[geeks] Firefox regression...

[Nadine Miller]

On Jun 17, 2008, at 2:43 AM, Michael-John Turner wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:03:34AM -0700, velociraptor wrote:
>> I installed FF3 on a couple of Linux boxes, and based on that
>> experience, I'll be holding on to FF2 on my 'doze box.  I mostly use
>> Camino on OS X, with a little Safari thrown in for good measure.  I
>> only use FF on OS X when I absolutely have to due to "your browser is
>> not compatible" b.s or web testing when I'm working on CSS and such.
>
> My experiences with FF3 have generally been positive - I recently  
> switched
> to it from Camino. I have had some JavaScript funnies and the odd  
> crash,
> but it's a huge improvement over FF2 under OS X (which I never  
> liked). That
> said, I'm not sure how FF3 runs on older Macs - FF2 wasn't  
> particularly
> fast on my old G4.

Given I'm stuck in PPC land for the moment, I think I'll hold off  
until I can get an Intel box of some sort in place.

I'm pretty used to Camino/Safari at this point (particularly  
<splat><shift><h>, which I catch myself trying to do on FF all the  
time on 'doze), and happy with the performance for the most part, so I  
see no particular need to change.  Damn, I sound like an IE user. :-D

=Nadine=