Firefox 7 now available

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Mozilla has released Firefox 7 for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. It is now available for download.

The full new feature list is as follows:
  • 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
  • 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

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  • I could've swore that FireFox just debuted #4... Maybe I'm just living in an alternate universe! How did they get to 7 so fast?! lol
  • Has Firefox always randomly rotated download links? I've never noticed that before, but when I clicked to download it the download site was in Saudi Arabia. I cancelled that and the tried again, this time the download site was in Sweden. A third time was a .net site. Seems like it should default to the site nearest you.
  • Anyone tried to update Roboform for this new FF version?
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    • Thus this new version of Firefox, cleans up all the bugs that it has on it's last version?

    • This is the one issue that keeps me from upgrading right away. I am using FF5 and when I upgraded I had to use the Roboform FF plugin from FF3.

      Time to research...
  • Firefox in attempts to copy chrome have changed their release cycle to rapid release cycle. I seen screenshots of future versions and they look exactly like chrome too and the awesome bar and url bar merged just like chrome. version 4 was the last major release, they're always like 3 ahead now, alpha builds, beta etc...
  • I like Chrome, so I think I will love to try Firefox 7, it looks more like chrome.
  • Roboform 7 works with Firefox 7. Roboform 6 does not.

    I don't think it looks anything like Chrome, but I have the menu bar and tool bars turned on. It looks pretty much like the same Firefox. I don't know why they would even try to get it to look like Chrome. I don't like the look and functionality of Chrome, personally.

    As for functionality, it is definitely improved. They have talked about improved memory usage in previous versions, but this version I am seeing a huge improvement. I always have many windows opened with many tabs open in each. Firefox has always been very sluggish for me. This version is running a lot faster and cleaner for me.
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  • Can confirm it works perfectly with RoboForm latest version. Just had to install FF and then update my RB to show again my precious toolbar All in all it was a 2 minute operation and it goes smooth as can be.

    And this new FireFox version is 99% similar to the last one, isn't it? I don't see any differences at all, at least on the visual side.
  • all this new browsers are making me confused
  • all this new version makes them a bit slower, with all the add-ons and upgrades
  • I think chrome is better then Firefox 7.....
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    • really? Does chrome have a bazillion addons too?
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