I upgraded, but Fast Dial is broken on 7.0, so I downgraded to 6.0.2. Hopefully it'll get fixed soon.
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#32Great. So now I have to be two versions behind if I need to use GWT hosted mode. (Grrr... yet more evidence of G's gradual sunsetting of GWT.)
I came here to see if anyone had anything to say about this. Hadn't heard rumblings about sunsetting GWT, but the conspiracy portion of my brain wondered if Google not trying too hard to keep the plugin up to date was a subtle push for GWT dev's to move to Chrome. :) Last I checked the plugin for FF6 can be found here: http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=https://dl.google.com/d... More discussion here: http://groups.goo…
Well, the main evidence for me can be found in the leaked "Dart/Dash" memo, where GWT is referenced a few times:
"The JSPrime effort was begun to unify and be a (single!) successor to GWT and Closure/JSCompiler"
"What is the future of the JSCompiler and GWT? JSCompiler and GWT were already on a merger path. This effort gives us a direction for that unification around the Dash language. We will actively support teams for a long time on the current generation of JSCompiler and GWT and provide fantastic co-existence and migration tools to Dash."
See: http://markmail.org/message/uro3jtoitlmq6x7t
(My emphasis added. I read that as "maintenance mode".)
(Edit: thanks for the heads-up on the FF6 version of the plugin - but I guess I have now missed the two-week window where both FF6 and the compatible version of the plugin where available to download!)
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#33Desktop highlights: * 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 *…
websocket protocol bump to v8? isn't v10 the one with the security issues fixed?
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#34The designer sitting next to me is most excited about this: >* Added support for text-overflow: ellipsis
i'm pretty excited about that one too. i was just cursing firefox last week for that.
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
What fundamental new is for new UI comparing with 3.6? I use Firefox for some way, only for firebug mostly. I think its just evolution of person, now I use what is most serves my needs.
Tab Groups are cool, but I don't think anyone uses them. If you're on Windows 7 it hides the menu bar for more vertical space. It has support for lightweight extensions (called "JetPacks" internally) which don't require a restart to install or uninstall. There's no statusbar, like Chrome, URLs pop up when you hover over a hyperlink. The main advantage over Chrome is that it doesn't freeze up when it's loading a new t…
I use Tab Groups mainly for task related stuff, as well as using a tab group to allow for a read later style of interface. But no, it's not a major thing for me, I've used Chrome for the past few months and not missed Tab groups.
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#36Still no 64-bit version? I can't find a clear page on the status of Mozilla's x64 stuff.
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#37Desktop highlights: * 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 *…
Man I never knew about text-overflow: ellipsis. I'm gonna have to start using that.
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#38Great! Love the new canvas renderer. Anyone know when they're planning to add generational GC or other improvements to the GC? It's making some HTML5 games choppy as far as I can tell.
Smooth animation would require shorter GC pauses, i.e. incremental GC.
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/Features/Incremental_GC
The implementation seems to be in active progress, which means it's going to take at least a few more versions to make it to stable.
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#39Why would I go there to download a new version of Firefox? I went to 'About Firefox', it downloaded a 10 MB update, restarted, and here's Firefox 7.
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#40After Firefox 4 came out I had to install so many extensions to make it feel like 3.6 that it became unstable and incredibly slow. Because Firefox apparently tries to be more like Chrome I decided to switch to the original and I haven't looked back yet. I only fire up Firefox when Chromes built-in developer tools lack functionality compared to Firebug, which is rarely the case. The way Firefox decided to take makes m…
Huh? The only way it's like Chrome is how you can move the tabs above the other controls on top. 3.6 feels very slow now, I can't use it and have never felt that I wanted to.