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Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/3/6 Neil Winchurst <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxx>: >> I know that there is version 3 of FF available. Can both versions be >> installed without problems? Or would I need to uninstall v 2 first? >> > > Depends how you install it. > > If you install the "firefox" package that will bring in 3.0.7 and > _not_ remove firefox 2. > >> Does v 3 have any advantages over v 2 or would it be a pointless exercise? >> > > Firefox 3 has the "awesome bar" where you type search criteria in the > address bar and it brings up a list of sites that contain the > keywords.. hard to explain, but it works quite nicely.. > > Firefox 2 is now out of support. There's no more updates for firefox 2 > which is one reason why Hardy actually shipped with firefox 3 (beta), > and then updated when firefox 3 released. > > Cheers, > Al. > To answer my own question - yes, I can have both versions available at the same time. I installed FF3 using Adept. The latest version was there for me (3.0.7) as I have the backports repository enabled. When it installed it found two of my addons were not up to date enough and offered to install the latest version, which I did. It also found all my bookmarks and my home page. In all it worked brilliantly. So now I can choose to run either version, so I will of course use the new one. Any updates will now be offered to me automatically, so that is one advantage. I will now see what others extras I can find. Feeling very pleased Neil Winchurst -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html