Comments on: Blog and Browser Business

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 19:57:30 +0000

They’ve included a new Java engine, so some of the “anomalies” have probably been dealt with…okay, bugs have been fixed.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 19:30:46 +0000

I had to reinstall IEView, which allows one to open the current site in a newly launched IE window. IEView required a newer version for Firefox 2.0.

The new “Error Console” (formerly “JavaScript Console”) looks much like the old one, as does the DOM Inspector.

Venkman (Mozilla’s JavaScript debugger) carried over unchanged, but I haven’t had occasion to use it today… word is that it works more reliably with more recent builds of Firefox than 1.5.0.7, so I expect great things in 2.0. Well, actually, I never really expect “great” things… 🙂

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:16:07 +0000

I’m currently clicking along with Firefox 2.0. It stripped out my three add-ons, but now includes the spelling, which was the only one I really cared about. I’ll check on the others later.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:42:23 +0000

I’m sure Firefox 2.0 has some bugs waiting for me, but IE7 is not quite ready for prime time. I’ve crashed it once just by clicking a link, and I do mean “crashed” … locked it up to the point of having to use Task Manager to sweep it away. And I’ve seen some “oddities” in sites that use JavaScript in ways that push the limits, including the one I’m working on.

Some of this is normal new-release stuff; I’m curious how much Microsoft will clean up in the next few weeks. But I’m most certainly keeping Firefox 2.0 as my default.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:01:57 +0000

They had me with the integrated spell check. I’ve been using an add-on forever, and really appreciate it.

By: andante

andante — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:42:53 +0000

I couldn’t wait for Firefox 2.0, and I also installed the “MapIt” add-on. I LOVE it. Just highlight an address, right-click and select ‘view map’ – and voila’…and little map. Perfect for those of us with no sense of direction and a fear of getting lost.