So Firefox 1.5

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SplishSplash
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So Firefox 1.5

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Just installed it, where's the difference to 1.0?

Because I kind of can't tell.
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Post by SplishSplash »

Except that my Extensions don't work anymore.
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lol...exactly...
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Post by Scourge »

There are updates for some of them to work with 1.5
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The main thing (imo) being
  • Fixes for several memory leaks
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Post by SplishSplash »

scourge34 wrote:There are updates for some of them to work with 1.5
Yeah, thanks.


But there surely must be some "killer" feature that sets 1.5 dramatically apart from 1.0, right?
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DiscoDave wrote:The main thing (imo) being
  • Fixes for several memory leaks
Hmm, that would be good, but it seems to use just as much memory on my machine as the ld one did... (65 MB)
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Post by mjrpes »

You can now change the order of tabs :)
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Post by SplishSplash »

And that is new? If you say so...

Shows how often I needed to do that.
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Post by Iccy »

what isnt working ?

Just cause its a update doesnt mean its drasticly different. Most of the fixes were under the hood.
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Post by SplishSplash »

Then maybe Firefox 1.0.8 would have been a more fitting description.
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