Jun 18

Downgrading From Firefox 3 to Firefox 2

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TYPO3

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Although I only upgraded my Mac’s browser to Firefox 3 this morning I will be downgrading it shortly

Why?

Practicalities.

Several web applications I use on a regular basis break badly in Firefox 3, which renders them unusable (typo3) or not as usable as I would like (Movable Type).

I know the guys in Movable Type will fix the issues, though they were waiting on a stable Firefox release before they made any crazy changes.

I’ve no idea how long it will be before the Typo3 team fix the UI issues on their end.

Unfortunately in both cases the issues arise from Javascript rendering issues ie. the browser engine has changed how it handles it

Ah well!

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10 Responses to “Downgrading From Firefox 3 to Firefox 2”

  1. From Ingo Renner:

    TYPO3 is already fixed since June 11th! Check out 4.2.0 (or 4.2.1), 4.1.7, and 4.0.9
    best
    Ingo

    Posted on June 18, 2008 at 1:41 pm #

  2. From Dave Davis:

    And here’s the rest of us on wordpress without problems ;) (For a change eh?)

    Posted on June 18, 2008 at 3:09 pm #

  3. From Ingo Renner:

    @Dave: are trying to compare pears with apples?

    Posted on June 18, 2008 at 4:06 pm #

  4. From Michele Neylon:

    Ingo
    Upgrading the backend on production websites to deal with browser oddities is not that simple. If it was for a hobby site I could afford to play around, but not with a business site
    Michele

    Posted on June 18, 2008 at 4:18 pm #

  5. From Ingo Renner:

    Michele
    as long as you stay within the branch that is already installed upgrading shouldn’t be a problem with TYPO3. These in-branch upgrades only contain bugfixes and do not change any features or behaviour.

    Posted on June 18, 2008 at 5:17 pm #

  6. From Tom Doyle:

    Ooopppsss – did i forget to do something? ;)

    Posted on June 19, 2008 at 9:51 pm #

  7. From Jason:

    Hey Michele,
    Long time! Hope all is well with you. I came across this which may help:
    http://codecontortionist.com/software/mac-osx-software/multifirefox/

    Posted on June 20, 2008 at 3:56 am #

  8. From Michele Neylon:

    @Tom – Did you?
    @Jason – welcome back :) I’ll look into that link when I get a chance – thanks!

    Posted on June 20, 2008 at 8:37 am #

  9. From Karl Wallace:

    Actually Michele, I just upgraded a few of our production sites from Typo3 4.1.6 to 4.1.7 with no problems. I understand your reluctance though. If possible just do the upgrade on a copy of the site first.
    I run Firefox 2 & 3 anyway but I’m not really comfortable asking clients to downgrade their browsers :)

    Posted on December 5, 2008 at 12:46 pm #

  10. From Michele Neylon:

    Karl
    It might not be a big deal to upgrade it, but as a 3rd party has been managing it for us I’m very wary of doing anything
    Michele

    Posted on December 5, 2008 at 12:54 pm #