Mozilla Firefox 6.0 - Final

Discussion in 'other software & services' started by brainrb1, Aug 13, 2011.

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  1. ReverseGear

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    the speed difference between the browsers [ mozilla/chrome] are in ms i.e hardly noticable
    and ff6 is zippier than ff5 ... and im using ff7 right now which is even zippier and uses lower memory
     
  2. guest

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    Enough of blah blah blah, we want benchmarks.

    And I want the changelog of FX v6 final. If there is none, it still didn't reach final stage. :D
     
  3. dw426

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    We do?
     
  4. demoneye

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    YES WE ARE :D
     
  5. Hungry Man

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    If you can't tell the difference between Firefox and chrome how can you tell the difference between v5 and v6?

     
  6. vasa1

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    Would real-world benchmark be an oxymoron?
     
  7. cm1971

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    I wonder when this will be pushed out in the updates.
     
  8. Spruce

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    I had great hopes for FireFox 4 and it's future, but this rapid version approach has made me leaving it for Opera full time.
    This belongs to the world of Chrome and I'm fine with Chrome having it because it worked without problems when I used Chrome.
    Rapid versioning does in it self not bother me much, but it has to work without compability problems etc all the time :doubt:
     
  9. EboO

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    When will the pdf reader be available please ?
     
  10. rolarocka

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    I use this to make all addons compatible with v8:
    Nightly Tester Tools
    https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/nightly-tester-tools/
     
  11. Raza0007

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  12. rolarocka

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    Tbh i never understood how Add-on Compatibility Reporter works. Every time i installed it, it never made my addons compatible.
     
  13. Raza0007

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    Just install it and restart firefox. When firefox is restarted, restart it one more time. Then check your addons page and see all the extensions are enabled.
     
  14. rolarocka

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    Ah thank you, i think i missed the second restart with all my tries.
     
  15. Daveski17

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    I agree a lot with this. Opera may have its little bugs, but I am beginning to be a little concerned about the 'rapid versioning' of Firefox. I still use Fx for certain things & one of the things I really liked about it was that it was relatively stable, dependable & didn't have a whirlwind approach to upgrading. There's nothing wrong with regularly updating a browser, but I hope this isn't just some Mozilla strategy for competing with Chrome. It's interesting to point out that I am in Opera as I write this.
     
  16. vasa1

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    And "Thank You" from me too :) I missed the double restart bit and so have been disabling compatibility checking in about:config with this line:
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    extensions.checkCompatibility.[B]7[/B].0a;false
    for version 7 (Aurora). When 8 comes around, I was planning to put in a line for 8 and to delete the 7 one. But this time, I'll try the ACR and the procedure mentioned by Raza.
     
  17. vasa1

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    Looks like some of us will just have to get used to the pre-announcements mentioning ftp sites for download and the venting over versioning every six weeks. Given time, my slow (and diminishing) intellect may actually grasp their utility ;)
     
  18. Hungry Man

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    Rapid versioning works for Chrome because they've had it since day 1. Developers knew about it and by the time Dev's had moved to Chrome they knew the drill.

    Firefox hasn't needed its add-ons to update in a long time because it only released a new version once every few months and they were usually just a few performance/ security fixes.

    It's been years and a lot of the FF devs have left to develop elsewhere or just aren't updating anymore. They lost tons of legacy extensions with the last few updates and they will continue to do so.

    Eventually the devs will get used to this rapid release schedule and you won't see so many broken extensions every version change.
     
  19. dw426

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    Let 'em test it like Chrome was just tested, I say ;) That's the only kind of "benchmark" that will get my attention for more than 3 seconds.
     
  20. dw426

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    In a way, it's good. Now maybe with the rapid fire releases, any extension dev that has the patience to stick around, will likely be one that handles issues promptly and actually takes care of the add-on. So many just tossed extensions at people said "here ya go", and you wouldn't see hide nor hair of the dev again for months, problems or not.
     
  21. lotuseclat79

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    I'm waiting for at least FF 7 which has all of the new memory bug fixes and is worth the wait. Also, on Tuesday, FF 3.6.20 will see the light of day with security fixes for those on older releases.

    -- Tom
     
  22. ReverseGear

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    By zippier i dont mean rendering of website..i mean the browser itself
     
  23. Hungry Man

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    I want to see what Firefox 9 is like. Firefox 8 and Chrome 14 are apparently equal in speed but we'll see if this trend continues.

    I might even move back to Firefox eventually.
     
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    "Introducing Scratchpad" : https://blog.mozilla.com/devtools/2011/08/15/introducing-scratchpad/

    "The latest Firefox release includes a new tool for web developers: Scratchpad. The idea behind Scratchpad is simple: the browser is a fantastic place to experiment with JavaScript. Most JavaScript developers already know this and they use tools like the Web Console or Firebug’s command line to take advantage of the one environment that knows everything about their web page."

    Way beyond me, but thought some might be interested.
     
  25. Hungry Man

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    A sorta cool JS IDE.
     
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