Just checking updating a version of Firefox

[steve_83]

According to Kaspersky Labs, there is a java vulnerability in the browser I am having a blast with.....Firefox 3.0.11.


It appears here on virus list:
http://www.viruslist.com/en/advisories/35914

It appears here on secunia (one great security site):
http://secunia.com/advisories/35914/

Since I am kinda new to Firefox....just checking before I pull the trigger.
If I am going from version 3.0.11 to 3.0.12, is this just an add-on, or do I need to un-install the previous version 1st, please?

Proper instructions I found are here:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/firefox_install.htm

So....just checking with my friends here as well as the resident experts.

It is VERY difficult to browse without java enabled, and I have got to get RID of IE version 8, that I detest.

Yep...I searched 1st and only found going to an entire new version which is 3.5.
I'm pleased with what I've got and will go to 3.5 later.

Thanks for any suggestions on updating my default browser.

Steve_83

[HAN]

Firefox 3.0.12 is a full version upgrade. And the 3.0.x series is still a fully supported branch until the end of the year or so.

You do not need to uninstall. I have ran FF for years and never uninstalled it. Just download it and install it normally. It will retain your profile, including all your bookmarks, cookies etc.

Here is a link to the US version 3.0.12 http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozi...p%203.0.12.exe

[Broni]

You should update to 3.0.12: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Firef...d-117317.shtml

[Broni]

Han beat me to it

[Midknyte]

Unless you have add-ons that are incompatible to 3.5x, I'd go to FF3.5.1. It's been much faster for me.

[HAN]

Unless you have add-ons that are incompatible to 3.5x, I'd go to FF3.5.1. It's been much faster for me.

I think it's been faster for me too but not by much. If you are on dial-up (I am at home ) 3.5.x has start-up issues that 3.0.x does not have. But I'm staying with 3.5.x anyway...

[Midknyte]

3.5.1 supposedly fixed the startup issues as well as the JIT security hole.

To each, his own.

[HAN]

The dial-up, start-up issue is not the one you are referring to. This problem is that normally, when you clicked on FF to fire it up, the browser would load and wait in a holding pattern until the dial-up connection was established with the ISP. Once the connection was made, FF would then continue on and load the home page.

With 3.5, the browser immediately loads to a page not found message if the connection is not already established. I get around this for now by connecting to the ISP 1st and then firing up FF. But this is a bit of a pain.

I've Googled around and others are seeing the same behavior with 3.5.x. I'm hoping they fix it but with dial-up on the decline, they may take the same approach that Opera took long ago. In Opera's case, it has never interacted with the modem. You always had to have the connection up and running before browsing.

[steve_83]

Good Grief!



Now, I'm *really* grateful that the guy who did the BIOS on my i7 desktop put the programs he prefers as default.

Back to my roots again.
In 1997 I knew even less than spit about the net, and learned at public libraries (between jobs) who used Netscape.

The Business World distorted me. "It's a Microsoft World so get over it.".....my A**.

OK guys and I apologize if any of you are the fairer sex, or otherwise.


I'm going to go with what I've got for now, and update it to 3.12 immediately.

Maybe 3.5 is a few weeks down the road.

I don't even have my dig. camera and favorite games put back on this .....yet.

I can't understate the usefulness that was heaped on me, on this thread.

I'll close this and make room for more urgent problems.
Maybe another person can use it in Mozilla Firefox Searches here.

Once again: Thanks A Bunch!

Steve_83

[Midknyte]

@HAN
Ah I see. I haven't been on dial-up for over 10 years. I was one of the first guys in my neighborhood to get roadrunner. I'm too spoiled to ever go back.