From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:25 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1460 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Sunday 18 March 2007 Number 1460 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: FireFox : Peter L Allen" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 11:53:36 +1100 (EDT) From: "Peter L Allen" Subject: Re: FireFox On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:15:12 +1100 (EDT), Ian Manners wrote: >Hi Peter > >>>> No doubt I've been asleep in class - What gives with FF 1.5 versus FF 2.0?? > >>>Here's a FF link from today: (note: although FF 2.0.x.x is current - >>>they are still enhancing the 1.5.x.x versions.) > >>why is this so? and why is it so unremarkable? >>I've been well aware of this seeming anomaly for quite a while but hoped by >>averting gaze, plugging ears, keeping mouth shut, it would go away. >>To my way of thinking an equivalent statement from Bill would go something like >>(note: although Vista is current - they are still enhancing Win95) >>Yeah, right! > >They tend to fall into several catagories :- > >Bleeding edge with new features. >Release quality (reasonably stable) with security and bug updates. >Very Stable but only updated with security and bug updates. >[Release Quality and Very Stable normally have there feature sets frozen] > >ie, >FF v3 is bleeding edge with some great features but no guarentees > that it is stable or want do something wierd, maybe nasty to your > system, ie, anythings possible. >FF v2 is very much Release quality and should give no problems. >FF v1.5.x is known to be very stable but lacks some v2.x.x features > >Each version has a different version of the core Gecko engine, >which is why you should match versions of Firefox and Thunderbird >if you use both (note I only said should). > >The above is a generalisation, and little features have been know to >be snuck into Release quality versions. > >And lastly, some people simply prefer v1.5.x. over v2.x.x, sometimes >the hardware you use can also make a difference depending on >grunt and product version. Thanks Ian - that clarifies the situation well. > >Cheers >Ian Manners >Tech Fossil (Often called a Dinosaur) - ancient animal that gets things done >http://www.os2site dot com/ > > >nd: Smoke gunpowder! > Regards, allenpl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------