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firefox actually needs to do something special now, if they wanna keep up with IE7...
microsoft learned their lesson by feeling the pressure i guess

funny this thread popped up, just installed firefox 2 today its looking pretty swanky, but yeah good to see microsoft heading in the right direction with IE.

firefox 2?
not heard of it. what does it do?
can i install over firefox 1 and it will keep EVERYTHING?

lol they have prices on some of their add on's like spam filters etc

Can't see myself going back to ... i.e

*shudder*

but certianly looks much better

firefox 2 official release date was yesterday!

the diffcerence between ff and ie is that ff have a lot of ppl working on daily with often automatic updates.

DavidM firefox actually needs to do something special now, if they wanna keep up with IE7...

Funny... Firefox doesn't have to do anything at all other than to keep its browser's security tighter. Keep up with IE7 you say? Microsoft wishes it was anyway close to Mozilla.

p.s: Firefox's new update is more like fixing a compatibility issue rather than adding a new feature. Doubt most Firefox users know the difference between web 1.0 and 2.0.

DavidM wrote: firefox 2?
not heard of it. what does it do?
can i install over firefox 1 and it will keep EVERYTHING?

it kept my bookmarks, extensions and search engines, dunno about history seems it just installs over the top though...

inline spell checker for forms is pretty cool

I find IE7 pretty horrible. Why can't you remove the back, forward, refresh and stop buttons? I have no use for them. Just takes up space the address bar could use.

Also, why can't I have the menu toolbar on the same row as the address bar? Am I missing something? It's the same reason I refuse to give Opera a serious go.

when was the last time they added an original feature to ie

it's a user friendliness issue.
i personally hate user friendly programs....because they are aiming for BLOODY FUCKING NOOBS WITH NO CLUE ABOUT ANYTHING....and how these programs work make no more real sense. windows is generally going that direction but it keeps unlimited options to keep things making sense. but my mother (no fucking clue) can handle that unlogic shit, so they are sorta doing it right

anyway what i wanted to say: they try to keep IE the very simple noob-way.
many options and stuff scare people away.

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plus they dont have a reason to worry about people not using their browser. they buy their operating system and IE is for free anyway...so they dont bother i guess

i love being able to remove code with ff2. especially getting rid of ad code.