firefox 8 final

[Merad]

I thought FF8 was supposed to have official support for a 64 bit version? Not finding anything about it? I am disappoint.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

I didn't read that? Where did it mention 64 bit support?

I thought FF8 was supposed to have official support for a 64 bit version? Not finding anything about it? I am disappoint.

 

[hclarkjr]

I thought FF8 was supposed to have official support for a 64 bit version? Not finding anything about it? I am disappoint.

you might want to read through this post http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2348759

 

[pyonir]

The only thing I hated was the new icon for no favorite icon I had to change it back.

How did you change it back?

 

[pcslookout]

How did you change it back?

This userstyle code I found online.

#page-proxy-favicon:not(src),
#tabbrowser-tabs .tab-icon-image:not(src),
#personal-bookmarks .bookmark-item .toolbarbutton-icon:not(src) {
list-style-image: url("chrome://global/skin/icons/folder-item.png")!important;
-moz-image-region: rect(0px, 16px, 16px, 0px)!important;
}

 

[Merad]

you might want to read through this post http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2348759

The point being what, that 64 bit isn't needed? Of course it isn't mandatory, but it SHOULD help. FF is a memory hog with moderate performance at best, and the more memory it sucks up the crappier performance becomes. When I first read about this (like 6 months ago) initial tests were already showing about 10% performance improvements over 32 bit builds.

 

[hclarkjr]

sorry, that was not my point. my point is that it is still being worked on

 

[hclarkjr]

i disagree with you about the memory, i have been running firefox since version 3 and have never experienced this memory issue that some are complaining about

 

[pyonir]

This userstyle code I found online.

#page-proxy-favicon:not(src),
#tabbrowser-tabs .tab-icon-image:not(src),
#personal-bookmarks .bookmark-item .toolbarbutton-icon:not(src) {
list-style-image: url("chrome://global/skin/icons/folder-item.png")!important;
-moz-image-region: rect(0px, 16px, 16px, 0px)!important;
}

Thanks, that's the solution in the link I made above. Was wondering if it was a different solution.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Updated to FF 8 on three different systems and only one was a clean update when it came to add-ons.

On my Windows XP home laptop, no issues.

Windows 7 home desktop, a separate tab was created for each add-on requesting for permission to install.

Windows XP work laptop, all add-ons were listed as uncompatible even though they all were. I had to manually update one of the add-ons and after the restart it allowed me to enable the other add-ons.

 

[PowerYoga]

I found lazy tabs to be pretty nice as I always have around 10 tabs loaded on every firefox shutdown. tools -> options -> General -> don't load tabs until selected.

 

[mechBgon]

• Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default
• Added a one-time add-on selection dialog to manage previously installed add-ons
• Added Twitter to the search bar
• Added a preference to load tabs on demand, improving start-up time when windows are restored
• Improved tab animations when moving, reordering, or detaching tabs
• Improved performance and memory handling
• Added CORS support for cross-domain textures in WebGL
• Added support for HTML5 context menus
• Added support for insertAdjacentHTML
• Improved CSS hyphen support for many languages
• Improved WebSocket support
• Fixed several stability issues

But have they managed to make it run at Low integrity level as a safeguard yet? Anyone here know?

And yeah, 64-bit wouldn't hurt. I see Adobe tweaked 64-bit Flash Player to take advantage of the address space to provide more robust ASLR.

 

[zCypher]

Got 8 and now fxchrome theme won't work with it. I hate the default theme, seems so ugly. Otherwise ok.

 

[Pardus]

8.0 ? They come out with a new version monthly now?

Waiting for Firefox 3D

 

[hclarkjr]

But have they managed to make it run at Low integrity level as a safeguard yet? Anyone here know?

And yeah, 64-bit wouldn't hurt. I see Adobe tweaked 64-bit Flash Player to take advantage of the address space to provide more robust ASLR.

i asked this question for you here http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2358701 will let you know what they say

 

[Matripe4]

hmmm just hope that this new update doesn't suck like when no. 7 was out;

 

[AdamK47]

Why are they upping their versions so quickly?

 

[sm625]

Can anyone confirm that Fast Dial works?

 

[PowerYoga]

hmmm just hope that this new update doesn't suck like when no. 7 was out;

no.7 fixed the memory leaks and added a bunch of stuff I now use on a constant basis so that was a great update. It's hard to take you seriously when you're basically trolling.

 

[bruceb]

Just a quick note: When I did my update to Firefox 8, my Firefox 3 theme was not set as my default, even though that is what I was using in Firefox 7 .. Firefox 8 set it back to it's own default and I had to go into the add-ons manager, themes and reselect the one I wanted.

 

[nemesismk2]

Why are they upping their versions so quickly?

yeah i know what you mean, seems like only last week that firefox 6.0 was released and now I hear talk of firefox 9.0 beta on another topic

 

[hclarkjr]

Why are they upping their versions so quickly?

it is called rapid release and is explained here http://blog.mozilla.com/channels/2011/07/18/every-six-weeks/

 

[mechBgon]

i asked this question for you here http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2358701 will let you know what they say

Actually I can check using Sysinternals Process Monitor, I'm just being lazy. One moment here...

Unfortunately they're still running at Medium integrity. So an exploit would gain the same privileges as the user, rather than being stuck in a Low-integrity padded cell.

C'mon Mozilla, you talk big about security, now try to include at least as much security as IE7

 

[hclarkjr]

Actually I can check using Sysinternals Process Monitor, I'm just being lazy. One moment here...

Unfortunately they're still running at Medium integrity. So an exploit would gain the same privileges as the user, rather than being stuck in a Low-integrity padded cell.

C'mon Mozilla, you talk big about security, now try to include at least as much security as IE7

go to that link i posted, there is link there to set it too what you want via command prompt

 

[hclarkjr]

http://www.victorc.org/2008/03/internet-explorer-7-protected-mode-vs.html