Mozilla plans to release a patched version of its latest browser, to be named Firefox 3.5.1, in response to certain bugs that have revealed themselves following Firefox 3.5's June 30 release. Firefox 3.5 offers new features such as extensive support for HTML 5, faster speeds than previous versions, and support for JSON and Web worker threads.Mozilla will rush out a patch to its Firefox 3.5 browser to correct a number
of bugs that users have cited as causing them issues. The patch, if it proceeds
on schedule, will be released later in July.
The patched version will be named Firefox 3.5.1 and include a fix to the
browser’s JavaScript engine, TraceMonkey, and another to how the browser runs
in Windows XP. Mozilla has scheduled a Firefox BugDay for its community to
tackle "major 3.5 bugs" on July 7.
According to the real-time counter on the Mozilla site, over 8 million
copies of Firefox 3.5 have been downloaded worldwide since the browser’s
general release on June 30. Mozilla
had released Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 on April 27, allowing users to test-drive
the new features, including support for JSON and Web worker
threads.
Firefox 3.5 addressed many of the reliability and performance issues of its
previous versions, according
to eWEEK Labs, notably with regard to slowdowns after long sessions and
crashing. In multiple tests, Firefox 3.5 also doubled the speed of Firefox 3.0,
while coming closer to matching the speed of "performance leaders"
Safari 4 and Chrome 2.0.
The browser also features more extensive support for HTML 5, which allows it
to handle video in much the same way that a browser displays images or text—that
is to say, directly, so that video is integrated seamlessly with other Web
content. Standards support in Firefox 3.5 has also been increased, an
improvement over its previous versions.
Firefox 3.5 offers a Private Browsing mode and Location Aware browsing, the
latter of which utilizes Geolocation API to
(optionally) share the user’s location with a Website.
Although Microsoft’s Internet Explorer continues to dominate the enterprise
with regard to browser usage, Firefox
saw gains in its enterprise market share in 2008, increasing from 16.9
percent in July to 18.2 percent in December, while Chrome and Apple Safari
stayed relatively steady.
| | Reader Comments: Mozilla Rushing to Fix Firefox 3.5 Bugs | | >>> Post your comment now!
| | Firefox killing meCrashes constantly! since install a few days ago..0x0000007E error out the wazoo! Posted At: 11-17-09
By: John | | | | | | ff3,5 is brutalI still use ff3.0, however, ff3.5 has caused me nothing but trouble. i work as a web developer on a legacy app. everything, over time, has been... Posted At: 10-13-09
By: oldBleez | | | | | | Ff is wearing me out!I used to really like this browser, but half the time it refuses to close That little 'load dial' just keeps on a-spinning. I'd rather switch than... Posted At: 10-04-09
By: SueH | | | | | | A user comment on this articleSame here. Used FF since the beginning w/ little to no problems. I'm starting to find that 3.5.x is unusable. :( Posted At: 10-02-09
By: Anonymous | | | | | | A user comment on this articleSo much for 3.5.1 or 3.5.2 fixing the critical bugs. I'm finding Firefox 3.5.x almost unusable with all the constant lockups. Posted At: 08-28-09
By: Anonymous | | | | | | I want to like FF 3.5 but....Ok, I must reveal that I'm not a Mirosoft fan - so I use Firefox and up to now its been reasonably good - apart from the zoom which is poor. However... Posted At: 08-05-09
By: Pete Milthorpe | | | | | | Whats up!!!!!I have enjoyed every version of FF, but this one is disturbing. I highlight an item and before right-clicking a new window opens or mysteriously or... Posted At: 07-28-09
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