Comments on: Firefox 2.0.0.7 Released & Flock 1.0 Announced

By: Kenny

Kenny — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:58:28 +0000

Thanks for the advice. I suspect its the extensions as well. Hopefully Firefox 3 addresses these issues.

By: K-IntheHouse

K-IntheHouse — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:53:31 +0000

Hi Kenny, I believe 2.0.0.7 is more of a bug fix. Speaking of resource hog, Firefox has been getting better with every version but most of the time the culprit is a poorly written extension than Firefox itself.

Just to test this theory, create a new profile with no extensions and go for a test drive. You will find how snappy it is. It is the ease of writing extensions and no way to performance test them has led to a misconception by many attributing bad performance to Firefox rather than extension developers.

Having said that, i am looking forward to better performance with Firefox 3!

By: Kenny

Kenny — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:09:32 +0000

Is 2.0.0.7 any less of a resource hog?

By: K-IntheHouse

K-IntheHouse — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:02:19 +0000

@Tish.. you too!

@Kyle.. me too! Looks like Nirmal got in the list early! I haven’t received an invite yet! Let me know if you do..

By: Kyle Eslick

Kyle Eslick — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:14:21 +0000

I’m really looking forward to Flock 1.0

By: Tish

Tish — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:49:53 +0000

Thanks, K! My words are all true! Keep up the great work!

By: K-IntheHouse

K-IntheHouse — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:44:48 +0000

Thanks for the heads up Nirmal! I am going over to check my email. I will look forward to hearing your impressions on it.

By: Nirmal

Nirmal — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:32:30 +0000

I already got the notification about the new version and upgraded!

By: K-IntheHouse

K-IntheHouse — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:56:50 +0000

Tish.. I have my Firefox rtrofitted to my own needs. So that’s what I use primarily. But I love the media bar feature in Flock and I use that to upload pics or browse through Flickr or Photobucket. As you said, I might start using it more with the new release. Time will tell!
Wow.. I’m flattered Tish! You have the kindest words for me and I appreciate it! It’s no wonder yoiu were awarded this award yourself!

By: Tish

Tish — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:45:51 +0000

Hi, K! I’ve presented you with the Break Out Blogger award. Congrats!

By: Tish

Tish — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:51:12 +0000

I used to use Flock, but I uninstalled it due to a few bugs that hopefully have been worked out by now. It wouldn’t allow me to type a / inside the browser. I’d have to type is elsewhere and then copy and paste it, which was a real pain. Know anything about that?

By: K-IntheHouse

K-IntheHouse — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:46:58 +0000

No problem, TD! It looks like it might take a bit to show up in the updates. Get Firefox page now shows 2.0.0.7 now!

By: TDavid

TDavid — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:09:44 +0000

Thanks for the head’s up on the Firefox. I just checked for an update in the Help->Check for Upgrade and 2.0.7 was waiting in the wings.

I was an early fan of Flock, while I know some others have slagged it. I like the idea of baking some powerful blogging and image features into the browser rather than using plugins. Will get over there and add my email to the beta download list.