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Review
by: Craig Miller – 05/01/11
OS Reviewed on: eComStation
2.0
Audio: Uniaud16 V1.9.25 & Uniaud32 V2.1.2
Video
Card Driver: SNAP, version 3 (eCS 2.0 package)
Year:
2011
Version: 4.01
Application Type: Web Browser
Developed
by: Mozilla
Published by:
Mozilla
Homepage
Link: Click
Here
Wikipedia Link: Click
Here
Tips for Firefox: Click
Here
Download
Firefox 4.01 now!
File
size: 18.0 MB
(1)
Introduction:
Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation.
The latest version of Firefox introduces a sleek new look that lets Web content take center stage. With features like App Tabs and Panorama, Firefox makes it easier and more efficient to navigate the Web. Firefox delivers industry-leading privacy and security features like Do Not Track and Content Security Policy to give users control over their personal data and protect them online.
Firefox 4 is the fastest Firefox yet. With dramatic speed and performance advancements across the board, Firefox is between two and six times faster than previous releases. Major enhancements to the JavaScript engine make everything from startup time to page load speed to graphics and JavaScript performance screaming fast in Firefox.
Firefox has been a corner stone of eComStation for web browsing and honestly the only game in town. I was excited to see this online only around 20 days after the release of Firefox 4 for Windows.
(2) Installation:
There is no WarpIn installation for Firefox 4.0, it's actually real crappy that there is no formal install and I had a very hard time getting it running. I have been using version 3.5.3 of Firefox (the default version install with eCS 2.0) because every time I tried to install a newer version (3.x.x), I would unzip the browser, click on Firefox, and nothing would happen, and for the life of me I could not figure out what to do.
The
files that show up after you unzip Firefox 4 for eComStation
The first time I downloaded Firefox 4 and unzipped it, I really wanted to get it running. Again, after unzipping it, I tried to run the application and got nothing after clicking on the FireFox 4 icon. I decided to read the installation instructions:
1. UNZIP the archive into any directory you wish. This will create a 'firefox' subdirectory containing the program. For example: unzip firefox-4.0.en-US.os2.zip -d x:\mozilla.org
!! If you already have a 'firefox' directory from an older version, rename it first (e.g. 'firefox-old'). Do not let the new version install on top of the old one.
2. CHOOSE a directory where Firefox and other Mozilla applications can store their profile data, then add a line like this to config.sys: SET MOZILLA_HOME=x:\mozilla.org
The first time you run any Mozilla app, it will create a 'mozilla' subdirectory where your customized settings are saved.
!! Without "SET MOZILLA_HOME=", the 'mozilla' subdirectory will be created in your 'firefox' directory. This can make it very hard to upgrade to new versions without deleting your customized settings.
3.
INSTALL 'libc063.dll' into one of the directories on your
"LIBPATH" (e.g. 'x:\os2\dll'). You can download a zip
from:
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip
4. Optional: you may want to install some of the items listed in the "OS/2 Add-ons" section below to improve Firefox's performance.
Now everyone's millage will very and I'm sure most people will have no issues here. Not me though, I still had nothing show up after clicking on the Firefox icon.
Frustrated, I went to my reliable information source, the IRC channel. There, I quickly learned some of the guys also had issues but used a program called RUN! This program automates the above setup process because I guess I (and others) were missing something.
Running, humm...RUN! Is actually simple. Unzip the files and take the RUN!.exe and move it to Firefox 4 directory. Rename it firefox!.exe and it should work (it did for me!).
It's very silly to me that some great people spent a good amount of time porting such a complex application, just to stall at the finish line. I've said this before and I will say it again: I don't care how great the application is, if there is no easy way to install it, everyone's time is wasted! I hope someone takes the time to wrap Firefox 4 into a WarpIn file so the end user can just install and get surfing.
(3) Startup:
Since there is no official installation, it's up to you to create a shadow and drop it onto the desktop (or the eComCenter). Once you to that, simply click on the Firefox icon, and your new Browser should come up within two to three seconds.
I compared both the eComStation and Windows version here, and there was no difference with the menu bar or the options window, they were identical:
So far,
everything is the same (eCS version shown).
(4) The Program:
This review will be played out over 10 days, I have downloaded/installed Firefox 4.0 for eComStation on April 20th 2011, (It was out on the 15th but I was out of town) and I will post here what I experience as a common eCS user. During this time I will also review Firefox 4.0 in small “bit” sizes, focusing on one part of the browser at a time, I hope this shows people curious of the eCS version, a good idea of what to expect.
04-20-11 - I just downloaded the zip file and unzipped it to my c:\programs directory. I had some problems getting it working since there is no install. Jumping onto the IRC channel got me the answers I needed (see section 2: Installation for more info).
One of the first things I wanted to do was view it side by side of the windows version. I am lucky to have a Windows XP machine right next to my eCS 2.0 machine so I can bounce back and forth to make sure they work the same. After installing both Firefox 4 for Windows and eComStation I took a screen shot of each:
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As
you can see, from just looks, there is not much of a difference
between the two.
The visual changes in Firefox 4 are quite substantial. Tabs now live along the top of the browser, above the address bar (which Firefox calls the "Awesome Bar"). Menus have vanished; to get at all of the browser's features, you click a button labeled "Firefox" at the top left corner of the browser and a menu drops down. (If you're a big fan of menus, you can always get them back by clicking the "Firefox" button and choosing Options --> Menu Bar.)
The height of the address bar and navigation buttons has been reduced so that Web pages get more screen real estate. The navigation buttons are rounded and softer-looking and have been simplified. In addition, there are fewer navigation buttons, and some have been relocated. The once-separate Reload and Stop buttons have been combined into a single, small button at the right end of the address bar. This new button changes its appearance and function depending on whether a page is currently loading or has already been loaded.
The Home button has been relocated to the far right of the search bar. To bookmark your page, you click on a star icon on the right side of your address bar. To browse through your bookmarks, you click a small button to the right of the Home button instead of using the Bookmarks menu that was previously at the top of the window.
The result: a cleaner-looking browser with simplified navigation and more room to view Web page content.
04-21-11 – Before I started jumping into speed tests and compatibility issues, I wanted to get my bookmarks synched. Firefox 4 comes with Firefox Sync which allows the user to share bookmarks, passwords, and even history over all devices that use Firefox. I have never been able to use it correctly with eCS so I am using Xmarks, my hope way that would change with Firefox 4 and I could share everything with Firefox for Windows, eCS, and my Droid X cell phone.
Firefox Sync is Mozilla's way of sharing all your Browser bookmarks, I have used Xmarks in the past but I try to keep my Add-ons to a minimum, and since it's part of the browser I thought I would try it. Happily, I was able to sync everything this time. I'm not sure what has changed internally but I am glad it did. Now all of my devices are working like a charm.
Now for the first time I can see all my bookmarks, on all my Firefox programs, it's so nice, now I just need to spend the time organizing them. Is there an app for that?
If you use Firefox on Windows and eCS, for example, Firefox Sync will automatically keep all of that in sync between them. And it will also work with the Firefox mobile browser, which I also use on my Droid X. To do this, you'll have to first set up a Firefox Sync account, and then follow the instructions for using multiple devices. It's a simple and straightforward process.
04-22-11 – Have you heard of the acid test for web browsers? I have and I thought I would see for myself how it works for Firefox 4.
The Acid3 test is a web test page from the Web Standards Project that checks the performance of a web browser regarding the issue of following certain selected elements from web standards, especially relating to the Document Object Model (DOM) and JavaScript.
Now this might be an unfair test because I do not have Java 1.6 (beta) on eComStation 2.0 (I try not to run beta apps). I'm not even sure that matters, but lets see what I get anyways compared to my windows machine:
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Firefox 4 for eComStation
Firefox 4 for Windows
Perfect
Perfect
Blah, Crap
Perfect
Double Crap
Perfect
Well
as you can see, Acid1 test is simple for both eCS and Windows,
Windows also aces Acid 2 and 3, while eCS seems to run into
issues. That error that comes up for both the Acid 2 and 3 tests
seems like a windows (3.11) message box so I am not sure what is
missing. I would chalk this up to a windows test but I know you
can run the Acid test in any operating system (mobile ones also).
After that error comes up it also crashes the whole browser,
eComStation does recover though, so no reboot was needed.
From reading the Acid Test site, it performs the tests only on the default browser, I am not sure what is happening here but Firefox 4 for eCS sure does not like to work on my machine.
Luckily, it does not seem to effect my real world experiences, I have not run into a site I cannot use yet unless it was a flash site. This is a temporary issue since Flash 10 for eCS is in beta and should be out soon.
04-23-11 – I have already done this in the Firefox 4pre version for eComStation, but I had to make sure that Youtube worked. Since Firefox 4 now supports webM, I was excited to see that so does Youtube. It does not happen on it's own though, you first have to go here: http://www.youtube.com/html5 and join the trial. The funny thing is that I never even looked at Youtube until I got my Droid X, it might be because I could never get Youtube to run in eCS either.
WebM is an audio-video format designed to provide a royalty-free, high-quality open video compression format for use with HTML5 video. It is supposed to try and replace Flash from sites that use video since it's just as fast and free. Youtube is an early adapter so I thought I would try it out for my testing.
He's
one angry nerd.
My tests are informal but I saw no difference in speed between the Windows version to the eCS one on video or sound. There was however a sound issue in Firefox for eCS if I tried to share sounds such as dragging a folder on the desktop, which also plays a sound, doing this would kill the video sound. Obviously, this is not a huge problem since I am not normally working while watching videos.
Firefox 4 for eCS does support full screen but still keeps it within the browser, in this mode I was happy to see that there was no dropping of frames or audio loss.
Charlie
the Unicorn!
While there are many videos you can view, Youtube has not converted everything over to WebM. From what I felt, I would say 40% of what I wanted to watch would show me a blank screen and requesting Flash. This is changing though as Youtube is committed to WebM and is converting over it's entire library.
Flash 10 for eComStation is in beta right now so I have not tested it, but it should be live soon(ish), once it is, Youtube will open wide for the typical eCS user.
One note though, while playing a movie on Youtube, my CPU pegs out, while this might cause worry for lockups, in my real world experience, there was no noticeable issues, I was able to run many apps in the background and nothing slowed down.
04-24-11 – It took me a few days, but I am finally getting used to the layout. Firefox 4 is different than 3.5.3 in terms of it's looks, a more minimized approach. While I personally like this, it is nice you can also go back to what you were used to. I wanted to play with some Personas and see if they work as well in eCS as they do in the Windows version, also, it was important to try out some extensions to see if I ran into any problems.
Everyone has a preference on how things should look, some people like the absolute minimum so their Internet travels are not interrupted. While others enjoy two hundred buttons to press. I'm more in the middle. There are several new things to make your days on the Internet easier such as Tabs, that, with version 4, are moved to the top and the menu bar. I like how they trimmed the buttons down and just the overall appearance.
I also like the way you can view the add-ons you have by click on Tools, then Add-Ons, doing so brings up a new tab:
It's
easy to see everything you have installed from here.
To the left is where you can see what has been installed, to the right is the window that basicly explains what is going on. Getting Add ons is very easy and down right fun. I have to remind myself that downloading more is not necessary better.
I really enjoyed the Personas, there you can change the skin of the browser, there are a ton to chose from and I challenge anyone to see if they cannot find one to their liking. Most a very professional. It was a shame that I could not find one with the eComStation logo, maybe soon.
Ohhh...pretty
colors
Simply pitting your mouse on one of the pictures you like will change the browser look. It's a nice way to preview the Personas without having to install anything. It worked great on the eComStation version of Firefox 4, and I never ran into a Persona that I could not use.
Extensions are another way to add functionality to Firefox 4, for fun, I randomly downloaded some Extensions to see how well they worked. This is in no way an official method on testing the eComStation version of Firefox 4 but it sure was fun and interesting to try out.
Play Your Piano! 1.0 – It promised that you can use your keyboard as a piano! And it's true, after installing the small app, Press 'Tools' and then mark 'Play your piano!', then play. You then hit the 1 though 0 keys to play music. I suck so it was not pretty but it does work, there was a small “crackle” noise when you stopped playing but I chalk that up to Uniaud for eCS, not Firefox.
Flagfox 4.1.2 - Displays a country flag depicting the location of the current website's server. Kinda interesting, lets me see what country the website is in, and I now have a little flag showing up in the address field. Works great.
Picture Browser 0.5 - This is a tool of browsing the pictures. It can provide you a easy way to browser pictures, if you don't have PMView Pro, this might help out (kinda)
Picture Browser is good for quick views of pictures you haveEPUBReader 1.4.1.0 - EPUBReader is a Firefox addon which lets you read ePub-files just in the browser. You don't need to install additional software! Since I have a Nook, I thought this would be a good addition. The install was painless an works perfect. The software also makes it a snap to find a book to read, and even though I can't see myself reading a book on my desktop, I could once I get a
TabletLaptop with eComStation on it.
It's
nice to have an eReader right in eCS that I can also share with my
Nook
I have not run into any Add-Ons that has cause me issues or had not worked on Firefox 4 for eCS. This is exciting since it opens many possibilities with software we have never had before yet none of the eCS programmers are needed to do the work.
04-25-11 – I can tell Firefox 4 almost never crashes and is so much faster than 3.5.3. I have Firefox 4 on my Windows XP machine and it seems that upgrading to 4 from 3.6.x did not see as an dramatic speed increase. This is just my opinion and basicly from my perception of how I use it. On eComStation though, it has been rock solid and never crashed (well besides when I ran the Acid 2 and 3 tests).
Firefox 4 is based on the Gecko 2.0 Web platform. This release features JavaScript execution speeds up to six times faster than the previous version, new capabilities for Web Developers and Add-on Developers such as hardware accelerated graphics and HTML5 technologies.
Video performance is so much better better, almost as it should be. In this review, I am using SNAP video graphics so everyone's mileage might very, but in my post about Youtube, there is a big difference (good) in how Firefox 4 pre and Firefox 4 handle video. Like I said, the final version is much smoother, even in full screen.
Even though I posted this part of the review on the 25th, I can still say I have not had Firefox 4 crash. The windows version on the other hand has this odd issue of crashing right after I try to clear the recent history and freeze for several seconds when downloading anything. I go into this more in the security section below.
04-26-11 – I know one of the new features is Panorama, wanting to get to know this new feature, there is a very small downward facing arrow across from the tabs area. Clicking on this shows you a choice of Tab Groups.
Now I have a ton of bookmarks, many I use is a very long time and others are daily. I am looking at Panorama as a way to speed up my news gathering, hopefully it's easy enough that I can figure it out.
Tab Groups (also known as Panorama) are an easy way to organize a lot of tabs. With Tab Groups you can visually group related tabs, switch between groups and quickly search through all of your tabs. Clicking on the arrow in the picture below, you can see there is a Tab Groups section.
If you click on it will open a new window that takes over the Firefox screen.
Now when you start, you will have one white screen to the left top, where if you double click it, it will take you back to the Firefox window where you add tabs of sites you want to group.
If you see how I grouped mine now, life is just a little faster. Splitting up my most used sites in a same “type” organization helps me keep focused on what is interesting to me.
If you go back to the Panorama window, you can click on any of the sites, inside any of the groups and it will load all the sites in the Tab Groups, but it will have the site you clicked on as your main focus, which I found a nice touch.
The only issue I have is that you can also remove a site from the Panorama group, this is done by hovering your mouse over the site you do not want, then an “X” will appear to the right corner of that site. This sounds easy in practice but I found myself removing a site more often then I would like to admit. I would then have to get that site from my bookmarks and set it up again.
Otherwise though, Panorama is an awesome new feature that I will be using from now on with Firefox.
04-27-11 – I download a ton of programs. Anything pretty much that is for eComStation I grab and try. Firefox of course, is one of the main ways I find and download them. I had an issue with Firefox 3.5.3 that always pissed me off, if I changed the default settings of where Firefox downloaded a file/program, (such as directly to my desktop) then the download window was always blank. I would still have the file download and appear on my desktop (where I default my downloads) but the only way I could see the progress was via Netscan from Object Desktop spiking. So I was hoping Firefox 4 would fix that.
Download Manager for Firefox 4 will download files seamlessly and securely! There is a pause and resume feature, this means you can stop and start anytime. So, if you’re halfway through downloading a big file and you need to leave, just pause and pick up where you left off later. The resume function also works if your system crashes or is forced to restart. The manager shows your download progress and even lets you search your files by name or the Web address where the download came from.
There are several add-ons that can enhance your download experience Firefox but the Download Manger that comes out of the box is solid, and I don't see the point of adding weight to the process.
The issue I had in Firefox 3.5.3 where changing the default download directory left the download manager showing nothing in the download window is happily in the past. It seems version 4 fixed whatever was that issue so now I can see how much longer it will take to download a file.
As a quick note though, I never had an issue with Download Manager on eComStation, on Windows though, it was a whole other matter. Every time I would download something, the file would get to 4-8% and then freeze the computer for a solid 10 seconds, then start up again. Once the download was done, it was freeze the computer again for a good 20 seconds, just about the time I'm about to hit the reboot. Not sure what is happening there but it's very annoying.
04-28-11
– Privacy is something I like to have while I browse the
web, I mean, who wants to get caught looking at granny
porn something that will have you explaining yourself to
a psychiatrist.
There is a new Do Not Track feature that, when enabled, sends a header to a website telling them you don't want to be followed. While this works in theory, the website also has to agree to it.
Clear Recent History on the other hand has been around since the 3.x days and is still very good at covering your tracks. Not only are you able to pick what you want cleared, you can even go by how many hours you surfed.
You can also go into Options and tell Firefox what to do with your History, also, you can pick what cookies to remove instead of totally wiping them out if you don't want to.
04-29-11 – Web Site compatibility is an issue, because more important than speed, is if I can get to the site in the first place. Now I know eCS is not 100% there with Flash 10 and Java 1.6, they are both in Beta so there is strong hope that, sometime soon, every site will be open to the eComStation user. For this review I am just focusing on sites I have had issues with Firefox 3.5.3, and see how they do with Firefox 4.0
There were several sites I was very interested in looking at to see if they worked properly, the first was Yahoo! Mail.
Yahoo! Mail, the classic version worked fine but I could not use the newest version as it simply locked up my browser before. Running Firefox 4 now, I was hopeful that things would work the first time, and you know what? I was right!
Now
I can use the updated Yahoo! Mail.
Dropbox – I would love a native version of Dropbox for eComStation, I even sent in the suggestion to them, of course I am not going to hold my breath. It is nice though to see that the browser version now works!
I
can share files between all my computers, cell phone included.
Google Calendar – Though I did not have an issue with Google Calendar before, I thought it would be nice to show that it still works with Firefox 4. I use it for business and it is a must have for me.
Works
like a charm.
Karin Owal – I did a random seach for HTML5 websites and found a great starting point to test Firefox 4:
One of the sites is called Karin Owal, An Award-winning London-based lifestyle and advertising photographer. You would swear it's using Flash for the site, but nope, HTML5.
Do you want to dance?Crystal Galaxy – This is an action space game written in HTML5, I was interested to see how it would work in Firefox 4 for eComStation, well the short answer is it doesn't. It in fact crashes the whole system. Now I am not sure if it is Firefox or not, but it plays fine on my windows machine so I was disappointed.
This is as far as I got on Crystal GalaxyOnslaught – this is jut a demo but it is a fun one at that. Your a knight that throws swords at monsters, it's more fun then I make it sound. It worked perfectly, sound and all.
I'm sure there are many sites that Firefox 4 for eCS will have trouble with, but I am happy with what I see so far, though not perfect, it's so much better then what we had. Again, I am keeping away from the Flash and Java sites, once those apps are live I believe eComStation users will be able to go anywhere. Because damn, I miss my Pandora.
04-30-11 – On 01/22/11 I did a review on eCUPS for eComStation which is about setting up your printers drivers. I was very successful on getting at least my printer working. There have been known issues with Firefox 4 pre not working correctly when it comes to printing websites. Basicly, what people have had to do was when you printed something in Firefox 4 for eCS, it would be sent to Lucide (eCS's PDF Reader), then you can print it. Most people, understandably, wanted to skip the additional step. I wanted to see for myself if the issue was fixed, or should I see if a new version of Lucide was out.
What I tried to do was take random sites and see what would print and what would not. I also wanted to see if anything abnormal would happen to the print itself. I have an Epson Workforce 610 printer which is still relatively new (less then one year old).
I tried three different sites to print, two worked, one would want to be opened to Lucide.
Oh and before anyone says anything, yes, I know the pictures suck. So much for an 8 Megapixel camera on my Droid X.
Google Maps – I setup a group of locations to drive to and then asked Google Maps to print it out. I thought that something was wrong because it took more than a full minute before the printer started printing the map and locations. I'm not sure why, but I actually thought I would have to reboot my eCS computer to get the CPU to drop. You can see from the picture below though that it did finally print:
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Google Calendar – I could not get my Calendar to print from Firefox 4, when I asked it to print, it would open a screen and ask if I wanted to open the file with Lucide, I could do this and then print. While this would work in a pinch, most people would rather not have to do this extra step.
Yahoo Finance – I don't have stocks but there is a lot going on with this site. I wanted to print the website, so after hitting print preview I hit print to see how it would work. The CPU spiked but it did go to the printer much quicker then Google Maps did. I'm sure it was simply that the file size was much smaller. If you compare the printout from the Windows machine, the WinXP printout is crisper. Interesting enough, the Yahoo! Finance printout for eCS printed the add, while the Windows one did not.
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Two of the three jobs I wanted printed went straight to the printer. The pages that did print, you could notice the print quality was not as good as if you printed it from a Windows Machine. Also, when printing from Firefox, my CPU pegged until the pages finished printing. I could still do things and the computer seemed responsive, just an odd thing to have, like when Youtube was running videos with WebM. I doubt that there was a connection but it makes one wonder.
Also, the printing itself was more responsive in Windows, I am thinking this is again from Firefox, printing from an eCS application like OpenOffice did not seem as sluggish. I would say that the Windows machine printed twice as fast from Firefox then the eCS version.
(5) Final Thoughts:
Lets start start this off with what am I comparing Firefox 4 too? Am I directly comparing it with Firefox 3.5.3 from eCS or Firefox 4 for Windows?
For me the answer is both. I cannot help but want to see how it compares to the Windows version, as a eCS user, I want Firefox 4 for eCS to ready to download the same time the Windows version does, with everything the same.
I also want to see if there is any difference to version 3.5.3 that I have been using for a year now. After all this hype on version 4, I expected a faster, more stable, and more robust browser.
I am not comparing it to Chrome, Opera, or Internet Explorer, since Firefox is really the only game in town for an eCS user, I don't see the point.
I have to say, I almost didn't do this review because I could not get Firefox 4 running, after traveling around the Internet and the IRC channels I did get help, and obviously did get it to work. But it left a bad taste in my mouth right from the start. I simply do not understand why people make such good programs for eCS but make it hard to run them. Why? Is it that hard to have a WarpIn installer do the work? This really must be fixed and is really inexcusable in today's eComStation environment.
Once you get past the install though, Firefox 4, has gotten a significant overhaul, offering improved speed and a cleaner interface that gives more screen real estate to Web content. Most useful are Panorama's superb tab-handling features, WebM, and the cross-platform, multi-device synchronization power of Sync.
I really did notice (and enjoyed) most of the new functions that it had to offer including the largest collection of add-ons of any browser.
So in conclusion, it's a no brainier, Firefox 4 is a must have application for the eComStation user. Now-a-days the browser is a corner stone program and just as important as the Operating System itself. Maybe 10 years ago you could have a great OS with no browser but those days are long gone. I can live without some apps in eCS, but a browser, no.
I am happy to say that Firefox 4 for eComStation is awesome, it runs just as well as it's Windows cousin and much better then version 3.5.3. It is nice that Firefox has gained so much market share and because of this, eComStation users have enjoyed it's success.
To all the people that developed and ported Firefox 4, thank you and great job!
(6) Updates after the review:
05-01-11 – I just was told that Firefox is now in WarpIn format!
It is still version 4.00 but I am sure it will be updated to version 4.01 soon. Instead of having it here (for now) you can get it from eCo market.
If you have not heard of eCo Market, it is designed to catalog eComStation applications in an easy, one stop location where you can also download a program and install it. I highly suggest you download the app, then getting the warpin format of Firefox 4.00.
http://en.ecomstation.ru/projects/ecomarket/?action=desc
This solves one of my biggest gripes about Firefox 4 for eComStation, I am glad that is behind us.
04-29-11 – At the tail end of my review, 4.01 version came out, this version Fixed several security and stability issues. Not that I have run into either problems.
One thing I did notice, is now that 4.01 is out I tried to have Firefox 4 update to 4.01, but when I asked Firefox to see if there were any updates, it found none. I guess eComStation users are stuck manually updating their version for right now.
