Upgrading Firefox

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BikerGran · #1 Post by **BikerGran** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 4:17 pm

Firefox is offering me an upgrade to 6.0.1 - anyone done this? Just asking cos I remember someone (not on here) upgraded to something or other and hated it!

Samray · #2 Post by **Samray** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 4:56 pm

I'm on 6.01 with no probs apart from losing some of my earlier add-ons.
I do believe it is a tad faster and probably safer without the add-ons until they are updated. (One fer inst was the photobucket uploader)

BikerGran · #3 Post by **BikerGran** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 4:58 pm

I'm not sure what add-ons I have - in fact I didn't know I had any but I have the PB uploader - never use it now cos all my pics go on Facebook.

I'll go for it I guess, can't stay on what I've got for ever!

Cheers Sam!

D-Rider · #4 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 5:20 pm

I'm using it too - very little difference from v5 but quite a few differences from the earlier versions.
Took a little while to get used to things in V5/6 and move some of the controls around (it lets you do that) - and I think I prefer it.

BikerGran · #5 Post by **BikerGran** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 5:44 pm

i've upgraded from 3 something - don't like the look of it much but I guess I'll get used to it.

Add-0ns that don't fit includeMicrosoft .NET Framework Assistant 1.2.1 - what on earth is that and will I be quite happy without it?

Java looks like it will be a problem but I see there's something on the FF help about that.

And AVG safe search - well I'm going to ditch AVG anyway, that will spur me on to get on with that.

D-Rider · #6 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:12 pm

BikerGran wrote:i've upgraded from 3 something - don't like the look of it much but I guess I'll get used to it.

That was my first reaction ... but now I'm used to it. I prefer it (unlike Office 2007 which is the work of Satan himself)

BikerGran · #7 Post by **BikerGran** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:23 pm

Oh! I don't have a 'refresh' button?????????

Edit - yes I do, found it!

Samray · #8 Post by **Samray** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:26 pm

The reload button is on the address bar on mine.

and the RH moose button

BikerGran · #9 Post by **BikerGran** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:27 pm

Trouble is, it's all the same colour, just realised that's why I don't loke the look of it - somehow it looks a bit cheap and nasty.

BikerGran · #10 Post by **BikerGran** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:29 pm

Samray wrote:and the RH moose button

?????

Samray · #11 Post by **Samray** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:34 pm

Oh,. That might have been an add-on.

It also reloads every *** secs/mins on a drop down menu from the right hand mouse button.

BikerGran · #12 Post by **BikerGran** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:40 pm

Well it definitely seems a lot quicker!

Samray · #13 Post by **Samray** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:48 pm

specially from V 3 I'm guessing.

Samray · #14 Post by **Samray** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:51 pm

Incidentally, I'm running AVG ( free version) with the link scanner disabled and still rate it.
You may find that is better after the ff update.

BikerGran · #15 Post by **BikerGran** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:00 pm

Ok, have turned off both elements of the link scanner - what will it not do now that it did before?

*clueless*

Edit - AVG is not happy now, there's an exclamation mark on the icon!