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I have downloaded it and I can see no differences.  Can you?  :)

One huge improvement is that the tabs each have a cross on them, making them easy to close individually (didn't have this before AFAIK).

I'm sure there's far more, but that change alone makes it far more user-friendly for me.

Sheriff

Oddly enough, when Firefox first came out, that was the very first thing that myself and Flushy wanted to get rid of, as we preferred it the old way, with one cross in the corner of the browser.

Thankfully, Firefox is fully user-configurable, unlike that brokeass piece of crap IE7.

I find that IE7 takes ages to come up on my screen after clicking the icon. FF2 comes up immediately after clicking the desktop icon

Yeah, I got rid of all the crosses and just use middle click to close tabs. The first time I clicked on the x when I wanted to switch to the tab was the last...

So, what's the benefits to Firefox 2 versus IE7?

I like the "Word" like spell checker Firefox provides - i.e. spelling errors are immediately underlined.  This is the main reason I use it over IE7.

Actually, perhaps some one can help me with a problem I have with Firefox that's driving me up the wall.

Sometimes, not all the time, if I type an apostrophe, it pops up with a search filter rather than typing the character and there's nothing I can do to then type the character (I suppose I could go via character map if I could be bothered).  I'm guessing its some sort of hotkey but its not one that I've ever set up.

If so, how do I remove it?

Is this any good to you?

http://www.adammessinger.com/2005/12/20/firefox-find-bug-fix

Looks like that'll be the issue then.  Thanks Bongo, I'll try it when I get home.

Ty ty ty, this has been driving me crazy too!

I couldn't move over to 2.0 straightaway when it was released, because I use loads of add-ons (about 30 - don't ask!), and they weren't all compatible with the new version.

I waited a few months and then updated (and now almost all the extensions have been updated for 2.0), and there are some subtle, but important differences.  There's a list here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0/releasenotes/#whatsnew

IE7 attempted to copy the tabbed interface, but failed miserably. 

To be fair tabs weren't a Mozilla innovation.

Oddly it's the opposite for me, i use a mix of both FF and IE7 as some sites won't work in FF but will in IE and vice versa.
I find them both fine (actually very little difference at all) but make sure you back up your bookmarks from FF!!!

There is only one Firefox plain and simple!!

wtf are you all talking about!?!?!?!?!?!

p.s. i'm sulking now because i thought they'd rereleased an upto date version!!!! :(

I just have the fun and games of trying to make things work in them all...

Why MS can't release a browser that complies to the standards i'll never know!

No, but Firefox is the reason tabs were introduced in IE7.

WOW!! Thanks very much folks for totally ignoring me.

Love ya.

Durrr, like everything ;)

It's hard to say because I haven't used IE7 enough...

Some reasons here:
http://www.switch2firefox.com/whyswitch/
(although IE7 does now have tabs - they still don't operate as well as they could/should)


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No real difference at all TBH.

That's a fancy looking toaster.

i really like the type a webiste name then ctrl+ent completes the details. loads of other stuff but that is great.

ive been useing OPERA for a few  months and found it's  better than firefox for opening dif tabs
but the main thing ive found is that it loads faster and that is good for me  :)up :)up

I used to use opera years ago but it was crap, they must have worked on it a bit.
Is opera mozilla too?

They have worked on it a goooood  bit
I thought it was crap too ( and it was ) but the new version uses a lot more user   ( idiot prove like me ) parts to it
try it out  the best thing you can do is remove it if you don t like it :-} 

Opera is made by some telephone network spinoff in Scandinavia. Biggest problem it had was you either had to pay for it or put up with banner ads. It's all free now due to a deal struck with google (similar to one Mozilla have).

I like Opera. I used it for about 5 weeks late last year for a change. It is much better than IE7, but IMO it isn't as good as Firefox.

Opera have widgets(similar to addon's), which are crap. It has major bug issues, but the wand feature is good, it even saves secured passwords.

Tried downloading it but no joy. I have the shortcut installed but it wont fire up any ideas?

Tried downloading FF2?

yes firefox 2, get through set up process get to launch firefox and pc goes into whirring mode and nothing fires up

What are you using Windows 92:D

Can;t help you bro, I just download and double click.

Try restarting the computer and re-installing the program

Unless you get an error message I'd agree with Nem.

If a reboot doesn't fix it, redownload it and reinstall it.