Mozilla fixes Firefox crash bug

Mozilla fixes Firefox crash bug

A week after releasing security update, it patches regression bug that crashed Windows browser

By Gregg Keizer
November 7, 2009 02:48 PM ET

Computerworld - Just a week after it last updated Firefox, Mozilla has rushed out a new version of its browser to fix a crash bug that programmers inadvertently introduced.

Firefox 3.5.5, which Mozilla posted for download late Thursday, fixes a small number of what the company called "stability issues" in the release notes that accompanied the update. Unlike almost all interim updates that Mozilla issues about once every six weeks, version 3.5.5 did not patch any security vulnerabilities.

The main bug quashed Thursday was one that was causing a high number of crashes in the Windows version of Firefox 3.5.4, the update that Mozilla launched Oct. 27 to patch 16 flaws.

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Well if this Explorer crash has been fixed, that's good, but its too late now, ive adapted to Opera and don't intend to change back anytime soon. Still have Chrome as my backup tho.

Zlazz said:

Firefox 3.5.5 still crashes regularly under Windows7 despite Mozilla's claimed fix - tonight I had 3 crashes in 39 minutes. However it has now been going crash-free for the last 3 1/2 hours after I opened Internet Explorer and left it going while Firefox was running. Downloads, graphics, pages, film clips etc all worked ok. Could I guess that something in Firefox/ Windows7 refers occasionally back to Internet Explorer and crashes Firefox when it isn't accessible? Anyone out there having similar problems might like to try this unlikely solution and report whether it works for them too.

Welcome to the Se7en Forums! Zlazz

I ended up dumping FF entirely and went with the latest Opera 10.10 with Unite release as the alternate to IE 8. So far even that is hardly used while still serving as a secondary browser in case of any IE problems that come up.

You can see more about the latest release at Opera Browser | Faster & safer Internet | Free Download From comparisons made here Opera rings circles around other alternate browsers and is a clean bug free second choice.

Uber Philf said:

Well if this Explorer crash has been fixed, that's good, but its too late now, ive adapted to Opera and don't intend to change back anytime soon. Still have Chrome as my backup tho.

Opera? yes! Chrome? leave it alone! It looks like a half baked excuse for a browser and sadly lacks what every other browser typically sees. Presently that one is still in early development stages at this point and needs a lot of work!

Speaking of Opera's latest here's one review on it.

Opera 10.10 Released, Includes Unite

posted by Thom Holwerda on Tue 24th Nov 2009 00:02 UTC

The Opera team has released version 10.10 of their feature-rich browser. This is the first Opera release to come with Opera Unite, which combines the web browser with a web server, so that users can share data directly between one another, without the need for a third party.

Opera hopes to change the way we use the web with Opera Unite. "We promised Opera Unite would reinvent the Web," said Jon von Tetzchner, Opera's CEO, "What we are really doing is reinventing how we as consumers interact with the Web. By giving our devices the ability to serve content, we become equal citizens on the Web. In an age where we have ceded control of our personal data to third-parties, Opera Unite gives us the freedom to choose how we will share the data that belongs to us."

Opera's website gives a decent short introduction to Opera Unite, and what, exactly, you can currently do with it.

You can read the rest of that at http://www.osnews.com/story/22528/Op...Includes_Unite

Night Hawk said:

Uber Philf said:

Well if this Explorer crash has been fixed, that's good, but its too late now, ive adapted to Opera and don't intend to change back anytime soon. Still have Chrome as my backup tho.

Opera? yes! Chrome? leave it alone! It looks like a half baked excuse for a browser and sadly lacks what every other browser typically sees. Presently that one is still in early development stages at this point and needs a lot of work!

Haha, you go say that to Darknova, see what he says LOL.

Been using Opera as my main for quite a while now, since i had the FF Crash. :)

It always was my PC... Never said it wasn't, some sort of combination with x64 OS and FF 3.x series.

Uber Philf said:

Night Hawk said:

Uber Philf said:

Well if this Explorer crash has been fixed, that's good, but its too late now, ive adapted to Opera and don't intend to change back anytime soon. Still have Chrome as my backup tho.

Opera? yes! Chrome? leave it alone! It looks like a half baked excuse for a browser and sadly lacks what every other browser typically sees. Presently that one is still in early development stages at this point and needs a lot of work!

Haha, you go say that to Darknova, see what he says LOL.

Been using Opera as my main for quite a while now, since i had the FF Crash. :)

Check out some of the pages in the Post Your Windows 7 Desktop thread where someone posted screens with FF there. The images blast the page out on both sides! Seen that with other sites set up for IE where the text is stretched way out where you have to scroll the width of almost two pages to read a post!

Then the latest rush to replace release didn't patch any security flaws there apparently. On the other hand Opera offers a more secure browser to start with and doesn't see the same stretch out past width of page problems.