Mozilla Firefox Official Thread

[Plok 327]

Adblock works.

Hey, I found something new too! The address bar no longer shows the http:// protocol.

 

EDIT: And it does show the ftp:// protocol... Yay irrelevant changes!

[Doctor Destiny 41]

I don't like that change. I like actually seeing what I'm using, especially when it comes to http/https.

[Malevolence 6]

Firefox just patch the Version 7.0 with minor tweaks and brand it 7.0.1. Do update your browser if you just upgraded to version 7.0.

 

Issue discovered with Firefox add-on upgrades

Update (Sept. 29 3:45pm Pacific): A new update for Firefox that fixes this issue is now available, and all users are encouraged to update to the latest version from within the Firefox About window or by downloading from mozilla.org/firefox.

 

We’ve identified an issue in which some users may have one or more of their add-ons hidden after upgrading to the latest Firefox version, affecting both desktop and mobile. These add-ons and their data are still intact and haven’t actually been removed. We paused new updates to Firefox to minimize the potential impact on users and will soon release an update to fix this issue and ensure all your add-ons are visible and usable. In the meantime, if you notice an add-on missing entirely from the Add-ons Manager, you can use a simple workaround to recover them.

 

We are working hard to resolve this issue. We know how important add-ons are to you and apologize for the inconvenience.

 

Justin Scott, on behalf of the Firefox Add-ons team

 

http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2011/09/28/...dd-on-upgrades/

Edited September 30, 2011 by Malevolence

[Doctor Destiny 41]

I'm on 7.0.1 finally. I like the speed improvements. You can enable showing the http protocol in the URL anyway so it's not a big deal.

[Guest Rabbit]

Really? How?

[Inferno 22]

Really? How?

Type about:config in the Location/URL bar and press Enter.

If you see a warning, accept (promise to be careful)

Filter: browser.urlbar.trimURLs

Double-click that item to toggle value to false and you're done ;o

[Plok 327]

It works! Thanks

[TheBlackOut 7]

I haven't given Firefox a fair try in months because it kept lagging on multiple tabs and pissing me off. I have plenty of RAM and processing power so I did not understand why it would hang all the time. Once I went to Chrome it was a lot smoother though Chrome isn't perfect either.

 

But I could always use Opera, right?

 

 

Bwahahahaha, oh man I kill myself.

[Nmenth 291]

I just upgraded to 7.0.1 yesterday. I wasn't impressed. The longer I use Firefox, the less I really like it. Everything it can do, Chrome can do better.

[Doctor Destiny 41]

Everything it can do, Chrome can do better.

Like do things without your consent, yep. It can do that too. **** Chrome.

[Nmenth 291]

Like do things without your consent, yep. It can do that too.

Well, yeah!

 

Seriously though, I use Internet Explorer more than either, but I am fully aware of IE's flaws, and so when I need to do something IE isn't good at, I use Chrome.

 

As for the whole nonconsensual browser molestation, I really do not see much of a threat at this current point in time. Sure, Google has been yearning toward the dark side, but I think the kind of ridiculous things going on with games these days goes a lot further than one little browser sneaking around your backyard with night vision googles (oh, I misspelled that... how'd that happen?).

[Malevolence 6]

Mozilla Firefox 8 Released

You know what, we won't even go through the drill of expressing surprise that a new major version of Firefox is released on a nearly-monthly basis. Mozilla released Firefox 8.0, about 7 months after it released Firefox 4.0. And they look similar, except that the new one looks more polished. Granted, drastic UI changes can hit users' learning curve and preferences. The new UI sports essentially the same layout as its predecessors since version 4.0, but the elements look designed better, fused into the theme. It's the under-the-hood changes that are counting. Mozilla would never pack so many background changes to the monthly updates of Firefox 3.

 

With this release, Mozilla Firefox has the following changes over the previous generation:

• Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default
  
• Added a one-time add-on selection dialog to manage previously installed add-ons
  
• Added Twitter to the search bar for select locales. Additional locale support will be added in the future
  
• Added a preference to load tabs on demand, improving start-up time when windows are restored
  
• Improved performance and memory handling when using
  
• Added CORS support for cross-domain textures in WebGL
  
• Added support for HTML5 context menus
  
• Added support for insertAdjacentHTML
  
• Improved CSS hyphen support for many languages
  
• Improved WebSocket support
  
• Fixed several stability issues
  
• Fixed several security issues
  

[Sonic 295]

Another month, another Firefox version... nothing new really. I just let the damn thing update and carry on.

[Luk3us 63]

By this time next year we'll either be onto firefox 20 or they're have renamed firefox to something else.

[Doctor Destiny 41]

I'd rather Mozilla tune Firefox so it's not a continual RAM hog like it is now.

[Gben 20]

Heh, I wasn't even suprised this morning when it updated to the new version.

[PurpleGaga27 40]

Feeling the buggy Firefox 7 starting to occur, I guess I have to upgrade the browser for a more satisfying surfing experience.

 

Yep, Firefox 8 is now released, marking the fifth version to be released this year.

 

So who's upgrading it?

[Plok 327]

1) You're late. FF8 came some time ago.

2) Why did you make a new thread when this one exists?

[Doctor Destiny 41]

I've been using Firefox 8 for a couple weeks now. It feels a lot smoother than 7 did.

[Malevolence 6]

Nice animation.

[Plok 327]

Found this while peeking through CNCNZ's Extreme Tracker thingy, subsection System Tracking. What the hell?

[Sonic 295]

I'd say that's a bug in that version of the Extreme Tracker. Try the Desktop Version V5. View the same stats, more accurate I think....

 

 

http://extremetracking.com/open?login=cncnzx

[Plok 327]

Can't see Extreme Tracking v5 without it complaining on my AdBlock.

Also, the new FF beta is 9.0 b5, and the latest Aurora is 10.0 a2

[Malevolence 6]

FireFox user FTW! Despite all the hoo haa about the version numbers and Google Chrome's aggressiveness, I am still quite content using FireFox. I had plans on using Chrome, I guess that'll be delay for another time.

Why so many people using IE still?

[Doctor Destiny 41]

Cause IE is a goddamn browser and people are fine with using it as... get this... a ****ING BROWSER. Needs fewer Internet browser hipsters who slag IE. Shut up about it already. >_>