Firefox 3.0 versus Firefox 2.0
By dlnieto
@dlnieto (60)
United States
September 17, 2008 12:10pm CST
I like Firefox, have used it over a year now instead of Microtrash IE.
Then along come Firefox 3.0 and I find out that things that worked in Firefox 2.0 no longer work.
I ask, "How come?"
I was under the mistaken impression that Firefox 3.0 was an improvement over Firefox 2.0. WRONG!
It seems that the HTML that works in Firefox 2.0 was being "interpreted" incorrectly and that Firefox 3.0 does that job better. Hence, the misinterpreted stuff that works just fine in 2.0, does not work at all in 3.0.
Isn't progress great?
And now here comes Firefox 3.1, I wonder what things it is doing.
I'm not upgrading.
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5 responses
@kaos_inc3420 (15)
• United States
17 Sep 08
honestly the guy with the first responce is quite right i got to give them credit for that. every browser interperates what it reads differnt. your best bet when you go to code somethin is test it on several different browsers to see what your goin to end up with.
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@Myrrdin (3599)
• Canada
17 Sep 08
Every iteration of every browser ever made since the dawn of the internet has altered the way that HTML is interpreted, and HTML today is completely different than HTML ten years ago. Sure much of the code written for old browsers still works, but much of it does not. It is the nature of the continuing changing of the way the internet is viewed. The fact that webmasters made corrections to adapt to the way Firefox 2 handled HTML does not mean that Firefox 3 is not an improvement.
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@ferdzNK (3211)
• Philippines
18 Sep 08
I been using firefox since 1.X and every time it update I give it some time then I upgrade too. I am really wondering why some HTML would only work fine on your FF2 and not FF3. I have never encounter one yet on my FF3.0.1. Probably its your addon that is causing the incompatibility.
If you visit the addon page using FF3 you would see alot of them did not update their version - ff3 will not allow you to install it, their [add to firefox] button are disabled. Addons are programs created by individuals not connected to mozilla, meaning everyone can make one as long as it comply with the version of FF. We cannot force them to update always but there are other addon makers that created their version of it. This is what happen to me, I have some addons that I use with FF2 that did not update but I found other similar or I never find the need to install them because it is already included in the current version of FF.
Updates are created to overcome the bugs and limitations of the previous version. It enhance performance make it more secure and make browsing a pleasurable worry free experience. Nothing is perfect but there is always room for improvement. If you find FF2 works well with you thats fine. Firefox is a software that we download because we want it not because we have to.
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@dlnieto (60)
• United States
28 Sep 08
No, not really. My HTML works just fine on Opera, IE (which I hate) and Firefox 2.0.
When I asked why it doesn't work on Firefox 3 I was informed, and I paraphrasing here, ...
"... we were not interpreting the code correctly in FF2, we are interpreting it correctly in FF3. To make your code work in FF3 you must change your HTML and add classes and or use Javascript or Java!"
Imagine that! A confession that "Oops we were doing it wrong, now that we are doing it right, YOU have to conform to our doing correctly."
A previous responder here mentions that "that's the way it goes" (paraphrasing again) progress requires changes.
My opinion is that if you did it in FF2 you should also do it in FF3 and treat both the upgrade and the past the same. In other words, interpret both the old way and the "correct" way.
Since as a previous writer indicates, nothing is static, who knows, soon we will all be driving on the left side of the road one day as well as on the right, after all progress means having to change.
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@igormkd (48)
• Macedonia
17 Sep 08
I use Firefox over 3 years, and I never had any problems using it (except integration of java, but it was java problem not FF). Backward compatibility is (or was) always present, and it is still present. I didn't notice any problems for FF rendering "old or new" html code.
How ever, IE 8.0 (it is still beta) believe or not is NOT compatible with almost every .NET web page on the web!!! If you want to see older (read present) .net web applications you will have to use "compatibility" mode!. I test it bit more, and see if it is worth even thinking of!
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