Firefox 5.0 released

[yowanvista]

The official release date of Firefox 5 has been set to June 21, which is three days from today. If you do not want to wait until then to play around with the latest stable release of the popular web browser, you can go ahead and download the browser for your language and operating system from the official Mozilla ftp site. As with all releases that appear there, there is a slim chance of last minute bugs that could force Mozilla to pull the release and replace it with another one. If you want to be on the safe side, or want to upgrade or install Firefox 5 in a productive environment, it is better to wait until the official release announcement.

So what’s new in Firefox 5? The release notes list the following new features and changes:

• Added support for CSS animations
• The Do-Not-Track header preference has been moved to increase discoverability
• Improved canvas, JavaScript, memory, and networking performance
• Improved standards support for HTML5, XHR, MathML, SMIL, and canvas
• Improved spell checking for some locales
• Improved desktop environment integration for Linux users
• WebGL content can no longer load cross-domain textures
• Background tabs have setTimeout and setInterval clamped to 1000ms to improve performance
• The Firefox development channel switcher introduced in previous Firefox Beta updates has been removed

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[Sardonicus]

I'll give it a shot.
I'll see if I like it better than 4.0.1.
Thanks

 

[Anthony]

I need to know if plug-ins will work just fine with this Version? Before I install.

 

[zigzag3143]

There are workarounds to allow for any addon. Firefox addon compatibility reporter solves it.

 

[Haxx187]

You can also change setting manually to ignore Firefox addon compatibility

 

[Skulblaka]

I don't understand, it's just a number...

Why not make it 4.1?

 

[IntelCoreI3]

amazing! now we only on 4.0.1 and next week its will be 5.0!!! its frist time so mozila to that in a few month
thank for the update.

 

[seekermeister]

I don't understand, it's just a number...

Why not make it 4.1?

They wouldn't get as much publicity that way...would they?

 

[Crispy]

So is this a beta RC or it officially released, because I cant find it on the FF website.

 

[Sardonicus]

I don't understand, it's just a number...

Why not make it 4.1?

They wouldn't get as much publicity that way...would they?

I just go for the latest number and hope speed is the same and my plug-ins work.
So far, New Tab Homepage is incompatible.
Who builds a browser that doesn't allow you to open a new tab to the homepage, without a plug-in or modifying some code.
That's just dumb!!!

 

[smarteyeball]

I don't understand, it's just a number...

Why not make it 4.1?

To make it seem less outdated than other browsers.

IE9
Opera 11
Chrome 190987

FF... 5

 

[rdennings]

The download link isn't working for me.

 

[A Guy]

The download link isn't working for me.

Just visit the link again after you see the loging request. A Guy

 

[Airbot]

So is this a beta RC or it officially released, because I cant find it on the FF website.

Isn't officially released until the 21st. This is the supposed final build on their ftp. Doesn't mean it is, but most likely.

 

[strollin]

I don't see anything in the new features list that's particularly compelling so I'm in no rush to get it.

 

[Arv3n]

What?! Really?

 

[Ryan2320]

Did Firefox change the UI or some big fixes?

I looked at the Release Notes I don't see anything huge?

 

[PwnFrnzy]

This is most likely an RC, Mozilla doesn't have FF5 downloading from thier official web page yet.

 

[Buddahfan]

You can also change setting manually to ignore Firefox addon compatibility

I believe that you have to mess with About:Config to do that or do you know of another way?

P.S. Updated from Beta track this AM and so far so good.

However, I would agree it most likely is a RC.

 

[andyparks]

Lets hope the 64bit version get released soon as well