Firefox 6.0 Released

[Schroff87]

And when things look the same, and feel the same, how wrong it would be to call it a minor update! March onwards in the name of major updates with little change!

True! It's awkward .. FF 6 shouldn't have been anything more than 4.1. Just installed FF 7.0 b1 .."feels" faster or maybe it's placebo .. dunno! Dreading V8 because they're removing the search box afaik!

 

[boohbah]

I have new tab homepage working just fine using Aurora FF7.0a2 here with an edit.

You'll like this one - looks like they'll bring back URL customizing in the new tab in Firefox 9. "New Tab Page". No more need for that addon. Be nice if it follows through to the release of it.

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Features/Release_Tracking

that would be good
i look forward to it

 

[Belgarionbg]

No Java.

Java works ok for me?

 

[preiius]

If there is little change with FF6, I might as well skip it and wait for the allegedly faster FF7. I really don't want to deal with incompatible addons every few months.

I want separate address bar and search box, because it is clear in my head I'm searching history/bookmarks in address bar, and searching new stuff in the search box. It is quicker to find what you want because results are more focused. If FF8 is really going to remove search box, it will be the last straw.

Am I the only one in thinking mozilla thinks it is no longer the upstart, we no longer have to listen to users as before.

 

[PwnFrnzy]

I lost three add-ons with FF6.
How many more will I lose with FF7?

 

[Belgarionbg]

Are you sure that they can`t work? May be its time to learn how to cheat compatibility protection.

If you find some say they're incompatible in FF 6, there are ways to get around it and usually still work just fine, if you were so inclined to. At least until your addon devs put out updates for them.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...nds-add-incompatiblities-firefox-updates.html

 

[Airbot]

Huh?

 

[boohbah]

Nice tie Aaron!

 

[preiius]

I have to cheat to use something that increasingly rubs me the wrong way, I feel dirty, lol!

 

[MilesAhead]

I lost three add-ons with FF6.
How many more will I lose with FF7?

Hmmmmm, if they are going to get rid of the version number they should just install any old AddOn. The AddOn should have a Boolean value. Latest = True or False. Of course as each one comes out Latest will always be True. So why worry? Just stick it in there!

 

[fseal]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[Phone Man]

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

Jim

 

[Coke Robot]

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]

No Java.

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

Danny

 

[mrobjo]

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]

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]

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