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Firefox 51 Arrives With HTTP Warning, WebGL 2 and FLAC Support (venturebeat.com)

Posted by msmash on from the browser-delights dept.

Reader Krystalo writes: Mozilla today launched Firefox 51 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. The new version includes a new warning for websites which collect passwords but don't use HTTPS, WebGL 2 support for better 3D graphics, and FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) playback. Mozilla doesn't break out the exact numbers for Firefox, though the company does say "half a billion people around the world" use the browser. In other words, it's a major platform that web developers target -- even in a world increasingly dominated by mobile apps.

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  1. Warning for websites collecting passwords? by thegarbz · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why? Who is Mozilla to assume that every damn website is important enough to require encryption? I mean Slashdot didn't support HTTPS for a good 18 years and we all survived. God forbid the NSA could pose as thegarbz on Slashdot, oh noes!

  2. Re:Does it have separate processes for each tab? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why so many slashdotters still think Chrome has some memory/cpu/whatever advantage is beyond me.

    It's really not that complicated. Here's how it works:

    1) A user tries Chrome.
    2) A user tries Firefox on the same computer/device. They observe that it is slower than Chrome to render web pages. Its UI lags, while Chrome's doesn't. It uses several times more resident memory than all of Chrome's processes combined. Extensions may not work if Electrolysis is enabled, while extensions work just fine in Chrome. It may even crash, while Chrome doesn't.

    Based on their direct experience with Chrome and with Firefox, these users come to the only possible conclusion: Chrome performs better than Firefox, it uses less memory than Firefox, and it's more reliable than Firefox.

    You can argue all you want about how "Firefox is better", but you need to remember that you're competing against the experiences of these users, and what you're saying contradicts very much with what they have directly experienced.