Ms. Fox lady of Fire the [insert number] has arrived

***GTAce*** · 04-23-2012, 08:13 PM

Layer acceleration was set to false, changed it, but it looks like I can't activate it because of my graphics card.

***D3adcell*** · 04-24-2012, 12:43 AM

Yeah it wasn't showing up for me at work (integrated card) but works here at home.

***Viper*** · 04-24-2012, 01:25 AM

That's a bummer.

It's definitely a tool geared for developers so unless you do a lot of web development, you aren't missing too much.

***Luis*** · 04-24-2012, 08:49 PM

Both Firefox and Thunderbird have prompted me to the new version 12.

Changelogs:

Originally Posted by FIREFOX

NEW
Windows: Firefox is now easier to update with one less prompt (User Account Control)
NEW
Page Source now has line numbers
CHANGED
Line breaks are now supported in the title attribute
CHANGED
Improvements to "Find in Page" to center search result
CHANGED
URLs pasted into the download manager window are now automatically downloaded
DEVELOPER
Support for the text-align-last CSS property has been added
DEVELOPER
Experimental support for ECMAScript 6 Map and Set objects has been implemented
FIXED
Various security fixes
FIXED
Some TinyMCE-based editors failed to load (739141)
FIXED
OS X: WebGL performance may be degraded on some hardware (713305)

Originally Posted by THUNDERBIRD

NEW
Global Search results now include message extracts in the results
FIXED
Various security fixes
FIXED
Various improvements to RSS feed subscription and general feed handling
DEVELPER
Thunderbird now supports add-ons that provide different types of local mail storage

I like the center page on finding text function

***Viper*** · 04-25-2012, 01:14 AM

I like the page source line numbers. Should have been there years ago.

Also, I'm seeing a pretty nice speed increase and much better javascript loading.

***Luis*** · 04-27-2012, 07:47 PM

I didn't know about this: since FF 11 you can turn the new SPDY protocol on, and make some sites load faster.

There is a network.http.spdy.enabled pref (default: false) on the about:config page.

Just set it to true.

***Viper*** · 04-27-2012, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by Luis

I didn't know about this: since FF 11 you can turn the new SPDY protocol on, and make some sites load faster.

Just set it to true.

Interesting. I'll browse for a while and report back later.

***GTAce*** · 04-27-2012, 10:45 PM

Facebook seems to load a bit quicker this way indeed, could be my imagination though.

**Coded-Dude** · 05-23-2012, 04:09 PM

***Luis*** · 06-02-2012, 01:57 PM

Officially coming out on June 5, although you can find FF13 for download at some sites today.

Changelog:

NEW
When opening a new tab, users are now presented with their most visited pages
NEW
The default home page now has quicker access to bookmarks, history, settings, and more
CHANGED
SPDY protocol now enabled by default for faster browsing on supported sites
CHANGED
Restored background tabs are not loaded by default for faster startup
CHANGED
Smooth scrolling is now enabled by default
DEVELOPER
72 total improvements to Page Inspector, HTML panel, Style Inspector, Scratchpad and Style Editor
DEVELOPER
The column-fill CSS property has been implemented
DEVELOPER
Experimental support for ECMAScript 6 Map and Set objects has been implemented
DEVELOPER
Support for the CSS3 background-position property extended syntax has been added
DEVELOPER
The :invalid pseudo-class can now be applied to the element
DEVELOPER
The CSS turn <angle> unit is now supported

It's more interesting under the hood than on the outside.

***Viper*** · 06-02-2012, 08:33 PM

Originally Posted by Luis

Officially coming out on June 5, although you can find FF13 for download at some sites today.

Changelog:

It's more interesting under the hood than on the outside.

Seems to be the case with most updates now that they've switched to the quick release schedule.

***Luis*** · 06-06-2012, 11:26 PM

This thread is becoming pointless. Anyway, here's a rundown of the new features to be implemented up to Firefox 16:

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Features/Release_Tracking

Nothing too exciting to come, but it's nice to see that software I use every day is getting so much attention and polish.

***GTAce*** · 06-08-2012, 07:46 PM

Indeed, to everything, can't believe I created this thread in March 2011 because Firefox 4 was released. lol

***Luis*** · 07-16-2012, 10:15 PM

FF14 tomorrow, if anyone cares.

NEW
Google searches now utilize HTTPS
NEW
Full screen support for Mac OS X Lion implemented
NEW
Plugins can now be configured to only load on click (requires an about:config change)
NEW
The Awesome Bar now auto-completes typed URLs
CHANGED
Improved site identity manager, to prevent spoofing of an SSL connection with favicons
DEVELOPER
Pointer Lock API implemented
DEVELOPER
New API to prevent your display from sleeping
DEVELOPER
New text-transform and font-variant CSS improvements for Turkic languages and Greek
FIXED
OS X: nsCocoaWindow::ConstrainPosition uses wrong screen in multi-display setup (752149)
FIXED
CSS :hover regression when an element's class name is set by Javascript (758885)

Not bad. Just more polish.

I wonder if it'll make the Flash experience smoother. FF13 has been unstable, as the latest 11.3 Flash versions have been crashing. I still experience some weirdness with embedded youtube videos, which somehow merge with a given page's content (displaying text over the youtube preview window). Has anyone experienced these issues as well?

In other news, Mozilla will stop adding new features to Thunderbird soon, and it will then go on extended support, so that it'll only get security updates. I see that they can't really add much more to it (why won't they merge it with Sunbird / Lightning calendar addon?), but it still sucks.

***masteratt*** · 07-16-2012, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by Luis

I wonder if it'll make the Flash experience smoother. FF13 has been unstable, as the latest 11.3 Flash versions have been crashing. I still experience some weirdness with embedded youtube videos, which somehow merge with a given page's content (displaying text over the youtube preview window). Has anyone experienced these issues as well?

In other news, Mozilla will stop adding new features to Thunderbird soon, and it will then go on extended support, so that it'll only get security updates. I see that they can't really add much more to it (why won't they merge it with Sunbird / Lightning calendar addon?), but it still sucks.

Yeah, same here on flash. HTML5 can't come soon enough.

I used Thunderbird and have been for years, it's great. You get mail, setting it up is super easy, you can send mail and you can sort and filter mail. What else do you need

***Luis*** · 07-16-2012, 11:43 PM

I've been using Thunderbird for years and I love it. Just to be clear, I said that it sucks that they're not further improving it, even if there's little else to do about it (x64 version, please!).

***Viper*** · 07-17-2012, 12:32 AM

I reverted both my desktop and laptop back to Flash 10.3 because 11.3 crashes my online text books every single time.

They released an update on the 11th that was supposed to fix the stability issues with Firefox but again I had to revert back to 10.3 because it didn't fix a damn thing.

***Luis*** · 07-17-2012, 10:42 AM

FF 14.0.1 is available for download, although it may not prompt you yet.

Flash is still acting :-| No plugin updates as of now.

***Viper*** · 07-17-2012, 11:09 AM

It's been a while since I've actively installed the latest updates prior to the prompt. Since most new features and benefits are now minor, my desire for the latest is minimized.