rmac (+2.0)
23/2/08 12:41AM |
Congratulations and thanks to Peter for his work on this. It is to be hoped that any RISC OS users who haven't donated to this project now do so to encourage Peter to continue.
Once again thanks Peter (and all those in the Firefox background) |
bucksboy (+3.0)
23/2/08 9:20AM |
Well I'll be damned! Never expected to see another RO version of Firefox, but this is very good news IMO. |
jess (+2.0)
23/2/08 10:33AM |
This is excellent news.
Seems smoother. And it's available via riscpkg (though it didn't work for me yet.) |
martin (+1.0)
23/2/08 1:04PM |
In reply to bucksboy
Yes - that was my initial thought too.
The boy has come through good.
At work, I've quietly switched over to FireFox from Internet Explorer - I'm looking forward to grabing Peter's RISC OS version to see how it compares now that I have a better understanding of what FireFox is like for users on other platforms. |
ajb (+1.0)
23/2/08 2:20PM |
Must admit that I didn't get around to donating for Firefox previously.
I have just now done so, thinking that the guide value quoted was reasonable.
Great to know that Firefox is still being developed.
I will upgrade to "Release 3" and put it to the test tonight. |
OliverB
23/2/08 2:43PM |
Excellent News. I too never expected to see another release for RISC OS.
Unfortunately I only have a RiscPC, so I am unable to test it. |
sa110 (+1.0)
23/2/08 7:18PM |
This release is really good news. Thanks Peter for your continuing effort with Firefox. |
Hairy (+1.0)
23/2/08 9:45PM |
Great news indeed.
Has anyone had much luck in accessing www.southesttrains.co.uk or www.yourpsp.com ?
Both sites kill Firefox as soon as you click on any of the links within the pages 
Brian |
ArthurT (+1.0)
23/2/08 10:53PM |
Thanks also to Peter N.
In reply to Hairy:
I was able to download a timetable and have a customised table sent to me from the S.S. Trains site - seemingly there were no problems |
Hairy (+1.0)
24/2/08 4:41PM |
In reply to ArthurT:
Well not having great luck here.. also went to Nationwide to transfer funds bewtween Esavings to Current Account and as soon as I enter the numeric amount the Firefox window dies and disappears..Not good as its the only browser I can use with Nationwide and been using it for around 4 months with no problems |
bucksboy (+1.0)
24/2/08 6:25PM |
Just been testing out the latest version on my Iyonix: initial impressions (compared with version 2 release 1 - the non-RISC OS GUI version) are very positive. It's noticeably faster and more responsive, including keystroke inputs; 'tickertape' text (e.g. BBC Sport home page) runs about 2-3 times as fast as before, as do the 5-day BBC Weather map updates, and the GUI implementation adds to ease of use. All in all, a welcome advance in RB browser functionality IMO. Well done to Peter N! |
bucksboy
24/2/08 6:27PM |
Sorry - that should be 'RO browser' not 'RB browser' |
govind (+1.0)
27/2/08 8:51PM |
Wow. This is great news for RISC OS. I had given up on seeing another Firefox release on our platform. I hope there is some coverage of this release on other sites (well, it made Slashdot a couple of years back) |
SimonC (+1.0)
28/2/08 6:24PM |
I'm in the same position as a lot of others - very surprised to see a new version, and very pleased too. It definitely seems smoother than the previous one (on VRPC, at any rate, I'll have to wait a week or so to try on my Iyonix). Previous versions felt too slow to use (to me). This one, whilst admittedly still sluggish compared to, say Netsurf, which is only to be expected, is useable, and indeed I am doing so right at this minute. |
gazza_fp (+1.0)
28/2/08 10:20PM |
I've just tried the RiscPC version that's just been released. It's more of an 'isn't that cool - Firefox is running on my 13 year old computer' than a 'this is now my primary browser' thing - due to the speed factor. mail.yahoo.com appears to cause Firefox to abruptly quit, on my RiscPC at least. Anyone else had this problem with the other version. |
jlavallin (+1.0)
2/3/08 6:41PM |
I've been attempting to the RiscPC release4 but its unusable in any practicle sense - it will not bookmark or -'save page as' without throwing a wobbler and disappearing from the desktop |
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A new version of the RISC OS Firefox 2 web browser port has been released today for punters to download. Release 3 has been significantly bug-fixed and uses the latest source code from the mainstream Firefox project. Port developer Peter Naulls is still keen for 