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Firefox 18 Launches With Faster IonMonkey-Enabled JavaScript, Built-In PDF Viewe

Posted by Soulskill on from the apparently-foxes-get-along-with-monkeys dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Mozilla on Tuesday officially launched Firefox 18 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. The improvements include a new JavaScript compiler, a built-in PDF viewer, as well as Retina and touch support. The release notes are available, as is a list of changes for devs."

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  1. Too many revisions chased me away by Nationless · · Score: -1, Redundant

    They kept updating it and changing things around in very small ways which seemed to break my add-ons and browsing methods on a regular basis. Like adding the awesomebar, taking it out, breaking the addon I had to replace it and probably putting it back in again by now...

      I know updates are generally considered a good thing, but Mozilla chased me away with theirs. I just wanted my browser and daily routine to work every time I started it up without having to worry about whether or not they updated it.

  2. version numbers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    This is exactly what they wanted, by the way.
    With all the big numbers they get a lot more publicity.
    This /. article, for example, because they are now at number 18.

  3. Update by wisnoskij · · Score: -1, Redundant

    In the following 3 hours they released Firefox 19 and then Firefox 20, because marketing thought 20 sounded better.

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