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  • D Dalek Dave

    I keep getting pestered to upgrade. Has anybody else upgraded? Are there any problems? Should I wait a while?

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    Lost User
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    I have upgraded it a week before. It seems good and nothing more changes.

    Regards, Koushik. Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out if they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.

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    • D Dalek Dave

      I keep getting pestered to upgrade. Has anybody else upgraded? Are there any problems? Should I wait a while?

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      Slacker007
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      No problems here.

      ----------------------------- Just along for the ride. -----------------------------

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      • J John M Drescher

        I upgraded but I have not noticed any difference from 4.0.X good or bad.

        John

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        hairy_hats
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        Did the "Do not track" request come in this version or 4?

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        • H hairy_hats

          Did the "Do not track" request come in this version or 4?

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          John M Drescher
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          I think that is supposed to be a 5.0 feature. However I have not seen that in action in the week or so I have used FF 5 and I do not really know what it does or why I would want this.

          John

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          • J John M Drescher

            I think that is supposed to be a 5.0 feature. However I have not seen that in action in the week or so I have used FF 5 and I do not really know what it does or why I would want this.

            John

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            hairy_hats
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            It's a manual setting so yours might not be switched on.

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            • H hairy_hats

              It's a manual setting so yours might not be switched on.

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              John M Drescher
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              If that was not on by default I did not turn it on.. Edit: The tracking feature in the privacy options is off.

              John

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              • D DaveAuld

                Oakman wrote:

                They're trying to catch up with IE and Chrome.

                At the rate Chrome changes (i think it is 6 weeks between major rev increment), they will have to put the foot down!

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                Dan Neely
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                DaveAuld wrote:

                Oakman wrote:

                They're trying to catch up with IE and Chrome.

                At the rate Chrome changes (i think it is 6 weeks between major rev increment), they will have to put the foot down!

                Shifting directly from 1st gear to 6th isn't generally recommended...

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                • H hairy_hats

                  Did the "Do not track" request come in this version or 4?

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                  User 3138470
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                  I am currently using Firefox 7.0a nightly build, and browser is faaaast...

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                  • D Dalek Dave

                    I keep getting pestered to upgrade. Has anybody else upgraded? Are there any problems? Should I wait a while?

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                    delf egge hcu hamburg de
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                    After upgrading I had several kinds of trouble. So I reverted back to 4.x (the previous Cannot recommend 5 at this point in time. :mad: :mad:

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                    • D delf egge hcu hamburg de

                      After upgrading I had several kinds of trouble. So I reverted back to 4.x (the previous Cannot recommend 5 at this point in time. :mad: :mad:

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                      James Ingram
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                      I've got an issue with FF5 not loading custom fonts in locally stored webpages. German Vista Ultimate 64bit...

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                      • D delf egge hcu hamburg de

                        After upgrading I had several kinds of trouble. So I reverted back to 4.x (the previous Cannot recommend 5 at this point in time. :mad: :mad:

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                        ghle
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                        User errors.

                        Gary

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                        • D Dalek Dave

                          I keep getting pestered to upgrade. Has anybody else upgraded? Are there any problems? Should I wait a while?

                          ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                          Justincc
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                          I also noticed nothing new but had no problems. You should still upgrade. I also looked up what has changed: Added support for CSS animations The Do-Not-Track header preference has been moved to increase discoverability Tuned HTTP idle connection logic for increased performance Improved canvas, JavaScript, memory, and networking performance Improved standards support for HTML5, XHR, MathML, SMIL, and canvas Improved spell checking for some locales Improved desktop environment integration for Linux users WebGL content can no longer load cross-domain textures Background tabs have setTimeout and setInterval clamped to 1000ms to improve performance Fixed several stability issues Fixed several security issues http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/5.0/releasenotes/[^]

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                          • D Dalek Dave

                            I keep getting pestered to upgrade. Has anybody else upgraded? Are there any problems? Should I wait a while?

                            ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                            Br Bill
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                            I had one issue after I upgraded to FF5 from FF4 on my Mac: Slingbox client balked until I restarted FF in 32-bit mode. I went through this on Safari when it went 64-bit in Snow Leopard, so I'm used to the issue. Never run Chrome, can't say what happens there.

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                            • D Dalek Dave

                              I keep getting pestered to upgrade. Has anybody else upgraded? Are there any problems? Should I wait a while?

                              ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                              Sterling Camden independent consultant
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                              The upgrade broke the Pentadactyl extension. Updating to Pentadactyl's nightly build made most things work, but a few things are still broken. E.g., on Facebook the text fields do not scroll properly and you have to escape the Enter key with ^V. Another user reported the same symptoms on IRCCloud.

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                              • D Dalek Dave

                                I keep getting pestered to upgrade. Has anybody else upgraded? Are there any problems? Should I wait a while?

                                ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                                RichardJacksonJr
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                                Yes I upgraded. I like it. I am just a little :( About IE 9...This Browser war is making me "pull me hair out" wait I don't have any... :-D ... I personally am starting to tend to Google Chrome...But unfornately, developers must be flexible?LOL!

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                                • D Dalek Dave

                                  I keep getting pestered to upgrade. Has anybody else upgraded? Are there any problems? Should I wait a while?

                                  ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                                  Mark AJA
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                                  That's because you haven't got the latest version. Firefox 5.0 was out just 6 weeks after version 4.0 So it looks like you will have to upgrade it every 6 weeks now or uninstall it. Firefox 3.5 would let you know if a page has any RSS feeds in the address bar. After upgrading it has lost this feature. Guess my idea of upgrading is not the same as Firefoxis! As they are up to version 5.0 and they now upgrade every week equals: 5 x 6 weeks = 30 weeks ago from the first version. :o)

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                                  • D Dalek Dave

                                    I keep getting pestered to upgrade. Has anybody else upgraded? Are there any problems? Should I wait a while?

                                    ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                                    dpminusa
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                                    Check this out: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/firefox-5-new-but-improved/1196?pg=2&tag=mantle_skin;content

                                    "Courtesy is the product of a mature, disciplined mind ... ridicule is lack of the same - DPM"

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                                    • D Dalek Dave

                                      I keep getting pestered to upgrade. Has anybody else upgraded? Are there any problems? Should I wait a while?

                                      ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                                      jbmetrics
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                                      Up until yesterday, I hadn't noticed a difference between FF4 and FF5 (aka FF4.0.1) However, I have seen a stability problem which essentially not only locks up FF5 but also the whole computer when my 3-year old daughter tried to run some of her Nick Jr Flash games. Now many of the games were developed years ago (even prior to Flash 8) and unlike Google's sandbox of Flash (which catches the occasional crash from those games), Firefox 5 seems to do a worse job of handling the crashes.

                                      James Wallis Martin JB Metrics Ltd, Director www.jbmetrics.com www.erpthree.com

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                                      • U User 3138470

                                        I am currently using Firefox 7.0a nightly build, and browser is faaaast...

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                                        Nchek2000
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                                        What about the memory leak (including the v5)?

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                                          What about the memory leak (including the v5)?

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                                          User 3138470
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                                          Memory footprint is much less than in 4.0 Also the plugins doesn't start to consume cpu like grazy yet :-)

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