Firefox 6 Ships Next Week, 8 Blocks Sneaky Add-Ons

Posted by Soulskill on Friday August 12, 2011 @09:43AM from the seven-due-the-week-after dept.

CWmike writes "Mozilla is on track to release Firefox 6 next week, according to notes posted on the company's website. 'On track with a few bugs still remaining. No concerns for Tuesday,' the notes stated. Firefox 6 includes several noticeable changes, including highlighting domain names in the address bar — both Chrome and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 do something similar by boldfacing domain names — and reducing startup time when users rely on Panorama, the browser's multi-tab organizer. Meanwhile, Mozilla said this week that starting with Firefox 8, Mozilla will automatically block browser add-ons until users approve them, which should put an end to sneaky installs."

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Re:yikes, another version jump? by WrongSizeGlass · 2011-08-12 10:06 · Score: 3, Funny

First 4, then very quickly Firefox 5 and now version 6? Where is the consistency?
The consistency is that they are only incrementing the version number by '1' each time. Just be glad they didn't decide to use prime numbers or a Fibonacci sequence.
Re:Happy FF8 user here by Anonymous Coward · 2011-08-12 10:36 · Score: 2, Funny

Since I've never played Final Fantay, 'FF' will do fine for 'Firefox'.
Meanwhile, I'd like to suggest 'FU' for 'Anonymous Coward'.
Re:Ability to install out-of-date addons by Anonymous Coward · 2011-08-12 14:37 · Score: 1, Funny

You're not the boss of me !