Firefox 6.0 to be released later today

from JoeUser Forums

 

Neowin announced this morning that Mozilla will be releasing Firefox 6.0 later today.

It was only in July that 5.0 was released. Numerous betas and ‘nightlies’ have been available since then.

What’s new?

The latest version of Firefox Beta has the following changes:

  • The address bar now highlights the domain of the website you're visiting
  • Streamlined the look of the site identity block
  • Added support for the latest draft version of WebSockets with a prefixed API
  • Added support for EventSource / server-sent events
  • Added support for window.matchMedia
  • Added Scratchpad, an interactive JavaScript prototyping environment
  • Added a new Web Developer menu item and moved development-related items into it
  • Improved usability of the Web Console
  • Improved the discoverability of Firefox Sync
  • Reduced browser startup time when using Panorama

                                                                                                                 - Neowin

 

 

Source:  http://www.neowin.net/news/firefox-60-to-ship-today

For the complete bug fix list:  http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/6.0/releasenotes/buglist.html

To download Firefox 6.0:  Windows  (13.1 MB)-  http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-6.0&os=win&lang=en-US

                                                     Mac (28 MB) - http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-6.0&os=osx&lang=en-US

 

 

 

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Great, bad enough I am debating between Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, now they have this coming out with Firefox 7 hot on it's heals with promises of less memory usage.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Firefox 7??????

crap, at least make a version 6.1, I miss the decimal version numbers...

Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top

At this rate, they will be up to version 10 by Christmas!  But even looking at the changes, it looks like it should be 5.1, not 6.0.  Still, it has enough good stuff that I will upgrade.

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Meh...

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

As a private user, yay. I'm glad my company isn't large enough to suffer a total breakdown every time an update is released.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

i haven't even did 5.X yet

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'm using Comodo Dragon Chrome... good browser.

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'm so happy I don't play the browser square dance, changing partners and all that.  :rolleyes:

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Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

No thanks. Will not work with my favorite extensions. I'll stick to version 3.6.17.

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 7
I'm using Comodo Dragon Chrome... good browser.
End of DrJBHL's quote

You are so fickle, Doc.

Reply #11 from Elemental Forums Top

Browser hipster!

 

I'm using this thing called Netskycyberinterpetrula browser. You've probably never heard of it.

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Daiwa, reply 10

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 7I'm using Comodo Dragon Chrome... good browser.

You are so fickle, Doc.
End of Daiwa's quote

No, Daiwa.... I use several. Since I loved Chrome's speed but wasn't fond of it's security, I went to Comodo-Dragon.

At the moment? FF6.

I fell out of love with Opera when it's security levels were revealed to be lower that desirable, and when I had font rendering problems with it.

Changing the default fonts cured that (changed to Verdana).

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 12
No, Daiwa.... I use several.
End of DrJBHL's quote

Isn't that the definition? 

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The hell happened to Neoplanet ?

Ahead of it's time, and dead too soon. x_x

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I musta missed it...lol.  :moo:

 

 

EDIT...T'was in the OP. I'd say I missed it...DOH!  :blush:

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

No thanks..........Chrome all the way! Each to their own.......Firefucks was never my 'cup of tea' >_>

Reply #17 from Sins Forums Top

tbh-chrome is insanely good. Firefox is a very good browser but isn't quite there yet..

E.g Making customers suffer by breaking there favorite plugins and extensions with each new early update.

Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I finally got around to installing FF5 alongside my FF3...oh man the memory leaks are awful and unacceptable. The wrapper was nicer and more compact and concise...but under the hood is a mess. I'm sticking with FF3 until they release a version with less leaks than the Titanic.

I also decided to try out Chrome because FF5 was irritating me, but Chrome is just too bland for me, not enough customizations.

Reply #19 from JoeUser Forums Top

Palemoon 6 seems to be just fine (as was 5), no memory leaks I've noticed, uses about same memory as IE (not that that's a good thing) and fewer handles.  I'm sure YMMV.

Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Firefox 7 here and working fine,seems to use same amount of memory at startup but it doesn't build up as much when you have been surfing for a while like it used so all in all it does use less memory.