FireFox 6 Just Released... v7 and v8 available in beta

13 years ago

That's the only thing I hate about these quick updates, they seem to be leaving their plugin vendors behind. They should at least allow for backward compatibility w/ all plugins.

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Leo M

13 years ago

I agree, it gets annoying when plugins don't work

and on top of that no major changes

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Shannon Herod 13 years ago

they had to move so fast with the latest updates because when they launched version 4 and 5 it totally stunk.

Major freezing problems and crashing problems.

However, it seems that version 6 is a lot better.
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Elion Makkink

13 years ago

Google Chrome is the best in my opinion. Also has plugins and works really fast :-)

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Shannon Herod

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Elion Makkink

Google Chrome is the best in my opinion. Also has plugins and works really fast :-)

One of the major things I dislike about Google Chrome is that it tends to freeze Dragon NaturallySpeaking, and that is a major problem for me. I use Dragon NaturallySpeaking for everything! In fact, I am using it to make this reply right now :-)

So, if that issue would be fixed in Google Chrome I would probably switch for good.

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azmanar 13 years ago

hi,

I've updated to V6.

We'll see how it goes.
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- Sandor Verebi 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by azmanar
  
  hi,
  
  I've updated to V6.
  
  We'll see how it goes.
  
  Hi,
  
  I use Firefox 6 for two days now. Experienced that it is faster than the previous version.
  
  Of course, I must say that I don't use it like a Christmas tree, not too much plugins are on it.
  
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  Michael D Forbes 13 years ago
  
  Will be interesting to see how this one plays out...
  
  Mozilla to drop Firefox version number, sparks backlash - Computerworld
  
  How do plug-in developers deal with no version number?
  
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Mohammad Afaq

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Shannon Herod

One of the major things I dislike about Google Chrome is that it tends to freeze Dragon NaturallySpeaking, and that is a major problem for me. I use Dragon NaturallySpeaking for everything! In fact, I am using it to make this reply right now :-)

So, if that issue would be fixed in Google Chrome I would probably switch for good.

Are you sure it's google chrome?

I use Dragon Naturally Speaking all the time and the only browser I use is Google Chrome. Matter of fact, I am dictating this post in Google Chrome right now

EDIT: I will go ahead and install Firefox right now but I have my doubts about this new version. I just don't think this new version will be as stable as Google Chrome (based on my experiences with firefox ofcourse).

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design2convert

13 years ago

Not 3.5 to 6
3.6.1
3.6.2
then suddenly 4 beta, 4.2 beta then finally 4 version launched
then again jumped on 5 then 6

They were moving so fast, but i still prefer to 3.6 which is best version from each aspect SEO or personal uses.

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tpw

13 years ago

Originally Posted by design2convert

Not 3.5 to 6
3.6.1
3.6.2
then suddenly 4 beta, 4.2 beta then finally 4 version launched
then again jumped on 5 then 6

They were moving so fast, but i still prefer to 3.6 which is best version from each aspect SEO or personal uses.

I was on v3.5.1 when I took the upgrade to v4, when it officially launched.

I am still using v4, because it took plugin developers several weeks to catch up with the update. I did not want to do without my plugins for several weeks again, so I decided to wait on installing v5. Now v6 is the choice, and I still haven't upgraded yet.

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michaelcorvin

13 years ago

That sucks about Google tool bar not working. It makes it a little tougher to find Google page ranks on sites.

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webfighter

13 years ago

I moved to Google Chrome after starting to have problems with Firefox 5. I'll be updating to Firefox 6 to see how it goes but nothing beats Chrome for now.

I was worried about my ff addons when I first moved to chrome, but I've been able to find extensions for the replacement of almost all addons I would use with firefox.

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azmanar

13 years ago

Hi Bill,

My update on V6

Here are the plugins that worked immediately with v6 without even doing anything :
1. Flash
2. Shockwave
3. RealPlayer
4. Quicktime
5. Silverlight
6. Picasa
7. Windows Media Player
8. DivX Player
9. Java Platform
10. Google Earth

Here are the Add-ons that worked instantly without doing anything :
1. Web Rank Toolbar
2. Yahoo Toolbar
3. Warrior Desktop Community Toolbar
4. Alibaba Trade Manager
5. Personas
6. S3Firefox

Those are what I've been using.

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koolphoto 13 years ago

I just upgraded to FF6 today. I had trouble with FF4 being so slow. FF5 seemed good to me. Will see how FF6 is. Still like FF better then Google Chrome. Though I do find Google Chrome faster.
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- DaveWildash 13 years ago
  
  I'm staying on Firefox 4 for the moment as the newer versions apparently don't support McAfee Site Advisor. Having only just renewed my McAfee subscription this is a bit inconvenient otherwise I might be considering something like Web of trust, though I've heard that is not as good.
  
  Compatibility with ff5 was rumoured to be sorted by the end of July , but I'm still waiting. Apparently Site Advisor and Firefox 5, 6 and 7 have caused a high number of crashes when used with Windows 7.
  
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tpw

13 years ago

Originally Posted by azmanar

Hi Bill,

My update on V6

Here are the plugins that worked immediately with v6 without even doing anything :
1. Flash
2. Shockwave
3. RealPlayer
4. Quicktime
5. Silverlight
6. Picasa
7. Windows Media Player
8. DivX Player
9. Java Platform
10. Google Earth

Here are the Add-ons that worked instantly without doing anything :
1. Web Rank Toolbar
2. Yahoo Toolbar
3. Warrior Desktop Community Toolbar
4. Alibaba Trade Manager
5. Personas
6. S3Firefox

Those are what I've been using.

To be honest, there are only two that I am concerned about:

1. Accuweather addon
2. Screengrab

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Bruce NewMedia

13 years ago

Does anyone know, is it possible to GO BACK in versions, if you try the new version and don't like it?
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RhondaW 13 years ago

Yes, the instructions are here: looking for firefox 3.6 download and cannot find it | Firefox Support Forum | Firefox Help

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Christophe Young

13 years ago

And now Roboform doesn't work, yet again! Crap!

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Sandor Verebi 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Christophe Young

And now Roboform doesn't work, yet again! Crap!

Hi Chris,

When I upgraded from FF3,6 to FF4 before, I switched from Roboform to Last Pass. Good for me so far.

It might be worth taking a look at it, IMO.

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Fernando Veloso 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Christophe Young

And now Roboform doesn't work, yet again! Crap!

Same problem here, the toolbar is GONE. WTH!!!

Did you managed to solve that problem?

EDIT:

Just download latest Roboform version from their homepage, install, system assumes your account, and you're good to go. It was a breeze honestly.
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glinda2011

13 years ago

By this update. We'll have to check our add on if it's still working.

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13 years ago

In my opinion Chrome is faster, but Firefox has so many lovely add-ons (like Firebug) that I just cant live without!

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Murt@gh

13 years ago

I've always used Firefox (I did use Chrome for a little while) but since I tested out Opera 11 earlier this year, I've stuck with it as it has been easy to use and fast. I never have a single problem with it and it has plenty of useful features such as using hand gestures to browser, so I can go back and forth in pages very quickly without messing around pressing buttons. I also like the closed tabs feature, which allows you to re-open closed tabs, i has many other useful/good features as well.

All in all, it works smooth and fast, it has all the plug-ins I need for it and it is looking very slick (especially with the theme I have.)

So if you are looking for something that is going to work well and be hassle free - I'd recommend giving thew new version of Opera a try.

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fitz10

13 years ago

I'm still using 3.6 as my husband downloaded 4 and then 5 and it caused his browser to crash continuously. Until I hear from numerous people that 6 isn't as buggy I'm sticking with my old version.

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Kim S

13 years ago

Originally Posted by fitz10

I'm still using 3.6 as my husband downloaded 4 and then 5 and it caused his browser to crash continuously. Until I hear from numerous people that 6 isn't as buggy I'm sticking with my old version.

I`ve had nothing but continual crashes since upgrading to 6

. Very thanful to RhondaW on the link so I can get back to version 3. Had no problems with it.

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tpw 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Kim S

I`ve had nothing but continual crashes since upgrading to 6 . Very thanful to RhondaW on the link so I can get back to version 3. Had no problems with it.

What operating system are you on, with v6 crashing all the time...

If I could verify that my weather will continue to work on v6, I was ready to jump.

I am on Win7.
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- Kim S 13 years ago
  
  I am also using Win 7. I did go back to Firefox 3. and have had no crashes.
  
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Rach72

13 years ago

Upgraded to 6 and it crashed almost immediately - not cool. It freezes if you try to do anything remotely technical or power consuming - like check your hotmail, gmail and latest forum posts in three tabs all at the same time

I am seriously looking at returning to 4 and will check out the links that Rhonda posted above thanks

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IMWinner

13 years ago

I do hope that Firefox 6 will not be the same as v4 and v5, since when I tried those previous versions, my browser crashed and I have to re-format my computer again. And since that, I have been using Chrome, and it worked okay with me. So far, I haven't encountered some problem with Google Chrome.
V4 and V5 has some plug-ins that won't work, and probably that was the reason why my browser crashed when I tried to update my Firefox from v3.6 to v4 and later v5, both "latest" version crashed.

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Adnan Firdous

13 years ago

I was really impressed with Firefox 5! I hope Firefox 6 will be more fast, smart and light!

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MaxReferrals

13 years ago

Sure hope it's more stable, the recent upgrades have been horrid, clumsy, and bloated.

Forced me to go to Chrome

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Brad Burns

13 years ago

firefox 3 is better for web search and google also recommend much more tool for this version,nice.