->add-ons? This is confusing when dealing with multiple versions to support. They even still call it extensions within that menu selection... |
| Don Juan | Oct 10, 2006 | 2.0 RC2 | 5 out of 5 |
Absolutely great browser, but the funny thing is, I'll probably have switched over to the alpha builds of Firefox 3 before Firefox 2 is even released. |
| Ian C. | Oct 10, 2006 | 2.0 RC2 | 5 out of 5 |
Lovin it. And all my favorite plugins seem to finally be bug free with FF2. |
| Flemens | Oct 9, 2006 | 2.0 RC2 | 5 out of 5 |
Very stable and lightning fast. I´ve been using K-meleon for while and this RC2 is as fast as K-meleon in rendering pages (at least in my machine) Many extensions has support for RC2 and those which doesn't is easily taken care of with Mr Tech local install (Tabbrowser extensions is the only one that doesn't seem to work exactly as in previously versions). For those who use Roboform there is a .xpi @ roboform for RC2 and it works great. Love the spell checker. Memory consumption seems to be as usual (~70-80MB after a couple of hours work) but that is no big concern for me nowadays. |
| The_Zeroorez | Oct 6, 2006 | 2.0 RC2 | 4 out of 5 |
Very good, even more stable than RC1 (don't know how the guy that was talking about 'crashed' overclocked his CPU.. :o ) Unfortunately the buttons in 'small' settings are still a bit wide, and have too much space around it. I hope the final (or next RC?) gets back the old buttons (RC1), or will be tweaked a bit more. |
| Pensador | Oct 6, 2006 | 2.0 RC2 | 5 out of 5 |
New search engine manager, spell checking, updated UI, better handling of RSS feeds, updated Add-ons manager, and more! This browser just gets better! |
| Treize | Oct 6, 2006 | 2.0 RC2 | 5 out of 5 |
Kudos for the spell checker!:) |
| mjm01010101 | Oct 6, 2006 | 2.0 RC2 | 5 out of 5 |
Very nice. I like the GUI changes, feels more responsive right off the bat. Subtle but metallic. |
| keisan12 | Oct 1, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 4 out of 5 |
not bad,but slower than opera for window, see for urself http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html |
| Don Juan | Sep 27, 2006 | 2.0 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
They've made tons of progress with this lately, absolutely amazing browser. Orbiting234: Maybe you have some plugins causing problems. Which isn't uncommon when upgrading from an older version. All the computers I've used this on, it's absolutely rock solid. |
| Ian C. | Sep 26, 2006 | 2.0 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
Love the new visual theme. The browser is now much faster, and has a much smaller memory footprint. Also this is more stable than any of the Firefox 1.x releas I've used, which is all but the last two or three releases, which were only security updates. |
| deadmonkey | Sep 26, 2006 | 2.0 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
This is a nice, simple update. Nothing major is new, mainly nice UI tweaks and smoothing out some things which were not that polished in 1.5 Over all a great product. I don't use it because its "more secure" than IE, I use it because I like its features and UI more than IE (including IE7) and it has some brillient extensions such as Adblock, Mouse Gestures and Slashdotter. Firefox is not without its problems however I find using it much nicer than using IE. IE7 is a step in the right direction but Firefox still wins for me. |
| hondaman | Sep 26, 2006 | 2.0 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
Slick. Simply awesome. |
| midnighter_9999 | Sep 26, 2006 | 2.0 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
I cant got to any Mozilla sites......i use spybot search and destroy....do u think tht is the problem.....if so.....how can i fix it???? |
| DaComboMan | Sep 26, 2006 | 2.0 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
I'm trying the portable app and it is just great! Thanks Mozilla Team! The icons and appearance enhancements are just fine! |
| demetrisk | Sep 26, 2006 | 2.0 RC1 | 3 out of 5 |
Icons have improved since 2.0 Beta 2, but are still anemic. The theme is also now better, but still plain. Other than than, the browser is improved. However, if the Mozilla people don't care whether Fx looks good in Windows Classic, and if they are silly enough to pay "artists" to produce such icons, I cannot rate it higher than 3. |
| chronon | Sep 26, 2006 | 2.0 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
SCoooBY, I hope you didn't base your rating on that ridiculous article. Even the guy who used the automated tool says that he might be wrong about all this (at the end). I have been using Firefox's nightly with no problems, it is fast, customizable and it's free. Also there are lot's of coders behind improving it every day, not because they are being paid but because like to do it. |
| mjm01010101 | Sep 26, 2006 | 2.0 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
SCoooBY, Automated code-review tools have many many false positives. I take that report with a grain of salt. |
| donpacman | Sep 26, 2006 | 2.0 RC1 | 5 out of 5 |
Anybody have a change log link? |
| peterj1978 | Sep 26, 2006 | 2.0 RC1 | 4 out of 5 |
I've been using beta2 for about a month now without too much problems. Also to the people talking about alot of exploits and such in the code, you do realize that the Firefox code is open for you to view and hence you will find more bugs than you ever will find in IE since that code is closed and not open for viewing. |
| qrst | Sep 19, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 4 out of 5 |
"Mozilla produces patches for security vulnerabilities far more quickly than Redmond can manage" ;-) |
| nickpowers101 | Sep 16, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
Great browser. I give it 5 out of 5, hands down. |
| bsr500 | Sep 15, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
It's the best and most secure browser (with extensions to add pretty much any feature you want in a browser). Can't wait for 2.0 which releases in about a month or so (with RC releasing within a couple weeks). |
| jk- | Sep 15, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
Open source, constantly developed.. it really is the best browser. Combined with the extension NoScript, nothing is more secure. |
| azimov | Sep 15, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
Anyone looking for a bug fix or change log check http://www.mozilla.org/p...ies.html#firefox1.5.0.7 Other than that, still my main browser and so far, the only browser that can run from a USB memory device. |
| MarlinT | Sep 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
http://www.betanews.com/...ses_IE_Patch/1158180832 |
| siryak | Sep 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
Great product. Too the post below, even if those results were right(which their not) IE is still the main targeted browser. People don't target FF because there is less people using it. But FF is more secure I am sure. I have done my research. Many websites recommend FF and they have a reason for that. IT IS MORE SECURE THAN IE. It's going to take more than someones little blog post to change my mind. If it was less secure than IE it will be all over the web by now. |
| Mastertech | Sep 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 1 out of 5 |
Internet Explorer 6.x More Secure than Firefox 1.x in 2006 http://poptech.blogspot....x-more-secure-than.html Firefox 1.x - 9 Advisories = 64 Vulnerabilities Internet Explorer 6.x - 13 Advisories = 30 Vulnerabilities. |
| benZin | Sep 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
The greatest. Any Change Log? |
| steven0451 | Sep 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 3 out of 5 |
In response to stevetures... If you want real security then go with Opera, here are the statistics (from the same site the you used) on my favourite browser: http://secunia.com/product/10615/?task=statistics Now if you are goind to say they've had none because of how new version 9.x is....then look for 8.x or 7.x and you'll see that ALL the of vulnerabilities were no way near as insecure as MS or FF. Firefox is indeed a flexible browser, and IE is indeed a fast loading browser, but Opera...I have to say (whether it's due to the lack of a spotlight in the hacker world, or just good programming) is the most secure browser I've come across. |
| mjm01010101 | Sep 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
fixes: - Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.0.7) - Popup-blocker cross-site scripting (XSS) - Frame spoofing using document.open() RSA Signature Forgery - Concurrency-related vulnerability - Auto-Update compromise through DNS and SSL spoofing - JavaScript Regular Expression Heap Corruption |
| deadmonkey | Sep 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
To be honest I only use Firefox because of adblock and mouse gestures. Opera is nice also but I prefer Firefox. Never have any problems with it and I love how I can backup my whole setup by just making a copy of my profile folder. If only IE were so easy to backup! |
| herbert7890 | Sep 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
i just love firefox, all about the themes, extensions, reliability, just plain wonderful, im using beta 2, and 1.5(to download the extensions and themes) then i use the nightly tester tool to enable those extensions on firefox 2 ) Internet Explorer is way too risky for the average user, just stick with the fox!! |
| stevetures | Sep 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
Maybe Microsoft is innovative, but anyone who's worked in IT knows why we need another browser. All the users that come in with spyware have been using Internet Explorer. Nuff said. Microsoft security stats http://secunia.com/produ...1/?task=statistics_2006 Firefox security stats http://secunia.com/produ...7/?task=statistics_2006 The difference is subtle, but look for 'extremely' important holes, and whethere they allow system access. Don't forget the average patch time for microsoft vs. firefox: 120 vs. 34 days. |
| the artist | Sep 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 4 out of 5 |
Im not a firefox fan but i'll be objective. Firefox is such a good browser for the young it is... I mean, i don't like it the most but we MUST consider that it is only by V1.5 while others have years & years of polishing and development with their 7 beta (IE) and 9 (Opera) versions. Firefox is like the baby of the battlefield, and it is doing damn good for the young it is. We just have to let him grow up a bit. It's not that bad, just stop the hating. @bekaye: you scared the hell out of me! when i started readin' i couldn belive it 'till it became suspicious 'n i got your point. |
| akbarus | Sep 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
I still think Firefox is a good choice. I use it since the "Firebird age"... i think 0.5 The olny problem with this browser is the amount of memory used (sometimes it gets about 70 Mb). But this isn't something new, since the browser had similar issues on earlier versions. |
| JeRrYFaR | Sep 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 4 out of 5 |
LOL... I haven't tried 1.5.0.7, but I'm sure it will be just as good as all the other versions of Firefox.. :-) I've given a (4) due to the memory issues the browser still has, even in 2.0 Beta 2 |
| bekaye | Sep 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
Things I don't like about firefox: 1. The endless ability to customize, it's just too confusing. 2. The fox logo. You only see the back of him. How dumb is that? 3. Tabbed browsing, if that were any good, Micro$oft would have stolen it and put it in Internet Explorer. 4. Multiple search engines on the toolbar, if that were any good, (see #3). 5. Constantly being updated. Programs can only be updated so many times, right? 6. Free addons. These sometimes break with (#5) updates. Then I have to wait days (or hours!) for these to be fixed. It's such a hassle to click that dang "find updates" button. 7. The support community, puleese! a. They're always trying to figure out new ways to do new things with Firefox. That just can't be good. b. They always go, "Rah Rah Firefox! Rah Rah Firefox!" c. They're like that Avis ad "We try harder" In short, why do we need another browser? Micro$oft is always so innovative when they have no competition, if we really needed a new browser, they would give us one. (Special link for the humor impaired) http://dictionary.refere...=satire&x=0&y=0 |
| GoodThings2Life | Sep 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
This is a minor point release for "security and stability" purposes... if you want major functionality changes, make the suggestions for 2.x or 3.x releases. Some of you really need to learn how to rate software objectively! |
| ghammer | Sep 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 1 out of 5 |
Time for another extension run for the faithful. You know, unless you are a Microsoft hater, there is little reason to use Firefox. Adblocking? Grow up, I see as few ads as you and do it with all apps, I use Ad Muncher. Security? Well, FF releases its share of fixes. Standards compliant? Um, all the sites I visit display just fine thanks. Extensions? What do you 'extend' exactly? I see little that I don't already do with Maxthon. Opera is quite capable as well. I see the apologists are here too. "On the roadmap" is where I find little towns, not features in software. Else, Vista is the best OS ever. It's on the roadmap... |
| zridling | Sep 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 1 out of 5 |
Dude, then you really haven't used Opera, have you? As for IE7, have you checked out Maxthon, or Avant, or NetCaptor? Maxthon brings ten times more customization to the browser than Firefox ever did, and oh, it doesn't break your extensions (which Mozilla still refuses to certify after how many years now?) with every .0.0.1 update. Even if you abhor Microsoft and/or IE, Opera has none of these problems but has the best W3C compliance of all. As others have mentioned, it's time for Firefox to grow up; all their excuses are just tired. |
| alexweber15 | Sep 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
zridling... dude i have used opera loads and just don't like it, personal preference, doesn't make me go around bashing it... maybe i should, come to think of it. and extensions breaking? do you even USE firefox at all? or any extensions? this problem ended more than a few months ago. once pretty much all good extensions author's changed the supported version to 2.0+ etc no incremental updated has broken any extensions (except for maybe on or two that the author was too lazy to update a string). i have been using the same 8 extensions for months and have never had to reinstall any of them. -- ghammer. if thats what a roadmap means to you then you shouldn't be at a BETA software site, you should be driving a truck somewhere. dumba**. -- roj you're an idiot. pretty much everything you whined about is on the roadmap for 2.0 this is just a bugfix release. nobody is saying firefox doesn't have bugs or vulnerabilities, like you said every software does. but firefox is endlessly customizable and makes for a much better browsing experience than any other browser out there. if you don't like it don't use it. go back to using IE or opera or whatever. |
| computershack | Sep 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
Feels a fair bit faster than 1.5.0.6. Only been using it for half an hour or so though but it certainly feels zippier. |
| hondaman | Sep 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
I love it. |
| mmebane | Sep 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
"This has nothing against the power of IE7 now :) or Opera." Show me addons.ie7.com or addons.opera.com, plz. :P No, Firefox isn't perfect, but it's endlessly customizeable. |
| roj | Sep 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 1 out of 5 |
Still no concerted effort to manage plugins via a unified interface so that there isn't a Lil' Abner approach with each plugin rolling its own interface? Still no effort to bunle commonly useful plugins like advanced tab control with the browser? Still breaking plugins with each new release? Stil... As to the trite excuse that bugs are found in the IE code, bugs are found in ALL code. Also, when your product is used by 90% of the browser community, more bugs will be found than when your product is used by less than 5%. The Fanboiz tend to miss that oh-so-obvious fact. The honeymoon is over gentlemen and you haven'tdelivered. ONE star for a product that was always more hype than substance. |
| brusco | Sep 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.7 | 5 out of 5 |
@ ghammer you asked "Extensions? What do you 'extend' exactly?" go see for yourself https://addons.mozilla.org |
| sirred2000 | Sep 11, 2006 | 1.5.0.6 | 1 out of 5 |
It thing the fire has gone out for Firefox because it has alot of bugs and is a memory hog. Until this is fixed this file gets a real low rating . |
| SCoooBY | Sep 8, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 1 out of 5 |
http://www.theregister.c...bug_analysis/print.html Just how buggy is Firefox? By John Leyden Published Friday 8th September 2006 10:14 GMT Security researchers that carried out a code analysis of popular open source browser Firefox using automated tools, have discovered scores of potential defects and security vulnerabilities despite coming to the conclusion that the software was generally well written. A former Mozilla developer has criticised the methodology of the analysis and said it provides little help in unearthing real security bugs. Several versions of the software were put through their paces by Adam Harrsion of Klocwork using Klocwork's K7 analysis tool. The analysis, which culminated in an examination of Firefox version 1.5.0.6 unearthed 611 defects and 71 potential security bugs. A large number of these flaws resulted from the code not checking for null after memory was allocated or reallocated. Memory management issues accounted for the next highest defect count (141 flaws). Failure to check the execution path of code also frequently cropped up as a potential error. Firefox developers have been sent the analysis results, which Harrsion concedes is preliminary. "Only someone with in-depth knowledge and background of the Firefox code could judge the danger of a particular security vulnerability," he writes. It's unclear how many, if any, of the potential defects identified by Klocwork's tool are exploitable, the most important consideration. Neither Microsoft nor Opera have released proprietary code for their respective browsers for similar analysis, so no comparisons can be drawn. Alec Fleet, a former developer on the Mozilla Project, said that running code analysis tools has some benefit, but he criticised Klocwork's conclusions as incomplete and potentially misleading. "To claim that there are 611 known, specific, real defects is just wrong. With most of these tools the signal to noise ratio is very high," he writes. "This is not to say there aren't 141 other legitimate memory management defects lurking, but it takes a deeper (human) understanding of the codebase, as well as testing of actual codepaths in use, to flush them out. To spend smart developers' time going over long reports of machine-generated lint would be a waste," Fleet adds. Harrsion defended the quality of his analysis against these criticisms. "Although this analysis was automated, the level of analysis is more sophisticated then a traditional lint-type tool. In this particular analysis we reviewed the entire results to verify the correctness of the defects... [but] as with any analysis only the developers can be the final judge on the severity of these problems," he said. |
| SCoooBY | Sep 8, 2006 | 1.5.0.6 | 1 out of 5 |
http://www.theregister.c...bug_analysis/print.html Just how buggy is Firefox? By John Leyden Published Friday 8th September 2006 10:14 GMT Security researchers that carried out a code analysis of popular open source browser Firefox using automated tools, have discovered scores of potential defects and security vulnerabilities despite coming to the conclusion that the software was generally well written. A former Mozilla developer has criticised the methodology of the analysis and said it provides little help in unearthing real security bugs. Several versions of the software were put through their paces by Adam Harrsion of Klocwork using Klocwork's K7 analysis tool. The analysis, which culminated in an examination of Firefox version 1.5.0.6 unearthed 611 defects and 71 potential security bugs. A large number of these flaws resulted from the code not checking for null after memory was allocated or reallocated. Memory management issues accounted for the next highest defect count (141 flaws). Failure to check the execution path of code also frequently cropped up as a potential error. Firefox developers have been sent the analysis results, which Harrsion concedes is preliminary. "Only someone with in-depth knowledge and background of the Firefox code could judge the danger of a particular security vulnerability," he writes. It's unclear how many, if any, of the potential defects identified by Klocwork's tool are exploitable, the most important consideration. Neither Microsoft nor Opera have released proprietary code for their respective browsers for similar analysis, so no comparisons can be drawn. Alec Fleet, a former developer on the Mozilla Project, said that running code analysis tools has some benefit, but he criticised Klocwork's conclusions as incomplete and potentially misleading. "To claim that there are 611 known, specific, real defects is just wrong. With most of these tools the signal to noise ratio is very high," he writes. "This is not to say there aren't 141 other legitimate memory management defects lurking, but it takes a deeper (human) understanding of the codebase, as well as testing of actual codepaths in use, to flush them out. To spend smart developers' time going over long reports of machine-generated lint would be a waste," Fleet adds. Harrsion defended the quality of his analysis against these criticisms. "Although this analysis was automated, the level of analysis is more sophisticated then a traditional lint-type tool. In this particular analysis we reviewed the entire results to verify the correctness of the defects... [but] as with any analysis only the developers can be the final judge on the severity of these problems," he said. |
| mcm | Sep 6, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 5 out of 5 |
demetrisk - "The tabs and the tabs bar look hideous on Windows Classic. The Fx developers had promised to fix the ugly menus on Win Classic that were introduced on 1.5. Instead, they added to the ugliness." The fix is coming with Firefox 3.0, you can follow this bug report for progress: https://bugzilla.mozilla.../show_bug.cgi?id=243078 |
| eclipsingdivinity | Sep 5, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 4 out of 5 |
With the jump from Beta 1 to Beta 2 I went from being 'ok' with the changes to impressed. Firefox feels faster, the pages load faster and the phishing filter and spellcheck put it on par with IE7. Once it reaches release, it will be stable and reliable. I don't think you can ask for anything better. The apparently lack of features in Firefox 2 will give way to the new bookmarking system and other innovative features in FF3. Of course we have a little while to wait for that. So for now, cheers. |
| Ian C. | Sep 3, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 5 out of 5 |
Much faster than all previous versions. Got some GUI problems upon initial install, but clearing my profile and reinstalling all my extensions fixed it up. |
| zridling | Sep 1, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 5 out of 5 |
Well, I tried to find faults, but everything worked, and it was noticeably faster than 1.5.2. Just wish they had done something with UI similar to Maxthon 2.0, which is stunning and cool. |
| bellgamin | Sep 1, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 5 out of 5 |
Firefox just keeps getting better & better. It has become the standard by which all other browsers must be measured. As to alleged memory leaks, they no longer exist. Some folks who have an internal problem within their computer like to blame it on software, whereas the problem lies in their own back yard. If it weren't for Firefox, there would be no IE7. |
| nickpowers101 | Aug 31, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 5 out of 5 |
Very slick - great browser (even though it's still in beta). |
| azimov | Aug 31, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 5 out of 5 |
demetrisk, to turn the spell checker off, go to options advanced and you'll see it there. What I like about firefox, is not all the security features, it's that it's the fact that it's a browser I can get to work how I want it and not how someone else says I should work with the browser. Also, you can have FF on a USB memory device. very very useful of you travel a lot. Like I do. |
| belthurgp | Aug 31, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 2 out of 5 |
After IE7 B3, I have completely moved away from Firefox. The biggest thing that made me move was the memory leak in 1.5.0.5 and .6. 10 mins of browsing and FF would eat up close to 100 mb. And with bare minimum extensions (Tab mix and mouse gestures). Maxthon is doing fantastic job with 1.5 and 2.0 and coupled with IE7 engine, I don't think I will come this route again. |
| demetrisk | Aug 31, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 1 out of 5 |
The tabs and the tabs bar look hideous on Windows Classic. The Fx developers had promised to fix the ugly menus on Win Classic that were introduced on 1.5. Instead, they added to the ugliness. The close button on the tabs is a waste of space for me. I had already four ways to close tabs: * Ctrl+W * Middle click * Context menu * The x button on the right And there is no option to remove them from the tabs. You have to do it through about:config. (Of course, middle click is not always available, so this will be useful for many people -- but, PLEASE, make it an option!) Also, I can find no option to disable the spell checker globally. I do NOT want a spell checker! Fx has been my default and favourite browser on Win since v. 0.6 -- and I find this version greatly improved in most respects. But I'll give it a rating of 1 for the above reasons. |
| Alex Stevens | Aug 31, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 3 out of 5 |
Eww, what did they do to the theme? It's hideous now. They had it just right in 1.x so why are they messing with it? Change for the sake of change is not always a good idea. Other than that it seems to work ok though. |
| Don Juan | Aug 31, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 5 out of 5 |
Very nice! Seems to run much faster than beta 1. The visual refresh is nice. Tabs are a little shorter in this version, only by a few pixels, but when you don't compare it side by side it seems like they're a lot smaller. only thing I don't like is the home button always looks like it's grayed out (disabled), and the the go button can't be removed from the address bar. pjb: Get Tab Mix Plus. It will enable all the features missing from 1.5, plus much much more. Update: Turns out my GUI glitch is just caused by some extensions. Installed it on another computer and had a glitch where the address bar wouldn't work. Just gotta reset your profile and reinstall your extensions if you get any issues like this. |
| bufftbone | Aug 31, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 5 out of 5 |
Like the song says, "Simply The Best, Better then all the rest!" |
| pjb | Aug 31, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 4 out of 5 |
I would like to see the 'force links that open new windows to open in' option re-instated. I have found this a very good feature of 1.5 For the removal of this feature I have dropped one rating. Edit: Thanks 'Don Juan' I have tired the programme you recomended. Seems ok, although I personally thing far to many options. Be nice just to see that force links re-instated, as do many of my other friends that use firefox. They are dissapointed this functionality has been removed from version 2 at the moment. |
| cloud23 | Aug 31, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 5 out of 5 |
basically they cleaned the bugs even though still looking for more bugs, opera and Microsoft is going to have a competition |
| DigitalSin | Aug 31, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 5 out of 5 |
I like it a lot. UI is clean and refreshed - its nice to get away from the tired default look. Pages seem to load faster and scroll much faster (Opera-like). |
| Jordanr05 | Aug 31, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 5 out of 5 |
all my extensions, but 1, are intact. Have been using this Beta 2 from it's RC1 and RC2 days and have continued to browse without a hitch. So far so good. |
| Perth, Australia | Aug 31, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 3 out of 5 |
I do keep coming back to Firefox to see what improvements have been made and find there are a few, however like other FF still likes to use up memory even tho I have a Dual Core AMD 4200+ with 2GIG ram. Going back to Opera. I do find FF is still friendlier for configuring search engines. |
| AntiochMedia | Aug 31, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 5 out of 5 |
I downloaded this in response to seeing FF v1.5.x stealing huge amounts of my resources and being more and more aware that FF is slipping in speed and efficiency. Wow. This is a huge improvement. I was expecting this milestone to be a series of bug fixes and to be focused on RSS, Tabs with X's (which I had an extension for) and fixing bookmarks. The performance is notably improved, the new default skin is beautiful, compact, stylish -- just hands down great. And RSS now makes sense =) -- and whoah -- Firefox is underlining the word RSS as it's not in it's spell check. Now that's fantastic! |
| mjm01010101 | Aug 31, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 4 out of 5 |
""Visual Refresh: Firefox 2's theme and user interface have been updated to improve usability without altering the familiarity of the browsing experience"" hehe, I see marketers have invaded Mozilla corp? I like this browser, use it for 95% of my work/play, but like the poster below with love for 1.0.7, I think Mozilla has a lot of work to do on it's extensions and compatibility during upgrades. 1.5 completely broke my browser and only through days of troubleshooting did I find it was because of a single extension. I won't upgrade that soon anymore. |
| hondaman | Aug 31, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 5 out of 5 |
Im not a fan of the "x" close tab icons in each tab. I'm sure an extension will be made by someone to fix this. I just upgraded from 1.5, and all but one of my 7 extensions still work. Still the best browser by a mile. |
| Joe Dirt | Aug 31, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 2 out of 5 |
Firefox has just gotten progressivly worse since version 1.07. 1.07 was the best version ever. |
| Tene | Aug 31, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 3 out of 5 |
Under the hood, it's great, as per usual. The hood itself on the other hand has gone against the dev team's word that it would respect the user's native interface. Oh dear. |
| tmosdell | Aug 31, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 2 | 1 out of 5 |
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 is a rip off from Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. I must say that Microsoft has done it's homework for IE7. Firefox has been hacked so many times that it is not funny, now what do you say about security in firefox. |
| Zee333 | Aug 25, 2006 | 1.5.0.6 | 1 out of 5 |
This software is crap. I've just tried the latest IE7 and i think you should aswell, a lot better then Firefox. This has nothing against the power of IE7 now :) or Opera. |
| Zee333 | Aug 25, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 1 out of 5 |
This software is crap. I've just tried the latest IE7 and i think you should aswell, a lot better then Firefox. |
| ShiftedBlue | Aug 22, 2006 | 1.5.0.6 | 5 out of 5 |
Still the gold standard. I love how quickly the security updates are released (like this one), and the extensibility is unmatched, period. Most any feature or quirk of any other browser has a matching Firefox extension, and added to Firefox's inherent security, it's hard for me to use anything else. I love Avant 11, but Firefox is default. |
| zeeZee | Aug 14, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 5 out of 5 |
awesome. running stock. no java. really fast. no extensions. lately firefox portable seems faster than the install version. hmmm. |
| benZin | Aug 12, 2006 | 1.5.0.6 | 5 out of 5 |
a standard now |
| AlanS2001 | Aug 7, 2006 | 1.5.0.6 | 5 out of 5 |
The best. |
| zeeZee | Aug 6, 2006 | 1.5.0.6 | 3 out of 5 |
ie 6 bone stock rules. firefox releases a new version when they find junk code. ie 6 releases security updates all the time. i guess its IE version 888.0 |
| HurricaneGame | Aug 5, 2006 | 1.5.0.6 | 5 out of 5 |
What can I say, it's Firefox! |
| wat0114 | Aug 3, 2006 | 1.5.0.6 | 4 out of 5 |
If only the tabs worked as effectively as they do in Opera or Avant, would I rate Firefox a five. Other than that complaint, this is an awesome browser getting better all the time, and it just never fails that no matter how enamoured I am with others such as Opera or Avant, I always go back to Firefox. It exhibits terrific speed, low resource usage, solid rendering, adequate features and ever-improving stability. As far as the browser's security, based on a recent Secunia report http://secunia.com/product/4227/ only 9% (3) of the 34 vulnerabilities are unpatched, but they are deemed as "Less critical" in severity. It does seem as though Mozilla has done a fine job in this very important area of concern. |
| MarlinT | Aug 3, 2006 | 1.5.0.6 | 5 out of 5 |
Another great release from Mozilla. |
| nickpowers101 | Aug 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.6 | 5 out of 5 |
Great browser. |
| landfish | Aug 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.6 | 5 out of 5 |
no problem with any extensions here, works perfectly as one would expect from the Fox |
| JonathanDoe | Aug 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.6 | 5 out of 5 |
@zridling There's no problem at all with the code, what you probably downloaded and installed was the RC for 1.5.0.6 I could be wrong since I haven't downloaded and used it yet as I prefer to get my updates from the source(updating through Firefox itself or if you must, downloading the whole thing from mozilla.com) As for the "certification program for extensions" that should be coming out in Firefox 2. |
| zridling | Aug 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.6 | 1 out of 5 |
Oh crap, there go two of my extensions again. The coding is getting worse by the day. Jeez, and still no certification program for extensions. I give up. |
| ModderXManiac | Aug 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.6 | 4 out of 5 |
This app is like OSX, people thought both products had no security problems, or at least had the fewest security issues of their kind, but as the user count grew, the ammount of problems being discovered; whether debugging or security grew exponentially. These newer security and stability problems have been highest on the priority list for the Mozilla foundation, while common errors that have been in Gecko since day 1 have yet to be resolved. However, while not being as secure as Opera, it's certainly the best open-source browser out there because of it's compatibility. I can't say I can complain much about extentions because the last 3 builds of FF have worked seamlessly with extentions that haven't needed updates, I only use 4 extentions but that's not the issue. X-Play gives Firefox a steroid-browsing-experience, a 4/5. |
| rseiler | Aug 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.6 | 4 out of 5 |
When they get around to making it official and releasing information as to what's new, I suppose this link will then work: http://www.mozilla.com/f...x/releases/1.5.0.6.html |
| war593122 | Aug 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.6 | 5 out of 5 |
Original from: http://mozilla.osuosl.or...irefox/releases/1.5.0.6/ |
| mjm01010101 | Aug 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.6 | 5 out of 5 |
I believe this is supposed to address the streaming media problems. |
| CyberDog | Aug 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.6 | 3 out of 5 |
Still very disappointed on the fact that they'd rather add features to new releases than fix the code they already wrote. Poor performance, especially when extensions get involved. Oh, and it's not looking as secure as it did when it first start growing, huh? Imagine that... @lokanetra: The comment toward MasterTech is idiotic. I don't care one way or another what he thinks, but people who don't like software have as much right to express their feelings as people who like it. That's the whole bloody point of rating things, to find out if something rates high or low. Otherwise they'd only have a "5" and everybody would click it. And I view FireFoxMyths as a valid argument on his part, it's a very good page, whether FF fanboys like it or not. |
| kmrdeva | Aug 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.6 | 4 out of 5 |
I'm using 2.0b1, btw, but if you need some kind of certainty, well, the latest 1.5.0.6 release is here.. http://releases.mozilla....irefox/releases/1.5.0.6/ |
| 5uck3rpunch | Aug 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.6 | 5 out of 5 |
I could be nuts but 1.5.0.6 seems to render webpages a lot faster than 1.5.0.5 on 2 of my PCs. |
| englishmen | Aug 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.6 | 4 out of 5 |
How is it that fileforum are hosting 1.5.0.6 when there is no word of this release on Mozilla's site? |
| eclipsingdivinity | Jul 27, 2006 | 1.5.0.5 | 5 out of 5 |
hahah, "Rookie feeling". Why? Because the back, forth, reload, stop, home buttons are aligned like a normal browser? Because it's 'slowwwww'? Oh boohoo, nobody cares that Opera can render a page .5 seconds faster. It's probably the stupidest selling of of Opera as it is. Firefox 1.5 is great, and it deserves any high score it gets to at least level off from the Opera fanboys and their idiocy. (not referring to 'the artist') |
| the artist | Jul 27, 2006 | 1.5.0.5 | 4 out of 5 |
as i say, this is grandma's browser... i'd stick to Opera (latest weeklies rock!), now that many website's rendering has been corrected for me. it has a rookie feeling that i just can't swallow, but it is very good anyway, just not my taste. |
| lokanetra | Jul 27, 2006 | 1.5.0.5 | 5 out of 5 |
MasterTech, if you don't like firefox then don't use it and you shouldn't be rating it. It appears you have given it a low rating based upon an external link spewing propaganda. I like using both browsers (IE+FF). The right tool for the right job. I'm sure many people use both browsers religiously... and you're the one posting an external link whereas the rest of us have merely commented on what we think of FF. Don't believe the hype - Public Enemy |
| nickpowers101 | Jul 27, 2006 | 1.5.0.5 | 5 out of 5 |
Brilliant web browser. |
| johnk119 | Jul 27, 2006 | 1.5.0.5 | 5 out of 5 |
Great Highly customizable browser. At times it can be alittle slow loading. |
| doctorsmith | Jul 27, 2006 | 1.5.0.5 | 5 out of 5 |
Mastertech are you really such an imbecile, looking at that link you posted assures me you are. As well as this great update you'll find that the next update for Thunderbird has just been released http://releases.mozilla....ses/1.5.0.5/win32/en-US/ |
| Mastertech | Jul 27, 2006 | 1.5.0.5 | 1 out of 5 |
Wow, this just adds on to the over 100 vulnerabilities of this already insecure browser. Too bad this browser is too slow and not fully standards compliant. Oh yeah keep clicking in that built-in search box so Mozilla Corp can rake in the Millions: http://www.FirefoxMyths.com Looky, looky: http://www.betanews.com/...ox_Extension/1153934797 What is that a Trojan Firefox Extension? Don't say I didn't warn you. |
| alexf153 | Jul 26, 2006 | 1.5.0.5 | 5 out of 5 |
I used to use Maxthon all the time. For well more than a year as a matter of fact. But with all the extensions that I use and better rendering of Firefox, I just can't see myself ever going back to IE. I have no need of it anymore. Except on IE only sites like windows update site. Working as a web developer, I can't work without Firefox and its extensions. IE7 does not impress me either. |
| mjm01010101 | Jul 26, 2006 | 1.5.0.5 | 5 out of 5 |
No issues upgrading. |
| landfish | Jul 26, 2006 | 1.5.0.5 | 5 out of 5 |
The Fox rules ! |
| MarlinT | Jul 26, 2006 | 1.5.0.5 | 5 out of 5 |
Once again another great release from Mozilla. FireFox won't be losing its flame for quite a while. |
| benZin | Jul 26, 2006 | 1.5.0.5 | 5 out of 5 |
Works perfectly. Very secure. 5 stars. _ghammer : hahaha, Maxthon is a on-layer of IE, nothing more. |
| ghammer | Jul 26, 2006 | 1.5.0.5 | 2 out of 5 |
It's an ok browser for the "I hate MS crowd". Personally I use IE via Maxthon. |
| zeeZee | Jul 26, 2006 | 1.5.0.5 | 5 out of 5 |
1505 good so far. if you play yahoo games use java 131. yahoo games seems to prefer microsoft virtual machine. even java beta 6 snags in yahoo games, gonna be new crap. one thing for people reading this who might want to try firefox. you have to "build your own browser". "tab mix plus", makes it all worthwhile, along with "ie tab". very fast, very stable. starting to like it more and more. one thing i wish they had, the thing is maxthon, super drag and drop, where you just drag a link to a spot in the webpage, it will open a tab in the foreground or background, depending on your checkbox option. this browser is highly reccomended. |
| JeRrYFaR | Jul 26, 2006 | 1.5.0.5 | 5 out of 5 |
Firefox is fantastic.. and it just keeps getting better.. |
| DonGato | Jul 26, 2006 | 1.5.0.5 | 5 out of 5 |
A great browser. Loading speed with a full set of extensions might be a problem, but if you use it always as I do that is not a problem. The thing I like most of it is that I could tailor it to my needs and likings, thing I couldn't with IE nor Opera. I left IE two years ago after I grew tired of its problems and lack of customization. Tried Opera but didn't manage to like it. I hope it keeps improving. :) |
| zeeZee | Jul 24, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 4 out of 5 |
excellent browser. great extensions and themes. internet explorer is faster. firefox security leaks is just beginning. microsoft internet explorer, has deep pockets that fix them FASTER. the "secure browsing" for microsoft is just beginning. vista secure mode will be great. firefox can't use active x. comedycentral.com has a media player on the right side. firefox can't play it. need a "open in ie" tab. ie is a great basic get the job done browser. idiots can't keep it maintained well, then say microsoft is crap. ie 7 beta 3 is feeling good. opera is excellent too. same problems with firefox stated above. firefox is a great browser, and will be around a long time. i love every feature it has. it has great ergonomics. i give it 4 because it can't play comedycentral.com media player without needing a open in ie tab, via the extension. another huge snag. i play yahoo spades online 7 days a week. java 15007 snags when closing the browser. so does ie. so does opera. yahoo games seems to love microsoft virtual machine. java 140 is the last release that does not snag and hang the browser when closing yahoo games. you can get it at oldversion.com. since i play yahoo games daily, i use ie and microsoft virtual machine. oh, i run win xp pro xp retail. my machine is maintained superbly. not an infected limewire nimbesol. |
| TGB72 | Jul 22, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 3 out of 5 |
Nice browser but it consume to much memory (more than 40MB for moments) compared with other browsers like Opera. I hope that developers can fix this in next versions. Options for handling tabs and customizing toolbars are very pour, need an improvement there. Most of the extensions are totally useless except for Scrapbook, the most usefull tool I ever saw in a browser. |
| Blackhole8746 | Jul 18, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 2 out of 5 |
2.0? Why the hell? I thought this was supposed to be a big deal. Looking at the changes, this should be called 1.5.0.5 :P nah maybe 1.6 |
| ghammer | Jul 15, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 1 out of 5 |
Crashes oh, about every other click. Doesn't matter if it is a URL or simply Import, Tools, etc. IE 7b3 on the other hand works quite nicely here. After you uninstall, it asks if you want to tell them why. The URL can't be found. Nice touch, I like attention to detail... |
| yanike | Jul 15, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 2 out of 5 |
Decent, nothing new. I think the only advantage Firefox had over IE was tabs. Every new feature I see now is a rip from IE or other browsers. Firefox is losing it's way. |
| Yogurth | Jul 14, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 1 out of 5 |
I see few more features introduced that were copied from competetive browsers. Too bad they don't work nearly as good. On performance front, nothing new unfortunately. I guess FireFox team has other priorities which would be ok if the damn thing didnt hog every spare byte of RAM on my computer to render text!!! even IE7 BETA is better than this. |
| IsoNick | Jul 14, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 3 out of 5 |
Have crashed a few times already. And then again, not that many new things. Why not just call it 1.6? |
| sasesi | Jul 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
I like Firefox. Very much. Ihave been using Firefox now almost 2 years. I tried Opera, but i dont liked it. Whithout when i change it in Prefences, it shows old internet-page. Some pages dont works exellent. But if i tried to use Opera, i still go back to the Firefox. Firefox is fast, and enough secure... Its the best. I cant wait when 2.0 released =) |
| Hewz | Jul 14, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 1 out of 5 |
Crashes on startup... |
| war593122 | Jul 13, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 5 out of 5 |
Best browser just got better! ;) I'm just waiting to see what the final build is going to be like vs IE 7. Though I think if some of the rumors about IE 8 turn out to be true then Opera and FF is going to loose a lot of users. I for one be sticking with IE on Vista until FF/Opera supports Protected Mode. |
| davidtb | Jul 13, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 5 out of 5 |
I'm not reviewing, but I'd like to ask a question about the beta. Are there extensions available? Themes too? I like FF and it's my main Internet Squeeze. I'd hate to go through all the riggamaroll and have just the barebones. Savvy? Thanks for Reading db. |
| sanderg | Jul 13, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 5 out of 5 |
kooshini, make sure to *delete* the program directory before installing it. Your profile is stored in a different location and will not be deleted. For any extensions use the 'nightly tester tools' extension which will be able to make most of them compatible. Works like a charm! |
| kooshini | Jul 13, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 5 out of 5 |
I'm using bon echo alpha atm, i have installed v2.0b1 and i get the following on 3 different systems http://cloud-developments.com/firefox20beta1.JPG ???? |
| bunghole | Jul 13, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 1 out of 5 |
It crashed everytime I tried to run it. Apparently the FF devs messed something up, causing conflicts with Ad Muncher, among other things. FF 1.5 still works fine, however. |
| nickpowers101 | Jul 13, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 5 out of 5 |
Absolutely Brilliant! |
| oc-athlonxp.com | Jul 12, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 5 out of 5 |
So far I like what I see. Excellent release candidate. I can't wait for the final release! Seems alot faster than FF 1.5.0.4 |
| HurricaneGame | Jul 12, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 5 out of 5 |
Better & Better... |
| Sabz | Jul 12, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 5 out of 5 |
this browser rawwwkkkzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz , IMO just keeps getting better an better |
| linkdup | Jul 12, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 5 out of 5 |
JonathanDoe... http://www.mozilla.org/p...s/bonecho/all-beta.html |
| JonathanDoe | Jul 12, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 5 out of 5 |
So I'm guessing this build BetaNews posted is the RC3 before the actual Beta 1 build is done. Since the final Beta 1 is scheduled for release tomorrow. http://wiki.mozilla.org/...atusMeetings/2006-07-11 |
| darthbeads | Jul 12, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 3 out of 5 |
For those who don't know, an early Alpha (a 'Trunk Build,' really) of Firefox 3.0 is out as well: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/minefield/ |
| statm1 | Jul 12, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 1 out of 5 |
Does Mozilla forget theres such thing as UI and UX? Because they certainly seem like they had the UI designed back when the Firefox started and said we are going to keep this design forever.. We are never going to change it. In my opinion every major version, i.e. 1.0,2.0,3.0..should have a new UI. At least change SOMETHING besides the little dinky search box. |
| benZin | Jul 12, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 5 out of 5 |
yeah, the portable is great. On Digg.com 3/4 days ago. |
| mjm01010101 | Jul 12, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 4 out of 5 |
1.5 final caused so many issues with me I no longer consider FF beta or alpha releases worthwhile. Before features address the messes that still exist with regards to extension versus firefox compatibility. |
| john84 | Jul 12, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 5 out of 5 |
I am using the portable version so that I don't screw up my normal profile: http://tech.cybernetnews...table-firefox-20-beta-1/ |
| Don Juan | Jul 12, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 5 out of 5 |
Firefox crashes from HTML code on sites? Only thing thats ever crashed FF for me is poorly coded or incompatible extensions, and I've been using Bon Echo since alpha 1. |
| DarkMana | Jul 12, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 5 out of 5 |
"Firefox _STILL_ crashes on some sites with bad html: http://forums.mozillazin.../viewtopic.php?t=293066 Why can't they ever fix these bugs?!?" Well for starters, don't write crappy HTML. Problem solved. |
| Tutsumi | Jul 12, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 5 out of 5 |
I like this build alot and I'm glad to see that these extentions were built in. As for it crashing on http://img.kamrat.com/test/fluber.htm Not even my 1.5.0.4 version crashed there. It froze up a bit but opened up the site within 2 minutes. "This is just a RC for Beta 1 set for later this week. http://www.mozillazine.o...back.html?article=10874 " Bull, it was set for today. |
| kmrdeva | Jul 12, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 5 out of 5 |
I think I found the actual beta 1 release here - http://ftp.mozilla.org/p.../firefox/releases/2.0b1/ . |
| dreadlox | Jul 12, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 3 out of 5 |
Firefox _STILL_ crashes on some sites with bad html: http://forums.mozillazin.../viewtopic.php?t=293066 Why can't they ever fix these bugs?!? |
| The MAZZTer | Jul 12, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 5 out of 5 |
Nice new features, the spell check and the new Add-ons dialog GUI especially. Now just gotta wait for extension authors to get their butts in gear. X_x |
| Jordanr05 | Jul 12, 2006 | 2.0 Beta 1 | 5 out of 5 |
Have had 0 problems with beta 1 and my noscript works already. I'm looking forward to interface tweaks in the next beta but so far i'm impressed with the speed and features of this build (anti-phising filter is sweet). |
| crashoverride | Jul 11, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 3 | 4 out of 5 |
Crashes? been running alpha 3 since released and hasn't crashed yet. I too am glad to see some of the ideas put forth in extensions being incorporated into firefox. Have had a few rendering issues but as for loading firefox can't say i've had any problems. The only other problems I've had are with a couple of extensions and a few themes but that's the makers fault for lagging behind. You fanboys (IE, Opera, and Firefox alike) make me sick. You are al so blinded by your hatred or love for one browser or another that you don't take the time to actually test anything. |
| Jordanr05 | Jul 10, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 3 | 4 out of 5 |
Stooopppp you bloody fanboys. Every one of these reviews mentioning sticking to Opera. I find the rendering comments cute you hyprocrites. I'm going to review the ACTUAL SOFTWARE now. Crazy idea huh? Yep it has glitches and crashed. Weird...feels like an APLHA release! Good to see they've started to incorporate new technologies into this build - ie anti-phishing tech. Browser is shaping up nicely. |
| WoBiDi | Jun 28, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 1 out of 5 |
Putting an extensions loaded version of Firefox up against MSIE makes it almost impossible for Firefox to win. There are countless add-ons available for MSIE that make it nearly limitless in its add-ons. Also Firefox still has those horrible rendering problems and the useless extensions are annoying. I personally use Yahoo! Widgets on my Windows computers and the build in widgets in OS X 10.4 on my Apple Powerbook G4. Not only are they useless in Firefox but not necessary. I think extensions support was an attempt to compete with the addon support in MSIE, but was not well implemented. Firefox still can't be considered as a primary browser... not even secundary... Love from sinedinsidan2006. |
| ciwir | Jun 8, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 3 out of 5 |
Good browser but IMHO Opera is beter and it has everything what you need out of the box |
| yanike | Jun 6, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
Best Firefox Ever! I've gained much respect for Firefox with this release. All my webpages load extremely fast and fine, even the ones I use with IE. All my plugins work excellent and no crashes :) Firefox is definitely my default browser. Now, I'm just gonna wait and see what Microsoft does this summer with the latest IE7 beta release. |
| wat0114 | Jun 3, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 4 out of 5 |
Still has that annoying propensity of crashing when, say, my firewall kicks in prompting me for a rule on FF before allowing it network access. Other than that, it's seems pretty rock-solid with page loading speed just about on par with that of Avant and Maxthon. |
| nickpowers101 | Jun 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
Great product. |
| womfalcs7 | Jun 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
Firefox is great. I updated it this morning. |
| Ulmo | Jun 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
Freedom (extend, modify) + Easy + Stable + Complete |
| zee7 | Jun 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
Changelog: MFSA 2006-43 Privilege escalation using addSelectionListener MFSA 2006-42 Web site XSS using BOM on UTF-8 pages MFSA 2006-41 File stealing by changing input type (variant) MFSA 2006-39 "View Image" local resource linking (Windows) MFSA 2006-38 Buffer overflow in crypto.signText() MFSA 2006-37 Remote compromise via content-defined setter on object prototypes MFSA 2006-36 PLUGINSPAGE privileged JavaScript execution 2 MFSA 2006-35 Privilege escalation through XUL persist MFSA 2006-34 XSS viewing javascript: frames or images from context menu MFSA 2006-33 HTTP response smuggling MFSA 2006-32 Fixes for crashes with potential memory corruption MFSA 2006-31 EvalInSandbox escape (Proxy Autoconfig, Greasemonkey) |
| Kylde | Jun 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 4 out of 5 |
hmmm, I wonder what this upgrade breaks :) ? 2 out of 20 extensions, average failure rate |
| JonathanDoe | Jun 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
Release Notes: *Improvements to product stability *Several security fixes http://www.mozilla.org/p...ies.html#firefox1.5.0.4 |
| AlanS2001 | Jun 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
Best web client ever. |
| joeshmoe7 | Jun 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
Glad to see another update :) Long live FF |
| coover | Jun 1, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
Don Juan ... Just because you've moved on to 2.0 Alpha DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE ALL THE SECURITY FIXES. Alpha releases are unfinished software. It is called an Alpha because it is not even close to being ready for release. It is an Alpha release because the developers are trying something experimental and they don't know what will happen. It is an Alpha release because it probably has some very bad security problems. It is an alpha release because it may endanger your computer. What don't you understand about the use of the word "alpha" when it is applied to software. Do yourself and your computer a favor and go back to 1.5.0.4. And don't use 2.0 until it is (at least) a "Beta" release. Beta releases may crash your machine, but they (probably) won't do any harm. |
| hondaman | Jun 1, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
The extension capabilites alone make this browser rise above the rest. |
| Don Juan | Jun 1, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
Well it's just a security release, but seeing as how I've already moved on 2.0 alpha I hopefully already have the security fixes. |
| ModderXManiac | Jun 1, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
Nope, it's official. Check out releases: http://releases.mozilla....la.org/firefox/releases/ Don't be a moron and rate it 1 EVEN IF it's a nightly build, still a great browser. I just hope Mozilla foundation will take their time with Firefox 2.0 Bon Echo, and fix some of the problems I can list that Gecko has had for 5 years, and resolve all current problems; especially security; where Opera shines over this. If Opera rendered as well as this, I'd give this a lesser rating, but this is what I use. |
| Danny7 | Jun 1, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
@eric467 If it's not official then what it's doin in the "releases" folder? So check before assuming something. This IS a final release. BTW 5 stars for a great browser. |
| forgie | Jun 1, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
works great and didn't break any of my 7 installed extensions. |
| benZin | Jun 1, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
always on top |
| eric467 | Jun 1, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
This is just another "nightly" trunk release, it's not official. So if you want all of your extensions broken, go ahead and try it out... otherwise wait for an official release. ***Edited*** Good to see it's official, I've just seen too many websites like Majorgeeks, Download.com, & BetaNews jump all over unfinished nightly releases as if they were mandatory. Unfortunately a lot of people won't check for themselves, and may end up screwing things up for themselves. Automatic updater works fine too, coming from V.1.5.0.3 to V.1.5.0.4. |
| dejavu | Jun 1, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
Best Browser! |
| 9i08 | Jun 1, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
As usual I am very happy with the Firefox, just wish there was widgets like in Opera. :( I agree with the "Old reliable" comment also, because of course, one browser may fail in one area where the other works, and so in addition to great browsing capabilities, Firefox is like having an extra life ring on the ship. Also you may keep an eye on this page for changes perhaps they will be noted sometime soon http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/releases |
| BioGirl | Jun 1, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
Been looking foward to this. ^__^ |
| mjm01010101 | Jun 1, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
Old reliable. |
| alexweber15 | Jun 1, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
probably another security release.... anyone got a changelog? |
| new_jamie | Jun 1, 2006 | 1.5.0.4 | 5 out of 5 |
Works OK - what's new? |
| Stephen Bungert | May 30, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 3 | 1 out of 5 |
In the words of Del-Boy: "bonnet de douche. Bon Echo? bon jour more like. mange tout. |
| Blitzkrieg | May 30, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 3 | 2 out of 5 |
Doesn't feel fresh for a major version release and still plagued with the unnatural feeling that items were an after thought (tabbed interface). Loading FireFox is still a nightmare. I'm still sticking with Opera as the #1 browser. The only thing FireFox has going for it is the extentions, but I can do everything I need for a browser in Opera right out of the box. |
| hazlema | May 30, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 3 | 3 out of 5 |
Firefox has gone from being a solid browser with few problems to a browser with nothing but problems. I use firefox all the time and can tell you that it constently crashes and locks up. I had hoped firefox would be able to take the steam out of IE, but that is looking less and less likely. |
| necommunications | May 30, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 3 | 2 out of 5 |
Really not a fan at the moment. Same rendering problems as 1.X and problems using it through the ISA Firewall Client. Also bad habit of stealing extensions for other programs withough asking the user is still present. I will keep reccomending Opera as an alternative browser for my clients for the time being. |
| Kylde | May 30, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 3 | 3 out of 5 |
seems no faster, and even using mr tech local install, it disabled 16 out of my 20 extensions |
| improvelence | May 29, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 3 | 5 out of 5 |
b0mmel...my god, what a pathetic attempt at pimping IE7. "Let it die", that is something you say about ICQ or...ahem IE. IE7 is a pathetic (and ugly) attempt at emulating Firefox. Firefox is only GROWING and its not even that old, that has to be the dumbest thing I have ever read on here by a non-opera user. |
| Don Juan | May 29, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 3 | 5 out of 5 |
Love this version of Firefox. Usually you expect alpha versions of software to be really buggy, but this is rock solid, only in alpha because it hasn't yet reached a feature lock. Has lots of great features, most of which came from the Google toolbar, although some came from other plugins. Also it seems about 90% of the Firefox 1.5.x plugins work with this with no problem. It's memory usage isn't any better yet unfortunately, but it does seem to run much faster. |
| Belial666 | May 29, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 3 | 4 out of 5 |
Very good software,but I'm testing the latest nightly build,and it's already at version 3.0a1.Maybe 2.0a1 is a typo.I still use IE6,also,so I'm not a total convert yet. It's here,if you want to test it: http://mozilla.isc.org/p...ox/nightly/latest-trunk/ |
| Sabz | May 29, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 3 | 5 out of 5 |
>Disappointed for the most part. I have tried alpha 2 and haven't seen the alpha 3 features but i'm well aware that this is merely a 'feature' release and not a retooling of the gecko engine. That would be fine and dandy of they actually had innovative features other than playing catchup to Internet Explorer 7 and Opera 9.< playing catchup to IE7 an opera9? LOL never laughed as hard as i am today. Opera9 has the worst uninstaller an doesnt work correctly all the time IE7 ..nothing new or exciting sbout it, just another wasted Update from M$$. Opera9 on the other hand is just full of useless crap like unwanted widgets that people dont need in a browser, |
| jon8rfc | May 29, 2006 | 1.5.0.3 | 5 out of 5 |
After using Firefox at work, I decided to give it a try on my own system. I never thought I would be able to switch from IE since I've become so comfortable with it, but I've fully switched after using Firefox for about 3 weeks. The main thing that attracted me is the tabbed-browsing. IE7 went kaput on me, just like Office 2007, so IE7 is not an option. I found a theme (which I never thought I would seek out) that feels great. I also found two GREAT extensions for tab modification: "Tab Mix Plus" and "Colorful Tabs". The first has a boatload of customization options, and the second allows me to fade tabs that aren't in use which makes the foreground tab much more prominent. I have officially switched teams for browsing, and I had sworn to IE for so long. Tabs got me interested; usability and extensions got me hooked. |
| b0mmel | May 29, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 3 | 2 out of 5 |
FF looks like an old program, feels like an old program and stems from a time when there was a need for an alternative to IE. After surfing with IE7 for a while, I felt compassion when I saw how the new FF looks and feels. FF is to IE7 what OpenOffice is to Office 2007. 2 points from me for the sake of the old times. Let it die guys... |
| guti | May 29, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 3 | 4 out of 5 |
When an official Win64 version? |
| nms04 | May 29, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 3 | 3 out of 5 |
better than alpha2, but still worse than opera9 beta2! |
| AlanS2001 | May 29, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 3 | 5 out of 5 |
eclipsingdivinity, firstly Firefox came out with RSS support quite a while before IE. Secondly, I'd have it a at a bet that most home users wouldn't install plugins. Therefor there is nothing wrong with Firefox working on providing useful features that a lot of people might not otherwise use. Finally, there's nothing wrong with taken on features that have been popular in other browsers (exactly what IE 7 did by taking on tabbed browsing and RSS support). |
| eclipsingdivinity | May 29, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 3 | 3 out of 5 |
AlanS2001: Yes, IE never started RSS, but since IE 7.0 had integrated it into their browser it seems like Firefox has sought to 'also' make subscribing just as easy. It's not copying per say, but more like a scramble to compete with Internet Explorer. If Internet Explorer 7.0 never existed would Mozilla have done same thing? That I don't know, but it feels as if they're taking a page out of Internet Explorer's game plan. Secondly you point out that most people don't install extensions, which is correct. But since when did Firefox try to cater to "the mob" as i'd like to put it? Well now that they're piling in cash from Google and numerous donations of course. I always thought the initial goal of Firefox was to make a lean, fast browser that was safe and secure and left it's numerous possibilities to the extension developers? It's really a matter of personal feelings, and it's all just opinion. One thing is certain is if they keep duplicating releases like 2.0, what will be the point of extensions and how will extension developers compete? Might as well have it be a commercial program. ----------------------------------------------- Disappointed for the most part. I have tried alpha 2 and haven't seen the alpha 3 features but i'm well aware that this is merely a 'feature' release and not a retooling of the gecko engine. That would be fine and dandy of they actually had innovative features other than playing catchup to Internet Explorer 7 and Opera 9. There are a few things wrong with Mozilla's direction at the current moment. One is that they're spending too long working on features that extensions have done a fine job on. See: Tab Mix Plus, Netcraft Anti-Phishing. Or they are working on features that IE 7.0 managed to dish out awhile ago. Example, their adding and removing engines and antiphishing and improving RSS. I don't mind these built in features they are doing, but Bon Echo is losing perspective on what Mozilla is all about. Bon Echo is a walking contradiction in terms of browsing. Mozilla isn't innovating, and they aren't improving the gecko base. They are implementing features from popular extensions to appeal to the general public out of the box. Mozilla wasn't about market share when it first started. I love Firefox, but Bon Echo isn't going to be Mozilla's most memorable release. |
| coover | May 29, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 3 | 5 out of 5 |
As long as this is an Alpha release, I shall not use it and I recommend that others not use it. However, since I really haven't seen it, I shall not down rate it, as my instinct tells me that it will be a 5 when actually released. |
| LimeBreath | May 29, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 3 | 5 out of 5 |
As others have said, for an alpha, this is very stable. Use Nightly Tester Tools or MR Tech's Local Install to make most incompatible extensions work. The spell checker worked nicely while typing this. |
| alexweber15 | May 29, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 3 | 5 out of 5 |
getting better and better still don't think the new features are worthy of a 2.0 release, more like 1.6 or 1.7 or something in between really... good stuff though! |
| kl00 | May 28, 2006 | 1.5.0.3 | 3 out of 5 |
I had been a big fan of Mozilla products for quite a while (never really crazy about Thunderbird, though), and I really liked Fx 1.0. But it seems that Firefox development has been in a retrograde movement ever since. Fx 1.5.x is really a memory hog for a browser that was always billed as being "lean and mean". It has a bloated feel to it even in its stripped-down, "out-of-the-box" mode. Rendering is fine, just as in all Gecko-based browsers, but I hope that the memory issues will be straightened out by version 2. In the meantime, I'll be using Opera and keeping an eye on Orca. |
| charlezz | May 18, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 2 | 4 out of 5 |
Alpha 2 seems to be a very stable release, I've been running it for a few days now. It doesn't have a lot new features compared to Firefox 1.5 but it looks way more polished and has a better feel. I can use 99% of my extensions using the Mr. Tech plug-in. Can't wait to see the final release! |
| butthead | May 15, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 2 | 4 out of 5 |
Blackhole8746, you lost interest and are commenting an alpha release of firefox. moron :D Very stable for an alpha, new features are nicely implemented. Interface is also more polished than 1.5. Looking forward to final release. |
| Blackhole8746 | May 15, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 2 | 2 out of 5 |
After getting IE7 Beta 2, although still a bit buggy, I lost all interest in other browsers. |
| knuckles | May 15, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 2 | 5 out of 5 |
An improvement over the 1.5 versions. It seems to be less resource hungry and I also think this is a very stable alpha build. Though it isn't like revolutionary features are being added to this to the 2.0 version of firefox. I hope some of my favorite extensions become compatible soon. I enjoy the additional features and think this release will be effective in combating the future release of IE7. I'm no Firefox fanatic but I do feel that Microsoft would have done nothing to truly improve IE if it wasn't for firefox. It is only through competition that products truly thrive. I hope firefoxes share of the browser market increases and in turn improves it self and IE. |
| damndj | May 15, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 2 | 4 out of 5 |
It appears the memory issue is fixed. I've had it open for a few hours now and I've been running WoW as well. It's using 30 megs of ram, rather than 300 which Firefox usually ends up taking.. Plus it has spell check in message forms! What's not to love? Had some crashes; mostly when media player is running in a webpage. Other than that, seems very stable. |
| maraskus | May 14, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 2 | 4 out of 5 |
Friends, let's not discuss any more: so much It Opera as FireFox there are good both, everything what not are Microsoft, in browsers, is in the habit of being good, Firefox and Opera have different philosophies that it serves to users' different striping, this way that complement each other, do not compete, both are good, sure and free, what more we can ask? |
| stopbuggingme | May 14, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 2 | 1 out of 5 |
Use Opera or IE. Both are faster to start and to display the web pages and consume less CPU than firefox. Also both of them don't come together with noisy, fanatic supporters. |
| womfalcs7 | May 14, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 2 | 5 out of 5 |
It's very good for an alpha release, very stable. I don't recommend it as your main version of Firefox to use (as said before, stick to 1.5), but you could download it on a separate drive just to play around with. I'm loving the in-line spell check and the new extensions/themes UI. There is an alpha 3 and it will be released on May 26th and that will be feature complete. If everything goes to plan, Firefox 2.0 is going to be released in late August. |
| midnighter_9999 | May 14, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 2 | 4 out of 5 |
when is it coming ie: Mozilla Firefox 2 ???? |
| Zankur | May 14, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 2 | 3 out of 5 |
quite,ok,still a long-way to go...stick to 1.5! |
| felixml | May 14, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 2 | 4 out of 5 |
not bad, does not crash as much and as often as other Firefox/Mozilla products, at least so far. |
| improvelence | May 13, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 2 | 5 out of 5 |
Anyone who thinks that Opera is faster than Firefox has obviously never used Firefox. Opera is rediculously slow, horrible at rendering and dead ugly. Opera...the name says it all. A BORING ANNOYING ARTFORM ENJOYED BY A SMALL GROUP OF A-HOLES. |
| Terumo | May 13, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 2 | 3 out of 5 |
Jeg holder meg til Opera. |
| slushdot | May 13, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 2 | 5 out of 5 |
The memory usage has been decreased dramatically, before it was like 100mb with about 3 tabs open for about an hour, now it's more like 65mb under the same load. |
| Perth, Australia | May 13, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 2 | 1 out of 5 |
finally thank you Makaveli213 reviewer... you have summed it up. opera is way faster :) |
| Makaveli213 | May 13, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 2 | 2 out of 5 |
@eclipsingdivinity- "And finally to the memory squabbling. WHO CARES! Yep, that about sums it up. Who really cares? Do you know who cares? People with computers made in the 2001 and Opera fanboys.That's who cares. Welcome to 2006, we NOW have the ability to buy PC's with a gig of ram :-). I'm sure 50 megs isn't going to ravage your PC performance." Okay now who are the fanboys here? Firefox now has teh IEDestroyer, Firefox Flicks among other things. How many times have you heard Opera "Fanboys" come out with a IE Destroyer? Or films about thier browser? Yes i am a avid Opera user. But i also have used Firefox. Back when it was 0.7 and even before. I used it up till 1.5. Now i use Opera. Why? Cause Opera is better. For MY purpose. Not everyone has the same purpose with browsers. Also Opera does all this by default. No extensions. So as far as the review of Firefox 2 Alpha 2 goes. More of the same. If you have used Firefox before prepare for more of the same. Not much has changed. Still doesnt pass the Acid 2 test. |
| Master- | May 13, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 2 | 5 out of 5 |
The Best gets better! |
| horsecharles | May 13, 2006 | 2.0 Alpha 2 | 5 out of 5 |
I'll second mshnayde...so far........ |
| qrst | May 10, 2006 | 1.5.0.3 | 5 out of 5 |
In my everyday browsing, it's more stable, extensable, and functional than any other browser (and yes, I know them very well, including Opera). Plus, it's has very user-friendly interface - important for beginners. I regularly use many browsers (with all their advanced features), but this one has been my favourite for a long time. |
| BogdanSHA | May 3, 2006 | 1.5.0.3 | 4 out of 5 |
1.5.o.4 is the last build. Still Opera is better! |
| Don Juan | May 3, 2006 | 1.5.0.3 | 5 out of 5 |
Wow, the auto update actually works in 1.5.0.2. Nice quick hastle free update to the new version. |
| nickpowers101 | May 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.3 | 5 out of 5 |
Great product! |
| ezh | May 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.3 | 5 out of 5 |
Can't wait for 2.0. |
| crowbar82 | May 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.3 | 4 out of 5 |
Opera: 5 Firefox: 4 |
| Banquo | May 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.3 | 5 out of 5 |
Updated with no problems. 1.5.0.3 is the latest release also, ignore the guy below who thinks he has 1.5.0.4. |
| ModderXManiac | May 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.3 | 2 out of 5 |
As the Mozilla Organization forgo's the development of Bon Echo, with a new rendering engine and such, the primary focus of this browser is forgotten. The primary focus was to provide a flexible, stable, fast and very secure platform, and THEN move on to product innovations. There are numerous bugs in Firefox, even with this release. There are several security fixes that remain ignored, bugzilla reports remain ignored, yet they felt good enough to jump straight from 1.07 to 1.5, with much left untouched. There are gecko problems from Mozilla over 2 years ago that have yet to be solved; with as big as the Mozilla Corporation is, and continues to grow, they could take bugzilla more seriously. While this has grown to be the most used open-source application in history, under the hood it's among the most problematic. While I use Firefox daily, I am skeptical about any updates. They should pause the release of 2.0 until the holiday season, and stop releasing these products and consider them "final builds" without several hundred hours of environment testing like Opera does. Opera may not render as well, but it's sure stable. I thank the user below for mentioning Orca browser, by the developers of Avant browser, it's a Gecko based browser which has left me dropping K-Meleon altogether as another Gecko-based browser. Very fast, slightly large in download size, but it's a very early project and a very complete browser. http://fileforum.betanew...ca_Browser/1128532815/1 |
| betabetabeta | May 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.3 | 4 out of 5 |
I like the Gecko engine...but the UI is really not great. I know it supports extensions et all but wait till Orca is released. Its in its beta now: http://fileforum.betanew...ca_Browser/1128532815/1 BTW: My current #1 is OPERA !!!! |
| mjm01010101 | May 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.3 | 5 out of 5 |
No issues. |
| davygiven | May 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.3 | 5 out of 5 |
Nope no typo. I'm running v1.5.0.4 right now. |
| The MAZZTer | May 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.3 | 5 out of 5 |
Tuf: Please keep YOUR fanatisim out of this non-fanatical rating system. PCBill: That would seem to be a typo on Softpedia, then. Firefox is my favorite browser, and it has forever changed the way I surf the internet. We have timely security updates for an already more secure browser than the alternative, an extension model that allows for infinitely expandable functionality that neither of the other two top alternatives has even tried to touch. 5/5 |
| pcbill | May 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.3 | 5 out of 5 |
Same Here,,,,My version says 1.5.0.4 and seems to work great. PCBill |
| benZin | May 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.3 | 5 out of 5 |
It works, and fine ! |
| Floske Tuf | May 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.3 | 1 out of 5 |
@The MAZZTer I have never been a fanatic ! Everybody uses whatever he likes. The FF fanatics (look around on the web how they behave wrt IE) made me become a little itchy ! Normaly I am not doing this kind of things. But since the FF fanatics use every single occasion to kill/destroy IE, I am going to do it too. Here you are : a 1 I couldn't get any lower. |
| dejavu | May 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.3 | 5 out of 5 |
Here We Go Again! My default browser with Opera in second place! |
| Perth, Australia | May 2, 2006 | 1.5.0.3 | 3 out of 5 |
it might be a useful browser for those who want a browser and thats it.. i'll stick with opera beta 9+ as i like my voice activated menu and its super fast rendering/displaying sessions. |
| 9i08 | Apr 26, 2006 | 1.5.0.2 | 5 out of 5 |
Well as casual user like me, u will find this is probably useful browser to add to the collection, the cookie management is exellent, I feel Opera's can be a bit confusing sometimes, but works nevertheless. The toolbars and buttons are extremely customizeable, and clear icons make it easy to navigate which is important for me. As for security well theres only so much a browser can withstand. Security patches for the windows are crucial, and believe me it's not gonna safeguard u from hackers and exploits if you run barebones(no service pack for windows, no security updates).I've been there and even the most common spyware slipped past the anti-spyware net. Opera seems faster, on my computer. Mem use is a little high, with one or two tabs open sometimes, compared to other browsers on the same sites. Also, the Options menu of Firefox is the best I ever used on a browser. |
| Vampmon | Apr 25, 2006 | 1.5.0.2 | 3 out of 5 |
It's a good brower, i used it as my main brower for a few months, but since IE 7-Beta has been released i've changed over, i don't like the feel of this brower, it's a good browser, but you must remember it has just as many flaws and security issues as any other browser so don't just switch from IE to tis because you think you'll be safe, you won't. I'd also advise you to give IE7-Beta a try if you'd like. |
| bggoth | Apr 25, 2006 | 1.5.0.2 | 3 out of 5 |
Nice browser.. brings back memories ;) It's better than IE6!..I'm not that sure for IE7 & Opera, though, since they're currently in beta... Anyway, it's done good to have a competition between the browsers. |
| s.h.a.r.p. | Apr 24, 2006 | 1.5.0.2 | 4 out of 5 |
"oh my god, it's not the browser i use, so it's gotta be a 1-star!!!" it does everything i want it to and probably more. with the right extensions, it's hard not to like it. there is always the occasional problem with flash or some crap like java, but i've had 'the occasional problem' with every browser i've used. i've been very pleased with the pop-up blocking and the speed it enough for me. it's my browser of choice. |
| plings | Apr 22, 2006 | 1.5.0.2 | 1 out of 5 |
With love from Browser12... |
| Jordanr05 | Apr 21, 2006 | 1.5.0.2 | 5 out of 5 |
Don't listen to the Opera fanboys below, this browser is amazing. Be sure to download Adblock and NoScript for a truly secure browsing experience. Update 1.5.0.2 installed seamlessly and without a hitch. The new auto update feature is extremely efficient. |
| benZin | Apr 18, 2006 | 1.5.0.2 | 5 out of 5 |
Always excellent. Awesome. |
| Packerz1 | Apr 17, 2006 | 1.5.0.2 | 5 out of 5 |
A lot safer than Microsoft. RSS, tabbed browsing, search bar, themes, extensions. Isn't it funny that IE 7 tries to copy what firefox/mozilla has been doig for years. Try Thunderbird for an awesome e-mail client. http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/ |
| sn0wflake | Apr 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.2 | 1 out of 5 |
I'll have to give this release a very low rating because it's given me more problems than solutions. Application integration just got worse. Before it was just Media Player Classic and VideoLAN. In this release Sun Java too is fcked up. Sorry Mozilla crew. You just have to improve and release a better version soon! |
| Zankur | Apr 14, 2006 | 1.5.0.2 | 5 out of 5 |
there's no problem with either extension or themes... nowadays,all extensions and themes are made for upto firefox-1.6a So,there wont be problem and thus no loss of your favourite extensions with this upgrade... |
| Kramy | Apr 13, 2006 | 1.5.0.2 | 5 out of 5 |
Blaxima: Last I checked Portable FF leaves a single plugins.xxx file somewhere in Docs & Settings on any computer you start it on. Aside from that, it leaves a reg key to tell another PFF.exe not to launch Firefox a second time, but that should be deleted upon Firefox exit. The slow start speed is grosely over exaggerated. I've found Firefox to be quite a quick starting browser - right on par with Maxthon. No comment on Opera though. :) All adobe products start horribly slow - and what's up with Adobe Reader's 6 minute installer!? I think some setting is bugged up on my computer, because their Feed Optimizer keeps calling wait() over and over! :P And actually, the same program and version only takes a half-minute to install on XP, and hangs indefinitely on 98SE, so I think they check your OS version and call wait() for a number of minutes depending on how old your OS is. :D Right, Firefox - didn't notice any changes in start speed, but security fixes are always good. |
| Skizelli | Apr 13, 2006 | 1.5.0.2 | 5 out of 5 |
@Blaxima: Nobody's rebelling. IE/Maxthon is simply a piece of crap and is behind in web standards. As a web designer, I'd like to be able to use CSS2 and such. You do know that Maxthon is based on the IE kernel, don't you? 1) What software is perfect? If they were perfect, software versions would not exist. 2) That's because most web sites are still based on IE's standards. It's not Firefox's fault. And besides that, have you ever heard of IE Tab? Apparently not. 3) It's still safer than IE/Maxthon. 4) I'll agree with you here. There are some memory issues. 5) It's fast for me. Sounds like something on your end. 6) See above. |
| nickpowers101 | Apr 13, 2006 | 1.5.0.2 | 5 out of 5 |
Absolutely brilliant and keeps on getting better. Go Firefox! |
| horsecharles | Apr 13, 2006 | 1.5.0.2 | 5 out of 5 |
I had been disappointed w/ FF lately-- but they've seemed to turn things around. |
| Blaxima | Apr 13, 2006 | 1.5.0.2 | 2 out of 5 |
I still cant believe how blinded by rebellion people are(or what they think is rebelling) with this piece of software. 1) Just like with Apple, Firefox is no knight in shining armour with its HIGHLY intrusive tactics. When I think of "portable software" I think of something I stick on a usb and take with me not leaving a trace on the system I just used. Well not with FF portable! Just like this exe version it installs folders where it wants and not just where I TELL IT TO. Which means in the portable version that you leave files on the system that isn't yours. For this version it means when you do a uninstall you still have to do some searching to remove it completely. 2) Still can only load 80% of webpages correctly 3) Safer?!?!? is that what you think? why because it uses a gecko engine instead of IE? Well MAXTHON has the ability to use both! Besides look at the changes, it says " several security fixes". Now why would that be if its as safe as fanboys say? 4) bigger and bigger memory hog with each release 5) Slow...now I really can't stress slow enough....sloooooooooooooow 6) My Photoshop CS2 loads faster than this! Only good thing in my mind is the community(some) that create alot of good plugins and skins. |
| Don Juan | Apr 13, 2006 | 1.5.0.2 | 5 out of 5 |
Seems a good bit faster than 1.5.0.1. You can go to 'Tools' -> 'Check for Updates...' then the built in updater will go for it. It probably only auto checks for updates like once a week. |
| Zoroaster | Apr 13, 2006 | 1.5.0.2 | 5 out of 5 |
Installed perfectly over version 1.5.0.1 Two extension incompatibilities: - Content Disposition 0.3 - AI Roboform 6.6.6, which refused to run even after having been reinstalled with MR Tech Local Install. Roboform for Firefox is strictly limited at this time to Fx 1.5.0.1 I'll have to wait a few more days ;) |
| mjm01010101 | Apr 13, 2006 | 1.5.0.2 | 5 out of 5 |
SO MUCH FUN! WHEE! |