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2006/10/24-26 [Computer/SW/WWW/Browsers] UID:44940 Activity:low
10/24   So why is Firefox at 2.0 now?  Granted this revision is a bit bigger
        than most minor revisions, but neither the program architecture or
        plugin interface changed much.
        \_ Marketing?  Maybe even free software needs marketing?
           \_ The marketing wants to be freeeeee!!1111
        \_ http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0/releasenotes/#whatsnew
           \_ Sounds like it should be called 1.6.0.0 instead.
        \_ Related question: Is anyone having a issue w/ the netflix queue
           page under FF2.0? I get an error that some script is taking too
           long to run and I should abort it. This didn't happen on FF1.5.x.
           \_ Works for me with FF2.0  200+ movies in queue.
              \_ Hmm, maybe it is b/c I have 400+ movies in my queue.
           \_ They might have just tweaked the max time value; you can change
              it yourself via about:config, look for dom.max_script_run_time
              --dbushong
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