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Firefox 42.0 stable is out - only Softpedia shows it though
MilesAhead:
Maybe they just regularly have an eye on the Mozilla release servers.
Which is actually a bad idea, given that releases may contain bugs and be replaced before they are announced.
-Tuxman (November 04, 2015, 09:45 AM)
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Yeah, but I do a checksum and they are always the same. So it must be a heads up on the annointed stable release package. I don't remember how long this has gone on. The rapid change in version numbers makes it difficult to guess. Version 42 is out but version 13 was probably only a short time ago. I think it's been going on at least that long.
CWuestefeld:
Upgraded to 42.0 x64 yesterday.
After a full day using it, between two different computers, it seems quite stable. And subjectively, it seems better for memory usage than WaterFox was.
Tuxman:
Meanwhile, Firefox 43.0 beta is out. And DownThemAll! 3.0 is not working anymore due to the mandatory add-on signing.
I guess it's time for me to search for a new browser after ten years of Firefox.
MilesAhead:
Upgraded to 42.0 x64 yesterday.
After a full day using it, between two different computers, it seems quite stable. And subjectively, it seems better for memory usage than WaterFox was.
-CWuestefeld (November 05, 2015, 04:14 PM)
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I gave the x64 Nightly a try. But it was definitely slower opening multiple pages than the 32 bit x86 42.0. Also when I tried to open OneDrive I got a blank page with no background color. Just hanging. Whereas with the 32 bit FF it came right up.
For some reason Cyberfox has no big issues that I remember. Maybe it is the optimizing compiler.
MilesAhead:
Meanwhile, Firefox 43.0 beta is out. And DownThemAll! 3.0 is not working anymore due to the mandatory add-on signing.
I guess it's time for me to search for a new browser after ten years of Firefox.
-Tuxman (November 05, 2015, 04:18 PM)
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All this security stuff is getting to be a drag. Used to be you could photocopy a document such as a birth certificate and mail it or present it when filing for some other government stuff. Now thay make you buy additional "originals" often at more than $10 a pop, just to stick in a file cabinet. Like it is all computerized so why not just send a "fetch" RPC call to the other government agency requesting the file be transmitted? Anything to squeeze another buck out of us.
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