How many have or are using Bon Echo? It's awesome, I can actually play http://www.pogo.com/ games, its faster than FF1.5 and just awesome, its only in 2.0a1 (alpha) but it still runs frikken awesomely great. Who else is using it or that?
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Bon Echo (Firefox 2.0)
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I'm using Firefox 1.5.0.4 for the moment. Tried the first public alpha of Firefox 2 but that was not quite ready, IMO, so I went back to 1.5. Probably going to give 2.0 another try once it goes beta.
Who am I kidding...? I probably going to cave in and try this newest one any day no...
Who am I kidding...? I probably going to cave in and try this newest one any day no...
i installed it and i like, it i'll use it until it does something terrible but for now it seems great.. a question, Spell Check how do you use it? I see the red under lines but not Place to change it? Is that feature not in there yet? Still good to now they plan on adding it
check out Minefield as well, with Cairo enabled.
Thebes is not yet fully implemented and in the trunk, but there are already speed increases. Drumsticks builds are good if you have a G5.
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=256517
Thebes is not yet fully implemented and in the trunk, but there are already speed increases. Drumsticks builds are good if you have a G5.
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=256517
I love it, its the best.Mitthrawnuruodo said:Try Adblock Plus, that works with Bon Echo...
I have Bon Echo Alpha and NeoOffice 2.0 Alpha, they're fun and function well IMO.
Been trying out Bon Echo since last night (told you I couldn't resist ) and it actually feels a bit more stable than FF 1.5.0.4.
After finding, the above mentioned, Adblock Plus to replace Adblock and Flashblock and a bit of fiddling with Sage to make that run, I can totally live with this even if it's sad to see that Bon Echo still plays Firefox' old "let's see how many copies of the bookmarks file we can make before the computer explodes"-game...
(Of course I have a complete zipped backup of my old Firefox profile just in case I'm forced to roll back...)
) and it actually feels a bit more stable than FF 1.5.0.4.After finding, the above mentioned, Adblock Plus to replace Adblock and Flashblock and a bit of fiddling with Sage to make that run, I can totally live with this even if it's sad to see that Bon Echo still plays Firefox' old "let's see how many copies of the bookmarks file we can make before the computer explodes"-game...
(Of course I have a complete zipped backup of my old Firefox profile just in case I'm forced to roll back...)
Mitthrawnuruodo said:Been trying out Bon Echo since last night (told you I couldn't resist
After finding, the above mentioned, Adblock Plus to replace Adblock and Flashblock and a bit of fiddling with Sage to make that run, I can totally live with this even if it's sad to see that Bon Echo still plays Firefox' old "let's see how many copies of the bookmarks file we can make before the computer explodes"-game...
(Of course I have a complete zipped backup of my old Firefox profile just in case I'm forced to roll back...)
They had replaced the bookmarking system in Alpha 1 but somehow couldn't get it right and withdrew it for Alpha 2.
Bonecho is off the branch from 1.5, version 2 is the same with major bug fixes.
Places, which is the new database for bookmarks and history was removed from the branch as it would not be ready for 2.0. You can view it's development by using trunk builds with Places enabled in the build config.
Places, which is the new database for bookmarks and history was removed from the branch as it would not be ready for 2.0. You can view it's development by using trunk builds with Places enabled in the build config.
Mitthrawnuruodo said:...even if it's sad to see that Bon Echo still plays Firefox' old "let's see how many copies of the bookmarks file we can make before the computer explodes"-game...
Are you kidding me? That's my favorite part about Firefox! It makes it way easier to reach those bookmarks, having 12 of them around and all.
Hmm... think I found the first annoying bug with Bon Echo: The Search Bookmarks function doesn't work. This was actually a feature I use from time to time.
Does anybody, using Bon Echo, have the same problem, or - even better - a solution?
Does anybody, using Bon Echo, have the same problem, or - even better - a solution?
Shiira!
It really is brilliant. I know its not used that much, but it has Fox's stability and speed, over Safari, but it gains Safari's looks, but is still VERY customiseable (Did I just make that word up, Kids?)
Try it, can't hurt, can it?
It really is brilliant. I know its not used that much, but it has Fox's stability and speed, over Safari, but it gains Safari's looks, but is still VERY customiseable (Did I just make that word up, Kids?)
Try it, can't hurt, can it?
Yeah... I saw your thread and got the fact that you like that... but this isn't a "Which browser is best?" thread it's a thread dedicated to the latest version of Firefox...josh.thomas said:Shiira!
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Try it, can't hurt, can it?
I've tried Shiira, but since it's based on Webkit, just like Safari, it has the same bug on one of my most frequented sites, the search pages of my local public library.
Oh, and then there's all the other advantages with Firefox over Safari/Shiira (which you'll find mentioned over and over again in all those "Which browser is best?", "Safari vs Firefox" and similar threads) that keeps me firmly as a Firefox user (Bon Echo at the moment).
josh.thomas said:Shiira!
It really is brilliant. I know its not used that much, but it has Fox's stability and speed, over Safari, but it gains Safari's looks, but is still VERY customiseable (Did I just make that word up, Kids?)
Try it, can't hurt, can it?
What's that got to do with Firefox 2.0?
It's a decent browser, but it's not better unfortunately. It's just compatible for different things.
Mitthrawnuruodo:
Bookmarks have been Mozilla's undoing since the beta for Mozilla/Sea Money browser suite all the way through Firefox/Bon Echo and it always will be a problem for them. They got some new idea and created Places and they still can't get it right. At least, they're not duplicating bookmarks until the drive runs out of space...again.
Well, then I would have to use a developer version of Spellbound to get spell checking, so I wouldn't exactly get final versions then, either. Now I have English (UK) and Norwegian (which I cannot even get in Safari) spell checking built in to Firefox, and that trumps searching bookmarks any day...howesey said:
I was just wondering if this was something others experienced, too, with 2.0 or if it was my machine that was acting up. If it's a general problem then I can live with it, but if there's something wrong with my iBook then I want to know and try to fix it...
Well, I don't know... look at the screen shot a bit earlier in the thread... they are still trying to blow up the HD...bousozoku said:
Mitthrawnuruodo said:...
Well, I don't know... look at the screen shot a bit earlier in the thread... they are still trying to blow up the HD...
Yes, but it's not all in one file the way they used to do. Ever see 28 KB of bookmarks become 16 MB in a few minutes? It takes forever for the browser to start.
I continue to delete the extra bookmarks files because without explanation, there isn't a good reason to keep them. Of course, I export my bookmarks, just in case.
Not lately, no... not sure it ever was that bad either, even back in the Firebird 0.7/Firefox 0.8... I've more or less gotten used to all those bookmark copies by now...bousozoku said:
Exactly what I do (though I also zip and backup my search engines and from time to time my whole profile, too).bousozoku said:
