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FireFox 5, 6, 7...

FireFox 5 has been released smile

It only seems like yesterday FF4 was released, and now there is a new version with 1000 improvements.

FireFox is expected to release FF6 in Sept., and FF7 is due out before the end of the year.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-GB/firefox/channel/
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Re: FireFox 5, 6, 7...

I dont use firefox since version 2 but I think they are moving too fast.
Firefox is too heavy on RAM
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Re: FireFox 5, 6, 7...

See nothing that requires ''more speed'' (6x is claimed in the update pop-up for 4.0) when browsing with either FF3.6.18 or 4.01. The 5 'sbeen offered since 2 days ago on Linux. When the word finally comes that having 30 tabs open and in minimized state it not gobbling RAM AND CPU cycles, it could be time for a look. Till then give it a few months to get all your extensions and add-ons to update and remain collaborating... counting 51 on me laptops right now, including 8 dictionaries. Still preferring TabGroups over the Ctrl-Shift-E before one can see what's open. CoolPreview+FoxTab do an equal good job and most irritating the Firefox Button overlays other elements, so one has to minimize it before being able to for instance get to Dash on Linux.

Just an opinion :O

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Re: FireFox 5, 6, 7...

I am a heavy user of FF and also SeaMonkey, which still lives under the Mozilla umbrella.

Here's the deal: if you go to FF5, watch during installation to see what of your add-ons will not work.

If that makes you unhappy, go back to FF 3.6.X.

Because Mozilla will be supporting FF3.X for security, but not FF4.
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Re: FireFox 5, 6, 7...

Here's the deal: if you go to FF5, watch during installation to see what of your add-ons will not work
No add-ons rejected for me. biggrin
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Re: FireFox 5, 6, 7...

It only seems like yesterday FF4 was released, and now there is a new version with 1000 improvements.

I can't tell any difference between 4 and 5 under linux. Btw, I have understood that FF is being developed so that FF4 add-ons should work in FF5 (and FF6 and FF7..) as well. (the news I'm referring to is from Feb 2011, but managed to find it only in Finnish..)
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Re: FireFox 5, 6, 7...

It is looking also the same under Windows.

Just FF asked to be updated, and I said: sure, go ahead ;-)

Not using any of those fancy add-ons ;-) I am a basic surfer...
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Re: FireFox 5, 6, 7...

I do like Chromium on Linux
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Re: FireFox 5, 6, 7...

See nothing that requires ''more speed'' (6x is claimed in the update pop-up for 4.0) when browsing with either FF3.6.18 or 4.01. The 5 'sbeen offered since 2 days ago on Linux. When the word finally comes that having 30 tabs open and in minimized state it not gobbling RAM AND CPU cycles, it could be time for a look. Till then give it a few months to get all your extensions and add-ons to update and remain collaborating... counting 51 on me laptops right now, including 8 dictionaries. Still preferring TabGroups over the Ctrl-Shift-E before one can see what's open. CoolPreview+FoxTab do an equal good job and most irritating the Firefox Button overlays other elements, so one has to minimize it before being able to for instance get to Dash on Linux.

Just an opinion :O

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Took the plunge and added a second install of 5, which I made to go into it's own program folder, so as not to loose a known a good/stable working 3.6.18 set. Of the 51 add-ons mentioned above 24 proofed to not have been kept in an outright compatible state. After much searching found replacement add-ons for half a dozen not maintained. Another half dozen would not auto-update but there were new versions, so forced those to come across in a painful, disable, uninstall, install cycle, restarting restarting restarting, such as for IE Tab Plus to run in IE rendering mode, which made the ''Quick Restart" add on, no longer compatible a must to have a substitute for, which was found with "Restart Firefox". Now I'm at 9 left that have been left disabled else they break something or cause the page load to never finish, sucking 40% CPU time of 1 core. Did gain a few new:

Textarea Cache
, will remember what you were writing through the last keystroke before a FF crash or restart [secure as you can specify for which sites you dont want it to remember anything.
Tab Scope, gives tab thumbnail images of size you can define when hovering over tabs. Fast and zoomable.

Lost one of me much liked... FavLoc and could not get it to work even when editing and repacking the xpi. It wont save favorite download store locations.

But, it does appear crispier and faster and TabGroups Manager is working better than before and me french spellchecking is now ''Classique & Réform 1990 :P

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PS, the Firefox button and the open/close/min buttons still half overlay the forward/backword/refresh and zoom +/-/Split Browser buttons [latter allows to have multiple pages in a browser view]
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Re: FireFox 5, 6, 7...

I do like Chromium on Linux

I also like Chromium On linux
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