Firefox 2.0 come and gettit!

[deftones12]

-- I dislike the X gone from end of the list of tabs... It's now on each tab... I can no longer open 50 tabs then close as I read by keeping my mouse in one spot.. I have to move it to the specific tab... This was a bad move...
HT

go to 'about:config'
go to 'browser.tabs.closeButtons'
set it to a value of 0-3
value 0 == display the 'X' on the active tab only
value 1 == display the 'X' on all tabs
value 2 == don't display any 'X's
value 3 == display the 'X' at the end of the tab bar, like you want.

[deftones12]

i use a nightly build version, but i'm assuming this with firefox 2.0, which it should.

[chizra]

Is this going to auto-update for FF like all the other releases, or is this a special case because it's a new full release?

I dunno abt others, but in my case, it didnt notify me via tools>check for updates. i came to know from a call from a pal who said its ready.

[JPnyc]

Ok, well maybe it won't then. I have it set to auto-update so i can always test our forum displays in the latest version.

[HTRegz]

go to 'about:config'
go to 'browser.tabs.closeButtons'
set it to a value of 0-3
value 0 == display the 'X' on the active tab only
value 1 == display the 'X' on all tabs
value 2 == don't display any 'X's
value 3 == display the 'X' at the end of the tab bar, like you want.

I've got a second post 4 or 5 above yours stating this already

[JPnyc]

Well I opened FF and it didn't DL any updates. Even clicked check for new updates and it told me no new ones were available, so this is a totally new separate release.

[Moira]

Firefox only updates on point releases, not on major new versions.

The only drawback I found was that some of my extensions weren't compatible, nor were there alternatives that I could use. However, FF2 is very new, and I'd expect that to be addressed in the near future.

It does use a lot of resources and you have to watch how many tabs you end up having open. However, I've got the resources, so I'm not too bothered.

[JPnyc]

All mozilla programs (so far) are quite piggish when it comes to resources.

[acidtone]

-- Not enough of the extensions were upgraded quickly enough... I installed Firefox on Monday before the official release... It was until this morning that most of my extensions finally realized that there were 2.0 versions so I could use them again and even so... some of them still don't work... extension backward compatibility should be key... especially since IE 7 is now competing in that space..

Have you tried using the nightly tester tools.?
http://users.blueprintit.co.uk/~dave/web/firefox/nightly

This extension adds a few extras useful to those that regularly test nightly builds of Firefox and Thunderbird.
Features:

• Allows you to force the application to believe an extension is compatible with the current version and enable it.

• Allows copying the build identifier and a list of installed extensions to the clipboard.
• Adds a toolbar button to let you insert the build identifier into the current text box (Not supported in the Application Suite).
• Lets you customise the title bar to include the build identifier and other information.
• Provides talkback integration allowing you to quickly view recent incidents as well as a sidebar that shows all incidents still on your machine (you may be surprised at just how many there are).
• Adds a simple interface for parsing nspr log files for leaks.
• Lets you take a screenshot of any open window and save it as an image, copy it to the clipboard or submit it to Imageshack (not yet fully functional in cairo builds).

cheers
acidtone..

[Moira]

Have I understood this correctly? There's a tool which forces Firefox to believe an extension is compatible and enables it? How does it manage that? Something along the lines of XP's program compatibility wizard?

I would have thought if something wasn't compatible it wouldn't work - end of story, until they upgraded the extension (?)