Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.1 Alpha 2

daria42 writes with news that Mozilla has released the second alpha build for Firefox 3.1, codenamed "Shiretoko." The new build includes "support for the HTML 5 <video> element" and the ability to "drag and drop tabs between browser windows." ComputerWorld is running a related story about benchmarks shown by Mozilla's Brendan Eich which indicate that Firefox 3.1 will run Javascript faster than Chrome.

Comments

Re:We ain't dead yet!

[mcrbids]

BTW: I've just noticed that the "process per tab" concept in Chrome is bullshit. If each tab truly represents its own process with its own address space, how come I can log in in one tab, and then use that login information in another?

I expect that behavior in FF - it's all the same process. But supposedly, tabs in Chrome are each their own process, a la Unix. This provides "protection" from each other, better browser stability, etc. But it's just not so. When looking at a tab, I can create a new tab, login in the new tab, and suddenly my login takes effect in the original tab.

So the whole "each tab is a process" is bullshit. They're talking to each other, and the "protection" offered to a tab from its neighbors is weak at best.

Re:How about the extensions too?

[glitch23]

Why don't the extension developers keep ready an upgraded version of their add-ons so that with every Firefox upgrade you don't have to sit and wait for days for the add-ons to be upgraded?

Even better would be if Firefox wouldn't break the plug-in API. On OS X I finally got a plug-in for Firefox 2.x that would save tabs and when I upgraded to version 3 the plug-in broke and the preference in Firefox to save tabs on exit does not work for some reason in OS X.

Re:Hey, Mozilla: Learn what "Never" means

[ShaunC]

Wow, I've never come across a bigger cry baby tardmonkey.

Cool, does that mean I get an award? I've been vying for Tardmonkey of the Year for awhile now, but nobody has nominated me until today.

You cry about a bug, then refuse to submit a bug report. You know what, pack your computer up (or disassemble it, but I doubt you make your own computers) and send it back to whoever you bought it from because you're too fucking stupid to own one.

I have not refused to submit a bug report, I have neglected to submit a bug report. There's a significant difference.

As I pointed out in a prior post, I'm using an official public release version of Firefox. Not a beta, not a nightly, not an RC. In this capacity, I'm an end user, not a QA tester. Do you actually presume that everyone who uses Firefox should report each bug that they encounter? What if your grandmother uses Firefox and something doesn't work as she expects?

You posted on slashdot crying about a product issue with a free browser used by millions of people that has a very simple bug reporting system. Do you not see how unbelievably retarded you come across?

No, I really don't.

I'm no genius, but to me, reporting a bug that DIRECTLY AFFECTS YOU seems like a SMART thing to do.

I did report the bug, right here, several hours ago. Certainly you didn't miss that, as you've devoted quite a bit of time to an ad-hominem attack.

Crying on slashdot about it, then proceeding to try and prove that it's mozilla's fault you don't report bugs, well, really comes across as MONUMENTALLY FUCKING STUPID.

I do believe I've already made the point that I do not work for Mozilla QA. They have people who get paid for that shit. I am not one of them.