Detailed instructions for upgrading to Firefox 1.0.1

is it only me..or sometimes (more often then not) firefox gives an error if u just type www.somthing.com in the url field, it excepts the http://...

I am not completely sold on FireFox yet. As a developer, I noticed a big difference between Firefox and Internet Explorer while using and image within a div tag using cascading style sheets. In Firefox the image goes beyond the bottom div border while Internet Explorer renders it perfectly by pushing the div box further down allowing for the image to be contained within the div tag.

Laurie, up late coding--it's the best time to code!--and Scott doesn't mention that URL in the initial post at all. He does mention release notes in passing, but note you are now pointing to contradicts directly the "Detailed instructions for upgrading to Firefox 1.0.1" that clearly state that one can simply overwrite the file. Sorry to bang the point into the ground, but this post is just baffling and contradictory. The article linked to does show how painful it can be to update on a Windows machine, but on a Mac it's easier than changing a lightbulb. And others seem think so as well. What I can't stand about "cautionary" posts like these is that there are dozens of real issues that people should be aware of. If you're a tech you're already frazzled enough by the real things to look out for. This Firefox issue/non-issue? It's really questionable that it's presented as a tip at all.

I had no problem installing Firefox 1.0.1 over the old version, both on XP and my girlfriend's Powerbook.

I did nothing special installing Firefox on two Windows machines (Me and XP) and everything worked great. The red icon showed up, I clicked it (with FireFox running), the install did its thing, and I haven't noticed a single thing. Maybe I'm just lucky?

just another idiot chiming in, I don't see what the muss is about if you use a mac - like the others above pointed out, even in the linked article it's 'drag, drop & replace' - it just doesn't get any simpler. you guys just making us all nervous and crap for nothing. just a bunch of FUD, move along... nothing to see here.

Jack - the release notes (http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/), which Scott mentions in his post (yes, i read them too) say: "All Systems Prior to installing Firefox 1.0.1, please ensure that the directory you've chosen to install into is clean and doesn't contain any previous Firefox installations."

Laurie, you should really review the site you're linking to in the piece because "TR" is right. The instrucrtions he's posted is what's there. Mount image. Drag new version. Drop into "Applications" folder. Then confirm the replacement procedure. Which is confirmed by the simple statement: "5. When prompted to overwrite the existing Firefox, press OK." No muss. No fuss. An easy install like every other OS X app.

tr - it never seems to work that way though. pretty much every time i have done a drag and drop install of firefox, overwriting the old version, it stops working. if i delete first, then drag to the applications folder, it works fine. it also likes to balk at being outside of the applications folder sometimes.

I used firefox myself for sometime but just got tired of too many crashes. Recently I've tried out Camino and am absolutely loving it, It does just about everything firefox does, it's faster and looks a bit better too. All I see and hear are comments about Firefox this and Firefox that, why not ever any mention of Camino, especially on an Apple site? Just a thought...