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Re: [LUG] Firefox

 

On 04/06/11 12:15, Neil Winchurst wrote:
Some people have expressed surprise that I am still using Firefox 3.6.17 and have not yet looked at FF v4.[1] So, has anyone on the list moved up yet? If so some questions please,

Can I have both installed at the same time and then choose which one to use?

Is there any advantage to moving up if I am happy with my current version?

Will version 3* eventually lose any support?

Normally I feel that if something is working for me leave it alone, but of course there may be security issues.

Thanks for any help

Neil

[1] In my current distro (Mint 10 KDE) FF V4 does not appear in the repositories.

You can have both installed IF your distribution will let you or you can have the other version installed locally on your user. HOWEVER: switching between the two as a single user is a pain, every time you switch you will loose all your saved login details etc and FF will check for updates etc so I'd recommend a different login for each. FF4 has some groovy new HTML5 stuff - check out Vexflow to see what can happen...
Tom te tom te tom

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