Minor Software and Browser Updates Thread

This thread is for new software updates, any minor software updates post in this thread.

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Please use this thread for small incremental browser update discussion. For major releases, creating a separate thread is acceptable (and a good idea).

Thanks,
crash
NBR Moderation Team

 

Thanks a lot, members can just check this thread for the newest updates and it would be easier than going on a hunt through the forum.

As a start, here's Mozilla Firefox 3.6 RC1:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6rc1/releasenotes/

 

Chrome 4.0.249.64(35722) beta
http://www.google.com/chrome/index/html?brand=CNHQ&...

 

This thread is going to have to be renewed afresh every few weeks as it becomes unmanageably long.

Opera, MSIE, FF/Mozilla, Chrome, Maxxon.

And you just know someone is going to start discussing FF plugins as well.........

A nicer solution might be to borrow from the HP forum (latest drivers) and set up a grid that ONE person has write access to.

 

That would be a lot more organized, but that person would have to be up to date on all browsers and releases.
I think it's fine to have a thread for every update/release. That way, the person who finds the quickest update can post it.
It is definitely going to get to messy in here. Imagine when 2 or 3 browsers release at the same time, people going to be talking about one or the other, quoting way too much, etc.
My vote: close this thread, and keep it the way it has been.

 

Or split it for popular Internet browsers, aka have one for Firefox, one for IE, one for Chrome, etc. That shouldn't be too complicated, no?

 

I guess...but the thread will always have new posts because of comments, and what if people just want to be notified of new releases of their favorite browser. It is much easier to read a new thread title claiming the new version is available.

 

Internet Explorer doesn't get enough releases - so it doesn't need its own individual thread.

I think it's best if someone with too much time maintains one thread with all info.

That wont be me...

 

Actually, it's 4.0.288.1 stable...

Unless you're running Linux, but then, you posted in the Windows forum.

 

Firefox 3.6 due this month; next comes 'Lorentz'

 

Mozilla dumps Firefox 3.7 from schedule, changes dev process:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/arti...Firefox_3.7_from_schedule_changes_dev_process

 

Version 4.0.249.64 .......betachannel for Windows...ref:- Chromium Blog.

 

Firefox 3.6 RC2 released:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html

 

4.0.295.0, ref: what's running on my machine. Can't find a dl anymore, though....

 

I have 4.0.295.0 too. It is the developers version.

Also Opera 10.5 got a new alpha. Link

 

I agree with McGrady on this one. The trees of browser updates will be lost in the forest of comments/update news about browsers that any particular user is indifferent to, and if this thread grows large, many users won't bother to keep up with it. I know I wouldn't check it every time there was a new post, and probably wouldn't find out about things as quickly as with new threads for each release.

Whereas with a thread per release, it's easy enough for users to see that Firefox or w/e has a new version, view the thread if they are interested (here, I'd see all the Firefox comments even if I don't care about Firefox), and if they aren't, it'll fall off the first page in a few days unless it really is a major release.

One thread with updates in the first post would be in-between - less digging for update news through the comments, but not as quick as either other option.

Even at one page, this thread is becoming too widely spread for me - I don't care about Chrome version 4.0.whatever (or even Chrome 4 vs 3 vs 2 vs 1, for that matter), and don't care about every old Firefox Release Candidate version.

 

Firefox 3.6 final coming tomorrow.

Firefox facing big changes.

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Stolen from Neowin:

 

Did they at last increase that horribly slow startup speed or is it still that slow at starting up?

(Yes, 4 seconds, or 2 or 3 on a SSD is slow)

 

Enable HTML5 on Youtube. Works well. Can't wait for Flash to be gone so it can stop crashing Chrome.

 

Flash doesn'r crash in FF... so blame it on Chrome

And in IE the problems I had was that the process wouldn't close.

 

Firefox 3.6 Released

 

Thanks

It's been the 21st for 17 hours and 42 minutes already.

 

I absolutely LOVE these personas in firefox 3.6. They give firefox a fresh new look each time I change them..

 

I have been using Personas as an add on for about a year. It's my favorite. I've even made signature images out of some of them.

 

Opera 10.5 Updated

 

IE 9 Quick Pick UI, a New Tabbed Navigation Mechanism

 

New dev. version of Chrome if anyone is interested...4.0.302.2

 

Google Chrome 4.0.249.78 released, big changes brought to the stable channel.

• Extensions
• Bookmark sync
• Enhanced developer tools
• HTML5: Notifications, Web Database, Local Storage, WebSockets, Ruby support
• v8 performance improvements
• Skia performance improvements
• Full ACID3 pass, due to re-enabled remote font support (with added defense against bugs in operating system font libraries)
• HTTP byte range support
• New security feature: "Strict Transport Security" support
• Experimental new anti-reflected-XSS feature called "XSS Auditor"

 

Firefox 3.6.2 Releasing Mid February

Google Chrome 5.0.307.1 released, some of the changes.

 

Newest Opera 10.5 Build has gotten some skin updates.

 

Mozilla Firefox 3.7 Alpha 1:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/3.7a1/releasenotes/

 

Opera 10.50 Beta 1 (Build 3247)

 

It would be good if the first post is edited frequently with links for each browser.
Maxthon Version: 2.5.11.3390

 

Opera 10.5 Beta 2 Released

 

Your link's dead (I think you added an extra "\" at the end). Wonder when Opera 10.50 final will be released - I'm looking forward to it.

 

Just get it from Filehippo instead.

I doubt that we will ever see a "final" version with Opera and Chrome. They change the way they name the builds a while back and seem to be content with the "beta" at the end

cheers ...

 

Early work on Firefox's new Javascript engine nets big speed gains.

 

So which is the fastest official browser right now and isn't a resource hog?

I'm right now torn between Opera, Firefox, and Chrome. I've tried all and each has positives and negatives. Firefox lately has been feeling slow to me. However I tried Opera after hearing about how much faster the 10.5 beta supposedly is. However there seem to be a lot of bugs with it and it slowed my computer down big time.

Chrome is definitely very fast from my little experience with it but at the same time there are some things it (and Opera) don't do that Firefox does....

 

What specifically is it that FF does that Chrome doesn't for you? Chrome has add-ons now, just click the wrench, 'extensions', browse all (at the bottom). I have found almost every FF add-on I ever liked ported to Chrome. Check it out, you might be surprised.

 

Me too, which is why I use all three.

 

Firefox 3.7 Alpha 2 is on the way.

 

Winner:
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That looks pretty sweet.

 

Ugly as I don't know what and horrible as I don't know what...

And search - I WANT that search box on the top right as it is available right now.

Why are they dumbing down browsers? Is it because schools don't teach reading any more?

 

omg something new, and it's just an idea, and i can't look at the good points of the idea because it means change, and change is baaddd..


you get the idea

i like his effort. not 100% in agreement with him, but quite nice.

i prefer a more backstage like setup than a home tab anyways. then again, the home tab would still fit for each new tab. and for people with old habits (det? ), you could just chose about:blank as the new tab default page instead.

 

I could choose about blank, yes, but where is my search box?

Change - change is good if it ads - search in Vista over XP, it didn't take anything away - and here you loose the organization of old... but then Google uses large icons for people who can't read - Opera and Firefox do the same... as does Windows 7.
Also, text means I don't have to remember what an icon stands for.
(And by the way - I use the "Favorites/Bookmark Bar" or however that's called in Firefox in English - when I click I actually select the test, not the icon - its that text that registers)

 

it's a MOCKUP to show the new tab. it's not ment to be that way. he left search out as he didn't need it for the mockup.

he shows IDEAS, not a final perfect solution for everything. it's a sketch.


oh, and for most people, icons are easier to remember than texts. this is proven. and icons are language independent.

 

Maybe that's why in IE8 you can haver both (for the controls) and FF3 as far as I am aware too.

But this nonsense relies on icons...

 

this nonsense is just an idea. how often to i have to tell you that now?

 

An idea that won an award...

...and history shows that some of the craziest ideas are actually used...