Ramblings of an old Doc
Published on June 18, 2011 By DrJBHL In Personal Computing

 

Mozilla has gotten this one out fast, and slightly ahead of schedule. Only 12 weeks since ff4 debuted.

Also, just like ff4, ff5’s rendering of Forums sucks.

The final version of Firefox 5 is now available for download on Mozilla's ftp server, just 12 weeks after the last re-up. The latest incarnation brings with it support for CSS animation and a more easily accessible do-not-track setting -- now available at the top of the privacy pane -- but won't see much in the way of GUI enhancements. Of course, if you want to play it safe, and avoid any last-minute tweaks, you can always hold off until version 5 gets official, but what's the fun in that? – Engadget

According to Neowin.net:

  • Support for CSS transitions has been added
  • The preference for "Do Not Track" has been moved to aid easier discoverability by users
  • Improvements for canvas, JavaScript, and networking performance, and memory usage
  • Improved standards support for HTML5, XHR, MathML, SMIL, and canvas
  • Improvements to spell checking for various languages
  • Improvements to Linux desktop environment integration
  • Performance improvements for background tabs
  • WebGL fixes: a fix for cross-domain textures and a fix to address the memory stealing issue 

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on Jun 18, 2011

Think I will stick to version 3.6.17. Thanks.

on Jun 18, 2011

kona0197
Think I will stick to version 3.6.17. Thanks.

 

Me too, but the Pale Moon version, much better.

on Jun 18, 2011

I love Pale Moon 3.6.17 .  The 4.0.1 doesn't do well with WC, a freezes here and there.

on Jun 18, 2011

Palemoon 4.0.1 having no issues on XP here.  FWIW.

on Jun 18, 2011

DrJBHL
The 4.0.1 doesn't do well with WC, a freezes here and there.

 

Works good here

on Jun 18, 2011

FF4 is working good for me. Pages take long to render though. I have to use the back button then go forward and the page will render quicker. Happens only here though. Not with other sites.

on Jun 18, 2011

JU loads slow on any browser in my experience.

on Jun 18, 2011

Daiwa
JU loads slow on any browser in my experience.

 

So does WC. Out of all the sites I visit or what browser I use or the connection speed, WC loads the slowest.

on Jun 18, 2011

It's a race to see how quickly Mozilla can obsolete those wonderful add-ons we all know and love.

on Jun 18, 2011

Thank you for letting us know about ff5!  I'll have to check it out.

I'm running the latest Pale Moon version, which is 4.0.7.  It's been flawless with WinCustomize and everything else.

on Jun 18, 2011

For those who use Palemoon, on twitter yesterday

@palemoonbrowser: Future plans: Pale Moon 3.6 will remain maintained, and the 4.x branch will move on to v5 when Firefox 5 will have a final release.


on Jun 18, 2011

I am using Firefox 6 alpha 2. Wow this post is kinda slow...I mean they are already on Firefox 5 Beta 7.

on Jun 18, 2011

got it.  Thanks! 

on Jun 19, 2011

Microsoft calls graphics technology in Chrome and Firefox "harmful"

 

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/microsoft-calls-graphics-technology-in-chrome-and-firefox-harmful/3470

on Jun 19, 2011

ice27828
I am using Firefox 6 alpha 2. Wow this post is kinda slow...I mean they are already on Firefox 5 Beta 7.

I don't notify about Nightlies or Alphas/Betas - only Official releases close to or actually RTM's undergoing a final "buff". Yep. Read that... don't know how to eat it. I don't like the possible Security vulnerabilities aspect of WebGL. That's for sure.

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