Firefox version recommendations

Firefox seems to change their versions so fast I cant keep up. I've
been using the last of their version 3 on Win98, which is all that I
could run. Now that I have XP installed, I want a much newer version.
It appears that 27.0.1 is the latest, but I dont necessarily need the
very latest. My install of XP is SP2, so maybe this newest version of
FF would be too much for XP. Then too, there are buggy versions....
What do you recommend?

At the same time, I have not used IE in years. Ver 6 was a piece of
**** and all that Win98 could handle. I have heard that the newer
versions are good. It appears that Version 8 is the last one to work on
XP. (Remember, I have SP2). Is it worth installing? Is there any
other versions that work on XP? I guess ver 11 is their latest.

Thanks

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Firefox seems to change their versions so fast I cant keep up. I've
been using the last of their version 3 on Win98, which is all that I
could run. Now that I have XP installed, I want a much newer version.
It appears that 27.0.1 is the latest, but I dont necessarily need the
very latest. My install of XP is SP2, so maybe this newest version of
FF would be too much for XP. Then too, there are buggy versions....
What do you recommend?

At the same time, I have not used IE in years. Ver 6 was a piece of
**** and all that Win98 could handle. I have heard that the newer
versions are good. It appears that Version 8 is the last one to work on
XP. (Remember, I have SP2). Is it worth installing? Is there any
other versions that work on XP? I guess ver 11 is their latest.

Thanks

Yes, it's worth installing IE8 *after* you first install SP3 (preferably).
(Generally its best to update the core OS first). The reason it's worth
installing IE8 is that IE6 is problematic on many sites now due to its age.

As for FF, I'm still using version 22, just to play it safe. Sometimes the
newer versions break some some older add-ons that you may still want, but
you can research this by reading some reviews and judge for yourself.

On Monday, March 3, 2014 8:40:42 PM UTC-6, wrote:
Firefox seems to change their versions so fast I cant keep up. I've

been using the last of their version 3 on Win98, which is all that I

could run. Now that I have XP installed, I want a much newer version.

It appears that 27.0.1 is the latest, but I dont necessarily need the

very latest. My install of XP is SP2, so maybe this newest version of

FF would be too much for XP. Then too, there are buggy versions....

What do you recommend?



At the same time, I have not used IE in years. Ver 6 was a piece of

**** and all that Win98 could handle. I have heard that the newer

versions are good. It appears that Version 8 is the last one to work on

XP. (Remember, I have SP2). Is it worth installing? Is there any

other versions that work on XP? I guess ver 11 is their latest.



Thanks

I use Firefox 25 as the newer versions are bloated and take away some of your ability to customize it.

You may want to look at SeaMonkey.
That is my primary browser.

Andy

On 3/4/2014 6:18 PM, Andy wrote:
On Monday, March 3, 2014 8:40:42 PM UTC-6, wrote:
Firefox seems to change their versions so fast I cant keep up. I've

been using the last of their version 3 on Win98, which is all that I

could run. Now that I have XP installed, I want a much newer version.

It appears that 27.0.1 is the latest, but I dont necessarily need the

very latest. My install of XP is SP2, so maybe this newest version of

FF would be too much for XP. Then too, there are buggy versions....

What do you recommend?

At the same time, I have not used IE in years. Ver 6 was a piece of

**** and all that Win98 could handle. I have heard that the newer

versions are good. It appears that Version 8 is the last one to work on

XP. (Remember, I have SP2). Is it worth installing? Is there any

other versions that work on XP? I guess ver 11 is their latest.

Thanks

I use Firefox 25 as the newer versions are bloated and take away some of your ability to customize it.

You may want to look at SeaMonkey.
That is my primary browser.

Sounds like SeaMonkey is just older versions of Firefox? :-O

By the way, I noticed that webpages on Firefox v29 looks virtually the
same as Firefox v4. Firefox v3 also comes very close. Although Firefox
v2 webpages looks worse than IE6 does and those look pretty bad today.

--
Bill
Asus EeePC 702 ('08 era) - Thunderbird v24.3.0
Celeron 900MHz - 8GB SSD - 2GB - Windows XP Home SP2

On Tuesday, March 4, 2014 6:54:33 PM UTC-6, BillW50 wrote:
On 3/4/2014 6:18 PM, Andy wrote:

On Monday, March 3, 2014 8:40:42 PM UTC-6, wrote:

Firefox seems to change their versions so fast I cant keep up. I've



been using the last of their version 3 on Win98, which is all that I



could run. Now that I have XP installed, I want a much newer version.



It appears that 27.0.1 is the latest, but I dont necessarily need the



very latest. My install of XP is SP2, so maybe this newest version of



FF would be too much for XP. Then too, there are buggy versions....



What do you recommend?



At the same time, I have not used IE in years. Ver 6 was a piece of



**** and all that Win98 could handle. I have heard that the newer



versions are good. It appears that Version 8 is the last one to work on



XP. (Remember, I have SP2). Is it worth installing? Is there any



other versions that work on XP? I guess ver 11 is their latest.



Thanks



I use Firefox 25 as the newer versions are bloated and take away some of your ability to customize it.



You may want to look at SeaMonkey.

That is my primary browser.



Sounds like SeaMonkey is just older versions of Firefox? :-O


Bill

It is still being developed.

I also use it in Puppy Linux.

February 6, 2014
SeaMonkey 2.24 released

Andy

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On 3/4/2014 6:18 PM, Andy wrote:
On Monday, March 3, 2014 8:40:42 PM UTC-6, wrote:
Firefox seems to change their versions so fast I cant keep up. I've

been using the last of their version 3 on Win98, which is all that I

could run. Now that I have XP installed, I want a much newer version.

It appears that 27.0.1 is the latest, but I dont necessarily need the

very latest. My install of XP is SP2, so maybe this newest version of

FF would be too much for XP. Then too, there are buggy versions....

What do you recommend?

At the same time, I have not used IE in years. Ver 6 was a piece of

**** and all that Win98 could handle. I have heard that the newer

versions are good. It appears that Version 8 is the last one to work on

XP. (Remember, I have SP2). Is it worth installing? Is there any

other versions that work on XP? I guess ver 11 is their latest.

Thanks

I use Firefox 25 as the newer versions are bloated and take away some of
your ability to customize it.

You may want to look at SeaMonkey.
That is my primary browser.

Sounds like SeaMonkey is just older versions of Firefox? :-O

By the way, I noticed that webpages on Firefox v29 looks virtually the same
as Firefox v4. Firefox v3 also comes very close. Although Firefox v2
webpages looks worse than IE6 does and those look pretty bad today.


FireFox ver 29?
--
Buffalo

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"BillW50" wrote in message ...

On 3/4/2014 6:18 PM, Andy wrote:
On Monday, March 3, 2014 8:40:42 PM UTC-6, wrote:
Firefox seems to change their versions so fast I cant keep up.
I've been using the last of their version 3 on Win98, which is all
that I could run. Now that I have XP installed, I want a much
newer version. It appears that 27.0.1 is the latest, but I dont
necessarily need the very latest. My install of XP is SP2, so
maybe this newest version of FF would be too much for XP. Then
too, there are buggy versions.... What do you recommend? At the
same time, I have not used IE in years. Ver 6 was a piece of ****
and all that Win98 could handle. I have heard that the newer
versions are good. It appears that Version 8 is the last one to
work on XP. (Remember, I have SP2). Is it worth installing? Is
there any other versions that work on XP? I guess ver 11 is their
latest. Thanks

I use Firefox 25 as the newer versions are bloated and take away
some of your ability to customize it.

You may want to look at SeaMonkey. That is my primary browser.

Sounds like SeaMonkey is just older versions of Firefox? :-O

By the way, I noticed that webpages on Firefox v29 looks virtually
the same as Firefox v4. Firefox v3 also comes very close. Although
Firefox v2 webpages looks worse than IE6 does and those look pretty
bad today.

FireFox ver 29?

Yes, it is currently in beta.

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows Live Mail 2009 v14
Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 4GB - Windows 7 Home SP1

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"BillW50" wrote in message ...

On 3/4/2014 6:18 PM, Andy wrote:
On Monday, March 3, 2014 8:40:42 PM UTC-6, wrote:
Firefox seems to change their versions so fast I cant keep up.
I've been using the last of their version 3 on Win98, which is all
that I could run. Now that I have XP installed, I want a much
newer version. It appears that 27.0.1 is the latest, but I dont
necessarily need the very latest. My install of XP is SP2, so
maybe this newest version of FF would be too much for XP. Then
too, there are buggy versions.... What do you recommend? At the
same time, I have not used IE in years. Ver 6 was a piece of ****
and all that Win98 could handle. I have heard that the newer
versions are good. It appears that Version 8 is the last one to
work on XP. (Remember, I have SP2). Is it worth installing? Is
there any other versions that work on XP? I guess ver 11 is their
latest. Thanks

I use Firefox 25 as the newer versions are bloated and take away
some of your ability to customize it.

You may want to look at SeaMonkey. That is my primary browser.

Sounds like SeaMonkey is just older versions of Firefox? :-O

By the way, I noticed that webpages on Firefox v29 looks virtually
the same as Firefox v4. Firefox v3 also comes very close. Although
Firefox v2 webpages looks worse than IE6 does and those look pretty
bad today.

FireFox ver 29?

Yes, it is currently in beta.

OK, thanks for the reply.
I had just checked online and the latest was 27.0.1 so I thought perhaps I
may have missed out.

--
Buffalo

| (There is a three-letter version that doesn't change so fast; I can't
| remember what the three letters are, but if you look in
| mozilla.support.firefox [not carried by many servers], you should find
| reference to it and how to get it.)

https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla....ses/24.3.0esr/