Mozilla Rolls Out Firefox 3.6 RC, Nears Final

CWmike writes "Mozilla has shipped a release candidate build of Firefox 3.6 that, barring problems, will become the final, finished version of the upgrade. Firefox 3.6 RC1, which followed a run of betas that started in early November, features nearly 100 bug fixes from the fifth beta that Mozilla issued Dec. 17. The fixes resolved numerous crash bugs, including one that brought down the browser when it was steered to Yahoo's front page. Another fix removed a small amount of code owned by Microsoft from Firefox. The code was pointed out by a Mozilla contributor, and after digging, another developer found the original Microsoft license agreement. 'Amusingly enough, it's actually really permissive. Really the only part that's problematic is the agreement to "include the copyright notice ... on your product label and as a part of the sign-on message for your software product,"' wrote Kyle Huey on Mozilla's Bugzilla. Even so, others working on the bug said the code needed to be replaced with Mozilla's own."

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Memeory Leaks

[ironicsky]

Did not read the article, but as long as they finally fixed the memory leaks I'll be happy.

What memory leaks you ask?
I have 1 tab open(This slashdot article)... my only add on is the Google Toolbar.
Firefox 3.5.7 is using a whopping 174Mb of ram.


Firefox doesn't properly clear out memory of closed tabs.

Re:Memeory Leaks

[TooMuchToDo]

RAM is cheap. My desktop rig has 8GB. I don't mind firefox using 500-1024MB as long as my browsing is snappy and I can get to old closed tabs for some time (hence the high memory usage).

Re:Memeory Leaks

[FudRucker]

RE: "Firefox 3.5.7 is using a whopping 174Mb of ram."

and with most systems having at least 1 to 4 gigs of ram 174 megs is what?

a pimple on a hippo's butt?

Re:Memeory Leaks

[TooMuchToDo]

I reject your argument. Just because that's the cost of food for a month, doesn't mean that's expensive. That RAM will be good for several years (at least 3). Assuming you amoratize the cost over 3 years, that's only 3.34 EUR/month. So while there is an upfront investment, you don't have to pay 120EUR/month for RAM like you do for food.

Re:Memeory Leaks

[electrosoccertux]

And, as usual, WORKS FOR ME.
And most people, that is.

Re:Memeory Leaks

[TooMuchToDo]

Good point. But it's silly to argue amount performance if you're using less than 4GB of RAM (which netbooks and older desktops will accommodate).

Re:Memeory Leaks

[metamatic]

I'm guessing you don't use Linux. Firefox on Linux is a dog compared to the Chrome betas, even with 4GB of RAM in the machine.

Re:So what was the code from?

[Hurricane78]

I don’t know, but on Gentoo, since you update your software trough the package manager, auto-update of the software itself is disabled. so I get an update, whenever I choose to update whatever I choose to update. And if I want it, I can simply add e.g. “<www-client/mozilla-firefox-3.5.6” to my /etc/portage/package.mask, and I will never get any further updates, even when I update the whole system.

That’s the one big thing that Windows lacks, that is more important than all of the bloat, the weak window manager, and the annoying idiot-proofness: The lack of a package manager and a repository.

Re:So what was the code from?

[Hurricane78]

Huh, how is that a troll?

Because I said how crappy windows is? Want proof:
Bloat: Windows 7 uses a minimum of 9 GB of hard disk space, has every component of the system tainted with DRM encryption, and even MS itself recommends the seriously understated 2GB of ram. Nuff said. :)
Weak window manager: Try KDE4 and/or CompizFusion. Not the colorful effects. The shortcuts. The comfort functionality. The configurability. The ease of use.
Idiot-proofness: How about needing “god mode”, just to get normal access to your settings. How about it telling you you’re too dumb to look into the windows/system* folders? How about all this clippy-like shit? How about the start menu denying you having your own organization? How about the root of the file system being a fake “my computer” with tons of non-existing folders and weird tricks below it? Like the Desktop folder below your home directory being somethow “my computer”? Sorry but you have to be retarded to like that, as it only hinders you from understanding what you need to understand, to use that computer.