Firefox 5.0 to Launch 16 Weeks after 4.0, Firefox 6.0 Just 6 Weeks aft

Sunimar said:

I have lost the count of how many times i've updated my FF in the last 15 months...its ridiculous to see that instead of coming up with something different all they do ""present the old stuff in a new package"" same damn old browser with few (sometimes couple) features...they should try to make it more user friendly as i didn't found the same with FF 4.0 Beta 1,2 & went back to FF 3.6.13 & i'm happy with that....

They should try to make it more light on memory(RAM), more secure, faster & graceful.

beta #10, beta #11, beta #12 and the list goes on each time you turn around. This is one of the reasons I'll prefer another browser to be second to IE. The only two upgrades were to the 3.6 now the 4.0 release just seen. Maybe in 2012 I'll look at 7.0.

Stormkitty said:

If you want fast and less memory intensive firefox, I recommend you try out Palemoon, as he recently released Palemoon 4.

Gave it a whirl and added it to the browsers for Windows folder. But no big hoolah. The options were a bit easier to use however while no real difference seen at this end likely due to having a fast, reliable connection these days.

Everyone wants software to be perfect on the first attempt, in reality it doesn't happen.
That's why companies release betas.

If you don't want beta updates, don't use beta software. :)

Even final versions have bugs at times just as well as any beta release. When adding the Pale Moon variation of FF on here everything suddenly locked up solid. But this is also why the better supported softwares tend to see more frequent updates to address various problems that can come up.

pparks1 said:

It's probably just a play on version numbers. Like Google Chrome, they want to increase numbers as fast as possible. I doubt there will be any significant differences between these versions.

yeah, totally agree with the chrome bit. i mean, what are they on now? something crazy like 11... it took Opera many years to choose to be 11 and IE is only on 9 ATM. Google need to have a real think about their version numbering. Anyway, let's hope firefox 5 is an even faster and more solid browser :)

DalekOverSeer said:

JerometheGiraff said:

I upgraded to Firefox 4 and half of my add-ons including my theme are not updated, almost a week later since FireFox 4 release. You'd think since FireFox 4 was in RC stages for month the developers of these addons and themes would have been working on making it ready, atleast 3 days after official launch. FireFox default theme looks horrible and I despise that the loading of content is text in the lower right hand corner, I can't even turn it off. I won't go back to 3.6 because I've managed to get 4.0 to have a new flow for me but I'll continue to grip until my previous add-ons are updated including theme. I'm going to give the developers one more week until I begin emailing their ass.

sreedhav said:

Dear JerometheGiraff,
It is a fact that many add-ons and extensions have not been up to par with FF4! The beauty and the attraction of FF were partly(if not mainly) the add-ons! I miss the color tabs and a few more security add-ons!
Regards,
Sreedhav

win7clutz said:

JerometheGiraff said:

... I'm going to give the developers one more week until I begin emailing their ass.

This is one of the funniest post I've seen here!
Let's see: free browser, free themes, free add-ons, and you think they care 'bout you complaining in email... Nothing personal, but let us know how this works out for you.

Regards-

agree most of those emails will go straight into the trash. now add mr tech toolkit(for some compatibility issues), nightly tester tools(for some compatiblity issues), add colorful tabs(for your colorful tabs).

That's the kind of arrogance that Trashed Microsoft's income stream and rep for years! (dealing with the mess and non-drivers for Vista)

FurFix sells itself on it's "add-ons" - so they have a duty to keep them coming!

Version 4 is a complete vixen for me so went back to stable 3.16

That's the kind of arrogance that Trashed Microsoft's income stream and rep for years! (dealing with the mess and non-drivers for Vista)

Are you talking about removing a lot of backward compatibility (a.k.a Bloat) and closing security holes that existed in XP, which broke improperly written drivers and apps?

I generally don't here either while still having it on as a spare? I gave Opera the edge over FF some time back! But even that is still second to IE.

Most of the time the next release is still a beta not final since FF goes through several with each number. If it's not your primary preferred browser you simply end up waiting until the final is out and by then see a beta for the next! It's a catch 22 with "sink and lure".