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have they made any hard to see improvements though? such as faster page loading, better security, and security flaws patched etc
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Yes, the memory usage has improved a lot and it's now quicker to load and render pages than before.
When I put it through the default set of tests for standards compliance, memory usage and JavaScript performance, FF2RC1 beat MSIE7RC1 hands down on all counts (this for a PC Pro news analysis piece.)
When I put it through the default set of tests for standards compliance, memory usage and JavaScript performance, FF2RC1 beat MSIE7RC1 hands down on all counts (this for a PC Pro news analysis piece.)
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Originally Posted by happygeek 
Yes, the memory usage has improved a lot and it's now quicker to load and render pages than before.
When I put it through the default set of tests for standards compliance, memory usage and JavaScript performance, FF2RC1 beat MSIE7RC1 hands down on all counts (this for a PC Pro news analysis piece.)
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i use firefox 1 and i probably won't get firefox 2 as it is basiclly the same as firefox 1. i think that firefox 2 is just for publicity
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Originally Posted by StuartP1989
i use firefox 1 and i probably won't get firefox 2 as it is basiclly the same as firefox 1. i think that firefox 2 is just for publicity
Quoted by happygeek:
Yes, the memory usage has improved a lot and it's now quicker to load and render pages than before.
When I put it through the default set of tests for standards compliance, memory usage and JavaScript performance, FF2RC1 beat MSIE7RC1 hands down on all counts (this for a PC Pro news analysis piece.)
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I like it. I find the spell checking software useful on other forums. Of course it still needs some work.
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Originally Posted by pistolsnipe16
I like it. I find the spell checking software useful on other forums. Of course it still needs some work.
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I'm loving it. Much more refined and polished. The improvements to the search bar make it much more usable. The spell-checker makes me look much less retarded online. 
Looking forward more to FF3 though. Monster changes coming in that one. It's gonna be like a whole new browser.
Looking forward more to FF3 though. Monster changes coming in that one. It's gonna be like a whole new browser.
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Originally Posted by darrenw89
you can get an add-on for ie7 (maybe ie6 as well) called i-spell, it'll add spell checking abilitys to your web browser.
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