Firefox 5 (already?)

Drastic · June 22, 2011, 05:51:43 PM

seems kind of quick?

Top 5 reasons to upgrade:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal-tech/desktop-apps/231000190

1. Added support for CSS animations.
2. Easier to find Do Not Track button.
3. The latest version is more stable.
4. Better support for Android devices.
5. Improved performance.

who will the first brave soul here?

BoL · June 22, 2011, 06:09:31 PM

Seems like only a few months since I was using 3.0... 3.5....4

think I'll be lazy and wait for them to tell me the upgrade is there

Drastic · June 22, 2011, 06:23:59 PM

Well I loaded it, I always opt for a fresh install and backup the profile anyway so no problems.

Seems good so far, had to force off compatibility check for one add-on.

Rooftop · June 22, 2011, 08:34:46 PM

I hit the ignore button on this earlier. 1 person in the same room as me didn't, and spent the afternoon complaining. His mood wasn't great, so I didn't ask details. Can't imagine it could be much worse that 4 though with it's randomly slow javascript engine.

ukgimp · June 22, 2011, 09:41:47 PM

I'm with bol, early adopters can't find the problems for me. No way do I need to get the latest greatest software. I want stability.

Rumbas · June 23, 2011, 06:55:56 AM

Been on the beta for a while. Got some performance issues and keeps hanging/stalling on me.

Rupert · June 23, 2011, 12:33:44 PM

Tried 4 and it crashed two machines, so hoping 5 will be more stable.

One pain I seem to have to pay for Roboform again. I thought I had a lifetime licence..... Looking for alternatives. Lastpass looks good. But $1 a month.

I am ridiculously tight about this it seems.

Rooftop · June 23, 2011, 01:20:07 PM

hmm - couple of people have mentioned last pass. I'm going to post a new thread as I've been looking at this as well.

thesaintv12 · June 24, 2011, 10:58:11 PM

5 seems fine so far for me. A bit faster too.

Drastic · June 24, 2011, 11:04:01 PM

Yeah I've not had any problems and does seem faster.

Rumbas · June 27, 2011, 09:14:42 AM

Running pretty well here now too.

bill · June 28, 2011, 05:12:43 AM

It took a while before a lot of my add-ons were ready for 5. That didn't stop me from installing it though. I wish I'd waited a few days though to let those all catch up. Next time I won't be so gung-ho.

Drastic · June 28, 2011, 05:02:28 PM

I just forced off compatibility instead of waiting.

BoL · August 15, 2011, 06:34:41 AM

Firefox 6 is out now

I, Brian · August 15, 2011, 09:06:21 AM

Mozilla's Seamonkey has updated to become more like Firefox, ie, crap search function in the address bar that works by popularity rather than relevance, and can't handle Flash for too long.