Not really security news since nothing in the change log mentiones about security issue's being (found) fixed.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.5/releasenotes/
This is for all those who are (still) stuck with firefox .. :p
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Not really security news since nothing in the change log mentiones about security issue's being (found) fixed.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.5/releasenotes/
This is for all those who are (still) stuck with firefox .. :p
Meh. Firefox is still ok in my book. It is getting rather bloated, but at least they patch their holes relatively quickly. I would switch to Opera if more than a few of the pages I visit regularly would display correctly. I would switch to Chrome if their EULA didn't make me shudder. I would use IE if I had a steady supply of Tylenol 3. I do use Safari when I am on a Mac... But whatever... Firefox works for now... I just wish they would come out with a FF lite edition...Quote:
This is for all those who are (still) stuck with firefox ..
I have to agree that they do patch faster now. But it doesn’t matter if you consider their low programming standards.. (don’t mind me saying that)..
I also have to agree that Opera has *few* (or maybe little more) pages that don't show up well, i used to send reports to opera and they did work on it.. and in not long time too.. :)
Here's what is new in this Version.
And a Interesting write up entitled>Quote:
What’s New in Firefox 3.5
Firefox 3.5 is based on the Gecko 1.9.1 rendering platform, which has been under development for the past year. Firefox 3.5 offers many changes over the previous version, supporting new web technologies, improving performance and ease of use. Some of the notable features are:
- Available in more than 70 languages. (Get your local version!)
- Support for the HTML5 <video> and <audio> elements including native support for Ogg Theora encoded video and Vorbis encoded audio. (Try it here!)
- Improved tools for controlling your private data, including a Private Browsing Mode.
- Better web application performance using the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine.
- The ability to share your location with websites using Location Aware Browsing. (Try it here!)
- Support for native JSON, and web worker threads.
- Improvements to the Gecko layout engine, including speculative parsing for faster content rendering.
- Support for new web technologies such as: downloadable fonts, CSS media queries, new transformations and properties, JavaScript query selectors, HTML5 local storage and offline application storage, <canvas> text, ICC profiles, and SVG transforms.
Developers can find out about all the changes and new features at the Mozilla Developer Center.
FireFox 3.5: Excellent for fans, but competition getting tougher.
http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-10276351-12.html
I suppose that was meant to be humorous, right?Quote:
Support for new web technologies
Well I was using OPera 10 Beta but as westing says, most of my pages dont display properly. FF was leaking major memory so I removed it now only to find out that IE8 creates a process for every tab I open ??????
If I add the 4 up that I have its over 100mb ...
Is there no decent browser out there?????
K-Meleon, it uses the Gecko engine, it's lightweight, there are a heap of FF addons that have been ported to work with it like ABP, no script etc etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cider
If you don't mind getting your hands dirty you can even mess around with the macro's and make it do interesting things.
and you can change the user agent string easily, so if your doing web dev etc you can flick from one user agent to another with a few mouse clicks.
Thanks T, will give it a shot.
Jsut checking out this release of FF.
Hopefully with this K-Meleon it will render pages correctly :(
Np. :) i've been using it for a few years now, so if you need any help or anything just shoot me a PM. ;)
Nice T, southern hemisphere definately has some brains :P
Its running at 21mb versus over 100mb...
Thanks :)
anyone else find that this version opens incredibly, ridiculously slowly? I mean it was never a snappy application from start up, but this is to the point where I wonder if I actually clicked on the icon or missed...
Joe it does need to load up all those uber exciting fabolously awesomebarness excitment + features now.Quote:
Originally Posted by JPnyc
But yeah besides the somewhat slow loading feature, i've also noticed on some websites it actually takes a long time to load the page...
I'm sorry I upgraded.
Yes, I actually quoted you, and have typed this reply since trying to open a new window. Yay! I thought they said something about being 2 times faster...Quote:
Originally Posted by JPnyc
still not open :shocked:
edit:
still not open... just checked the task manager. FF is using just less than 200MB of memory. What was that browser? K-Meleon?
I use Maxthon1 with the DLLs of IE 8 Beta twoQuote:
Originally Posted by westin
I am using K-Meleon right now. Seems to work pretty well. I have not had any problems with pages not displaying correctly, and it seems pretty snappy. It will take a little getting used to, but so far, so good.
First of all, you might want to look up why IE and Chrome does that to begin with. Secondly, its not even something you'd even notice unless you go about your daily computer related activities with the task manager open.
Its completely normal for a process to fluctuate in memory usage too. If firefox jumps up an extra kilobyte then oh well.
I on the other hand dislike firefox because they...
A: Care more about helping users recover from being rick-roll'ed than browsing the web
B: Broke alot of ad revenues' terms of service while advertising itself
C: Lied to E-Tards; made it sound as if it'd fix their problems instead of displaying things
Now tell me how many times have you said that ? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by JPnyc
One of the point's I hate firefox.Quote:
C: Lied to E-Tards; made it sound as if it'd fix their problems instead of displaying things
Can't. I'm only 32 bit and the number requires 64.Quote:
Originally Posted by ByTeWrangler
Now this is amusing... :D
Mozilla slates first FireFox 3.5 patch...
Plans to patch bugs this month that went unfixed in final version
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Mozilla will patch the just-released Firefox 3.5 in the next few weeks
to stamp out several bugs that went unfixed in the final version of the browser,
the company said Tuesday. Firefox 3.5.1, which Mozilla intends to deliver in mid-to-late July,
will include fixes for at least three bugs and "topcrashes,"
the term the company uses to describe the frequently-reported crashes.
Like many applications, Firefox asks users to report crashes by displaying a prompt after the browser goes down.
"[The] goal of this release should be a quick turnaround that fixes topcrashes and bugs we almost held ship for," Mozilla said in notes published after a weekly status meeting.
One of the topcrashes scheduled for a fix involves
TraceMonkey, the new, faster JavaScript engine that debuted in Firefox 3.5.
At least one of the bugs was fixed a week before Mozilla released the final code on Tuesday.
The quick patch is not unusual for Mozilla. The company did the same thing last year,
when it issued Firefox 3.0.1 four weeks after shipping Firefox 3.0, 2008's update.
Users downloaded about 6.5 million copies of Firefox 3.5 in the browser's first 36 hours, according to Mozilla's real-time counter.
Although that's a far cry from the 8.3 million copies of Firefox 3.0 Mozilla delivered in the first 24 hours of its availability last summer, it's a pace that, if sustained, would exceed the 11 million copies of Safari 4 that Apple claimed were downloaded in its first three days.
Firefox 3.5 can be downloaded in Windows, Mac and Linux editions in 58 different languages from Mozilla's site;
current users can update by choosing "Check for Updates" under the "Help" menu.
That is good that they admit to a buggy version, but what do we want, a buggy version released and then patched in two weeks or a stable version?
Hmmm,
"[The] goal of this release should be a quick turnaround that fixes topcrashes and bugs we almost held ship for,"
Reminds me of a garage I once worked for. They would ship vehicles that had PDI faults, knowing that they would come back to be fixed, but at least they delivered on time :rolleyes:
The project manager's mantra is:
On Time
To Budget
To Quality
Guess they fell on the third? :D
THey should be fined for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by nihil
If something isnt ready, do not release but I guess everyone does it. Even with software.
Hey it even happens in my company.
Too bad the Firefox crew doesn't have that new "ButtCompiler". Then they could put Firefox in the box it belongs in.Quote:
Originally Posted by nihil
Opera RULES ! :D :D :D