Firefox 1.5 under Breezy

[Art Alexion]

Thanks for the wiki link.

I have found 1.5 faster in all respects from the 1.0.7.ubuntu.  Saving
files has not been a problem; I have installed the DownThemAll
extension, which I recommend.

I haven't noticed the "extra features" that the wiki author mentions,
except that the installation and configuration couldn't have been
better.  I have been using this for about a week without any noticeable
problems and am recommending the upgrade to others.



monotux at gmail.com wrote:

>This howto in the wiki might be worth reading:
>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirefoxNewVersion
>
>There are a few issues with firefox 1.5 and ubuntu that several peope
>have run into - one of them is extreme resource usage when trying to
>save a file from an webpage on your computer, extensive memory usage
>some times and a few other bugs... :-(
>
>Oscar
>
>
>On 09:37 Wed 01 Feb     , Art Alexion wrote:
>  
>
>>Downloaded this from mozilla.com.  Figured I'd try installing it in
>>/opt.  To my surprised the archive contained the entire self-contained,
>>compiled binary directory tree.  Moreover, it grabs and shares user
>>settings (like bookmarks and prefs) from the Ubuntu version.  I find
>>this version much faster and less memory hungry.  I moved the entire
>>structure from ~/temp/firefox to /opt/firefox, and created a symlink to
>>the executable in /usr/local/bin.  Tuned the Thunderbird about:config so
>>that links open in the correct version.  Everything is working fine. 
>>Now my question is...
>>
>>...how do I safely remove the 1.0.x version that is included with Ubuntu.
>>
>>    
>>


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