Moderators DennisD Posted March 26, 2008 Moderators Share Posted March 26, 2008 Release notes: Link: Full Download: (Not Update) For the first time ever, I tried the online update. Problem with server, so that's the first and last time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted March 26, 2008 Moderators Share Posted March 26, 2008 That usually only happens if you try on the day of release. I haven't updated firefox manually since 2.0 came out. Now I just wait for it to tell me it downloaded the update and should restart. No problems from that yet besides the normal firefox buginess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted March 26, 2008 Author Moderators Share Posted March 26, 2008 That usually only happens if you try on the day of release. Well I didn't know that, but I think I'll just stick to my usual clean install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted March 26, 2008 Moderators Share Posted March 26, 2008 Well I didn't know that, but I think I'll just stick to my usual clean install. I usually prefer to do clean installs myself, except when the program has an internal automatic updater. That way I know the author has tested doing partial updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted March 26, 2008 Author Moderators Share Posted March 26, 2008 Logged off, tried the update again, and it worked this time. Took about 20 seconds. The first time, the message was "problem with server, downloading the full package", which didn't fill me with joy, so I cancelled. Anyways, it was quick and painless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted March 26, 2008 Moderators Share Posted March 26, 2008 I noticed it on FileHippo and ended up manually running the integrated updater. I updated fine from what I can tell, however I still hold onto a previous versions installer just in case it gives me problems like before that almost made me do the unthinkable and switch over to IE7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom AZ Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Anyone else noticing 2.0.0.13 opening a little more slowly than 2.0.0.12? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony A Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Anyone else noticing 2.0.0.13 opening a little more slowly than 2.0.0.12? No. Firefox has never been the quickest browser to launch any ways. IE7 blows it out of the water in that department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowday444 Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Anyone else noticing 2.0.0.13 opening a little more slowly than 2.0.0.12? I definitely have! Perhaps it is one of my extensions not playing well with .13 but opening way slower here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 No. Firefox has never been the quickest browser to launch any ways. IE7 blows it out of the water in that department. Especially as IE is an integral part of Windows. IE7 with IE7Pro and its extensions is really good IMHO: http://forum.ie7pro.com/viewtopic.php?id=2687 Firefox Myths: http://home.comcast.net/~SupportCD/FirefoxMyths.html "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony A Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Especially as IE is an integral part of Windows. IE7 with IE7Pro and its extensions is really good IMHO: http://forum.ie7pro.com/viewtopic.php?id=2687 Firefox Myths: http://home.comcast.net/~SupportCD/FirefoxMyths.html About the article on Firefox myths. It says that all the myths are for a default install of Firefox with no extensions. I don't know anybody that runs Firefox that way. Why would they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom AZ Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 I definitely have! Perhaps it is one of my extensions not playing well with .13 but opening way slower here. There are some things I'm not really liking about FF 2.0.0.13 as well as the previous version. If I download 2.0.0.12, can I just install it right over the top of 2.0.0.13 without having to uninstall first and then reinstalling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 About the article on Firefox myths. It says that all the myths are for a default install of Firefox with no extensions. I don't know anybody that runs Firefox that way. Why would they? And also the fact that the article is 3 years old and some of the supposed myths he's made up are just laughable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom AZ Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 I definitely have! Perhaps it is one of my extensions not playing well with .13 but opening way slower here. I don't know if this will work for you Slowday, but started FF in "Firefox Safe Mode" -- didn't make any permanent changes -- and exited. Then I restarted FF normally and it cut my load time by almost 50%. Hope you have the same success. Firefox Safe Mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spysnake Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Anyone else noticing 2.0.0.13 opening a little more slowly than 2.0.0.12? Nope. I may be the only one to tell this, but I feel that after the update Firefox runs much faster o_O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_B Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Actual numbers. Until 6 months ago, Firefox took TEN Seconds from launch until I could send it to a web-site. Then I fixed it to take ZERO seconds out of my life. Before the fix I launched Windows Task Manager, and then observed the CPU usage whilst Firefox launched and loaded, and found Firefox took almost nothing. Why it should take 10 seconds doing nothing is a mystery, but so is everything in Windows !!! Simple Fix - which you can do to. I added a link to Firefox in my start-up folder :- C:\Documents and Settings\Dad\Start Menu\Programs\Startup Windows takes 30 Seconds from Power On to the Login screen. After I Login Windows takes about 57 Seconds to prepare my Desktop and do all the things it wants to do before it bothers to look at the keyboard again. I repeated this measurement 12 times BEFORE I added the link, and a further 12 times AFTER adding the link. This 57 Seconds was increased by about 1 Second when Firefox was launched on start-up. Obviously Firefox still took 10 Seconds, BUT IT IS CONCURRENT with everything else Windows does before it takes any notice of me. So, if I am sat at the keyboard waiting, I have one extra second to wait because Firefox is part of the start-up. BUT I DO NOT SIT WAITING - After Power On I go to the Kitchen For 30 Seconds I carefully measure a cupful of water into the kettle and switch it on; I return to the keyboard to log on; I return to the kitchen and to my cup add coffee granules etc and then boiling water, and return to the computer and it becomes obedient (if you can say that of Windows) whilst I adjust my chair. This 58 (was 57) second delay is something I have to live with, and the extra second needed to include Firefox in the automatic start-up actually takes ZERO out of my life, because now the computer is waiting for me. Previously after everything else, when I decided to start browsing I then lost 10 seconds of life waiting - and probably cut my life expectancy by 10 minutes with the frustration and stress !!! Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowday444 Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 I don't know if this will work for you Slowday, but started FF in "Firefox Safe Mode" -- didn't make any permanent changes -- and exited. Then I restarted FF normally and it cut my load time by almost 50%. Hope you have the same success. Firefox Safe Mode Thanks Tom AZ but it didn't seem to help. I'll just put up with it because I love Ff so much. Maybe the next update will have the opposite effect or an add-on will update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnytimes Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 oh firefox 3 can't come soon enough .. its so much better than 2 in every way .. much faster.. beta 5 was just released , try it :] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony A Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 oh firefox 3 can't come soon enough .. its so much better than 2 in every way Except the stupid changes to the UI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coronagold Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Yeah, FF 2.0.0.13 takes a long time to load. The faster FF3 comes out in June sometime. I can wait a few months. I'm no nightly tester so I have no interest in running betas without extensions. Extensions are what FF is all about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotdoge3 Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 You can Tuneup firefox make it faster on the PC with 256 MB not lot faster,But PC with 2000 MB Ram cut time to load in 1/2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom AZ Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 You can Tuneup firefox make it faster on the PC with 256 MB not lot faster,But PC with 2000 MB Ram cut time to load in 1/2 How do you do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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