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Posted on 04/30/2006 7:42:19 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
While Microsoft has become a favorite target of critics who say the company has dramatically scaled back expectations for Windows Vista, Mozilla's Firefox Web browser is about to join that crowd.
Mozilla has decided to strip out a major new feature from Firefox 2.0 in order to ensure that the update meets a Q3 2006 release target, a post in the browser's developer forum indicated earlier this week. "Places," a complete rewrite of the browser's bookmarking system, will no longer be included in the release.
While Places had made it into the first public alpha release of Firefox 2.0, codenamed "Bon Echo," it had been pulled previously. In announcing the decision, Mozilla's director of engineering Mike Schroepfer said the company wanted to ensure a quality release.
"Rather than rush it to market - we'd prefer to spend the time it takes to get it right," he wrote. Schroepfer said that it was a difficult decision, but it would ensure that when released, Places would work as Mozilla intended it to.
The removal of Places is a blow overall to the Firefox 2.0 release, which was reflected in the responses to Schroepfer's comments.
"mozilla.feedback [the company's feedback newsgroup] has 'I don't see any big differences' repeated frequently over 2.0a1, and it had Places. From your post, Firefox 2.0 sounds like it should be called Firefox 1.6," a user named Matt Nordhoff said.
Schroepfer said that Firefox 2.0 would still offer many improvements over its predecessor even without Places, pointing to enhancements in security, tabbed browsing, RSS, performance, and extensions.
"In order words, all the reasons people love Firefox will get demonstrably better in this release," Schroepfer said. Bon Echo Alpha 2 is set to be available on May 9, he added.
Anyone else have a problem with Firefox and bookmarks?
fyi
I am open to any suggestions about other browsers, because I'm not too pleased with this one.
Very smart.
Profile bug. The bookmarks are still there in your profile directory as bookmarks.html.
Losing Places for 2.0 isn't a big deal--if it ain't ready, it ain't ready, and 3.0 will be the version with major changes (Cairo backend, Places, etc)
Try Opera its ok.
Dumped the entire thing a while back and went to Maxthon...
"I am open to any suggestions about other browsers, because I'm not too pleased with this one."
IE!
IMO, they should just work it until it's finished, then release it when it's ready. Who really cares about FireFox's release schedule?
I don't particulary look forward to major releases anyway, as they will most likely hose by extensions in some way until I fix them for version compatability. FF already does everything I want.
The difference is MS strips out functionality *and* moves back release dates..
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That has happened to me also.
I haven't personally, but troubles with bookmarks is one of the single biggest long running complaints on their "help" forum.
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Avant Browser is the best there is and I have tried them all. I use it all the time and have had no problems.
Darn. I was all excited, then discovered it was a windows program.
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