updates Meet the browser: Firefox Next

[dnast]

^Mine auto-updated to Nightly10, so there is no need to manually update.

Yep, same here.

http://ftp.mozilla.o...4.installer.exe

is the one I go0t LOL

Just giving a heads up to others that that is a tinderbox build (aka "hourly"). Those are even less stable than Nightly (not that Nightly has actually been unstable for me in a long time).

Edit: Since I'm here I might as well add that Mozilla has only been working on version 10 for a little over a day. You're not going to see a difference between it and the last 9.0 Nightly yet. It's no biggie either way, but it seems like people are expecting Fx10 to be noticably different from Fx9 already.

It did almost finally get the fix for the Animated GIF bug that seemed to affect a lot of people but it got backed out. :/

[remixedcat]

I did allready get 2 updates since I installed it.

However I've stuck with tinderbox builds since I started the 9 nightlies. I also love being on the bleeding edge, so far as browsers are concerned and this is, as a matter of fact more stable the the 8 branch nightly nightly.

I have to say even with the release craziness the Mozilla team has ben doing a great job lately.

[aznkid25]

Are there any 64-bit aurora builds available?

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

Nope, 64bit builds aren't stable enough (they're primarily for developers, so only the Nightly branch is built as x64)

Edit: I don't see much reason to use the x64 builds, they're slower than the x86 builds, use more memory and are buggier.

[remixedcat]

Nope, 64bit builds aren't stable enough (they're primarily for developers, so only the Nightly branch is built as x64)

Edit: I don't see much reason to use the x64 builds, they're slower than the x86 builds, use more memory and are buggier.

not for me the other way around with RAM and Commit Charge consumption on the 64 bit builds of firefox. it uses less.

[mancode20]

I'm using 10.0 Nightly, and everytime I restart the browser and it loads up my old tabs, it always loads what was saved in the cache. Meaning the old, not updated site. I then have to hit reload to get it to load the newest version of the page. If I have to do that on several tabs, it can be very annoying and time consuming. What option do I change to make it always reload the newest pages for all tabs when restarting the browser? It's ok if I have to click on them first, but I just want the newest pages loaded.

[dnast]

I did allready get 2 updates since I installed it.

However I've stuck with tinderbox builds since I started the 9 nightlies. I also love being on the bleeding edge, so far as browsers are concerned and this is, as a matter of fact more stable the the 8 branch nightly nightly.

I have to say even with the release craziness the Mozilla team has ben doing a great job lately.

I used to try tinderbox builds from time to time, but I decided to stick with Nightly/UX to be a little safer. I also didn't want to have multiple updates in the same day.

I agree. Mozilla has been doing a great job. Even thought we might not get some of our most wanted features as soon as we want, the fixes to regression ratio has improved quite a bit and they seem really focused on optimizing Fx under the hood and increasing stability. I've been using nightly builds as my main browser since last year and I haven't had a crash since around January or February.

[kilara1988]

In general tab options do you have the "Don't load tabs untill selected" option turned on?If you do it does exactly what you say is happening it loads cached version from last time of the tabs untill you select them.Turn it off to load them when starting FF.This option is supposed to increase responsivnes when starting FF with lots of tabs.

[BetaAddict]

I'm using 10.0 Nightly, and everytime I restart the browser and it loads up my old tabs, it always loads what was saved in the cache. Meaning the old, not updated site. I then have to hit reload to get it to load the newest version of the page. If I have to do that on several tabs, it can be very annoying and time consuming. What option do I change to make it always reload the newest pages for all tabs when restarting the browser? It's ok if I have to click on them first, but I just want the newest pages loaded.

In general tab options do you have the "Don't load tabs untill selected" option turned on?If you do it does exactly what you say is happening it loads cached version from last time of the tabs untill you select them.Turn it off to load them when starting FF.This option is supposed to increase responsivnes when starting FF with lots of tabs.

Looks like new/refined feature that probably is aimed at speeding up a cold start and preventing a slow computer from getting bogged down from loading all the pages at the same time.

[remixedcat]

I used to try tinderbox builds from time to time, but I decided to stick with Nightly/UX to be a little safer. I also didn't want to have multiple updates in the same day.

I agree. Mozilla has been doing a great job. Even thought we might not get some of our most wanted features as soon as we want, the fixes to regression ratio has improved quite a bit and they seem really focused on optimizing Fx under the hood and increasing stability. I've been using nightly builds as my main browser since last year and I haven't had a crash since around January or February.

Ee-Yup!!!!!!! I love it.

[.beta]

Firefox 8 beta 1 is out.. any idea how to get DOWNTHEMALL to work?

[edoom]

Firefox 8 beta 1 is out.. any idea how to get DOWNTHEMALL to work?

Use the beta version 2.0.8 :cool:

https://code.downthe...emall-2.0.8.xpi

[bogas04]

Firefox 7 is the winner of Tomhardware's Browser GrandPrix \m/

[+Heartripper Subscriber¹]

Firefox 7 is the winner of Tomhardware's Browser GrandPrix \m/

At last! :p

also a new thing landed in developer-tools:

[+Zlip792 MVC]

CSS 3D Transforms last patch landed on Inbound, soon it will be in Mozilla-central..

[+Zlip792 MVC]

Another WebGL extension support to make Water WebGL demo equal to Chrome level:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=684853

Also ANGLE update to revision 774.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

3D transforms support has made it into the latest nightly, they work pretty well (although most sample pages assume nobody but WebKit would ever support it), but it's pretty damn slow on my Mac (Most transforms are though, there's a bug about it since it badly affects mobile systems)

Edit: Actually, it's slow on my PC as well :laugh: 25% CPU usage (so 1 core fully maxed out) on an i5 2500K.

[+Zlip792 MVC]

GIF performance related bug resolved:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=666446

[+Zlip792 MVC]

Some CPU usage reduction after above bug fix in today's nightly:

This is not mine tested, took from here: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2324411&start=30

All credits to user posted on that forum..

[Lewism]

I'm having trouble with the URL bar. When I nagivate with the arrow keys, it doesn't work properly. Does anyone have issues?

[dnast]

I'm having trouble with the URL bar. When I nagivate with the arrow keys, it doesn't work properly. Does anyone have issues?

I believe that's a known issue for 64-bit builds.

[remixedcat]

same here.... still workin on it.

[+Zlip792 MVC]

Little speedup for IE Maze Solver benchmark:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=641341

Also Memory Reduction for Mac OS X 10.6 up:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=414946

[BetaAddict]

I'm having trouble with the URL bar. When I nagivate with the arrow keys, it doesn't work properly. Does anyone have issues?

This has been driving me nuts for the last few days. Hope they get this fixed asap.

[kilara1988]

It is a nightly x64 only bug.And it should be fixed. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=690668