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joker
07-10-11, 05:58 PM
Just finally gave in and installed 5.0 today. Is it just me or is this thing WAY faster then older versions??
Fire$torm
07-10-11, 07:04 PM
Just finally gave in and installed 5.0 today. Is it just me or is this thing WAY faster then older versions??

They say its much faster. New engine and other code, better optimization, etc...

Edit: I'm waiting for all my add-ons/plug-ins/Themes to update to FF 5. Then I'll switch.
YoDude9999
07-10-11, 11:48 PM
ANYTHING is better than IE. I've been running FF for years now and I ain't gonna stop using it anytime soon, unless the managers of BOINC somehow take over!
c303a
07-11-11, 12:53 PM
I haven't switched to 5.0 yet because of the above stated items. Now I notice that they have come out with 6.1 Beta.
c303a
07-11-11, 02:28 PM
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-on-compatibility-reporter/

Try the link. It will work just like win7 compatability. You can put you add-ons into FF 5 or I now have them in 6.1 Beta. They work fine.
Fire$torm
07-11-11, 02:37 PM
I haven't switched to 5.0 yet because of the above stated items. Now I notice that they have come out with 6.1 Beta.

MozDev has changed their update cycle in order to "Keep Up" with the IE Dev team... Lame. Its all about public perception. I guess much of the general public thinks that which ever browser has the highest number is the better app. Stupid Stupid STUPID! Man, mundanes really know how to Fubar the tech industry........

Moving on....

I just checked the update status of my add-ons and they all have updates for FF-5. So I think I'll go ahead and give 5 a whorl.

Edit: I am going to beckup my current install with MozBackup (http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/) just in case I decide FF-5 sucks :P
Gopher_FreeDC
07-14-11, 09:21 AM
Edit: I am going to beckup my current install with MozBackup (http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/) just in case I decide FF-5 sucks :P

Good Plan, I may update to 5 as well 4.0 for me wasn't so good, I prefer the 3.x way of doing it, no idea why they needed to mess with it.. I like my toolbars and couldn't figure out how to get them to show up properly, so gave up.