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Mozilla Ships Firefox 5, Meets Rapid-Release Plan

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stay-on-target dept.

CWmike writes "Mozilla delivered on Tuesday the final version of Firefox 5, the first edition under the new faster-release regime it kicked off earlier this year. The company also patched 10 bugs in Firefox 5, including one in the browser's handling of the WebGL 3-D rendering standard that rival Microsoft has called unsafe. Firefox 5 looks identical to its predecessor, Firefox 4, but Mozilla's made changes under the hood. Mozilla has denied copying Google Chrome's upbeat schedule but analysts have noted the similarities and pointed out the need of all browser makers to step up the pace. Because of the shorter development cycle, Mozilla called out relatively few new features in Firefox 5."

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  1. Re:More work for plugin developers by SilverHatHacker · · Score: 4, Informative

    +1. I didn't even notice I had been upgraded to FF5 until I found a plugin that wouldn't install. Back in the day, a major version number increase would have come with a couple noticeable new features, but all we get here is a speed increase and a DNT checkbox.

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  2. How about a version 4 that people like? by Kjella · · Score: 5, Informative

    Preliminary for june 2010-2011 here. Changes from May:

    Chrome: +1.08%
    IE: -0.25%
    Firefox: -0.79%

    After six months in the lead in Europe, Firefox is now again behind IE. They're backing on every continent except Africa (+0.2%). I don't think rapid-fire will work any better if you don't have the bullets.

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  3. FF5 release notes by Nerzhul · · Score: 5, Informative

    In case you're wondering what's actually new:

    - 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