nsane.forums Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Mozilla has begun notifying Firefox 3.6 users that now is a good time to upgrade to Firefox 8.0.1--and to the browser's new fast-moving ethos.The change had been planned for at least two other occasions in recent weeks, but Mozilla postponed it. And then yesterday, Mozilla flipped the switch so that when Firefox 3.6 checks with a server to find out if there's an update, it'll find the newest version of the browser."It's live, and users should see an update in the next 24 hours," said spokeswoman Erica Jostedt. Mozilla has a Web page for users to check whether they have the latest Firefox version.Mozilla released Firefox 3.6 in January 2010. After Firefox 4 a year later, Mozilla moved to a rapid-release philosophy in which new versions of the browser come every six weeks with smaller changes.Firefox 8 is the most widely used version of Mozilla's browser, accounting for 7.3 percent of personal-computer browser usage in November, according to statistics from Net Applications. Firefox 3.6 is next, with 5.3 percent, so a lot more people likely will get on the rapid-release train now.Firefox is in a competitive race, primarily right now with Chrome. Google's browser is in third place but closing the gap with Firefox.The rapid-release plan, modeled on the same practice Google adopted with Chrome, lets Firefox deliver new features without browser users having to wait a year or more for a new major version. It's irked some people, particularly business customers, who don't want a fast-moving product, so Mozilla is working on a slower-release plan, too.The rapid-release update process also produces a lot of intrusive notifications for Windows users. Mozilla is working to ease that annoyance with silent updates. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyo Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 That's a serious version jump :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndoe Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 WTF!!! Just yesterday I was thinking v3.6x performs the best of all subsequent versions and now this? (I'm still on v3.6.24 - I don't see any reason to switch - if there is any kind of logical reason to upgrade, Mozilla ppl better convince me nice and good) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxhedroom Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 I may finally move up now....still don't like how they moved the page tabs to the top. Is it configurable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olexijl Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 I may finally move up now....still don't like how they moved the page tabs to the top. Is it configurable?Yes, you can simply choose to make them down again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted December 4, 2011 Administrator Share Posted December 4, 2011 Firefox button (the orange one) > Options' slider / arrow > uncheck Tabs on Top.Personally I find having tabs on top quite space saving. ;)Firefox 9 is like Firefox 5. And seriously, there's a huge difference between 3.6 and 8.0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndoe Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Firefox 9 is like Firefox 5. And seriously, there's a huge difference between 3.6 and 8.0.difference how? please elaborate. good difference or bad difference? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted December 4, 2011 Administrator Share Posted December 4, 2011 Good difference ofc. I can go on for threads, but these days I've stop explaining as after so much effort, people switch to Chrome and have only bad things to say about Firefox. After couple of weeks they get tired with Chrome and switch back. ;)Difference, both backend and frontend is huge. Performance, usability, features, everything is latest and good. v3.6 is like year 2009. Current Firefox versions are like moving along the time. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxhedroom Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 I may finally move up now....still don't like how they moved the page tabs to the top. Is it configurable?Yes, you can simply choose to make them down again.Ahh..good deal. I may make the switch tomorrow then. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digimon Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Firefox 9 is like Firefox 5. And seriously, there's a huge difference between 3.6 and 8.0.difference how? please elaborate. good difference or bad difference? :)its loads faster on my pc and everything nsane improvment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 They all crash on my W7 Ultimate 64. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted December 5, 2011 Administrator Share Posted December 5, 2011 They all crash on my W7 Ultimate 64.Tried Safe Mode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grouchysmurf Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 It seems to me, now more than ever, that this so called "rapid release"has very little to do with the average user, and more to do with web developers.I do understand the need to "keep up or shut up", but if this is a developers war,why need leave the average user out of it? Create a developers tool box for rapid release,let the developers have their little bitch war, and release the "improvements" once or twicea year.The average user DOES NOT want rapid release, they want to be left alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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