Firefox 3.5 Final Released in Security

Firefox 3.5 Final Released in Security http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22633556 en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:56:24 EDT Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:56:24 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22668554 Michael York : Hi gollumbird,

This is Mike from the Norton Authorized Support Team.

The Norton Toolbar that comes with Norton Internet Security 2009 and Norton 360 version 3 is currently incompatible with Firefox 3.5. However, Symantec is currently working on a hotfix to resolve this issue which will be released on July 15th.

Please visit the links below for further information.

Compatibility of Norton 360 with Firefox 3.5

Compatibility of Norton Internet Security 2009 with Firefox 3.5

Thank you,
Mike
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Michael York
Norton Authorized Support Team
Symantec Corporation
»service.symantec.com/priority]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22668554 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:56:37 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22663673 anon : The history thing is a very annoying part of FF 3.5 which I discovered was a major mistake in downloading - I lost all my cookie exceptions that were blocked. The thing you should do now is to save your bookmarks by going thru the organize part into a word processor and then put it on your startup page. By doing this, you can at least go to the bookmark and click on it that way. And using the properties key you can cut and paste new websites into your saved page.

You must be also annoyed with the stupid (IE type) garbage of asking you twice if you wish to do something. Like clear your cookies, etc.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22663673 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:17:49 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22652284 SUMware :

said by AB

:

I just logged in here at the secure log-in page for the first time with Firefox 3.5, and had to make an exception to allow dslreports.com.

Never happened to me.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22652284 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:20:57 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22652199 GuruGuy : I've noticed some flakey things going on since the upgrade too...
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GuruGuy]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22652199 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:56:01 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22651928 AB : I just logged in here at the secure log-in page for the first time with Firefox 3.5, and had to make an exception to allow dslreports.com.
3.5 tells me the certificate is no good and I should watch my butt, as no legitimate site would be pulling these shennanigans. :o

Never happened before.

I made the exception. (This makes DSLR an 'exceptional site' as far as Firefox 3.5 and I are concerned.) ;)

justin

or nil

-- Is it me or the site certificate?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22651928 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:40:38 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22649281 ninn :

said by Madtown

:

I don't think it's my laptop, I think it's Firefox itself. It happened after the upgrade. I'm on Windows XP SP3, I did my windows updates, I use CCleaner, and I have Avast for Anti-virus.

Maybe I need to change my settings in the Firefox options, what any advices on what to change in there far as cache or something like that?

try this, example as shown in attached
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22649281 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:25:05 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22649093 Madtown : I don't think it's my laptop, I think it's Firefox itself. It happened after the upgrade. I'm on Windows XP SP3, I did my windows updates, I use CCleaner, and I have Avast for Anti-virus.

Maybe I need to change my settings in the Firefox options, what any advices on what to change in there far as cache or something like that?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22649093 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:46:22 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22649062 ninn :

said by Madtown

said by Unknown_Poster :

said by Madtown

:

I've been getting this message that my memory is running too low, what can I do about that?

Add more physical memory.

And make sure that your page file is adequately sized.

How do I do that?

open "Control Panel", double click on "System Icon", click on "Advanced", click on "settings" under "Performance" tab, click on "Advanced", click on "Change" under "Virtual Memory" and you will see the Page File info and can make some adjustment there.
good luck
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said by PrntRhd

:

Then check for how much RAM you can put into your PC.
Sites like www.crucial.com have configuration tools where you can put your make/model of PC and it will tell you what type of memory you can install and how much you can add.

I don't think that's much of the problem because it only started since I've upgraded Firefox to 3.5. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22648940 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:01:55 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22648223 PrntRhd : I did also load Firefox 3.5, works great guys.
:)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22648223 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:09:06 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22648191 PrntRhd : Then check for how much RAM you can put into your PC.
Sites like www.crucial.com have configuration tools where you can put your make/model of PC and it will tell you what type of memory you can install and how much you can add.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22648191 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:59:56 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22648165 Madtown :

said by PrntRhd

said by Madtown

:

I've been getting this message that my memory is running too low, what can I do about that?

First, do you know how much free space you have on your hard drive? Have you been cleaning your temporary files regularly? Your page file (an area of the HDD reserved for emergency use) is usually set by Windows automatically, but if there is inadequate drive free space, Windows will popup a warning of insufficient memory.

Second, go to My Computer, right click and go to properties.
under General tab, it should show how much RAM memory you have installed.

I have 448 MB of RAM, I do clear my temp files regualry and I have 12.0GB of free space. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22648165 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:49:05 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22648144 PrntRhd :

said by Madtown

:

I've been getting this message that my memory is running too low, what can I do about that?

said by Unknown_Poster :

said by Madtown

:

I've been getting this message that my memory is running too low, what can I do about that?

Add more physical memory.

And make sure that your page file is adequately sized.

How do I do that?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22648073 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:12:54 EDT Mozilla Slates First Firefox 3.5 Patch http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22647900 SUMware : From Computerworld
July 2, 2009 -

quote:
Plans to patch bugs this month that went unfixed in final version

Mozilla will patch the just-released Firefox 3.5 in the next few weeks to stamp out several bugs that went unfixed in the final version of the browser, the company said Tuesday.

Firefox 3.5.1, which Mozilla intends to deliver in mid-to-late July, will include fixes for at least three bugs and "topcrashes," the term the company uses to describe the frequently-reported crashes. Like many applications, Firefox asks users to report crashes by displaying a prompt after the browser goes down.

"[The] goal of this release should be a quick turnaround that fixes topcrashes and bugs we almost held ship for," Mozilla said in notes published after a weekly status meeting.

One of the topcrashes scheduled for a fix involves TraceMonkey, the new, faster JavaScript engine that debuted in Firefox 3.5. At least one of the bugs was fixed a week before Mozilla released the final code on Tuesday.

The quick patch is not unusual for Mozilla. The company did the same thing last year, when it issued Firefox 3.0.1 four weeks after shipping Firefox 3.0, 2008's update.

Users downloaded about 6.5 million copies of Firefox 3.5 in the browser's first 36 hours, according to Mozilla's real-time counter.

[some emphasis added]]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22647900 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:14:48 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22647328 anon :

said by Madtown

:

I've been getting this message that my memory is running too low, what can I do about that?

Add more physical memory.

And make sure that your page file is adequately sized.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22647328 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:10:16 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22646911 Grail Knight :

quote:
It's getting too hard to configure a browser to work the way you want!

Your opinion. I find configuring Fx and IE to be pretty cut and dry. IE w/ Avant or Maxthon shells give even more options.

As for lockign things down as you know that differs per user. I use my history and the Awesome Bar quite a bit and there are easy tweaks to the Awesome Bar to speed it up as well as options to search what you want.
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said by tmr250z

:

Go here: »www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/geolocation/
then click on the blue link that says, "Give it a try!".

There's another one, on Flickr I think, but I can't remember the address right now. I'll get back to you if I find it again.

thanks much for your reply
surely, i try it now see how it works
did try it, did gave out about 20 miles radius.
thanks again
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Intel P4 3GHz, 2GB RAM, Win XP Pro (sp3), IE8, FireFox 3.5, Symantec Antivirus, WinPatrol Plus and Spyware Doctor]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22644075 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:06:43 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22644015 carpetshark3 : I was reading the Mozilla forums and apparently you still have to disable windows security in Firefox config.
Now if I remember rightly, FF said that windows security would be an option for 3.1 at the time. I guess not.
I just saw an article about browsers doing away with bookmarks.
I prefer bookmarks over history.
It's getting too hard to configure a browser to work the way you want!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22644015 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:55:01 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22642988 tmr250z :

said by ninn

said by tmr250z

said by TBD

:

The location thing was freaky; it found out my exact street :hmm:

Me too!!! :o

i like to try this, which web site or page should i go
thanks

Go here: »www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/geolocation/
then click on the blue link that says, "Give it a try!".

There's another one, on Flickr I think, but I can't remember the address right now. I'll get back to you if I find it again.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22642988 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:39:53 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22642945 sivran : No, that's just FF conforming to an existing security feature in Windows.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22642945 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:26:41 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22642607 redwolfe_98 : with "FF 3.5", i notice that, when i download the updates for "windows defender", from the MS website (»www.microsoft.com/security/porta···aspx#top ) , "FF 3.5" changes the file, somehow, so that, when i try to run the file, i get an alert from "windows", asking me if i want to allow the file to run, and, when i run the file, it generates some regkeys, "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Systemcertificates\Trustedpublisher" (with no "value" ).. i don't get the same alert, from "windows", asking me if i want to allow the file to run, and the regkeys are not generated, either, when running the same file, when it is downloaded with either "IE 6" or with "FF 3.0".. maybe this is a security-enhancement in "FF 3.5"? or, is "FF 3.5" "corrupting" the file? i don't know.. i guess someone would say that, since the file still runs, it was not "corrupted"..]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22642607 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:58:57 EDT Re: Firefox add-ons: Which work in 3.5? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22640594 anon : Better G-Mail works for me...it's updated for 3.5]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22640594 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:08:35 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22640596 carpetshark3 : That is for the 3.011 or whatever the last 3.0 release was.
Does it still work on 3.5? I don't keep history or cookies disabling the awful bar is ok by me. I'd probably disable that geocaching, too.
Now what did 3.5 do about windows security? I couldn't get one of the older versions to download anything as I have IE locked down so tight it can barely run. Mozilla finally published a workaround for that and hinted that 3.1 (now3.5) would have an option to not tie into windows security.
Trying to find workarounds for some problems is impossible.
Weezy]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22640596 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:00:56 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22640546 ElJay : I had to add the network.dns.disablePrefetch preference manually. It was not listed in about:config.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22640546 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:51:39 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22639252 severach : That plugin only gets rid of the bookmarks. I could have erased all the bookmarks and got that which isn't so bad since the only good bookmark is a dead bookmark.

The location history needs to be fast. FF3 made it slow.

The location history needs to display an infinite number of items so I can erase them. Infinity - 1 is one too few.

But I can tolerate all that. Until the sorting and searching problem is fixed FF3 is utterly unusable.

»www.ghacks.net/2008/06/14/firefo···roversy/

The problem is that as yet no browser has ever found a good way to manage bookmarks. Each copies the other and all are horrible. FF2 got very close to self-manage perfection entirely by accident and as always, no good deed goes unpunished.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22639252 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:48:41 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22639253 banditws6 :

said by carpetshark3

:

I saw one site say AdBlock plus works, but don't see that listed, either.

AdBlock Plus is working on FF3.5 here. It wasn't listed as incompatible when the update did a scan of my add-ons, and it's continued to function as usual since the upgrade.
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"I'll follow the law until it's just stupid." -Ted Nugent]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22639253 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:48:41 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22638991 mike31mets : There does appear to be an option in FF3.5 to change the Location bar to search by "History and Bookmarks", "History", "Bookmarks", or "Nothing".]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22638991 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:48:11 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22638566 carpetshark3 : What is FF doing about blocking images and audio? Flashblock and Noscript do some of the blocking, and I also use Tab Permissions to turn off images - especially on Yahoo.
I don't care how fast FF is with HTML5 - If I don't want graphics, I don't want graphics.
I've gotten rid of the awful bar, used the fix to override Windows Security, don't keep history, and use Track me not.
I saw one site say AdBlock plus works, but don't see that listed, either.
Thanks,
Weezy]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22638566 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:55:18 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637936 anon :

said by Madtown

:

I sure hope this is the update that will stop the browser from freezing every 2 seconds.

Hmmm.

I've never experienced that behavior, so I guess Mozilla must've given me a special update four or five years ago.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637936 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:40:01 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637899 SUMware :

said by Ark

:

How can I get rid of the warning that appears when I press Ctrl+Shift+Del. In 3.0 I think there was an option to have it ask each time or not. Pretty damn annoying to have it pop up a box all the time again now.

I share your pain. ;) Dont' Ask on 3.5 Clearing History - CTRL+SHIFT+DEL]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637899 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:43:10 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637882 sonofjay : There are a few things it does differently that are annoying. One as you mentioned is basing the drop down on your bookmarks. The other, and it's been a while since I've used awful bar so I may be wrong, it also doesn't clear out your history (bookmarks or history) when you clear your cache. Maybe this was always just bookmarks? I have so many bookmarks it's hard to tell.

Like severach

I was hoping that there would be an option to disable awful bar built-in to FF. I'm surprised as there are enough people that dislike it that you'd think it would warrant an option to do so. It could even come enabled by default so that whatever team at Mozilla developed it didn't let their baby to be forgotten.

Anyway.. thanks. I'll wait and see when I get FF3.5 what options are available then.

EDIT: from the link you provided above

quote:
Long Description

For Firefox 3.5 users, this add-on is no longer needed, so installing it will just change a built in Firefox 3.5 preference to only search visited history pages and uninstall itself. See the following page for more info:
»ed.agadak.net/2009/02/firefox-31···-privacy

could someone have been listening to the complaints about awful bar? ;)
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Mission Accomplished]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637882 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:35:18 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637858 mike31mets : Well it does get rid of the drop down. I thought that's what annoyed you? What's the difference between the drop down in IE/FF2 and the FF3? They're both annoying to have. Seems like IE/FF2 predicts based on history whereas FF3 predicts based on history and bookmarks. I rather it do neither so that's why I disable it.

This add-on replaces the awesomebar and makes it so that it only displays your history (not your bookmarks). »https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7429]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637858 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:19:00 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637806 sonofjay :

said by mike31mets

said by severach

:

The Awful bar isn't gone yet. Don't suggest the addons because I don't care how it looks. It must show all, sort, and search like the FF2 bar and the addons don't help with that. I'm perfectly happy with FF2 forever until they fix that.

You can disable the 'awesome' bar, you do realize that right?

»support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_fo···orumId=1

Is this the same fix that disables awful bar but also provides you no history in the address bar drop down (like available in FF2 and any version of IE?). My experience has been that when trying to disable awful bar you loose the ability to use your history or autocomplete in the address bar. not really a great "work around".
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said by severach

You can disable the 'awesome' bar, you do realize that right?

»support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_fo···orumId=1]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637718 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:24:24 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637661 NY Tel : Downloaded it and really notice a difference.

Thanks]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637661 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:01:59 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637584 severach : The Awful bar isn't gone yet. Don't suggest the addons because I don't care how it looks. It must show all, sort, and search like the FF2 bar and the addons don't help with that. I'm perfectly happy with FF2 forever until they fix that.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637584 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:40:57 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637583 Madtown : I sure hope this is the update that will stop the browser from freezing every 2 seconds.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637583 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:40:25 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637517 Ark : How can I get rid of the warning that appears when I press Ctrl+Shift+Del. In 3.0 I think there was an option to have it ask each time or not. Pretty damn annoying to have it pop up a box all the time again now.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637517 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:18:37 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637513 ninn :

said by tmr250z

said by TBD

:

The location thing was freaky; it found out my exact street :hmm:

Me too!!! :o

i like to try this, which web site or page should i go
thanks
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Intel P4 3GHz, 2GB RAM, Win XP Pro (sp3), IE8, FireFox 3.5, Symantec Antivirus, WinPatrol Plus and Spyware Doctor]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637513 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:18:25 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637097 HD_Ride : thanks, will give it a try]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637097 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:34:57 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637095 SUMware :

said by anybody :

Anybody got a official download link to Firefox 3.0.11 incase my fave plug-ins aren't compatible with 3.5? Thanx.

»releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla···/3.0.11/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637095 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:33:45 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637087 planet :

said by anybody :

Anybody got a official download link to Firefox 3.0.11 incase my fave plug-ins aren't compatible with 3.5? Thanx.

If you use the internal updater, you can check to see whether your plug ins are compatible before you update. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637087 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:32:01 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637084 SUMware :

said by HD_Ride

:

is there any replacement for MediaPlayerConnectivity, do I even need it anymore?

Try to make it compatible by using Mr. Tech. Perhaps the dev will update it soon.

said by HD_Ride

:

Thanks for the tweaking info

You're welcome. Happy to help! :-)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637084 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:31:42 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637060 anon : Anybody got a official download link to Firefox 3.0.11 incase my fave plug-ins aren't compatible with 3.5? Thanx.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637060 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:27:32 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637034 HD_Ride : I’ve been running RC3 at work for about a week, it was fast and like it allot. Anyway just seen your post on the final and installed with the FF updater. I lost some themes which is no problem but lost one extension that may be a concern, is there any replacement for MediaPlayerConnectivity, do I even need it anymore? my other 9 extensions are working fine.... other than that did the geo tool tweak and all it good here, again it very fast. Thanks for the tweaking info]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637034 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:19:37 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636919 hayc59 : SUMware, thanks dude!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636919 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:53:10 EDT Re: Firefox add-ons: Which work in 3.5? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636859 planet :

said by Stem Bolt

:

Doesn't work with Firefox 3.5:

Better Gmail 2
gDocsBar
Google Gears (read above)
Headup
Open in Google Chrome
Prism
Tab Mix Plus
Tab Minus

Add Norton IPS 1.0]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636859 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:38:41 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636812 rcdailey : It's a marketing tool for sponsors, so it has a place in a browser if one purpose of the browser is to sell things to users. If you don't want to be bothered by it, disabling it is a good idea. This idea of targeted marketing via software goes all the way back to the original Prodigy. People didn't like it then, either. Oh, and I also just disabled the geolocator in Firefox.
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In reality, there is no such thing as a clean human being.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636812 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:29:39 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636743 mike31mets : I disabled the GeoLocator. Don't care for it and quite frankly I don't think it has any place in a web browser.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636743 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:14:01 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636653 rcdailey : It only gets to within a 15-mile radius for me. That actually makes me feel good. They don't really know exactly where I am. They'll have to launch a Predator to find me. OTOH, they could just look me up in the phone book.
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In reality, there is no such thing as a clean human being.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636653 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:52:19 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636546 tmr250z :

said by TBD

:

The location thing was freaky; it found out my exact street :hmm:

Me too!!! :o]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636546 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:30:33 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636337 TBD : The location thing was freaky; it found out my exact street :hmm:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636337 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:47:23 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636284 madylarian : I have few add-ons so that was not a problem. But it seems as if whenever FF has a major update like this it "breaks" my setting of Pegasus as default mailer and I always have a hard time finding the right settings again.

mady
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»tmp.garyr.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9864
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Generated: Tue Jun 30 2009 18:11:08 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1) Gecko/20090624 Firefox/3.5
Build ID: 20090624025744

Enabled Extensions: [20]
- BBCode 0.5.3
- CoolPreviews 2.7.5.0522
- DownloadHelper 4.5
- Gmail Notifier 0.6.3.11
- Greasemonkey 0.8.20090123.1
- Java Console 6.0.11
- Java Console 6.0.14
- LCD Clock 0.2
- Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant 0.0.0
- MR Tech Toolkit 6.0.3.3
- NoScript 1.9.5
- Open link in... 1.6
- QuickJava 0.4.2.1
- Remove It Permanently 1.0.6.6
- Restore Scroll Position 0.5.9.11
- Searchbar Autosizer 1.4.1
- Secure Login 0.9.3
- Smiley Xtra 4.1.1
- SmoothWheel (AMO) 0.44.18.20090408.3
- TinyUrl Creator 1.0.5

Installed Themes: [7]
- Aquatint Black Gloss 3.0.2
- Aquatint Redone 3.0.1
- Default
- FoxGeek 1.5
- Halloween 3.4
- Orange Fox 0.2
- Tinseltown 2.121408
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13,498 DEADLY TERROR ATTACKS SINCE 9/11]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636182 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:13:24 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635993 Gaff : The geo-location thing is...interesting.

I tried the Flickr test, agreed to share my location and then it told me I was in Chicago.

Maybe a few bugs left to fix with that :p
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quote:
We've compiled what is by no means an exhaustive list of extensions that we find do and do not work in Firefox 3.5 at launch. Add your insights to the comments--we'll be updating this post throughout the day. Mozilla also has a compatibility report that takes the 95 percent most-used add-ons and matches them to their version numbers. A quick glance will tell you if your favorites are a go.

Works with Firefox 3.5:

All-In-One Sidebar AVG Safe Search
ColorfulTabs
CoolIris (requires manual redownload or reinstallation)
Customize Google
Flagfox
FoxyTunes
Googlepedia
Google Preview
Google Toolbar
Java QuickStarter
McAfee Site Advisor
Personal Menu
Read It Later
Roboform (PC only--requires manual redownload or reinstallation)
Select-n-Go by Cleeki
Session Manager
Shareaholic
Site Launcher
SmarterFox
Ubiquity
XMarks

Doesn't work with Firefox 3.5:

Better Gmail 2
gDocsBar
Google Gears (read above)
Headup
Open in Google Chrome
Prism
Tab Mix Plus
Tab Minus
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said by danry25

:

Firefox 3.5 still has the choppy video issue with HTML 5 tags.

That Dailymotion video they've embedded in their "Thank you for installing" page is getting hammered!! Where are some other examples we can see some HTML 5 video tag stuff?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635447 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:45:01 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635432 skyroket :

said by redwolfe_98

said by Phil75070

:

Too many add-ons I depend on are listed as incompatible with 3.5. I will wait

where does one find this information?

When you install it, it tells you how many of your addons it's disabling due to not being compatible. You can say OK, uninstall it, install 3.0, and everything will be back to normal.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635432 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:42:49 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635388 danry25 : Firefox 3.5 still has the choppy video issue with HTML 5 tags.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635388 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:33:54 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635293 SUMware :

said by Unknown_Poster :

Yep. "Do don't do that" = true. A bad reading on my part. Thank you sir, for that clarification. :)

You're welcome.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635293 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:15:58 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635261 anon :

said by SUMware

said by Unknown_Poster :

Thanks for the info, SUMware.
Just a point of curiosity:

quote:
. . by default, prefetching of embedded link hostnames is not performed on documents loaded over HTTPS. This can be changed by setting the network.dns.disablePrefetchFromHTTPS preference to false.

If that's not enabled by default, shouldn't the setting then already be "false" by default? (I haven't installed 3.5 yet so can't look myself.)

By default this is disabled - network.dns.disablePrefetchFromHTTPS - so by default it is set to true (this is the most secure option).

Yep. "Do don't do that" = true. A bad reading on my part.

Thank you sir, for that clarification. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635261 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:12:04 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635221 redwolfe_98 :

said by Phil75070

:

Too many add-ons I depend on are listed as incompatible with 3.5. I will wait

where does one find this information?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635221 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:03:45 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635206 SUMware :

said by Unknown_Poster :

Thanks for the info, SUMware.
Just a point of curiosity:

quote:
. . by default, prefetching of embedded link hostnames is not performed on documents loaded over HTTPS. This can be changed by setting the network.dns.disablePrefetchFromHTTPS preference to false.

If that's not enabled by default, shouldn't the setting then already be "false" by default? (I haven't installed 3.5 yet so can't look myself.)

By default this is disabled - network.dns.disablePrefetchFromHTTPS - so by default it is set to true (this is the most secure option).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635206 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:01:58 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635138 anon : Thanks for the info, SUMware.

Just a point of curiosity:

quote:
. . by default, prefetching of embedded link hostnames is not performed on documents loaded over HTTPS. This can be changed by setting the network.dns.disablePrefetchFromHTTPS preference to false.

If that's not enabled by default, shouldn't the setting then already be "false" by default? (I haven't installed 3.5 yet so can't look myself.)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635138 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:51:20 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635096 Cabal : Works well here, worked well through all the betas.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635096 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:42:58 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635039 tomazyk : Thank you for the info. I installed it and like it a lot. Specially CTRL+SHIFT+P :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635039 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:31:20 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22634911 SUMware :

said by gollumbird

:

Still no updates for Norton IPS and Norton Toolbar addons for Firefox 3.5.

I believe that those would need to come directly from Norton.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22634911 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:08:57 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22634838 gollumbird : Still no updates for Norton IPS and Norton Toolbar addons for Firefox 3.5.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22634838 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:55:48 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22634783 La Luna :

said by Phil75070

:

Too many add-ons I depend on are listed as incompatible with 3.5. I will wait.

Mr. Tech's Toolkit will make *most* extensions compatible. Worked perfectly for me.

»www.mrtech.com/extensions/local_install/
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13,494 DEADLY TERROR ATTACKS SINCE 9/11]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22634783 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:47:59 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22634767 Phil75070 : Too many add-ons I depend on are listed as incompatible with 3.5. I will wait.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22634767 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:45:14 EDT Re: Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22634056 Erg : Downloaded and liking it.

Thanks for the FYI, Sumware.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22634056 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:59:47 EDT Firefox 3.5 Final Released http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22633556 SUMware : Firefox 3.5 is now available directly from Mozilla.

Information about two new features:

Location-Aware Browsing:

Websites that use location-aware browsing will ask where you are in order to bring you more relevant information, or to save you time while searching. Let’s say you’re looking for a pizza restaurant in your area. A website will be able to ask you to share your location so that simply searching for “pizza” will bring you the answers you need... no further information or extra typing required.

Or, if you’re mapping out directions to get somewhere, the website will know where you’re starting from so all you have to do is tell it where you want to go.

This service is totally optional – Firefox doesn’t share your location without your permission – and is done with the utmost respect for your privacy.
If you wish to disable the feature completely, please follow this set of steps:
- In the URL bar, type about:config
- Type geo.enabled
- Double click on the geo.enabled preference [this sets 'geo.enabled' to 'false']
- Location-Aware Browsing is now disabled

Controlling DNS prefetching:

Firefox 3.5 performs DNS prefetching. This is a feature by which Firefox proactively performs domain name resolution on both links that the user may choose to follow as well as URLs for items referenced by the document, including images, CSS, JavaScript, and so forth.

This prefetching is performed in the background, so that the DNS is likely to already have been resolved by the time the referenced items are actually needed. This reduces latency when, for example, the user actually clicks a link.

However, the user may wish to disable prefetching. This can be done by setting the 'network.dns.disablePrefetch' preference to 'true'.

Also, by default, prefetching of embedded link hostnames is not performed on documents loaded over HTTPS. This can be changed by setting the network.dns.disablePrefetchFromHTTPS preference to false.

Prefetching is already a feature in the Firefox 3.0.x series:
Helpful Tip: Disable Firefox Prefetching (different from above):

Something you may not realize is that Firefox has a setting that will prefetch websites and images to improve the user’s browsing experience, and it’s actually enabled by default. It will utilize your browser’s idle time to prefetch images and websites as determined by the webmasters.

If you don’t want Firefox to do this then you’ll have to manually go and disable it:
- In the Firefox Address Bar type about:config and press Enter.
- Find the option that is named network.prefetch-next and double-click on it.
- Change the value to false.

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22633556 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:55:27 EDT