Supernova Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 What's New in Firefox 7.0 The latest version of Firefox has the following changes: Drastically improved memory handling for certain use cases Added a new rendering backend to speed up Canvas operations on Windows systems Bookmark and password changes now sync almost instantly when using Firefox Sync The 'http://' URL prefix is now hidden by default Added support for text-overflow: ellipsis Added support for the Web Timing specification Enhanced support for MathML The WebSocket protocol has been updated from version 7 to version 8 Added an opt-in system for users to send performance data back to Mozilla to improve future versions of Firefox Fixed several stability issues Fixed several security issues Download: Firefox 7.0 for Windows Download: Firefox 7.0 for Linux Download: Firefox 7.0 for MacOS View: Firefox Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 pisses me off ! continual updates and add-ons are never compatible and lose them, they can shove it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJCM Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 pisses me off ! continual updates and add-ons are never compatible and lose them, they can shove it ! +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazygourmet Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 pisses me off ! continual updates and add-ons are never compatible and lose them, they can shove it ! +1 Ditto... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsilver Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Try installing the add-on: Add-On Compatibility Reporter. It will make most of your add-ons compatible with whatever version of FF you're running (it somehow keeps the add-ons from checking the version number). They report "not compatible", but they work just fine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2008bangkok Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 pisses me off ! continual updates and add-ons are never compatible and lose them, they can shove it ! +1 There is a really, really easy way to update extensions if you have a slight tech ability about you Download the xpi to your machine Rename to addon.xpi.zip Extract the install.rdf and open in notepad Look for em:maxVersion> and change the value to higher that the browser Copy the install.rdf file back to addon.xpi.zip Rename back to .xpi and install Works on alot of extensions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digitalbanana Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 pisses me off ! continual updates and add-ons are never compatible and lose them, they can shove it ! +1 There is a really, really easy way to update extensions if you have a slight tech ability about you Download the xpi to your machine Rename to addon.xpi.zip Extract the install.rdf and open in notepad Look for em:maxVersion> and change the value to higher that the browser Copy the install.rdf file back to addon.xpi.zip Rename back to .xpi and install Works on alot of extensions If it's that freaking simple, Firefox should include it in their product if they plan on keeping their market share...life's too short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2008bangkok Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 pisses me off ! continual updates and add-ons are never compatible and lose them, they can shove it ! +1 There is a really, really easy way to update extensions if you have a slight tech ability about you Download the xpi to your machine Rename to addon.xpi.zip Extract the install.rdf and open in notepad Look for em:maxVersion> and change the value to higher that the browser Copy the install.rdf file back to addon.xpi.zip Rename back to .xpi and install Works on alot of extensions If it's that freaking simple, Firefox should include it in their product if they plan on keeping their market share...life's too short. Well whats the alternative, go with IE? that just crap and Chrome cannot even get the basics right like tagging your bookmarks nevermind customisation. If only FF could sync extensions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelepulse Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Opera works fine for me,uses much less memory and is faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2008bangkok Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Opera works fine for me,uses much less memory and is faster. Yeah but it hasnt got the addons that firefox has and if you have a decent amount of RAM in the first place its not noticeable, FF7 is meant to use far less memory than previous versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJCM Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 (edited) Try installing the add-on: Add-On Compatibility Reporter. It will make most of your add-ons compatible with whatever version of FF you're running (it somehow keeps the add-ons from checking the version number). They report "not compatible", but they work just fine! This indeed works just fine, and I also did this: http://kb.mozillazin...s_compatibility (I changed all versions from 6 to 15, this would keep everything working well till about December ) Edited September 29, 2011 by MJCM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
up-country_sinclair Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 My biggest complaint with FF is that it is a resource hog. Hopefully the improvements in 7 will address that with more than lip service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 I can't find a folder called addon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1950 Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 (edited) I can't find a folder called addon? It could be because there isn't one. Are you looking for your extension xpi files? If so, there are in the Extensions folder of your Firefox profile folder. The easiest way to locate you profile with Firefox 3.6 and above,. You can open your profile folder directly from the Firefox Help menu, as follows: In the Firefox menu bar, click "Help" and select "Troubleshooting Information". The about:support page will open. Under "Application Basics", click on "Open Containing Folder" (Windows and Linux) or "Show in Finder" (Mac OS). Click on the extensions folder, all the installed extension xpi files are there. Or if you want to browse to it using Windows Explorer: To find you Firefox profile folder enter: %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles in the Windows Explorer window location bar or for Vista/Windows 7, the search bar. Click on any of the profiles (e.g., xxxxxxxx.default) to open it with Windows Explorer. Click on the extensions folder, all the installed extension xpi files are there This link gives more details in finding your Firefox profile folder: http://kb.mozillazin...older_-_Firefox Edited September 30, 2011 by BB1950 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnvic Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 This ends Firefox's resource hogging. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/memory-fox/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handydog Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 pisses me off ! continual updates and add-ons are never compatible and lose them, they can shove it ! +1 Ditto... same same... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozsamurai Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 +2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 pisses me off ! continual updates and add-ons are never compatible and lose them, they can shove it ! Another hand raised. Sticking with the 3.xxx.xxx versions until another version is ready for the world. I use a bunch of add-ons that have become so much a part of my way of doing things that I don't see why I have to give them up just for the sake of the shiny, new version. I stopped looking a few months back after several updates, after which I reverted to 3 each time. What's pretty telling, I think, is that now version 7.xx is out, and a lot of the add-ons are still back in version 3. I thought the latest buzz was about version 8. Seems a groundswell of users are refusing to budge from 3, which I guess is why version 3 is still being maintained. Maybe they plan a Microsoft, announcing they will no longer retain 3, thus forcing users to go to a higher number. It would be a bad move, as many of us will probably go to another browser. I have Chrome portable installed, but the add-ins available seem meager. Opera is looking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfokevin Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 (edited) I downloaded and tried v7 on my MacBook Air... As usual it locks up regularly and requires reboot... I will return to version 3.6 which is the ONLY stable version I have found that will not lock up on a regular basis! Edited October 3, 2011 by sfokevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 3.6 - nothing else.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 3.6 - nothing else.... 3.6 at the office, 7.01 at home. Have not had any problems with 7 except as mentioned hate having to patch the addons to get them to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnvic Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Last time Mozilla did a Facebook poll asking what Firefox version everyone was using I replied that according to the title bar I was using (Not responding). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somchai69 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 (edited) I am installing all my programmes on a new computer and took your advice and have installed FF3.6 and all is running well. I don't care about memory usage as I have 8Gb on board. I even have my old friend Forecast Fox running again. Edited October 3, 2011 by somchai69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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