Firefox 2.0
Written on Oct 23, 2006 // Software.And following the previous post, tomorrow will see the release of the real browser in all its 2.0 goodness.
I’ve been using the release candidates for quite a while and it’s good stuff. Faster, better, less memory and new features. Finally integrated session management (close the browser, with or without a lot of tabs open, and the next time you start it’ll open all the pages right where you left them) without having to use an extension.
And speaking of extensions… with any new major version there’s always the wait for the extensions to get updated. Well, in case you’re in a hurry or the developer skipped town; do it yourself.
In most cases getting the plugin to work only means checking the plugin dir for the one you want to get working, open install.rdf with a text editor and look for a line with max-version, it’ll say something like 1.5.*
Simply change that value to 2.0.* and relaunch Firefox and your trusty old plugin should be back and working again.
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CommSie
Oct 23, 2006, 21:40Nice to integrate more things that are almost standard to many users, I hope D:
Yay for less memory :D
Pretty simple adjustment, nifty.
XIII
Oct 23, 2006, 1:24I like it, it’s a sign of good software development. Instead of piling a million new features on each version they just slowly refine and perfect what’s already a very fine product.