PFF and Firefox 2, just an observation

PFF and Firefox 2, just an observationPFF and Firefox 2, just an observationFirefox 2 RC2 rolled out this evening (for me anyway) right on time and PFF didn't even wake up for it's arrival. That's how seamless the new FX2 update system is and how well integrated Performancing for Firefox has become.

Thanks to the fine efforts of the PFF team (we know who you are) this great little editor for Firefox has settled right into the newest update towards the finalization of version 2 like it was a part of the original browser in the first place but then again, that was the intention. Except for the ever present "occasionally twitchy cursor", all the early burps, glitches and crashes that were seen using PFF with the first couple of public beta releases of Firefox 2 have disappeared and with the up and coming version 1.4 and all that it is going to offer, PFF and Firefox 2  are beginning to look like a match made in browser/blogger heaven.

I also heard from the Flock team a few weeks ago that the next major release of this "made for blogging" browser will be based on the Firefox 2 code and therefor will have the inline spell checking module as well. The current version is based on Firefox 1.5.0.7 which already has a spell checking module installed but without inline capabilities. Since PFF installs into Flock as easily as it does in Firefox than that's definitely good news indeed.

If this sounds like I'm stroking PFF...well, I am and without shame. After year upon year of working with, beta testing and troubleshooting suppos-ed mainline software with all their unique compatibility issues IE; things that almost work with that and things that have bugs with this, you can  believe me when I say working with the PFF team the short time that I have has been a singular pleasure.

Great job you've done folks and I'm looking forward to breaking...er...I mean, testing the first build of 1.4.

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