Stop the bling, fergawdssake!

In a thread on m.s.thunderbird, I recommended downgrading if extensions 
don't work. I just downgraded my wife's FF8 to 3.6.24, because the Skype 
plugin won't work with FF8.

The upgrades above 3.x for the most part are mere bling and vinyl 
stick-ons, with zero or negative effects on usability. Updates should 
concentrate on security. IMO, 3.6 is as usable as any browser is likely 
to get.

NB (or should I shout, maybe?):

Compared to other browsers, the _only_ advantage of FF has is the 
add-ons. Any updates that break extensions therefore reduce the value of 
Firefox.

HTH,
Wolf K.