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  1. Re:To me, Chrome still does not `cut it` [yet]... on Shuttleworth: Chrome Nearly Replaced FF In Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    Webkit is not some single idealized web parser. Just because something works in Safari when it is broken in Chrome does not mean it is not a webkit bug. Both Apple and Google ship different SVN checkouts of webkit to which they each apply some release specific patches.

  2. Re:ask on Shuttleworth: Chrome Nearly Replaced FF In Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    Being 6 years out of date has never been a problem for a browser on an up to date version of Ubuntu,

  3. Re:Firefox/IE patches released,Comodo incident rep on Phony Web Certs Issued For Google, Yahoo, Skype · · Score: 3, Informative
  4. Re:Give me a version that doesn't crash on Mozilla Adds Do-Not-Track Feature To Firefox 4 Pre-Beta Builds · · Score: 1

    If Firefox 4 starts, assuming you are on Windows, would you try disabling hardware acceleration in tools > options > advanced > general > browsing. If that helps your system has video card drivers that are incompatible with Firefox. Updating the drivers should help. If you have any crash report IDs http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Mozilla+Crash+Reporter explains how to retrieve them. They would be very helpful in diagnosing the problem.

  5. Re:This version removes Gopher support on Mozilla To Release Firefox 4 Next Month · · Score: 2

    There have been recent issues with gopher causing security problems. http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-68.html

  6. Re:Welcome to the Mozilla botnet ... on Like Google's Chrome, Mozilla To Silently Update Firefox 4 · · Score: 2, Informative

    The devs already said that this is going to be a preference.

  7. Re:Does it matter? on If Oracle Bought Every Open Source Company · · Score: 1

    open source

  8. Re:Immediately segfaults on 64-bit Linux? on Firefox 4.0 Beta Candidate Available · · Score: 1
    Check Firefox's safe mode and/or a new profile. http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Basic+troubleshooting

    If you get the Mozilla crash reporter check for a crash id in ~/.mozilla/firefox/Crash Reports/submitted/ are there any crash ids?

  9. Re:Download Link on Firefox 4.0 Beta Candidate Available · · Score: 2, Informative

    Because it has not been released, if it was it would be where all the other betas are. ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/ There would be an announcement to https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/announce-prerelease . There would be download links at http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html What they are linking to is a possible build of Firefox 4 beta 1.

  10. Re:First on Firefox 3.6.4 Released With Out-of-Process Plugins · · Score: 1

    If you are on Windows or Mac OS X try typing about:crashes in the address bar should provide some crash reports. If you would like reply to this with the ids and I'll take a look.

  11. Re:End of Firefox? on Firefox With H.264 HTML 5 Support = Wild Fox · · Score: 1

    That is still in production, just under a different name. http://wwww.seamonkey-project.org/

  12. Re:Gmail and Twitter their own permanent tabs on Mozilla Reveals Firefox 4 Plans · · Score: 1

    Essentially they are talking about uplifting FaviconizeTab into a core Feature.

  13. Re:H.264 support? on Mozilla Reveals Firefox 4 Plans · · Score: 2, Informative
  14. Re:Sounds like speed holes on Mozilla Reveals Firefox 4 Plans · · Score: 1

    x64 builds for all tier one platforms (Windows, OS X, Linux) was specifically mentioned in the video.

  15. Re:Firefox development is poorly managed, apparent on Firefox 3.7 Dropped In Favor of Feature Updates · · Score: 1

    Most distros disable the crash reporter, such as Ubuntu.

  16. Re:Pot, kettle, black, Mozilla. Tsk, tsk. on Mozilla Slams Chrome Frame As "Browser Soup" · · Score: 1

    These things never went past the blog post stage. A plugin/code was never released for either Chrome Frame or ScreamingMonkey.

  17. Re:Only one feature is really NEEDED on Firefox 3.6 Alpha 1 Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is very much in the works but won't make 3.6. Content Processes

  18. Re:Graphical tab switching? on Firefox 3.6 Alpha 1 Released · · Score: 1
    about:config

    browser.allTabs.previews
    replaces the drop down arrow in the tab bar with a button that does tab preview switching

    browser.ctrlTab.previews
    replaces ctrl + tab with a desktop like tab switcher that shows a preview of the windows

  19. Re:awfulbar on Firefox 3.6 Alpha 1 Released · · Score: 1
    Or you can just use the UI in the Options/Preferences in privacy, When using the location bar, suggest history only. More details at Smart Location Bar, Controlling behavior

    Requires Firefox 3.5+

  20. Re:Random number bug on Firefox 3.6 Alpha 1 Released · · Score: 1

    Was fixed in 3.5.1 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1 release notes See the section What's new in 3.5.1, you will find. "An issue that was making Firefox take a long time to load on some Windows systems."

  21. Re:Sorry- but on Mozilla Mulls Dropping Firefox For Win2K, Early XP · · Score: 1

    Firefox 3.5 will support both the operating systems in question. This is a discussion about the release after 3.5, Firefox.next/Gecko 1.9.2. As was pointed out in the thread both Chrome and IE 8 already have these restrictions.

  22. Re:Not officially out yet! on Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 Released · · Score: 1

    We think this is https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=480975 Do you have javascript.options.jit.chrome set to true in about:config?

  23. Re:Not officially out yet! on Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 Released · · Score: 1

    You can just type about:crashes in the address bar to view the crash ids.

  24. Re:Not officially out yet! on Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    If the Mozilla Crash reporter appears try and get a crash id for the report. If you have any questions you can email me at ./_username at gmail or reply to this thread. http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Mozilla+Crash+Reporter

  25. Re:Firefox Replacement on Minefield Shows the (Really) Fast Future of Firefox · · Score: 1

    Recent Firefox code names have been national parks

    Firefox 3.1 Shiretoko NP
    Firefox 3.0 Gran Paradiso NP
    Firefox 2.0 Bon Echo NP