Solved Mozilla releases Firefox 7 -- get it now!

[Borg 386]

Mozilla has placed the final, stable build of Firefox 7 on its FTP servers. This latest build has one major game-changing improvement to speak of, which should ensure that Firefox performs more efficiently and doesn’t gobble up system resources when left running in the background.

Version 7.0 also sees improved graphics performance in Windows, but as with the recent releases of Firefox 5 and 6, other changes are relatively minor, with a slightly tweaked Address Bar and faster bookmark and password changes during Firefox Sync operations being the most notable, visible tweaks of interest to end users.

The game-changing improvements in Firefox 7.0 surround its memory usage and optimization. Mozilla claims that Firefox 7 reduces memory usage by at least 20 percent, and as much as 50 per cent in some cases, while still delivering improved startup and page-loading times, as well as overall responsiveness.

Of equal importance is the fact the memory leak that has plagued earlier versions has finally been addressed with the Javascript garbage collector, which has been tweaked to run more frequently to free up memory no longer in use. It means the browser can now be left running for an extended period of time without quietly eating up more system resources in the background.

Better still, you’ll now be able to free up system memory simply by closing unwanted tabs as opposed to having to shut the browser down and restart it.

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Mozilla releases Firefox 7 -- get it now!

BTW, Those of you running Norton, they have already released an update to accommodate the new browser version. You'll have to run live update & then reboot. It appears Norton is staying on top of things when it comes to FF updates.

The full Firefox 7.0 release notes can be found here, for those interested in technical details. The update should be available to current FIrefox users now, and you can always get the latest version manually at getfirefox.com.

Also: Thunderbird has released an update, Ver 7.0

 

[Maguscreed]

As big of a fan of firefox as I have been over the years. I've actually disabled updates and started using a older version again.
There are only two main reasons I haven't moved to chrome along with many
1 - my two favorite plugins are not available for it
2 - I simply do not like the difference in the interface.

If mozilla wants my loyalty back they are going to have to step up compatibility with plugins through these massive number of updates they've been releasing in an attempt to copy chrome.
Sadly my stance is there was nothing wrong with it before, they tried to fix something that wasn't broken.

 

[StalkeR]

I just have readed this on Corrine's Twitter account. Downloading it right now.
Now it's up to date.

 

[Schroff87]

As big of a fan of firefox as I have been over the years. I've actually disabled updates and started using a older version again.
There are only two main reasons I haven't moved to chrome along with many
1 - my two favorite plugins are not available for it
2 - I simply do not like the difference in the interface.

If mozilla wants my loyalty back they are going to have to step up compatibility with plugins through these massive number of updates they've been releasing in an attempt to copy chrome.
Sadly my stance is there was nothing wrong with it before, they tried to fix something that wasn't broken.

Which plugins are they? Try using compatibility reporter.

 

[StalkeR]

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

 

[Maguscreed]

yeah I did that already, I had no choice.
...that's actually the complaint.

 

[Schroff87]

yeah I did that already, I had no choice.
...that's actually the complaint.

Well then ... Houston!! We have a problem!

 

[Maguscreed]

lol don't take it the wrong way I'm still using FF, this is just the first time since I began using it (while still in beta)
that I've had a solid complaint like this.

 

[Schroff87]

Happens .. had similar annoying issues with FF5 when that waste of a version number came out! Since then it has been alright .. won't getting FF 8 beta though, don't see any need to.

 

[Maguscreed]

lol my old xp laptop is running an ancient version like 3.something works great though.
Then again I'm not very hard on that old machine.
It's like dating a older woman, yeah you may want it, but you're afraid you might hurt her.

 

[elfsun]

This is what I got when I downloaded firefox 7.0/

Which version is it?

 

[Schroff87]

Out dated page, get it from getfirefox.com

 

[Schroff87]

Got updated to 7.0.1 already too!

The latest version of Firefox has the following changes:

• Fixed a rare issue where some users could find one or more of their add-ons hidden after a Firefox update (see the blog post)

The previous version of Firefox introduced the following changes:

• Drastically improved memory handling for certain use cases
• Added a new rendering backend to speed up Canvas operations on Windows systems
• Bookmark and password changes now sync almost instantly when using Firefox Sync
• The 'http://' URL prefix is now hidden by default
• Added support for text-overflow: ellipsis
• Added support for the Web Timing specification
• Enhanced support for MathML
• The WebSocket protocol has been updated from version 7 to version 8
• Added an opt-in system for users to send performance data back to Mozilla to improve future versions of Firefox
• Fixed several stability issues
• Fixed several security issues

 

[StalkeR]

Thanks for the update.

 

[boohbah]

got it, and all my add ons fine too.

remember folks that when you have firefox pinned to the taskbar ,after the update you will see two instances ,pin the new one, unpin the old one and drag the new one where you normally keep the ff icon on taskbar and everything will be as normal

 

[Corazon]

remember folks that when you have firefox pinned to the taskbar ,after the update you will see two instances ,pin the new one, unpin the old one and drag the new one where you normally keep the ff icon on taskbar and everything will be as normal

That never happened to me and I don't know why it would, either :huh:

 

[Schroff87]

It happens sometimes, Corazon. Don't know why though. Happened to me when I went from 3.6 to 4.0

 

[alexm]

Is roboform compatible with firefox 7.1

 

[boohbah]

mine said no to the roboform toolbar , but im using the roboform lite add on instead and that works fine, and it still links to your roboform default folder

 

[Maguscreed]

all my themes are broken
can not use :
after deadline, ghostery, or any of my facebook or photobucket plugins/addons.
manually activating them with the compatibility manager doesn't help they just don't work anymore. In the case of ghostery I had to remove it manually I could not even load pages after trying to force it on.

Thank god I got my battlefield 3 beta account now, at least I can work out my frustrations.


Edit: felt it only fair to come back and mention I seem to have gotten most everything working again, it was rather time consuming though.