Firefox 14 beta

http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Firefox-14-Beta-promises-improved-security-1613878.html

Should have click-to-play but it needs to be enabled in about:config. The version modded by Ubuntu will beis available later already.

 

Yey for click to play probably the best change in 14, but I'll wait for the release myself.

 

I've been using betas for quite some time without apparent problems. Also, since I'm using the version supplied by the Ubuntu team, I feel it gets a looking over.

 

Click-to-play works just fine but it has to be done each time. So if one wants to replay a YouTube video, one has to click-to-play again.

And no issues with selecting urls in the address bar with a single click.

 

Woah . . . v14?
What's Firefox release cycle?
I remember reading somewhere that they were going to release a new version every few months.

 

Every 6 weeks.

 

So if a year has 48 weeks and they release a major version every 6 weeks it means they would release 8 versions in a single year?
Now that's insane! xD

 

Then I think we're all in trouble....

 

Its because the apocalypse is coming and they want to get as many versions as possible released before the end lol....

 

Not if we consult Kepler or design a new calendar

 

... and the nice icons for http and https

 

But you know that you can allow CTP for specific domains by selecting Always activate plugins for this site? It looks like this and works very well here.

 

You can set the default as click to play and then whitelist by TLD?

 

Yes, it's similar to how Chrome does it. If you load youtube.com and select Always activate plugins for this site? FF will remember that.

EDIT: So far this functionality is only site-specific but the Mozilla people are planning to also make it plugin-specific.

 

Aha! The aboutermissions page now has a section on CTP.

 

Yes, but you don't need that. Simply use the plugin block in the location bar (only visible if the site contains plugins).

 

But what is not clear is the use of "plugins". I hope they eventually specify the plugins. For example, if there's both Java and Flash, it would appear that "activate plugins" would activate both of them instead of giving us a granular choice.

As of now, it appears that both ways lack the details of exactly which plugins will be activated. And will this activation override the settings that we have on the addons page? (I have only Flash and Gnome Shell Integration activated.)

 

See my post #14 above

 

Gee, Opera has had this granularity for quite a long time, albeit sans plugin-specific. In fact most of the new stuff in firefox has been in Opera for years.

 

Would have come across a lot better if you started that sentence with "FYI", not "Gee"... it is a shame how Opera is still playing catch-up in more crucial areas though, like hardware acceleration and security.

 

Certainly, they will be the first software to reach the v100 mark.

 

I hope they come up with a new version naming system before that happens. I don't want to have to say I am downloading FF v100.5.2.001

 

Can somebody explain (not justify) why these FF versions come so often?

My guess is they are NOT versions at all with major improvments but minor maintenance fixes and little marketing tweaks.

 

My guess is that you're right. The Chromification of Firefox continues ...

 

I don't quite follow? I don't use chrome