# Mac users, how do you like Firefox 2? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 25, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-users-how-do-you-like-firefox-2/409276 "2007-06-25T02:37:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-users-how-do-you-like-firefox-2/409276/1 "2007-06-25T02:37:58Z")
I’ve been using Firefox 1.5 alongside Safari for some time now on my Mac. I have about 10 different extensions running, and I like it. It can do things no other browsers can, because of the extensions. The look isn’t quite like other Mac applications, but I’ve gotten used to it and I like it as something different. Firefox 2.0 is out and support for 1.5 will not last much longer. If I switch, what happens to my bookmarks and extensions? Do I have to loed them again or do they carry over? One issue is that of resources. Firefox 1.5 has been pretty good on memory, but it uses up a whole lot of my CPU capacity. Is Firefox 2 any better or worse in these respects? ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-users-how-do-you-like-firefox-2/409276/2 "2007-06-25T02:53:50Z")
I haven’t noticed any real problems with Firefox 2. All the extensions I use (and I use quite a lot) all work fine. It looks better on the Mac than it does in Windows, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-users-how-do-you-like-firefox-2/409276/3 "2007-06-25T03:04:58Z")
It crashed, threw up “talkback” which also crashed and ever since it’s refused to run without my manually trashing its application support files. Every time I want to run it. I’ve tried deleting everything associated with that program I can think of and reinstalling but it still does it. Whatever it screwed up on my computer, it screwed it up good. No thanks. Feels too much like a Windows program. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-users-how-do-you-like-firefox-2/409276/4 "2007-06-25T03:15:26Z")
Mine’s working gloriously (2.0.0.4)-- all the bookmarks and such transfered over, and all of the extensions I’ve been using are updated. The last pre-0-0-0-0-4 version did crash a bit but seems to be much stabler now. No idea about CPU usage. . . looks like it’s asleep when I’m not doing anything but jumps to the 30s and higher when it’s running a process like opening a new page. Between 5 and 20 while I’m typing. I’ve no idea if I’m even reading that right and I don’t know what it all means. ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-users-how-do-you-like-firefox-2/409276/5 "2007-06-25T04:51:04Z")
It seemed to work fine for the brief time I used it (MacBook Pro DuoCore 2.16GH). I’m on Safari 3 Public Beta now – Safari 3 is completely awesome _for the computers whose applications it doesn’t fry._ I definitely recommend giving it a try – just be sure to read through the support threads on [apple.com](http://apple.com) first to get the instructions on how to restore Cocoa, then you won’t risk anything. (Sorry, random advert ended.)