[ekim68]

'End of life' beckons for Firefox 2

If you have not yet upgraded to Firefox 3, keep in mind that Mozilla is very close to pulling the plug on support for older versions of the browser.

Support for Firefox 2, which includes security and stability patches, is scheduled to end six months after Firefox 3 shipped (June 17, 2008), which puts the end-of-life date in the mid-December range.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2080&tag=nl.rSINGLE

[Writenow]

Originally Posted by ekim68

'End of life' beckons for Firefox 2

If you have not yet upgraded to Firefox 3, keep in mind that Mozilla is very close to pulling the plug on support for older versions of the browser.

Support for Firefox 2, which includes security and stability patches, is scheduled to end six months after Firefox 3 shipped (June 17, 2008), which puts the end-of-life date in the mid-December range.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2080&tag=nl.rSINGLE

Many of us out here are NOT going to like that. I've enjoyed FF for a long time now, but won't be upgrading to FF3. Guess it will soon be time to try something else.

[hewee]

Just got Firefox 2 upgrade yesterday to 2.0.0.18 and for now am staying with Firefox 2.x

[AKAJohnDoe]

I've been on Firefox V3 since one of the release candidates. Heck, V3.1 will be out of beta soon (I am not yet running that).

[ekim68]

Originally Posted by hewee

Just got Firefox 2 upgrade yesterday to 2.0.0.18 and for now am staying with Firefox 2.x

Thanks hewee, I got that too, and I'm keeping it as long as I can. I have a machine running that version and it works fine...

[AKAJohnDoe]

I think I may have some 8-Track tapes around here somewhere if you want them

[AKAJohnDoe]

All joking aside, there is 2.0.0.19 in-plan for release around December 16th, at least as shown here.

[hewee]

OK but you got the 8-Track player also I can have?

Sure Firefox 3 may be safer then Firefox 2 but that does not mean something will happen to you.
What you do and where you go online can effect you more.
Darn I stayed safe for years using Netscape 4.x and later Netscape 7 that I used till last year and still have it on my old computer along with Firefox 2.

But also there is Thunderbird that always comes out with a upgrade too but days later after Firefox.

[fenderjaguar]

Originally Posted by Writenow

Many of us out here are NOT going to like that. I've enjoyed FF for a long time now, but won't be upgrading to FF3. Guess it will soon be time to try something else.

Why? how is firefox 3 different from 2?

[gilortizo]

mozilla firefox 3 is really fast unlike iE

[ekim68]

Originally Posted by fenderjaguar

Why? how is firefox 3 different from 2?

Not much difference in many ways, IMO. FF3 is for XP and beyond, and FF2 still supports previous OS's...There's an old saying in the Repair World, 'If it works, don't fix it'...

[AKAJohnDoe]

Perhaps the most important difference is that Firefox V3 is supported and Firefox V2 falls off support next month.

[avisitor]

However, Fx2 works with Windows 95, 98, and ME whereas Fx3 works only on NT-based systems.

[AKAJohnDoe]

I actually run FF3 on Ubuntu Linux as well, but your point is taken. If the OS is backlevel, current applications cannot usually be run.

[SDFOX 7]

You can always use Opera. The current version (9.62) runs on all Windows versions back to Windows 95.