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Mozilla Updates Firefox To Appease FarmVille Users

Posted by Soulskill on from the if-only-they-could-be-motivated-to-be-a-force-of-good dept.

CWmike writes "Just three days after adding plug-in crash protection to Firefox, Mozilla rushed out another release because people playing FarmVille on Facebook complained that their browser was shutting down the game. Although complaints about Firefox's quick killing of hung plug-ins were not limited to FarmVille, that game was the squeaky wheel that got the update grease. 'A lot of people play FarmVille. To ignore those people for any length of time could have a significant effect on Firefox's share of browser users,' said Firefox user Jeff Rivett on Bugzilla Sunday. 'The problem already existed, but the perceived impact suddenly changed, giving it a much higher priority.'"

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  1. Re:Also affects Flash developers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Serves you right for developing more Flash crap.

    I'm glad Mozilla's working around the unstable mess, but when's Adobe going to get on the stick?

  2. New Facebook game: FaggotVille by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    In this game you hand out Ubuntu CDs, smoke dicks and eat the shit out of other men's asses.

  3. What about the pr0n users?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I took a total of 5 minutes without being able to stream porn for me to switch back to IE after 4 years of not touching it.

  4. Re:So much for the idea.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    she also hates anal but makes an exception for well hung gentlemen (such as myself). Yeah, she's funny that way.