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Firefox 27 Released

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Re: Firefox 27 Released

#14

Post by dudus »

Major browser updates used to be fun. Nowadays they just merge security updates and bump the numbers. Most won't even notice and just complain about the mandatory restart.

Re: Firefox 27 Released

#15

Post by LukeShu »

terabytest wrote: post #8
bloodorange wrote: post #7

2013 was such a good hear for Mozilla that I now looked at this release and was thinking - "blah! just another FF release". I then realised what had happened. They have developed so much momentum and such a good track record that I have taken their best product's release for granted...

Is that sarcasm?

I don't think so. It's easy now to look at the headline and think "Oh, just another Firefox release, it happens what? once a month?". That's a good thing. Users are upgrading, the process is smooth; Mozilla's having a relatively easy time iterating. Remember when Firefox 3, 4, and 5 came out? Each time, it was a big deal. Many complained and groaned. The upgrade process was problematic for many users. Some users would still have problems upgrading for many releases after that. It's been a great year if they can push out numerous high-quality releases, and have the process be so smooth that when users hear of a new version, they think "meh".

Re: Firefox 27 Released

#16

Post by Finster »

dudus wrote: post #14

Major browser updates used to be fun. Nowadays they just merge security updates and bump the numbers. Most won't even notice and just complain about the mandatory restart.

I guess you didn't read the change log, then.

TLS on by default and all:unset support seem like kinda big deals to me.

Re: Firefox 27 Released

#17

Post by nfoz »

LukeShu wrote: post #15
terabytest wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is that sarcasm?

I don't think so. It's easy now to look at the headline and think "Oh, just another Firefox release, it happens what? once a month?". That's a good thing. Users are upgrading, the process is smooth; Mozilla's having a relatively easy time iterating. Remember when Firefox 3, 4, and 5 came out? Each time, it was a big deal. Many complained and groaned. The upgrade process was problematic for many users. Some users woul…

I would much rather a long-term-stable product with fewer security vulnerabilities that didn't need frequent updates.

Re: Firefox 27 Released

#19

Post by Jare »

JanneVee wrote: post #11

The glsl shader editor isn't announced in the release notes. It is supposed to be included in FF 27. https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/11/live-editing-webgl-shaders...

It is, just disabled by default in the console settings.
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