Not sure what others experiences are, but I've had LOTS o' issues with the recent release of FF 1.5....Not that I'm bailing...it's still the best option for a decent browser in a Windows environment, but the new release is BUGGY!!! (at least on my machine).... the thing CONSTANTLY crashes....almost everytime I use it, depending on what I am doing and/or where I visit. It has also, several time now, locked up internet from my nachine....as in screwed up LSP settings, requiring me to reset those with a Winsock and/or LSP fix utility......Overall, I tend to be rather forgiving of the mozilla team....they are under alot of pressure to perform...more now than ever before with the growing popularity of FF....much more than the "good ol' days" of pre 1.0. I got in when they were still at 0.3 I think....and the whole project had a different sense of community and excitment back then...I'm not judging that aspect of it though....they've made fantastic improvements since then. Just complaining a bit that the 1.5 release is more buggy than I'm used to. I should also put out there that I'm something of an extention freak and that I may have one or more extentions that may conflict with one another, so again, I'm not solely dumping on Mozilla here....i.e it's more likely a conflict in my local installation than a real serious issue with the base code or performance of 1.5. Still wish it worked better though....
Anyway, I'm writing this blog entry using Flock, which is actually a very nice tool (integrated features) for a "blogging browser". Based on the mozilla/gecko engine, super clean interface, integrated blogging and flickr and del.icio.us integration, make it a pleasure to use. And it's still extenable using most of the Mozilla extentions and Themes.....
Also, I've been using a stripped down version of the Gecko (mozilla/netscape) browser called K-Meleon. Super fast, basic interface, lean and mean browsing. And fun to customize via the config file editing....not for the shy, when it comes to messing with code, but a solid browser even if your not interested in tweeking it.
And as a final option, I still use the old standby IE alternative the "Mozilla Suite" browser....still a nice, extendable browser with familiar navigation and standard features built in.....and a lot less buggy and/or "experimental". The upcoming replacement for the MozSuite is the SeaMonkey Suite, currently in beta testing.
For more (alot more) info and exuastive discussion forums on FireFox 1.5 and any other Moz project, check out mozillazine.org.
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