grabacontroller Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Hello, I immediately start it and it crashes. Whats up with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Just because you're having issues with an application does not mean it's lame. Did you uninstall your previous version? It may very well be an extension. Start it in Safe Mode ("C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 2 Beta 1\firefox.exe" -safe-mode) and if it loads just fine, then it could very well be an extension. Other things to consider are if you've had issues with previous versions of Firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfenech Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Installed it on top of 1.5. Smooth as silk. Tarun - you ever try the SuperdragAndGo extension? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Never have. Here's a list of what I'm using though. Adblock Filterset.G Updater 0.3.0.4 Adblock Plus 0.7.1 BBCode 0.4.1.3 CuteMenus - Crystal SVG 1.2 DictionarySearch 1.5 Download Manager Tweak 0.7.1 Nightly Tester Tools 1.1 Tab Mix Plus 0.3.0.60601 Web Developer 1.0.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfenech Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 If you like to do a lot of Google searches, it's indispensable. With it, you hi-lite a word or phrase on a page, drag it just a hair upwards, and it opens search results in a new tab. Eliminates most of your manual typing and copying/pasting. http://superdragandgo.mozdev.org/installation.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 It is a beta. Mozilla Firefox is a great application. In Mozilla we trust. I cant wait until Firefox 2 stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgan Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 I agree firefox is great, but it seems opera is a bit overlooked:), I always keep these 2 browsers in my system. in some cases opera is simply better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawbax Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 I use Opera too. Although I still appreciate Firefox, Opera saves the hassles by attempting an all-in-one solution. Found a page regarding comparison between Opera and Firefox on their extensions: http://my.opera.com/Rijk/homes/blog/extensions.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PS3 Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 is the firefox beta 1 an alpha edition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDemolition Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 i believe the alpha is version 3.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 is the firefox beta 1 an alpha edition? No, it is an beta, not an alpha. Alpha means that it hasnt reached beta stage yet. Beta means that it has passed alpha stage yet but still isnt "quite there yet". Sometimes a beta is followed up by a Pre-Release before the stable release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 Installed it on top of 1.5. Smooth as silk. Tarun - you ever try the SuperdragAndGo extension? I love this extension and use it all the time. It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine. P. G. Wodehouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PS3 Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 No, it is an beta, not an alpha. Alpha means that it hasnt reached beta stage yet. Beta means that it has passed alpha stage yet but still isnt "quite there yet". Sometimes a beta is followed up by a Pre-Release before the stable release. thanks mate for that explanation. i downloaded it and installed it and then uninstalled it about 5 minutes later because it kept crashing on me. i think i'll download it when the full version is out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grabacontroller Posted July 16, 2006 Author Share Posted July 16, 2006 I think I'll stick with Opera since its more stable. Firefox loves to crash and its extensions are causing the problems although I have never experienced the extensions going crazy on me like this. I got rid of Beta Firefox and its still going crazy after I am using 1.5.04. Don't know why. I dont really care anyways since this computer is stupid anyways. Firefox isn't lame but I think this computer is anyways.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 I think I'll stick with Opera since its more stable. Firefox loves to crash and its extensions are causing the problems although I have never experienced the extensions going crazy on me like this. I got rid of Beta Firefox and its still going crazy after I am using 1.5.04. Don't know why. I dont really care anyways since this computer is stupid anyways. Firefox isn't lame but I think this computer is anyways.... Load safe mode for Firefox, backup your bookmarks and then delete your Firefox profile. Then reinstall and you'll be good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krit86lr Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 I agree firefox is great, but it seems opera is a bit overlooked:), I always keep these 2 browsers in my system. in some cases opera is simply better. Agreed. Sometimes FF gets buggy and has a hard time loading pages. At that time I use Opera, and there won't be any problems loading pages. But this has only happened twice. I actually uninstalled Opera today because I've only needed it twice, and I'm enjoying IE Beta 3. Load safe mode for Firefox, backup your bookmarks and then delete your Firefox profile. Then reinstall and you'll be good to go. What does "load safe mode" mean? Windows Pro Media 8.1 x64 | 8GB Ram | 500G HDD 7200 RPM | All that I know about my graphics is that it's Intel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted July 16, 2006 Moderators Share Posted July 16, 2006 I think I'll stick with Opera since its more stable. The current release version of Opera v9.00 actually is rather buggy when compared to the current release version of Firefox v1.5.0.4, which is why I downgraded to Opera v8.54. What's buggy in Opera 9.00 (at least on my system): * From the get-go the installation doesn't always create a Start Menu programs group with shortcuts. * Some websites are completely unusable and don't load correctly, e.g.; Yahoo! TV. * Some of the clicking in skins isn't spot on, e.g.; clicking the small x to close an open tab are off centered or slow to respond. * On my system when downloading files Opera 9 was causing a huge increase in resource usage. * On my system when clicking Help->Support it doesn't redirect to the Opera support webpage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted July 16, 2006 Moderators Share Posted July 16, 2006 I think he means the firefox safe mode option. Go to start>all programs>Firefox and there is the option to start it in safe mode. The strange thing to me is that it dosen't seem to make a difference. All my extensions still work and everything. IE 7 would be good if they would allow the toolbars to be customizable. If I was going to use IE I would choose maxthon.(which I do use from time to time.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krit86lr Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 I think he means the firefox safe mode option. Go to start>all programs>Firefox and there is the option to start it in safe mode. The strange thing to me is that it dosen't seem to make a difference. All my extensions still work and everything. IE 7 would be good if they would allow the toolbars to be customizable. If I was going to use IE I would choose maxthon.(which I do use from time to time.) Cool thanks. I guess it's what you want. I don't care about customizing my toolbar too much, but I do care about having multiple home pages which FF, and IE 7 Beta 3 give me. I wish that Opera had that...then it would be my #2 again, and not #3. I guess that I should say something on topic now. I don't like the beta FF. It's hardly customizable, and have very few features so it makes browsing really annoying. I think I'm going to ditch it until it's stable, because I have a set way that I like and use FF. I can't browse the way that I like and am used to with the beta. But I'm sure that I'll love it when the stable version is released. FF FTW! Windows Pro Media 8.1 x64 | 8GB Ram | 500G HDD 7200 RPM | All that I know about my graphics is that it's Intel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted July 16, 2006 Moderators Share Posted July 16, 2006 Its not so much that I wan't them to be customizable is that I want them to look right. Their is no reason for me not to be able to make the menu bar on top. Also I want to be able to hide the tab bar when only one tab is open. Plus even if you turn off tabed browsing you still cant make it look right! WTF Hopefully they will change this before release. The only thing is that vista and the new office look like they will have this new style too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krit86lr Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Its not so much that I wan't them to be customizable is that I want them to look right. Their is no reason for me not to be able to make the menu bar on top. Also I want to be able to hide the tab bar when only one tab is open. Plus even if you turn off tabed browsing you still cant make it look right! WTF Hopefully they will change this before release. The only thing is that vista and the new office look like they will have this new style too. Wow. Our's looks totally different. What's that McAfee advisor RR? Windows Pro Media 8.1 x64 | 8GB Ram | 500G HDD 7200 RPM | All that I know about my graphics is that it's Intel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted July 16, 2006 Moderators Share Posted July 16, 2006 Yours looks like this right?(my first shot had tabs turned off to show that you cant get rid of that bar) I could never use it like that, I need the menubar. It would drive me nuts to always get my bookmarks from the sidebar. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site Advsior is something that I've been testing lately. It gives you ratings about the sites you go to/search in search engines. I have it on my FF too. http://www.siteadvisor.com/ My only issue with it is that it dosnt actually prevent you from going to bad sites. It just changes colors... so if you go to a bad site you now know its bad but oh well too late. Unless you always search sites through a search engine then you could see it before going to it. Oh and it dosent actually install a program. Its just an extension in FF and a BHO in IE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Getting back on-topic. Firefox safe-mode command line: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 2 Beta 1\firefox.exe" -safe-mode If you want to start over with a new profile. Just be sure to back up your bookmarks, then refer to the Profile Folder Mozilla KB. There is also a Profile Manager Mozilla KB if you need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krit86lr Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Yours looks like this right? hmmmm, kind of Windows Pro Media 8.1 x64 | 8GB Ram | 500G HDD 7200 RPM | All that I know about my graphics is that it's Intel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 I just tried Firefox 2.0 beta1. I haven't used it much yet, but it works very good so far. No crashes. It is very stable. The search function now works inside <textarea>'s. And it also has a built-in spellchecker. I don't like the new tab system with a close button on every tab, but I found a way to put it back to the classic style used in earlier versions. (using about:config) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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