Firefox 1.5 & del.icio.us plugin
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Firefox finally released itsmajor upgrade version 1.5 today. Do you want this upgrade? Yes, but Ido not say it with much enthusiasm.
The first thing I noticed is nothing of the software itself, but thechange of the domain name of the project website from mozilla.org tomozilla.com. The new domain name would definitely meet theproject’s new marketing strategy.
Looking at its release note,the new stuff in this upgrade are not that attractive. Features like”drag and drop reordering of tabs” have been achieved byextensions (e.g. Tab Mix Plus).The support for newer web standards like CSS3 should be interesting,only if they could show me where I can find a website demonstratingthese new standards. Other improvements regarding bug-reporting orautomated update are more subtle to the eyes of ordinary users like me.
One of the factors to consider before upgrade is whether theexisting extensions are still available. In this aspect Firefox 1.5does a great job. The only one that cannot work after upgrade isBookmark Synchronizer. But it should not be missed because of a newtool.
This new, “Featured” tool is the del.icio.us extension. It adds a new item to both the menubar and the right-click menu for easy tagging with the del.icio.us service. This extension immediately reminds of Flock,a browser which is promoted for its integration with tagging andblogging. Flock is obviously superior to the Firefox del.icio.us extension in terms of outlook and user-friendliness. But since Flock isstill under development stage, it will be much more secured to useFirefox.
No matter what you are looking for, as long as you avoid using IE, you will be fine.
