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I got a pop up about an hour ago that ff 1.0.1 was available so i just thought i'd tell all the ff users here. It is 4.59 mb.

Yes, it was released about 1 week ago I thought everyone on here already knew..

They actually managed to get the setup installation size smaller than 1.0.

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Originally posted by Ahmad
Yes, it was released about 1 week ago I thought everyone on here already knew..

They actually managed to get the setup installation size smaller than 1.0.

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Really How come i got the pop up now. I guess my copy only checked it now So there mabbe some ppl who still dont know i guess.

Firefox 1.0 is 4.68 mb and Firefox 1.0.1 is 4.59 Mb . Odd isnt it
And firefox is one of the few softwares that on downloading have a perfectly renamed file like "Firefox Setup 1.0.1" unlike other softwares which are quite odd. Doesnt make much of a difference but saves my time renaming. I only have to remove "setup"

lol yea I noticed the very convenient file name, I don't of any other program that does that.

The only differences I've noticed in this new version, is slow-down when my mouse hovers over some css style links

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Originally posted by Ahmad
The only differences I've noticed in this new version, is slow-down when my mouse hovers over some css style links

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Its very very slightly slow but there arent many changes. It is a security update (I think i saw that some where)
Newayz its only a change of 0.0.1 newayz (1.0.0 to 1.0.1) So minor changes

wait for 1.1 ..but in windows its slow as compared to Linux, fast as

major security update was released, hence why they even bothered releasing a 0.1 update , and no its not really strange that the install is smaller, programmers are always trying to make their programs take up less space and less space in your ram as well as adding new features

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Originally posted by Chestah
and no its not really strange that the install is smaller, programmers are always trying to make their programs take up less space and less space in your ram as well as adding new features

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I alwayz like it when that happens but usually when the version changes the size increases. Like System Mechanic 3 Pro was 3 - 5 mb and Version 5 Pro Is like 32 Mb
For even a small update of ZAP i need to download the whole 6 or so mb package I have cable net so its ok but still
There are many more such cases.
If its small and takes less ram then it feels good but to have more features and for more things the size does eventually have to increase i guess.

true John ,
but i hope as techology increases in development/skill
then compression techniques evolve as well

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Originally posted by Chestah
true John ,
but i hope as techology increases in development/skill
then compression techniques evolve as well

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True, I haven't seen much improvement in that area lately.. but I once unzipped/unpacked/injected a ~129mb file into ~1.37 - it took ages, but it was awesome, very 56k user friendly