Firefox 6.0 Released

fseal · 17 Aug 2011

Well except then of course the FF APIs will change over time and the plugins wont know about it and that is a recipe for crash/elevation exploits. Something a browser does NOT need. (BTW faking version numbers or "load anyway" hacks are doing just this. BAD security practice)

Plugins don't need to necessarily be tied to a browser version but they MUST be tied to an API version (Which is simplified to be the browser version)

Without version numbers either FFs programming API needs to be 100% fuuly backwards compatible for all time, or they need to dissallow plugins because doing neither is a giant computer crashy security risk.

Lebon14 · 17 Aug 2011

Yep, Installed yesterday. Stylish 1.2 went Out of Order after the update. After a copuple clicks, I found about "Add-on Compatibility Reporter" and activated it... and it worked flawlessly! I se Stylish to put Youtube a black skin and have my Bookmark Bar have multiple rows.

preiius · 17 Aug 2011

That's the thing, addons rely on version no., but mozilla still went ahead with accelerated release schedule, which breaks many addons. They can't or won't go back to old way of naming, because that would mean they made a mistake, unnecessary. So what do they do, take out the version number, genius!

Coke Robot · 17 Aug 2011

Oh my goodness, didn't Firefox 5 just come out like three months ago?!

Phone Man · 18 Aug 2011

Actually it was 8 weeks ago. And all future versions will be 8 weeks apart..

Jim

Coke Robot · 18 Aug 2011

I'll stick to my Interweb Explorer 9 thank you.... :)

Wow, eight weeks?! That's madness! I thought it was on a 3, 4 month schedule, good golly miss molly!

xxxdannyxxx · 18 Aug 2011

Roderunner said:

No Java.

Java 7 Extension Disabled firefox 6 - Java Console Is Incompatible With Firefox 6 » TechLogon

Danny

mrobjo · 18 Aug 2011

Once again some add ons not working,have spent so much time getting them to work in 5.have now gone back to 5.i thing i am going to give chrome another go.

mrobjo · 18 Aug 2011

I have now switched to chrome,it has come a long way since i last tried it.no more trying to fix firefox add ons.i will sleep better now.

Roderunner · 18 Aug 2011

I decided to remove FF6 and install Mozilla Aurora. 1 known addon not working is Better Privacy.