Menneisyys
10-24-2006, 12:48 PM
Much as this is not strictly a Windows Mobile-related post, a lot of my readers may be interested in this, particularly because I've constantly been reporting on the protocol / W3C compliance of desktop browsers.
Recently (as far as Firefox is concerned, an hour ago) two, brand new, final major desktop browser versions have been released: that of Internet Explorer (version 7) and Firefox (version 2.0).
Note that if you (still) have the previous, 6.0 version of Internet Explorer, it won't prompt you about the new version. You must manually download and install it from HERE (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx). Neither will do the same the last, pre-2, 1.5.x version of Firefox - not even its Help / Check for Updates will notice the brand new version (this may change in the future when the new version will be more closely integrated in the Mozilla homepage, though). You'll need to manually download it HERE (http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0/win32/en-US/Firefox%20Setup%202.0.exe) (if you need it in other languages, please check out this (http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0/win32/)).
If you're still an IE6 user, I certainly recommend the upgrade to IE7. The new version is a major step ahead and while I still prefer Opera to thee two alternatives on my high-resolution (1600*1200) notebook (it's far better at zooming in to page contents, which is a must on such a high-resolution screen), IE7 is getting closer and closer.
As far as the new Firefox version is concerned, I've just started testing it and, therefore, still don't have much to report.
Recently (as far as Firefox is concerned, an hour ago) two, brand new, final major desktop browser versions have been released: that of Internet Explorer (version 7) and Firefox (version 2.0).
Note that if you (still) have the previous, 6.0 version of Internet Explorer, it won't prompt you about the new version. You must manually download and install it from HERE (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx). Neither will do the same the last, pre-2, 1.5.x version of Firefox - not even its Help / Check for Updates will notice the brand new version (this may change in the future when the new version will be more closely integrated in the Mozilla homepage, though). You'll need to manually download it HERE (http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0/win32/en-US/Firefox%20Setup%202.0.exe) (if you need it in other languages, please check out this (http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0/win32/)).
If you're still an IE6 user, I certainly recommend the upgrade to IE7. The new version is a major step ahead and while I still prefer Opera to thee two alternatives on my high-resolution (1600*1200) notebook (it's far better at zooming in to page contents, which is a must on such a high-resolution screen), IE7 is getting closer and closer.
As far as the new Firefox version is concerned, I've just started testing it and, therefore, still don't have much to report.