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ziggo0
03-21-06, 05:39 PM
Just got it last night, my person review consist of small letters. Much faster, smaller memory use (haven't found a leak, yet), seems sleeker.
sno.lcn
03-21-06, 05:42 PM
Cool, I'll have to try it out. I'm still on 1.5.

*Edit: Where did you find it? Their download site is still on 1.5 too.
ziggo0
03-21-06, 05:57 PM
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla1.8/
khiloa
03-21-06, 06:18 PM
Any exciting new features?
ziggo0
03-21-06, 06:27 PM
None that I can visually see. Look is just slightly different. I think 2.0 is going to be an overall performance upgrade than features.
khiloa
03-21-06, 06:40 PM
I'll just wait until it gets marked stable in portage. :p
-maddog-
03-21-06, 06:55 PM
I think I'll be waiting also.
dicecca112
03-21-06, 08:03 PM
fyi 1.5 has an extension that you can use to clear the RAM Cache called Cache Status
Heat
03-23-06, 03:51 PM
I'll have to check out that cache status extension.

is the nightly tester extension able to get the extensions working in 2.0?

I think I will just wait for the beta version, which hopefully will come out soon.

edit: ok, I couldn't resist trying it out. Extensions are working ok w/ nightly tester. So far, so good.
dfonda
03-23-06, 04:19 PM
Still waiting for them to upgrade the spell checker for the last version.
MarlD
03-24-06, 12:48 PM
if you go to the tool menu than options, under the cache tab there is a button that lets you clear out the cache
UnseenMenace
03-24-06, 01:13 PM
You can also do similar in Firefox 1.5 by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+DEL and choosing cache or by selecting tools from the text menu andselecting clear private data
Heat
03-24-06, 04:28 PM
one thing I think I might have a problem with bon echo - the link that usually opens a new window is opening new tabs instead. I looked in the options menu and the open new window was already selected. But if I hold down the shift key, it'll open in a new window like normal. What other settings could be causing this? Could the cache status have anything to do with it?


edit: OK! I got it fixed. Went to tools > options > tabs tab. Even though it was already set on open new window, I switched it to open in tabs, clicked OK, then opened the optins box again and clicked open in new window, clicked OK, that worked.
Ebola
03-25-06, 08:47 PM
fyi bon echo is super buggy. if you type an address in one tab it will open the page in the wrong tab. I've had a few other problems with it too.