Firefox 5.0 only Months after Firefox 4.0

[yowanvista]

It appears that Mozilla is at least exploring a accelerating the release pace of major Firefox iterations per the Google Chrome model, if not also already working to make it a reality.

In this regard, users could be running the successor of Firefox 4.0 very soon after its release.

How soon? Well, according to Brendan Eich co-founder of mozilla.org and the CTO of Mozilla, Firefox 5.0 could be finalized and made available to customers in just a few months after the release of Firefox 4.0.

Eich delivered the closing remarks in the first Weekly Engineering Newsletter, and while the focus was placed on the need to finalize Firefox 4.0 as soon as possible, he also mentioned Firefox 5.0.

At the time when the newsletter was published there were still some 90 severe bugs marked as hard blockers, which all need to be resolved before Firefox 4.0 can be launched.

Firefox 5.0 only Months after Firefox 4.0 - Softpedia

 

[ie9]

Well... they've taken so long for 4.0, why not?

 

[Fayla]

As long as there is a reduction in the memory usage of FF5 compared to FF4 I don't mind how long it will take.

 

[yowanvista]

As long as there is a reduction in the memory usage of FF5 compared to FF4 I don't mind how long it will take.

Memory usage is not a problem in the latest beta

 

[Win7User512]

So..why didn't they just go from 3 to 5?

 

[Fayla]

I'm not talking about leakage here. More so a case of general memory usage. I always run FF with noscript+adblock installed. In FF3.6 with one tab open, it sits at a little above 100MB. In FF4, with the same two addons installed and one tab open, it sits at around 300MB~400MB. The triple memory usage is not very appealing to me, but I did like the new features in the pre9/10build.

As long as there is a reduction in the memory usage of FF5 compared to FF4 I don't mind how long it will take.

Memory usage is not a problem in the latest beta

 

[Win7User512]

I've started to use Chrome more than FF lately. My main use for Firefox is for sites that don't support Chrome or for some extensions that FF has that Chrome doesn't.

But for browsing, I'm just about using Chrome all the time now. Seems faster and more lightweight.

 

[Zepher]

Are they working on 4 and 5 at the same time?

 

[ken9122]

Why don't they finish 4 before floating 5?

 

[Tepid]

Why don't they finish 4 before floating 5?

Because, it's another "NEW" beginning of a Major Browser Wars.

 

[Buddahfan]

Well... they've taken so long for 4.0, why not?

In all fairness of Mozilla, FF 4.0 has some really major changes in it compared to 3.6x

 

[Buddahfan]

as long as there is a reduction in the memory usage of ff5 compared to ff4 i don't mind how long it will take.

+10,000

 

[PwnFrnzy]

The fox seems to be running awfully fast.

 

[Tepid]

I am wondering if anyone has considered the fact that Win7 handles memory differently,
Maybe FF is trying to take advantage of that?

 

[lehnerus2000]

Memory FF 3.6 vs 4.0b9

Here is a modified screenshot from my PC (Process Explorer).



I used the same 10 tabs in both FF versions.
FF 3.6.13 has more add-ons (both versions have NoScript).
FF4.0b9 seems to be using more memory (around 2x in one category).

This would have bothered me on my previous set-up (1 GB RAM).
Since I have 8 GB RAM in my current PC I'm not bothered.

Actually, I'm bothered that I can't use the 8 GB (unless I'm running a 2xVMs).
My normal memory usage is between 1.5 GB and 2.0 GB.

 

[Buddahfan]

Here is a modified screenshot from my PC (Process Explorer).

View attachment 134204

I used the same 10 tabs in both FF versions.
FF 3.6.13 has more add-ons (both versions have NoScript).
FF4.0b9 seems to be using more memory (around 2x in one category).

This would have bothered me on my previous set-up (1 GB RAM).
Since I have 8 GB RAM in my current PC I'm not bothered.

Actually, I'm bothered that I can't use the 8 GB (unless I'm running a 2xVMs).
My normal memory usage is between 1.5 GB and 2.0 GB.

plugin-container.exe which is supposed to prevent FF from crashing on bad Flash videos eats memory like a elephant eats peanuts.

Once FF 4.0 is out of RC mode and released I will turn off plugin-container.

 

[Tepid]

Actually, I'm bothered that I can't use the 8 GB (unless I'm running a 2xVMs).
My normal memory usage is between 1.5 GB and 2.0 GB.

Which is normal.

I really don't get it. Unless you are running many VM's (like more than 4) on a modern system today in Win7. You still don't need more than 4G's of RAM. That does depend on what you are doing with that many VM's.

8G's of memory is still a waste on any system that is running only a couple VM's every so often and not all the time, and only for certain tasks that would not necessarily be running Full Blown Application/File Server processes.

Most people still waste more money on memory than any other part of their PC build.

If it's a gaming system that runs a couple VM's every so often?
4G of RAM and a better Video card will go a lot farther than a Mediocre Video Card and a ton of RAM.

8G's of RAM in any system that is NOT running full time VM's, doing actual server related processes, or converting massive video, or processing very large video and/or audio projects, or very large CAD or Paint/art projects,
is a complete waste of money and space.

Your free to do it, but it's not a wise use of resources.

 

[lehnerus2000]

"Inherited" PC

I "inherited" this PC from my friend (he upgraded to a 6-Core AMD).
He was using some sort of CAD program on it and 4 GB didn't "cut it".

I've got my VMs set to:

• 2048 MB - XP SP3 (32 bit)
• 3072 MB - Windows 7 (32 bit)
• 3072 MB - Ubuntu 10.04 (32 bit)

I don't play modern games, so an extra $200 dollars spent on a video card, would also be a waste.

Still I've never really a problem with Firefox's memory usage (even on my 1 GB system).
On at least 2 occasions, I had 150+ tabs open.
It was a bit sluggish to respond to commands though.

 

[sreedhav]

As long as there is a reduction in the memory usage of FF5 compared to FF4 I don't mind how long it will take.

Memory usage is not a problem in the latest beta[/QUOTE

Dear yowanvista,
FF was/is known as a resource hog! If you have checked and confirmed for yourself that precious memory(RAM) is either same or less,then that's excellent news!

With 60 bug-fixes to do, heaven knows how long the stable version of FF 4.0 is released! The price of popularity!

The integration of ,for example "Steganos Password Manager" so smoothly, is so appealing in FF, that a wait and candle-light vigil is worth the while! What say?
regards,
DR.Sreedhav

 

[stve]

Firefox 4 beta 10 & 11 & bug list

There will be two more betas before Firefox 4 ships
Help us finish Firefox 4 — Alexander Limi

They are hoping to resolve most of these bugs before shipping the final.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=blocking2:beta,final sw:soft