PGHammer Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Yup, running this already, really fast. That it is - with specific sites. That is, unfortunately, why I have multiple browsers installed; one browser does NOT fit all sites. (Right now, it's IE9, Aurora (x32 only), and Nightly (x64 only).) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593890228 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semtex Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 I've run Peacekeeper , looks like Aurora is on very good way, I'm very happy about score, results below. Testing platform: i3 550, 4GB Ram DDR3, nVidia GF 430 GT, nothing really special but working good ;) Comparing to stable Fx 4.0 it is big step forward. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593891862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnast Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Looks like Aurora's nightly updates have started :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593895004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznkid25 Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Looks like Aurora's nightly updates have started :) I thought Aurora builds were weekly updates. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593895020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnast Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 I thought Aurora builds were weekly updates. Nope. Somebody in this thread said they were weekly, but it looks like he was wrong. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593895080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gary7 Subscriber² Posted April 16, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted April 16, 2011 Nope. Somebody in this thread said they were weekly, but it looks like he was wrong. Auroara is updated on a weekly basis. He was and is right. http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-aurora/pushloghtml?startdate=1+day+ago&enddate=now Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593895140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnast Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Auroara is updated on a weekly basis. He was and is right. http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-aurora/pushloghtml?startdate=1+day+ago&enddate=now Huh? Was that the right link? All I see is a pushlog for a Fennec bug. Also, did you check the link in my previous post? Edit: Took me a minute, but here's the official document: Mozilla Firefox: Development Specifics Right after the third chart it states the update rate for each channel. I have to say it does make it even more confusing as to why they changed Minefield's name to Nightly. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593895156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyang Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 I thought their point was that the only thing users should care about is the QA done on each, before deciding which on to go with. Namely... Nightly - none Aurora - some Beta- more Firefox - most Exactly when it updates isn't quite as important. That's how I understood it anyway. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593895182 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnast Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 ^ I agree. The QA is more important when deciding, but a lot of testers would probably like to have an idea of how often they'll be updating. The specific intervals between updates aren't set in stone (AFAIK), but that's just what they anticipate ATM. Personally, Firefox is currently the only program I don't mind updating everyday - and that's only because I knew I'd be updating that often when I downloaded Minefield. Seeing that there seems to be a lot of Beta testers switching to Aurora, not knowing the frequency of updates could be an issue for some testers. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593895238 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted April 17, 2011 Veteran Share Posted April 17, 2011 Nope. Somebody in this thread said they were weekly, but it looks like he was wrong. That was me :laugh: I don't think I was wrong, since I'm 99% sure that when I read the planning document it said weekly, but since there's no revision history (like a wiki) I can't verify that. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593901374 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnast Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 :p Yeah, no biggie either way. You always provide info on FF that I never knew about. (Y) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593901402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
V23 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Has anyone managed to get Fast Dial working with either Aurora or Nightly yet? I know of Speed Dial but it isn't as customisable. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593914432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamushroom Veteran Posted April 25, 2011 Veteran Share Posted April 25, 2011 I'm wondering where one could find the change log for Aurora. I'd like to know what changes I'm getting with each update. So, could anyone post a link to the change log? :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593926072 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1for-matik Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I'm wondering where one could find the change log for Aurora. I'd like to know what changes I'm getting with each update. So, could anyone post a link to the change log? :) Today's topicAll days topics (topics beginning with "The Official 201xxxxx builds...") Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593926090 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted April 25, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted April 25, 2011 I'm wondering where one could find the change log for Aurora. I'd like to know what changes I'm getting with each update. So, could anyone post a link to the change log? :) Go to the mozillaZine Forums and check the 'The Official Win32 2011mmdd builds are not yet out' threads. The first post lists the changes in Nightly and Aurora. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593926092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexalex Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 10 year old bug fixed yesterday https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102440 also a 6 year old bug was fixed to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197686 All the good features that are being planned for Firefox will land in total till Firefox 7 only . As such, the whole purpose of having 2 more versions in between is not so much compelling. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593926108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted April 25, 2011 Veteran Share Posted April 25, 2011 The less quirks we have, the better. I'd like to see quriks mode removed entirely from all browsers, but that can only happen very slowly. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593926118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted April 25, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted April 25, 2011 10 year old bug fixed yesterday https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102440 also a 6 year old bug was fixed to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197686 All the good features that are being planned for Firefox will land in total till Firefox 7 only . As such, the whole purpose of having 2 more versions in between is not so much compelling. We still get a lot of fixes and new features in Firefox 5 and 6. Besides, as Chrome proves: The version number is not so important. The release channel you're on is. With the rapid release schedule users get an up-to-date browser, with new releases on the stable channel every three months - which I fail to see the issue with. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593926128 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamushroom Veteran Posted April 25, 2011 Veteran Share Posted April 25, 2011 @Mephistopheles and 1for-matik: Thanks a lot. So far the changes are only under the hood just like Chrome's changes. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593926182 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted April 25, 2011 Veteran Share Posted April 25, 2011 Well apart from the main merge every 6 weeks, all changes to Aurora will be "under the hood" (unless they back out or disable a major change). Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593926196 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.r9 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I've run Peacekeeper , looks like Aurora is on very good way, I'm very happy about score, results below. Testing platform: i3 550, 4GB Ram DDR3, nVidia GF 430 GT, nothing really special but working good ;) Comparing to stable Fx 4.0 it is big step forward. Wow, how come Opera is sooooooo much higher? & how does it compare to Chrome? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593926198 Share on other sites More sharing options...
torrentthief Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 We still get a lot of fixes and new features in Firefox 5 and 6. Besides, as Chrome proves: The version number is not so important. The release channel you're on is. With the rapid release schedule users get an up-to-date browser, with new releases on the stable channel every three months - which I fail to see the issue with. Firefox 5 is worth it just for the bug fixes and seperate processes. We will now be able to tell which sites cause memory leaks so that mozilla can figure out what is wrong with firefox or the website as my ram usage increases loads over a period of a few hours. 64bit firefox too with ff5 will be good. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593926226 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamushroom Veteran Posted April 25, 2011 Veteran Share Posted April 25, 2011 Well apart from the main merge every 6 weeks, all changes to Aurora will be "under the hood" (unless they back out or disable a major change). Not all changes though as the theme has been changed compared with the one in Firefox 4. The URL bar etc looks lots better. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593926280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnast Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 also a 6 year old bug was fixed to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197686 Sorry, I know I'm nitpicking, but this is the second time I've seen someone say 6 years. Isn't it an 8 year old bug?? Firefox 5 is worth it just for the bug fixes and seperate processes. We will now be able to tell which sites cause memory leaks so that mozilla can figure out what is wrong with firefox or the website as my ram usage increases loads over a period of a few hours. 64bit firefox too with ff5 will be good. I haven't heard anything about separate processes for FF5 (?) Also, I'm pretty sure 64-bit won't make FF5 either with the new release schedule. Not all changes though as the theme has been changed compared with the one in Firefox 4. The URL bar etc looks lots better. That was added in the merge like he said :). I think he meant that you'll only see new features added every 6 weeks with Aurora. During the 6 week cycles there won't be anything new added, just ironing out bugs. That's the reason I decided to stay on the Nightly channel. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593926604 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasa1 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Firefox 5 is worth it just for the bug fixes and seperate processes. We will now be able to tell which sites cause memory leaks so that mozilla can figure out what is wrong with firefox or the website as my ram usage increases loads over a period of a few hours. 64bit firefox too with ff5 will be good. Why do you feel there will be separate processes? If I understand correctly, Electrolysis has a long way to go. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/13/#findComment-593926728 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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