Curious how it is working out~I'm waiting until maybe 4.3
I have been using for two year from now and i think so far is one of the most complete and secure Browser.
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Firefox 4 ~ anyone using it?
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I have been using for two year from now and i think so far is one of the most complete and secure Browser.
SithDoughnut
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They've switched to a new numbering system. Instead of going through 4.1, 4.2 and so on until a massive change happens, they're just mostly increasing the main version number (Firefox 6 will be out in September, I think). Chrome is already well into double digits, and as I understand it, this is Mozilla trying to keep up. To your average person looking for a new browser, v.12 looks more advanced and impressive than v.4.
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It was mentioned here too. It's not just a new numbering system, the numbering is simply a consequence of the scheduling change. Although I certainly don't see why it couldn't have just been a natural progression of the dev numbers like it was before; insisting on major number changes probably is due to wanting to keep pace with Chrome.
It does mean that users get newer features faster, though, since the alpha/beta/release process has been so dramatically shortened. Basically, it's something like the codebase that's 3 or 4 months out from Minefield/Development gets released. I guess the comparison to Chrome's cycles is accurate (I don't use or pay attention to Chrome, so I can't really say), but also because it took so horrendously long for Firefox 4 to be released - I mean, they were talking about FF4 back in 2006, IIRC. It also can help ease user backlash against a ton of major changes being dumped on them all at once.
A nicer change is likely to be that extension authors will have to make sure they get their stuff updated correctly. I'm not sure if Mozilla has rolled out the feature where Firefox can automatically detect whether an extension works with the version you have and fudge the extension's compatibility numbers so that you don't need to use the Developer toolkit or manually update the extension yourself. I did have to manually update three of mine so that Firefox 5 could use them, but whether it will do that for me from now on, I don't know.
It does mean that users get newer features faster, though, since the alpha/beta/release process has been so dramatically shortened. Basically, it's something like the codebase that's 3 or 4 months out from Minefield/Development gets released. I guess the comparison to Chrome's cycles is accurate (I don't use or pay attention to Chrome, so I can't really say), but also because it took so horrendously long for Firefox 4 to be released - I mean, they were talking about FF4 back in 2006, IIRC. It also can help ease user backlash against a ton of major changes being dumped on them all at once.
A nicer change is likely to be that extension authors will have to make sure they get their stuff updated correctly. I'm not sure if Mozilla has rolled out the feature where Firefox can automatically detect whether an extension works with the version you have and fudge the extension's compatibility numbers so that you don't need to use the Developer toolkit or manually update the extension yourself. I did have to manually update three of mine so that Firefox 5 could use them, but whether it will do that for me from now on, I don't know.
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WalksWithChrist
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I was wondering if it wasn't a numbering change. I'm personally fine with a more conservative numbering approach. I'm not really impressed by using version 22.1 of something.
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NiobiumTragedy
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Using the newly released Firefox 5 now...
I dunno, I think that to jump a whole version, there should be massive upgrades.
I dunno, I think that to jump a whole version, there should be massive upgrades.
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NiobiumTragedy
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If they managed to fix the stupid memory leak that has plagued Firefox since version 3, I'll be happy.
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