jdMorgan - 10:53 pm on Sep 15, 2006 (gmt 0)

Just a note for those having problems with Firefox:

If you have never done so, please uninstall your old Firefox before installing the latest version. While the new "updater" handles things well, those who have upgraded from any 1.0 release to the current 1.5 releases may have problems. In the Firefox/1.0 family (which did not support auto-updating), the release notes specifically and consistently recommended uninstalling the old version before installing the new. Failing to do so often left some extensions doing very strange things on-screen or behind the scenes, consuming excessive CPU or memory, etc.

Uninstalling firefox will not remove your profile, bookmarks, extensions, themes, or preferences. If you're not confident, then back up the
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profilename> directory before uninstalling. This directory contains all of your profile-related data and settings.

As someone has previously noted, if you're having problems, it is a good idea to disable (not necessarily uninstall) your extensions and then add them back in one-by-one to see if one of them causes a problem.

Also just in: New versions [mozilla.org] of both the Seamonkey (new name for the Mozilla Suite) and Camino browsers have also been released today with the same security and stability fixes.

Jim