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[fr33k]

Mozilla Firefox 6.0 - Final

Firefox 6 - faster, more secure, easier to use and sporting a new look, this latest Firefox release sets a new standard for web browser innovation. Firefox is small, fast and easy to use, and offers many advantages over other web browsers, such as the tabbed browsing and the ability to block pop-up windows. View Web pages way faster, using less of your computer’s memory. Take Firefox with you wherever you go. Synchronize your browsing across multiple devices. Forget clunky URLs – find the sites you love in seconds. Firefox has the most ways to customize your online experience specifically for the way you use the web. It is built with you in mind, so it’s easy and instinctive to use even the first time you try it. Thousands of Add-ons (little extras that augment Firefox to meet your unique needs) just waiting out there to help you do more, have more fun and be more creative online. Firefox keeps your personal info personal and your online interests away from the bad guys. Simply put, your security is our top priority.

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01:20.49 2011-08-13 Firefox Setup
33f6dc8bf51178af43a58c405c0a5c10 *Firefox Setup 6.0.exe

08:42.44 2011-08-16 Firefox Setup
33f6dc8bf51178af43a58c405c0a5c10 *Firefox Setup 6.0.exe

[ThaCrip]

thanks for the update but i am waiting for Firefox 7 to be final as ill stick with Aurora channel for now as Firefox 7's memory usage is hugely improved which means prior versions are obsolete/not worth using.

i been using Firefox 7 for over a month now and i won't go back to to big memory improvements over prior versions.

[Kevin Flynn]

Mine updated before I went to bed a few hours ago. Just after midnight EST.

Feels fast and snappy. A wholly change from the last beta.

[MtnDewCodeRedFreak]

Ha - if it wasn't for Google's lame versioning strategy, FF 6 would - and should - have been 4.2.

[ThaCrip]

MtnDewCodeRedFreak, on 13 August 2011 - 08:40, said:

Ha - if it wasn't for Google's lame versioning strategy, FF 6 would - and should - have been 4.2.

i agree as it's been ages like that up until recently. because full version number changes used to mean fairly big leaps. now you just get small differences between FF4 to FF6. FF7 is where the big leap is at anyways due to the very noticeable ram use reduction.

because with the usual version numbering it would have basically been like this...

Firefox 4
Firefox 4.1 (i.e. Firefox 5)
Firefox 4.2 (i.e. Firefox 6)
Firefox 5 (i.e. Firefox 7 (since the very noticeable ram reduction would be a major boost to the browser))

[BetaAddict]

MtnDewCodeRedFreak, on 13 August 2011 - 08:40, said:

Ha - if it wasn't for Google's lame versioning strategy, FF 6 would - and should - have been 4.2.

I'm going to sleep now. Wake me up when people stop complaining about this and just be happy that they are actually releasing updates faster.

[htcz]

Im updating Firefox for the sake of updating it. Havent used it in months.

IE9 and Chrome is all I need

[torrentthief]

firefox 6 is a nice improvement, mainly in HTML5 capabilities, the other changes are rather minor. Not long until Firefox 7 beta, need the ram improvements badly, i hate firefox increasing in ram over several hours, supposedly firefox 7 will pretty much fix this.

[InsaneNutter]

I must have totally missed FireFox 5 haha, I was sure the latest was version 4.

MtnDewCodeRedFreak, on 13 August 2011 - 08:40, said:

Ha - if it wasn't for Google's lame versioning strategy, FF 6 would - and should - have been 4.2.

Google don't make any deal what so ever about what version the browser is, so it shouldn't matter.

[dazhu]

They should have stick to the same version cycles.
I hate this. You add 1 small feature and you claim it another version. WTF.

[iwod]

torrentthief, on 13 August 2011 - 09:28, said:

firefox 6 is a nice improvement, mainly in HTML5 capabilities, the other changes are rather minor. Not long until Firefox 7 beta, need the ram improvements badly, i hate firefox increasing in ram over several hours, supposedly firefox 7 will pretty much fix this.

Fx7 will enter Beta on 16th, so only a few more days of waiting.

[MidnightDevil]

Is it worth to try this version?

[Jen Smith]

MidnightDevil, on 13 August 2011 - 12:24, said:

Is it worth to try this version?

I was pretty happy with it when Aurora went to v6, although to be honest, much happier with v7. If you don't like pre-releases though, yea it's a good upgrade from v5.

[MidnightDevil]

I might try v7 just for the sake of it, if version 6 still having memory issues I rather try whats next. Thanks

[caerma]

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