chenGOD Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Since Mozilla has decided that more releases equals better product, let's use this thread to discuss what shit their updates break, or if they don't break anything, what the good points are. So. Firefox 6 - break anything? For me it breaks my password extension manager. So umm, no thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosmachine Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 https://addons.mozil...y-tester-tools/ install this, it lets you re-enable addons that aren't marked compatible yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 oh never mind, lol I had to update my password manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azatoth Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Did you know that Google Chrome doesn't break when it updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 Hey - that's great. But this thread is about Firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nene multiple assgasms Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 all my extensions are working fine. when I first updated to fx 4 cookiesafe no longer worked, but it turned out that the author had pretty much abandoned the project, so I switched to cookie monster, which does what I need. in fx 6 they started highlighting the domain in the url, which I disabled in about:config. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 They're so competing against Google Chrome for who has the highest version number. It was like when I was in playschool and we'd draw racing cars and the best person was the one who could fit the most amount of '9's on the side of the car .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nene multiple assgasms Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 They're so competing against Google Chrome for who has the highest version number. It was like when I was in playschool and we'd draw racing cars and the best person was the one who could fit the most amount of '9's on the side of the car .... it's more like they're competing with chrome for who can have the latest features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foresense Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 yeah Chrome doesn't make a huge deal about version numbering, it just autoupdates... constantly. I see they passed Opera, at version 13 now lol. going to install Firefox see how they're doing.. kinda lost track after they added features like sync that wasn't working very well and that open window management system thingy... Definetly falling victim to feature creep, which is kind of funny since the whole reason Firefox got popular is because it was a lightweight version of Mozilla Suite. Maybe they should spawn a lightweight version of this one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Definetly falling victim to feature creep, which is kind of funny since the whole reason Firefox got popular is because it was a lightweight version of Mozilla Suite. Maybe they should spawn a lightweight version of this one too. As a long time FF user this is beginning to wear on me, since the whole reason I went to it in the first place was that it was lightweight and efficient. Also, the way they keep changing how you update your extensions and plug-ins is just unnecessarily confusing. I'm using 6 and there's no immediately apparent way to check for updates to extensions. Nor is there any apparent way to dispose of extensions incompatible with 6. Also, updating Flash automatically installs google chrome on your system without so much as even asking for your permission. Fuck you adobe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nene multiple assgasms Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Also, the way they keep changing how you update your extensions and plug-ins is just unnecessarily confusing. I'm using 6 and there's no immediately apparent way to check for updates to extensions. click on the firefox button then addons (or ctrl+shift+a) then click on the gear button and check for updates. Nor is there any apparent way to dispose of extensions incompatible with 6. from the same tab click on disable or remove. Also, updating Flash automatically installs google chrome on your system without so much as even asking for your permission. Fuck you adobe. disable automatic updates for flash (and any other program available from filehippo.com) and install the filehippo.com update checker. http://www.filehippo.com/updatechecker/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscillik Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Also, updating Flash automatically installs google chrome on your system without so much as even asking for your permission. Fuck you adobe. optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Also, the way they keep changing how you update your extensions and plug-ins is just unnecessarily confusing. I'm using 6 and there's no immediately apparent way to check for updates to extensions. click on the firefox button then addons (or ctrl+shift+a) then click on the gear button and check for updates. Thanks. Did not see tiny gear button. Nor is there any apparent way to dispose of extensions incompatible with 6. from the same tab click on disable or remove. The extensions that are automatically disabled b/c they're incompatible w/ 6.0 are greyed out, so you can't remove them. Any ideas? Also, updating Flash automatically installs google chrome on your system without so much as even asking for your permission. Fuck you adobe. optional. No. Not so when updating via the Add-ons Manager - Plugins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nene multiple assgasms Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 The extensions that are automatically disabled b/c they're incompatible w/ 6.0 are greyed out, so you can't remove them. Any ideas? maybe try the add-on compatibility reporter? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-on-compatibility-reporter/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosmachine Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 https://addons.mozil...y-tester-tools/ install this, it lets you re-enable addons that aren't marked compatible yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 http://twitter.com/#!/ricedoutyugo/status/105166761242009601 http://twitter.com/#!/ricedoutyugo/status/105921033164439552 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halisray Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Is firefox worth getting? I have Safari and I enjoy the new trackpad gestures that I can do using Safari. I use a MBP fyi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Firefox has gesture support as well. It's worth getting because it's the most flexible browser. I've seen a lot of OSX Firefox installations hang like crazy though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosmachine Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 if you're not already hooked on firefox extensions, you don't really need it. i have a bunch of addons for firefox that i find indispensable for web development, though. chrome is probably better for casual browsing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halisray Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 What are some good extensions that I should try? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted August 29, 2011 Author Share Posted August 29, 2011 Depends what you do on the web. AdBlockplus, NoScript are good ones though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inteeliguntdesign Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 if you're not already hooked on firefox extensions, you don't really need it. i have a bunch of addons for firefox that i find indispensable for web development, though. chrome is probably better for casual browsing. What ff extensions are you using for web dev? I'm finding chrome's inbuilt debugger much better than firebug these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Yeah the webkit debug tools are pretty much on par with Firebug. And they have more advanced profiling tools. On Firefox I also use good old web developer toolbar for easy access to disable cache, cookies and resizing to specific resolutions. Oh and GridFox for when I need to make sure everything aligns correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 If you do any amount of JQuery development, FireQuery (FireBug Addon - I know - addons that have addons) is indespensible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acid1 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 I cycled back and forth between google chrome and firefox for years but inevitably both would break on me with enough forceful operations (too many tabs or wierd extensions). I've been using Safari since June, I don't think I'm going back to any of those browsers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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