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> WebSockets are back! I have a feeling that's going to make a lot of people very happy. Good to see that they were able to solve the security issues.
Server-sent events seem awesome as well. Open a connection to the server, let it stream you events, and each one generates a Javascript event.
This sounds like a step in the right direction.
> WebSockets are back! I have a feeling that's going to make a lot of people very happy. Good to see that they were able to solve the security issues.
"For security reasons, data: and javascript: URIs no longer inherit the security context of the current page when the user enters them in the location bar; instead, a new, empty, security context is created. This means that script loaded by entering javascript: URIs in the location bar no longer has access to DOM methods and the like, for example. These URIs continue to work as before when used by script, however." G…
I think my favorite part is that they've finally added an auto-update feature. If you open about Firefox, it checks to determine whether or not you're up to date. Especially if they're going to be bringing out frequent releases, I don't want to be constantly reinstalling Firefox.
> WebSockets are back! I have a feeling that's going to make a lot of people very happy. Good to see that they were able to solve the security issues.
Server-sent events seem awesome as well. Open a connection to the server, let it stream you events, and each one generates a Javascript event.
I think my favorite part is that they've finally added an auto-update feature. If you open about Firefox, it checks to determine whether or not you're up to date. Especially if they're going to be bringing out frequent releases, I don't want to be constantly reinstalling Firefox.
I hate being told that Firefox 5.0 or 6.0 is out, only to find out that there are barely any major changes in this seemingly major version. If you want to release more often and make it a more seemless process, the app should stop announcing each new version like a major release.
But mostly excited for FF 7 with the memory management improvements. http://blog.mozilla.com/nnethercote/2011/08/09/firefox-7-is-...
Firebug needs a manual update. see http://getfirebug.com/downloads
[edited to add firebug link]
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I think my favorite part is that they've finally added an auto-update feature. If you open about Firefox, it checks to determine whether or not you're up to date. Especially if they're going to be bringing out frequent releases, I don't want to be constantly reinstalling Firefox.
That's been there for a while - I'd prefer if they would silently update the browser in the background and active it on the next restart, just as Chrome does. I hate being told that Firefox 5.0 or 6.0 is out, only to find out that there are barely any major changes in this seemingly major version. If you want to release more often and make it a more seemless process, the app should stop announcing each new version li…
It does tell you that it's applying an update when you do the update startup, so far. That's likely to go away as well.