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firefox 5 was just released. any early adopters?

post #1 of 47
6/21/11 at 12:25pm
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yes i know it's been like 3 months since firefox 4 was released but i just installed firefox 5 and it is extremely fast.

my only problem is that the forums rich text editor is not compatible. where can i let the people know so they can address this issue?


download here
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post #2 of 47
6/21/11 at 1:24pm

my only concern is the memory issue ==

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post #3 of 47
6/21/11 at 1:56pm
I wish it had an internal PDF reader, like Chrome.
I had / have the beta 5 version, because the continue updates of the 4 version annoyed me a lot.
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post #4 of 47
6/21/11 at 2:07pm
Try Mozilla Aurora (its FF 6.0 alpha)

I find it is definitely faster than FF 5, which is already pretty fast. PDF isn't too much of a turn off since almost everybody has Adobe PDF Viewer installed anyways.

@kn19h7
What memory issues? I have left firefox (6.0) running continuously for over 24 hours and at most it has used ~400mb from what I see in Task Manager. If it really is a concern to you, you can see this: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Reducing_memory_usage_%28Firefox%29
or if you really need to, you can tweak the FF config (not recommended unless you know what you are doing)
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post #5 of 47
6/21/11 at 2:12pm

D/Ling right now--Apple ver.

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post #6 of 47
6/21/11 at 7:08pm
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Originally Posted by seaskimmer View Post

Try Mozilla Aurora (its FF 6.0 alpha)

I find it is definitely faster than FF 5, which is already pretty fast. PDF isn't too much of a turn off since almost everybody has Adobe PDF Viewer installed anyways.

@kn19h7
What memory issues? I have left firefox (6.0) running continuously for over 24 hours and at most it has used ~400mb from what I see in Task Manager. If it really is a concern to you, you can see this: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Reducing_memory_usage_%28Firefox%29
or if you really need to, you can tweak the FF config (not recommended unless you know what you are doing)


http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/799397

 

or

 

http://www.google.com/search?q=firefox4+memory+leak

 

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post #7 of 47
6/21/11 at 7:13pm
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Originally Posted by kn19h7 View Post



http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/799397

 

or

 

http://www.google.com/search?q=firefox4+memory+leak

 



i have 5 tabs open and i am using 320mb of ram.

 

edit: its been on since around 10 am pacific time.


Edited by bcasey25raptor - 6/21/11 at 7:16pm
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post #8 of 47
6/21/11 at 7:21pm

 

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i have 5 tabs open and i am using 320mb of ram.

 

edit: its been on since around 10 am pacific time.


...so maybe I can just take ff5 as another joke from mozilla ==

 

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post #9 of 47
6/21/11 at 7:24pm
Meh I guess I dont suffer from the memory leak then. Btw I'm using XP x64 pro. You still could cap the maximum amount of memory that the firefox process is allowed to use though.
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post #10 of 47
6/21/11 at 7:31pm
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...so maybe I can just take ff5 as another joke from mozilla ==

 



why does it matter. 320mb big deal. i have 4gb to use.

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post #11 of 47
6/21/11 at 7:40pm

 

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why does it matter. 320mb big deal. i have 4gb to use.


for only 5 tabs its a big deal breaker

 

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post #12 of 47
6/21/11 at 7:48pm
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for only 5 tabs its a big deal breaker

 



how many freaking tabs do you expect to have open? having more then 10 is pointless.

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post #13 of 47
6/21/11 at 7:50pm

I'm downloading Firefox 5 now. I didn't know it was out. I have 12 GB of RAM so it probably shouldn't be much have an issue for me biggrin.gif

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post #14 of 47
6/21/11 at 8:03pm

I just got it... What's different? lol

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post #15 of 47
6/21/11 at 8:08pm

firefox 6 ? is it better than chrome.. ?

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