Firefox 2.0 RC1 is Out

[DuckRacer]

...Just letting you all know.

http://developer.mozilla.org/devnew...se-candidate-1-is-now-available-for-download/

 

[skip0110]

I've been using IE7 but I'll try this out.

 

[Evolution.]

Had this for a while. Just a GUI change is noticeable.

 

[opendriver]

...Just letting you all know.

http://developer.mozilla.org/devnew...se-candidate-1-is-now-available-for-download/

I was running BETA 2 for the past 2 months, don't really notice any key differences right now

 

[Law93]

i'm using this now, but the only thing is that theres no fasterfox for it. but i'm just wondering, doe fasterfox even make a difference?

 

[DuckRacer]

Well, for me, the changes are, well, pretty good. 1.5/Beta 1/Beta 2 was unresponsive on my Mac, but now RC1 is really fast and snappy. Very nice.

 

[TB]

i'm using this now, but the only thing is that theres no fasterfox for it. but i'm just wondering, doe fasterfox even make a difference?

Give this thread a read. In post 44 there is a link you might want to check out. I'm not sure if it will work with 2.0 RC1 or not, though.

Edit: I just installed 2.0 RC1 and Tweak Network doesn't work.

 

[JNasty4G63]

...but the only thing is that theres no fasterfox for it. but i'm just wondering, doe fasterfox even make a difference?

I can't comment on what help it gives, but I can help you get it working on the new 2.0 version. This will work with many other extensions. I can't claim full compatibility. But, for the extensions that I use, all the ones that aren't quite yet 2.0 capable, a quick fix solves that.

Go to the "extensions" page like you would if you were going to install it. But, instead of clicking the "install now" button for the FasterFox extension, save that file to your computer. You should now have "fasterfox-1.0.3-fx.xpi" saved somewhere on your computer.

Now what you are going to do is open that "xpi" file, so we can get a certain file out. I use WinRAR for that, but others might work. If you open the "xpi" file with WinRAR, you can then extract it and save it like a folder on your desktop. You then will have a folder named "fasterfox-1.0.3-fx" along with that original "xpi" file.

Open that folder. We are looking for the "install.rdf" file. Open that file using Notepad or Wordpad so we can edit it. Currently, if you scroll to the bottom of that short file, you'll see it has a "max version" setting of 1.5.0 listed. It will look like this....

<em:maxVersion>1.5.0.*</em:maxVersion>

Basically, that is what the program looks at when trying to install the extension. If you are using 2.0, and it says max is 1.5, it won't let you. So, we just need to update that, so it will. Just change that above line so it says....

<em:maxVersion>2.0.*</em:maxVersion>

Now, just save that file with the changes. Then, go back and open the original "xpi" file with WinRAR again. Now, while looking at the file in WinRAR, you are going to click...

Commands -> Add Files to Archive

Now, just locate your newly updated "rdf" file, and add that to the archive. It will update that original "rdf" file with the newly updated version. Now, all you need to do is open that new version of the "xpi" file in Firefox. It will then go through the normal extension installation, and all is well. You will now have a fully 2.0 capable extension.

Again, I can't claim that the extension will WORK properly. Thats up the the developers and the compatibility. But, you will at least be able to get it installed to see. And hell, if it doesn't work, you can just uninstall it.

Hope that wasn't too confusing. And hope it works. Like I said, I don't use FasterFox, so I can't really comment on what help it contributes to the browser. But, I have edited a few "xpi" files like this, and all have worked just fine for me. So, you should be able to get it working.

Hilg

 

[Shannon]

I've been using RC1 for a few days now. All I've noticed is a GUI refresh – and it still fails the Acid2 test.

i'm using this now, but the only thing is that theres no fasterfox for it. but i'm just wondering, doe fasterfox even make a difference?

Fasterfox is just the quick and dirty way of editing the about:config page. Try it. Type about:config into the address bar and press enter. It brings up a lot of hidden options, some of which you can tweak to improve your browsing speed. The sweet thing is, you can put all these tweaks into a file called user.js, which you can copy to your Firefox profile folder and next time you start Firefox, all those settings are applied.

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