Firefox 10 Released 364
Taco Cowboy writes "It's time to upgrade again. Firefox 10 is out and here's a list of bugs fixed in the new version."
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Before any jokes appear (Score:5, Informative)
And FF10 also makes addons compatible by default (Score:5, Informative)
Firefox has launched a new version release system, creating an ESR for enterprises, organizations, etc. which is released once in 7 Firefox usual releases (Firefox 10, 17, 24, etc.), so that they don't have so much trouble (it must be horrible to find that two new versions have appeared as you are updating...). See a submission which didn't get to the front page [slashdot.org] for more details.
In addition to the ESR Firefox (which is basically like an Ubuntu LTS in how it works), Firefox 10 also marks addons as compatible by default. These two things solve much of the update annoyances.
FF11 will remove the UAC prompt on Windows, which will be a further improvement in 6 weeks from now.
Re:Still no Flash in mobile ... (Score:3, Informative)
Adobe have discontinued Flash for mobile browsers [zdnet.com]. Those technologies you mention make up its replacement.
Under actual news, IE 6 market share grows. (Score:4, Informative)
I wish I was joking. IE 6 as a precent of desktop web browser views went up [arstechnica.com] by 0.72% last month. FF as a whole went down, as did Chrome.
I like it (Score:5, Informative)
A version bump doesn't mean much these days, but this version is a big improvement. It's suddenly much more responsive and there's a very stylish built-in inspect tool if you press Ctrl+Shift+i. Also, Safari-style 3D transforms are implemented at last!
Incomplete summary (Score:5, Informative)
Could a Slashdot editor please add to the summary info about the Extended Support Release [mozilla.org] for organizations released at the same time, and the new built-in web developer tools [mozilla.com]? Even a link to a website with coverage about the new changes to Firefox [pcworld.com] would do.
Re:How does it compare to Chrome? (Score:4, Informative)
chrome RAM usage on http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/02/01/1840252/firefox-10-released [slashdot.org], only tab open - 99mb across 4 processes(chrome.exe x4)
This isn't a problem on your average desktop, but it blows ass on older machines, laptops, and netbooks that don't have the resources or the newer technologies that help offset the fact that Firefox is fat
Re:Still no Flash in mobile ... (Score:5, Informative)
Flash is a plugin. Bug the people who make it -Adobe, not Mozilla- if you want to use it on mobile devices.
Re:How does it compare to Chrome? (Score:2, Informative)
I can too pull numbers out of my ass. But I don't.
Re:And FF10 also makes addons compatible by defaul (Score:5, Informative)
Actually, there are links to two bugzilla issues in that link of yours that explain how they intend to do it (I won't link them here so /. doesn't drive bugzilla down).
It appears they intend to create a Windows service that runs as Administrator that will perform the updates, thus bypassing UAC.
Re:lolwut (Score:5, Informative)
Wrong. Chromium doesn't auto-update at all. You're thinking of Chrome.
Chromium also doesn't have a lot of the built-in BS that Chrome has, such as a PDF reader (Okular works just fine, thank you), and stats reporting.
Re:And FF10 also makes addons compatible by defaul (Score:5, Informative)
The Maintenance Service does not run at startup, but only when Firefox itself instructs it to do. It's installed with Startup type set to "Manual".
Seriously, before you whine at least take the time to read the damn bug.
Re:And we care because... (Score:5, Informative)
Now if we could just get Mozilla to play better with the enterprise.
The first Extended Support Release is based on Firefox 10: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/ [mozilla.org]. The FAQ [mozilla.org] outlines the life cycle for the ESR builds.
Re:How does it compare to Chrome? (Score:3, Informative)
Dunno, I've never had that issue. 6 months ago, my entire machine had 512 megs. Yes, you read that right. FF3.x did just fine on that. System software is Debian Squeeze, fully patched/updated. And no, the box isn't slow or anything noticeable.
I rarely have more than 3 or 4 tabs open, tho - maybe that's the secret. If I need to refer back to something that bad, then I just "save page as" or "print to file".
Re:How does it compare to Chrome? (Score:3, Informative)
Set
'When firefox starts'
to be
Show my windows and tabs from last time''
and tick the checkbox
'Don't load tabs until selected'
This vastly reduces the RAM used by Firefox, I often carry over a 100 tabs from one login to the next.