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Re: Firefox 7 Live: Download Here

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Post by asadotzler » Wed, Sep 28, 2011, 3:10 AM UTC

twodayslate wrote: post #89

I have been having terrible freeze issues with 6.x so hopefully this update fixes it.

what OS? what extensions do you have installed? I'm very interested in your freezes. can you say more?

Re: Firefox 7 Live: Download Here

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Post by Garbage » Wed, Sep 28, 2011, 4:38 AM UTC

Urgo wrote: post #11

* Drastically improved memory handling for certain use cases ^^ apparently not the use cases I use. FF7's been running for about 12 hours on my win7 box and is using over a gig of ram just like normal... It started off good but then just kept growing over the hours. Nothing really improved here. :(

Try going to "about:memory" -> "Minimize Memory Usage"

Re: Firefox 7 Live: Download Here

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Post by nitrogen » Wed, Sep 28, 2011, 4:51 AM UTC

sambe wrote: post #23

StuffMaster wrote: post #18

>The ' http:// URL prefix is now hidden by default This can be changed back with browser.urlbar.trimURLs in about:config. They should've provided an option for it.

No, they really shouldn't. If you care, you already know about about:prefs.

This is one example of a devastatingly common category of assumptions. Never assume that the set of people who care about something is the same as the set of people who know how to fix it. Similarly, distrust statements of the form, "Anyone who is/does/has X already knows about Y."

I myself have been bitten by this assumption when I discovered a new subject for study (e.g. math, entity formation, physics, a new programming language, etc.), but found most of the web pages related to the subject assumed that all those interested in the subject were already fully knowledgeable about it.

Re: Firefox 7 Live: Download Here

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Post by mixmastamyk » Wed, Sep 28, 2011, 5:43 AM UTC

AgentConundrum wrote: post #84

mbrubeck wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Firefox does update automatically. By default it checks for updates every 8 hours, downloads the update in the background, and installs it the next time you start Firefox. If you haven't restarted Firefox for 24 hours after an update is downloaded, it'll prompt you to restart. If any of your add-ons will be disabled by the update, Firefox will list those add-ons and ask whether to upgrade or not. We're working on ref…

Thanks for the clarification. I did think the Firefox update was automatic, but I think I confused myself by doing it manually today. My main point was really meant to be the UAC, since it was a bit jarring to see today (First upgrade on Win7; just bought this computer a month ago). I'm glad to see that this is being looked into. On the bright side, I had absolutely no issues with add-on compatibility this time aroun…

That's because the release is closer to 4.3 than 7. Faster, smaller changes rather than slower, bigger ones.

Re: Firefox 7 Live: Download Here

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Post by ck2 » Wed, Sep 28, 2011, 6:52 AM UTC

starwed wrote: post #86

ck2 wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

RSS urlbar icon https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/rss-icon/

That's weird -- the icon is still there, but not default, and it just takes about two clicks to restore it. So what's the purpose of the addon?

You mean the icon in customize? You cannot put that one inside the urlbar.

Re: Firefox 7 Live: Download Here

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Post by xuhu » Wed, Sep 28, 2011, 8:15 AM UTC

asadotzler wrote: post #91

twodayslate wrote: post #89

I have been having terrible freeze issues with 6.x so hopefully this update fixes it.

what OS? what extensions do you have installed? I'm very interested in your freezes. can you say more?

I've had these as well. Firefox 6 on win7-32, with latest Adblock-Plus, Firebug(usually disabled), Flashblock, Greasemonkey, Noscript(in allow-everything mode), Foxit plugin, latest Flash, no antivirus, no other media plugins.

Re: Firefox 7 Live: Download Here

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Post by pshirishreddy » Wed, Sep 28, 2011, 10:40 AM UTC

how many more builds are we going to see ? Isn't it more appropriate to release interim builds ? And FF you still hang on 64bit win7.

Re: Firefox 7 Live: Download Here

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Post by polshaw » Wed, Sep 28, 2011, 11:22 AM UTC

code_duck wrote: post #39

Why 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.

Why am I told 'firefox is up to date' (6.0.2) when i do this? Is this done geogprahically? (UK here)

Re: Firefox 7 Live: Download Here

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Post by WalterGR » Wed, Sep 28, 2011, 11:30 AM UTC

mbrubeck wrote: post #77

WalterGR wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was just about to update my installation, but it told me that my Roboform extension isn't compatible with v7. How do you get to that information prior to the upgrade? I've only realized extensions were incompatible after updating, because Firefox disables them.

Did you receive the update automatically, or did you download and install it manually? If you are using automatic updates, Firefox should ask before updating if any of your add-ons will be disabled.

My experience is that if I click "Check for updates" and an update happens to be available, then there's no way to prevent that update from being installed, even if it causes add-ons to be disabled.

Re: Firefox 7 Live: Download Here

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Post by starwed » Wed, Sep 28, 2011, 12:48 PM UTC

ck2 wrote: post #95

starwed wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's weird -- the icon is still there, but not default, and it just takes about two clicks to restore it. So what's the purpose of the addon?

You mean the icon in customize? You cannot put that one inside the urlbar.

Aha, all is now clear. (I really liked the idea of the RSS button when they added it, but never actually ended up using it...)