Firefox 2 vs. Firefox 3

[OctoberWind]

I'm curious if others have seen the same things I have between the two versions of Firefox (2.0.0.20 and 3.0.4/3.0.5).

At home, I have FF3, but at work, I prefer FF2. The main reason, i guess, would be the 'search by title tag' when typing in URLs. I maintain 10 different websites and the title tags all very similar for each site, so it makes it more cumbersome when typing in specific pages.

I'm come across this at least two or three times where it's caused a fairly serious problem with the layout. Firefox 2 and 3 do not render layout the same. :eek:

case-and-point: I received the link to a survey that was built by a third party. In Firefox3 (as well as IE7), the page displays fine, but in Firefox2, the 'float: right' on the image is causing #content to hang up. I was able to remedy this by adding 'clear: right' to #content. (see attached)

Is Firefox 2.0.0.20 really that "out of date" or "non-compliant" that these issues make it not a viable browser?

[felgall]

Support for Firefox 2 was discontinued some time ago.

With the exception of Microsoft all other browser owners drop support for old browser versions a few months after the new version comes out so that they only need to worry about two versions over a short transition period while people upgrade.

[buntine]

The pseudo-AI in the title tags has been a tad annoying for me, also. I am not sure whether I prefer it or the previous functionality, though..

Potentially, the URL history selector might be implemented directly into the GUI, which means that you could write an extension to override it. It might also be worth having a look to see if someone else already has. :)

[Fang]

It might also be worth having a look to see if someone else already has. :)https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6227

[LeeU]

Mozilla ended its official support December 2008 (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html).

[OctoberWind]

Mozilla ended its official support December 2008 (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html).

Fair enough. I don't have any real qualms with Firefox 3, I just found the old URL bar to be easier when working on the same page/page name on multiple sites.

[LeeU]

Yeah, I liked that also. If you do a search, you can find methods for customizing it that can return it to the old way.