vasa1 Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 This page hasn't yet (at the time of posting) been updated: https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/channel/ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-593996376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogas04 Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share Posted May 19, 2011 This page hasn't yet (at the time of posting) been updated: https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/channel/ coz may 17 was just aurora to beta merge day , not public release day , read meeting notes Please note that this is not the date users will see an update available Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-593997436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznkid25 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 In the latest build of Aurora, I'm unable to open the add-ons manager. Anyone else seeing this problem? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-594000142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semtex Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Anyone else seeing this problem? Nope, everything works fine in here, try to run Firefox in safe mode with disabled all extensions, maybe one of them cost You a problem, also did You use some scripts to change addon manager layout etc? But I'm facing other problem with Aurora and Nightly, I can't drag window with mouse, Aero snap and shake duno work any more, can someone confirm or I must look for problem in my Sys. settings? EDIT: TMP was a problem.... solved Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-594000324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasa1 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 In the latest build of Aurora, I'm unable to open the add-ons manager. Anyone else seeing this problem? No problems here with Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0a2) Gecko/20110519 Firefox/5.0a2 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-594000344 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznkid25 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 It looks like it's fine now. Not sure what happened. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-594001490 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yowanvista Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Beta out https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/channel/ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-594003114 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakers Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Are they ever giong to fix the font rendering in Firefox? Looks just terrible compared to Chrome/IE/Opera Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-594003128 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted May 21, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted May 21, 2011 Are they ever giong to fix the font rendering in Firefox? Looks just terrible compared to Chrome/IE/Opera It looks fine to me personally. That being said, the 6.0 nightly builds - soon to be on the Aurora channel - offer more fine-grained control over the font rendering. See this mozillaZine forum post for more details. Firefox 6.0 and higher with 'gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.rendering_mode' set to '2' in about:config is probably what you're looking for. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-594003146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 When is Mozilla going to implement a native pdf viewer in Firefox? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-594003164 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted May 21, 2011 Veteran Share Posted May 21, 2011 Are they ever giong to fix the font rendering in Firefox? Looks just terrible compared to Chrome/IE/Opera Firefox uses the same font rendering APIs as Firefox, Chrome and Opera just haven't caught up yet. When is Mozilla going to implement a native pdf viewer in Firefox? Probably never, no other browser does it (Chrome just bundles Acrobat) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-594003174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted May 21, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted May 21, 2011 Firefox uses the same font rendering APIs as Firefox, Chrome and Opera just haven't caught up yet. Probably never, no other browser does it (Chrome just bundles Acrobat) Hm? I was under the impression that Google rolled their own PDF viewer for Chrome rather than bundling Adobe Reader components. Edit: They are rolling their own: Found in C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\<version number>\ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-594003180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 What exactly is new in Firefox 5? I can't seem to find anything new. :/ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-594003330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha_omega Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 What exactly is new in Firefox 5? I can't seem to find anything new. :/ Mostly under-the-hood changes: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Features/Release_Tracking#Desktop Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-594003346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
torrentthief Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 flash 10.3 is crashing alot for me with firefox 5 beta :( Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-594003360 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Mostly under-the-hood changes: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Features/Release_Tracking#Desktop Loads of performance improvements, me like! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-594003388 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkburn Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Release notes for the Fx5 beta can be found on http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/5.0beta/releasenotes/ ... and the really detailed list is here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/5.0beta/releasenotes/buglist.html Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-594003520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted May 21, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted May 21, 2011 Can't run beta/aurora till they have the nightly font fixes :no: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-594003646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Can't run beta/aurora till they have the nightly font fixes :no: I was originally planning to switch to beta/aurora eventually, but I haven't been haven't had a single problem with the nightly channel so far. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-594003664 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deo Domuique Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 I was originally planning to switch to beta/aurora eventually, but I haven't been haven't had a single problem with the nightly channel so far. Yup... Luckily is so stable it's like getting only fixes/improvements... I use 6?1 as default... Even the x64 build. Same happens with ABP preview builds ( 1.38? currently ). We're lucky I suppose. But also it's expected in a way, 'cause the rapid release cycle, makes only few changes, like Chrome and not many major ones which are most likely to give problems. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-594003804 Share on other sites More sharing options...
apathy Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Firefox uses the same font rendering APIs as Firefox, Chrome and Opera just haven't caught up yet. Probably never, no other browser does it (Chrome just bundles Acrobat) Only if you use the default windows themes. Otherwise the font rendering is bad even with HW Acceleration off. You could use any visual style with Firefox3 and the font would look normal like other browsers. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-594004004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Are they ever giong to fix the font rendering in Firefox? Looks just terrible compared to Chrome/IE/Opera This is fixed in firefox6. In firefox 6 there are settings in about:config to make directwrite render very similarly to classic cleartype. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-594004008 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObiWanToby Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 This is fixed in firefox6. In firefox 6 there are settings in about:config to make directwrite render very similarly to classic cleartype. It is half a shame this is what has come of directwrite. It looks quite a bit better for me, but I know many have had horrible issues with it. This will certainly prevent the adoption. I wonder why it looks horrible for some and great for others? The variability in the monitors that are used? OS X has a smoother font rendering as well. Not as sharp, but still clearly defined. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-594004026 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Here's a quick comparison between firefox 6 with dw off, and dw on (and set to gdi classic) directwrite off directwrite on (set to gdi classic) Looks basically the same now, except directwrite has slightly bigger spacing. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-594004048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted May 22, 2011 Veteran Share Posted May 22, 2011 Hm? I was under the impression that Google rolled their own PDF viewer for Chrome rather than bundling Adobe Reader components. Edit: They are rolling their own: Found in C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\<version number>\ Hmm, last time I tried it, it just loaded Acrobat (I knew it was separate since the system only had Acrobat 9, but Chrome was showing Acrobat 10 widgets) Only if you use the default windows themes. Otherwise the font rendering is bad even with HW Acceleration off. You could use any visual style with Firefox3 and the font would look normal like other browsers. Font rendering is the same regardless of the Windows theme. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/980176-meet-firefox-50/page/17/#findComment-594004422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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