Firefox 3.6.3 is here

What's going on with Firefox? Every two weeks, there's an upgrade. I wasn't crazy about going back to using it, but I just can't stand it when IE opens another (smaller) screen whenever I click onto a site. Why can't they open in tabs, like the others do? Does anyone knows why all of these FF "updates" take place? 3.6.2 didn't even last two weeks. They're pushing for 4.0 by years end, but I don't think they'll make it.

1. Open IE8
2. Goto Tools
3. Internet Options
4. General Tab
5. Click the Settings button under the Tabs area
6. Open links from other programs in a new tab in the current window

If you have IE in the taskbar, and you are not to fond of tabs, this is a useful function:
Whilst using IE, hold the shift key and click the taskbar icon. This will open another instance of IE. You can have as many open as you can handle.

Thanks, now I know what to do. I didn't have this problem with IE7 on XP, well, most of the time anyway. It's been a year since I've really used IE much. But I'll give that a try and see how it works. Looks simple. IE8 sure looks and performs better than it did on XP. I honestly don't believe it was even built for XP. The pre-beta of Windows 7 was here, along with Vista. A new browser was needed, so IE8 was born.

Years ago back when IE6 was the out, IE was ok, but when IE 7 came out with their tabs I didn't care for it at all. I moved to Fire Fox and for the most part been happy with it till lately. Fire Fox is slowing down cuz they keep adding crap to it. I recently switched to Safari and it's like way faster than I ever remember Fire Fox ever being. So that's where I will stay till I get bored with that one.

Firefox is just updating the browser as they see fit. It may take two weeks or two months.

It their prerogative to decide when and IF to update the browser, just like it's M$ when they release theirs.

They may reach v4.0 FF by the end of the year because they could just jump from v3.6.3 to v3.8.1 to 4.0.1. The version number system is not something that is etched in granite and dictated by the internet gods from Mt. Olympus.

HaveBlues2 wrote

Yep variety is the spice of life mate there is always something better to try

Safari isn't a bad choice, it's a good browser. But they want you to add three other programs along with it. Apple Software Update, Bonjour, and there was another one. It would be fine on a large, newer drive. On an older laptop, it takes too much space. But it will make a older computer look better, and the speed is there, too. I'm just not an Apple fan, however I don't condone people from choosing.

Microsoft patches once a month, letting major security flaws slide for up to 4 weeks at a time. Mozilla patches whenever they need to.

One method is clearly better, imo.

That's right, even their addons are updated, and they let you know what's going on before it happens.