Firefox 6 is Now the Current Version!
Feb 1, 2012 | 3:10 pm
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Really, I haven't seen much change since 4.0 that was a pretty big change from 3.6 but these version numbers would all seem to be really like 4.1 or something.
Feb 1, 2012 | 6:14 pm
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I updated to 10 today and a few issues I've been having seem to be corrected, such as creating new threads on XenForo boards.
Feb 1, 2012 | 8:23 pm
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I also just updated to v. 10.0, and notice that Firefound is once again compatible. I don't think it worked with the previous version of FF.
Firefound helps you locate your missing computer, and remotely erase some data from the hard drive if necessary.
Howevery, Firefound is slated to shut down on June 1, 2012. See https://www.firefound.com/. Its author recommends Prey (preyproject.com) as a replacement.
Firefound helps you locate your missing computer, and remotely erase some data from the hard drive if necessary.
Howevery, Firefound is slated to shut down on June 1, 2012. See https://www.firefound.com/. Its author recommends Prey (preyproject.com) as a replacement.
Feb 7, 2012 | 4:06 pm
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Anyone who loves the Firefox addon Brief for reading RSS feeds will find it necessary to stick at FF 8 until Brief's incompatibility with FF 9 is resolved. (Or is this resolved in FF10? I frankly don't want to go to the hassle of finding out for myself if the answer is no.)
Feb 7, 2012 | 6:18 pm
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This whole version "arms war" just seems ridiculous to me. At the current run rate, I guess they will be at version 30+ next year and in a few years at version 100?! 
It's just laughable; either drop back to a normal versioning nomenclature like, you know, the rest of the software in the world (minus today's web browsers) or just drop the concept of a version number all to together...
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It's just laughable; either drop back to a normal versioning nomenclature like, you know, the rest of the software in the world (minus today's web browsers) or just drop the concept of a version number all to together...
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Feb 7, 2012 | 6:42 pm
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This whole version "arms war" just seems ridiculous to me. At the current run rate, I guess they will be at version 30+ next year and in a few years at version 100?!
It's just laughable; either drop back to a normal versioning nomenclature like, you know, the rest of the software in the world (minus today's web browsers) or just drop the concept of a version number all to together...
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It's just laughable; either drop back to a normal versioning nomenclature like, you know, the rest of the software in the world (minus today's web browsers) or just drop the concept of a version number all to together...
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I'm rather fond of the year-month versioning, or year-rev (eg 2012.0 for the first version released in 2012, 2012.(n-1) for the nth ...) as you can tell exactly how old or at least how old to the year something is.
Feb 8, 2012 | 6:00 am
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I was not referring to the "variety" of version numbers, but rather the rate of change (i.e. velocity). That is a subtle, but important distinction. Furthermore, I'm aware of, and acknowledge, version inflation, but those are usually moderately discrete events that happen occasionally, not on a continuous (i.e. monthly) and ongoing basis.
Please point to a software package, other than web browsers (i.e. Chrome, Opera, Firefox, etc.) that is changing their major (major, not minor) version number on literally an almost monthly basis.
IMHO, it's ridiculous.
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Feb 15, 2012 | 9:26 am
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Is anyone else's Thunderbird performing terribly starting with 9.0? It often hangs and crashes after it's simply been minimized (and I'm trying to bring the window back up from the taskbar).
Feb 16, 2012 | 1:16 pm
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ever came up with the idi
Feb 17, 2012 | 7:55 pm
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10.0.2 was released today. Do those concerned that high version numbers signal the impending apocalypse feel better? Do you really think market shares are impacted by version numbers?
The could call them 1, b, iii, IV, etc. for all I care.