# Upgrade to Firefox 2? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 8, 2007, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-to-firefox-2/410943 "2007-07-08T05:14:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-to-firefox-2/410943/1 "2007-07-08T05:14:58Z")
Good idea? Problems? Anyone? šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![DevNull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c89c15/32.png) [@DevNull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DevNull)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-to-firefox-2/410943/2 "2007-07-08T05:32:07Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] Good idea? Problems? Anyone? šŸ™‚ [/QUOTE] Memory leak is down 25% in my experience. I was about to switch back to IE because of the sick amount of memory leak but it almost seems tolerable now. I am an open window/tab abuser so YMMV. No other problems than the usual disrespect from IEcentric sites. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-to-firefox-2/410943/3 "2007-07-08T05:46:27Z")
I switched. I like it - works great for me. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-to-firefox-2/410943/4 "2007-07-08T05:50:39Z")
I upgraded as soon as it was released. No problems so far. ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-to-firefox-2/410943/5 "2007-07-08T08:06:16Z")
[QUOTE=mhendo] I upgraded as soon as it was released. No problems so far. [/QUOTE] Same here. Never noticed any memory leak problems, use it on three different machines and four different OSā€™s. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-to-firefox-2/410943/6 "2007-07-08T08:11:55Z")
I keep getting the prompt to upgradeā€¦ My question: The add-ons i already have, if I upgrade am I going to have to go find all those again? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-to-firefox-2/410943/7 "2007-07-08T08:38:04Z")
This seems to be mainly soliciting opinions, so itā€™s off to IMHO. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-to-firefox-2/410943/8 "2007-07-08T08:52:56Z")
[QUOTE=if6was9] I keep getting the prompt to upgradeā€¦ My question: The add-ons i already have, if I upgrade am I going to have to go find all those again? [/QUOTE] There were one or two that I had to re-download. Adobe Acrobat Reader, I think. The others were right where I left them. Otherwise, itā€™s a dream. If it crashes on you, the next time you start it, it offers to restore your previous session. Love it. ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-to-firefox-2/410943/9 "2007-07-08T09:13:48Z")
[QUOTE=if6was9] I keep getting the prompt to upgradeā€¦ My question: The add-ons i already have, if I upgrade am I going to have to go find all those again? [/QUOTE] Yes ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-to-firefox-2/410943/10 "2007-07-08T12:03:44Z")
How much does this cost? ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-to-firefox-2/410943/11 "2007-07-08T12:21:19Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Diā€™Chi of Tricor] How much does this cost? [/QUOTE] Itā€™s free and fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-to-firefox-2/410943/12 "2007-07-08T14:00:23Z")
[QUOTE=scotandrsn] If it crashes on you, the next time you start it, it offers to restore your previous session. Love it. [/QUOTE] This sounds great till you find that it offers to restore your previous session **every time you load the browser** even when it didnā€™t crash. Iā€™m thinking of going back to 1.x coz itā€™s just so annoying. Maybe Iā€™ll try a reformat first. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-to-firefox-2/410943/13 "2007-07-08T14:38:58Z")
[QUOTE=essell] This sounds great till you find that it offers to restore your previous session **every time you load the browser** even when it didnā€™t crash. Iā€™m thinking of going back to 1.x coz itā€™s just so annoying. Maybe Iā€™ll try a reformat first. [/QUOTE] Iā€™ve never had that happen and have been using 2 since it came out. ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-to-firefox-2/410943/14 "2007-07-08T15:16:35Z")
[QUOTE=essell] This sounds great till you find that it offers to restore your previous session **every time you load the browser** even when it didnā€™t crash. Iā€™m thinking of going back to 1.x coz itā€™s just so annoying. Maybe Iā€™ll try a reformat first. [/QUOTE] It has never crashed on me but when I shut the Linux machine down without bothering to close anything else, it asks on reopening. Otherwise, not. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-to-firefox-2/410943/15 "2007-07-08T15:49:54Z")
Iā€™ve just got round to upgrading to 2.0, prompted by this thread. A little tip - if you hate the fact that theyā€™ve move the Close Tab button to the tab itself, you can go back to the way it was in 1.x by going to about:config and setting browser.tabs.closeButtons to 3. Seems like they just ignored basic UI principles. Button in same place all the time = good. Button that moves around = bad. Firefox guys, if youā€™re going to copy features from other browsers, copy the good ones, eh? Now to work out how to re-enable shrink-to-fit tabsā€¦ BTW, I didnā€™t have to upgrade the one extension I use (Flash block). It works fine in 2.0, and Iā€™m nit running the latest version. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-to-firefox-2/410943/16 "2007-07-08T16:18:19Z")
[QUOTE=Usram] Seems like they just ignored basic UI principles. Button in same place all the time = good. Button that moves around = bad. Firefox guys, if youā€™re going to copy features from other browsers, copy the good ones, eh? [/QUOTE] Personally, I prefer the close button on the tab, so I donā€™t think itā€™s an issue of principle. Since others prefer it another way, kudos to Mozilla for offering the option. Iā€™m not sure which ā€œother browsersā€ youā€™re talking about. Firefox inherited tabbed browsing from the late-model Netscape browsers which are its progenitors. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-to-firefox-2/410943/17 "2007-07-08T16:37:09Z")
It seems to me that they are aping Opera and possibly IE7 by having the close button on every tab. My objection to it is that I knew where the old Close Tab button was without even looking. Now, in the default configuration, you have to look to see where the tab header is. So itā€™s harder to find the button. Plus, the old button was at the edge of the screen. Fittā€™s laws, and all that. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-to-firefox-2/410943/18 "2007-07-08T16:45:34Z")
Crashes all the time for me. Search for it, itā€™s quite a widespread problem. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-to-firefox-2/410943/19 "2007-07-08T16:56:44Z")
Even though Iā€™ve told FF2 that I want it to open links in new windows, it opens my links in new tabs, and I hate tabs. Yes, I know that Iā€™m a neandertal about this, but I prefer to have windows instead of tabs. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-to-firefox-2/410943/20 "2007-07-08T17:36:18Z")
[QUOTE=Lynn Bodoni] Even though Iā€™ve told FF2 that I want it to open links in new windows, it opens my links in new tabs, and I hate tabs. Yes, I know that Iā€™m a neandertal about this, but I prefer to have windows instead of tabs. [/QUOTE] Wow, I thought I was the only one. šŸ˜› I say that Iā€™ve had tabbed browsing since about 1992ā€¦ itā€™s called the taskbar. šŸ˜‰ **Usram** ā€™s last line knocked a bit of clarity into my brain. I guess which add-ons transfer to FF2 depend on which version the add-on was written for. Many only work in older versions and wouldnā€™t transfer. Make sense? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-to-firefox-2/410943.md?page=2)