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Firefox 2 News & Reviews

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:12:05 -0700

Firefox 2 is all over the Internet by now.
I thought that I’d start this thread as a place where we all can post Firefox news and reviews to find out what’s being said about Firefox 2.
Try and pick the larger sites and the more credible news sources because their opinions are respected by 1,000’s of visitors each day.

Cnet’s Firefox 2 Review
Editor's ratings 5 stars
Average user ratings 4.5 stars out of more than 8,000 votes
More than 7 million downloads since the release
The one thing that I didn't like on Cnet was they said system requirements are Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server and they didn't list the other platforms.

Firefox 2 Walk Through Video
There’s a great video on Cnet that guides you through Firefox 2’s features and what’s new about it. It’s good for beginners and power users. I actually learned a few new things.

"LEOPARD" & THE COMPATIBILITIY PROBLEMS WITH VISTA PORGRAM IF ANY ?

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 07:14:49 -0700

Well not knowing for sure weather it's me or certain problems in trying to get started in "spreading the word" that I was having when I came across the Article in the news about the "leopard" update and fixing problems with in the system now I have the Article yet I haven't been able to insert in here yet.I know that "leopard" is more or less in line with security Issues rather then the insertion of text but when you run Vista security takes on a whole new meaning and if your not use to it you could make a lot of errors in transferring and inserting information or it's just me?

Firefox Campus Edition on PC World Community Voices

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 19:57:24 -0700

Hello!

I write for PC World's Community Voices blog, and I just thought I'd say that I just posted about Firefox Campus Edition. I basically talk about the differences between Campus Edition and the regular edition, which are basically just the plugins. Check it out!

And yes, since I am a member of Spread Firefox, I do expect to be posting about Firefox often.

Firefox and InFormEnter: it don't know URL compartment

Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:06:47 -0700

Hi,
I installed Firefox as browser and Informenter as extension to put dates in the forms.
However, especially on French sites, happen that it don't know URL compartment: don't appear the arrow on side to put dates from contextual menu.

For example a site where don't work is the following:
http://guide-paris-france.allisonline.org/annuaire/submit_site.php?id_cat=0

There are a lot of sites that don't work, expecially French sites.
Why?
Is there a solution?
Thank
Mattia

Jumpy Firefox

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:53:21 -0700

Firefox is sooo jumpy on XP platform could this be due to installation of roboform?

Appreciate any feedback

Firefox breaching another language barrier

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:27:18 -0700

Firefox can add Afrikaans, one of 11 official South African languages, to its list of languages in which it is available. This was done by the non-profit organisation Translate.org.za

Isn't it nice to know that Firefox is available in a native language version for more people around the world than any other Web browser.

Read more about this milestone at http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1551&s=news

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CppGenius
www.cybertopcops.com

"End-of-life for Firefox 1.5"

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:40:44 -0700

Unless my information is incorrect, “Firefox 1.5.0.x will be maintained with security and stability updates until April 24, 2007”.
There’s still a surprisingly large amount of Firefox 1.5 users out there. Perhaps they have their reasons for not updating Firefox, but it highly suggested that users upgrade to 2.0.

I have people who come to me who are using IE5 which is fine with me because when their PC craps out on them, I get to install Firefox, that’s my running deal, but I’d hate to see Fx users having problems especially since those who wish to target us and our computers have increased their technology to do so.

Pass the word about this, post it on your blogs and web sites so that our fellow Firefox users don’t fall too far behind and make themselves vulnerable to attacks.

digg it

Ken

IT department: Blackboard doesn't work well in IE on Vista - use Firefox instead...

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:43:13 -0800

Cincinnati State, like many colleges, uses the Blackboard content management system. On the main entry page, there is an "Information Technology News" box (news from the IT department).

This is the current news:

Attention students using the Vista operating system:

Some major Blackboard functions do not work properly when using an Internet Explorer browser on a Vista operating system. Using the Firefox browser will allow you to use all Blackboard functions.

See http://mycstate.cincinnatistate.edu for the actual announcement...

IndicFox - The Indic Scripts Printing Enabled Firefox for Ubuntu 6.10

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:56:27 -0800

Hi,

The BharateeyaaOO.o team is glad to announce the availability of IndicFox , an Indic Scripts Printing enabled Firefox for Ubuntu 6.10.

Best Regards

-RKVS Raman

New Firefox 2 review

Sun, 07 Jan 2007 00:49:19 -0800

There is a new and favorable Firefox 2 review.

Pragati - A Hindi Browser with Inline Dictionary

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:24:46 -0800

Imagine a completely localized Hindi Browser with built-in inline English-Hindi Dictionary, Online lookup for unknown English Words and TouchScreen support to boot; What you get is Pragati (For Progress in Hindi).

Pragati is the first browser to be released in the world with an inline English-Hindi dictionary support. Pragati is based on the fast, reliable Firefox Browser and is enhanced with features to assist the native Hindi user to surf the web.

Some of the notable features of Pragati are :-

Completely Localized Hindi Interface
Inline built-in English-Hindi Dictionary available at a click on a particular word on a webpage.
Built-in Shabkosh Dictionary Search
Indic Languages Rendering enabled build for Ubuntu
TouchScreen enabling features like :-
- Can be completely operated by touch.
- Toggle between fullscreen and normal mode
- Use of Pie Menu for maximum space utilisation by web-pages.
- Onscreen Hindi English Keyboard for entering form data

Screenshots

Download Pragati from BharateeyaOO.o site

-RKVS Raman

Firefox 3

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:41:40 -0800

Will there be a lot of big changes in Firefox 3?

Open source wants to beat Microsofts "#¤

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 02:48:31 -0800

You have got to love this!

After France switching for Open souce, the largest cities in the Netherlands want to also...

Are there similar stories in you country ongoing? Please link them here.

Should be assist cities and governments with tutorials about Firefox, how to use it on a network, Features of Firefox in Linux and so forth...

You have them: link them here. We do not have them: make them and link them here...

Then we can start writing to these people and offer our support! If we pro-actively support these switches with tutorials etc.. they are likely to stick to Firefox and do not switch to Kameleon, Safari or Opera... Just a thought

Marco

Giving a Presentation to a Computer User Group

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 13:43:02 -0700

Hello!

I run a computer user group. I am trying to promote Firefox to my user group, and would like a powerpoint presentation that outlines the pros of firefox, the ease of the install, etc.

These are basic users, and there are about 100 in the group. I have searched online, and in the forums, and have found people talking about making them, but either no link to the presentation, or the presentation is WAYYY in depth.

The tutorial recommended here is good, but obviously not in powerpoint- and it is a bit much information for them to digest at once. I will not have internet access to give this presentation and would just like to make it simple and convincing, to get the users to download and install and just try it out.

My other concern is that about 50% of these users is on dial up (we are in a rural area) and therefore I am wondering about distributing on CD. I know they won't go online to buy a CD. Any alternatives?

Help would be appreciated,

Thanks!

how do you make FF websites casue i'm new to firefox

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:53:38 -0700

how?