   | Community Moderator with 22,928 posts. | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Eugene, Oregon Experience: Still kickin' | | End of life for Firefox 2 '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 | | | Junior Member with 29 posts. | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Experience: good w/apps-lost w/system | | Bad News Quote:
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. |  | Distinguished Member with 54,170 posts. | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: *Random People Pleaser***Sacramento Experience: Having fun | | Just got Firefox 2 upgrade yesterday to 2.0.0.18 and for now am staying with Firefox 2.x |  | Senior Member with 1,349 posts. | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Experience: Once, again if I like it | | 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). | | | Community Moderator with 22,928 posts. | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Eugene, Oregon Experience: Still kickin' | | Quote:
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...  | | | Senior Member with 1,349 posts. | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Experience: Once, again if I like it | | I think I may have some 8-Track tapes around here somewhere if you want them  | | | Senior Member with 1,349 posts. | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Experience: Once, again if I like it | | All joking aside, there is 2.0.0.19 in-plan for release around December 16th, at least as shown here. | | | Distinguished Member with 54,170 posts. | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: *Random People Pleaser***Sacramento Experience: Having fun | | 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. | | | Senior Member with 248 posts. | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Experience: Intermediate | | Quote:
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? |  | Junior Member with 1 posts. | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Experience: Advanced |
16-Nov-2008, 12:32 AM
#10 | firefox mozilla firefox 3 is really fast unlike iE | | | Community Moderator with 22,928 posts. | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Eugene, Oregon Experience: Still kickin' |
16-Nov-2008, 01:07 AM
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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'... | | | Senior Member with 1,349 posts. | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Experience: Once, again if I like it |
17-Nov-2008, 01:46 PM
#12 | Perhaps the most important difference is that Firefox V3 is supported and Firefox V2 falls off support next month. |  | Senior Member with 1,530 posts. | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Experience: Advanced |
17-Nov-2008, 07:57 PM
#13 | However, Fx2 works with Windows 95, 98, and ME whereas Fx3 works only on NT-based systems. | | | Senior Member with 1,349 posts. | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Experience: Once, again if I like it |
19-Nov-2008, 06:58 PM
#14 | 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. | | | Senior Member with 217 posts. | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: UPS, USA Experience: Legacy |
22-Nov-2008, 08:10 PM
#15 | You can always use Opera. The current version (9.62) runs on all Windows versions back to Windows 95. |  THIS THREAD HAS EXPIRED.
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