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Re: Firefox 7 Live: Download Here

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Post by gkoberger »

Desktop 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

* 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

http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2011/09/27/mozilla-firefox-sign...

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Android highlights:

* Android-style Copy & Paste

* Ability to quit

* Use Firefox in your language

* WebSocket API

http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2011/09/27/firefox-for-android-...

[Edit] Updated the list of highlights

Re: Firefox 7 Live: Download Here

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Post by jolan »

gkoberger wrote: post #2

Desktop 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 *…

Here's the official release notes:

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/7.0/releasenotes/

Re: Firefox 7 Live: Download Here

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Post by T-zex »

onedognight wrote: post #4

I thought the point of Mozilla's new release scheme was that we don't have to download anything anymore. The updates just come to us, as if by magic. https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Updating%20Firefox

Go to Help > About Firefox and click Update. It should update automatically after some time anyway.

Re: Firefox 7 Live: Download Here

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Post by codecaine »

After 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 me really sad, as I was a big Firefox supporter, until they screwed me over with the new UI. I hope this is not too off topic, but I never got the chance to comment on the changes.

Re: Firefox 7 Live: Download Here

#9

Post by gcp »

onedognight wrote: post #4

I thought the point of Mozilla's new release scheme was that we don't have to download anything anymore. The updates just come to us, as if by magic. https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Updating%20Firefox

They do. These posts are for those who've never installed it before. All 5 of them :-)

Seriously, the release notes and changelog are what we're after.

Re: Firefox 7 Live: Download Here

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Post by lfx »

codecaine wrote: post #8

After 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…

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.
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