[vox-tech] Firefox 3.5

[Alex Mandel]

In reading the release notes I didn't see any really spectacular new
features. Javascript should run faster, and it's more compatible with
newer html standards but few are using those yet and it has the "private
browser" feature that all the IE 8 commercials rave about too.

Not much else the end user might notice.
see http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.5/releasenotes/

Alex


Aaron Brayton wrote:
> Thanks everyone.
> 
> Now I guess the question is, are the new features in 3.5 worth the upgrade?
> 
> Aaron
> 
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> Alex Mandel wrote:
>> Well not quite. By default within Ubuntu 9.04 it will not automatically
>> switch to 3.5, it's actually marked as a separate package since it's
>> been in beta the last few months and is a major revision.
>> Basically since 3.0 and 3.5 were both in development there are 2 package
>> names, in the next release of Ubuntu there will probably only be 3.5
>>
>> To install
>> sudo apt-get install firefox-3.5
>>
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> Chris Jenks wrote:
>>   
>>>    Dear Aaron,
>>>
>>>    It sounds like you might be using Ubuntu, since you mention update 
>>> manager. I'm using an up-to-date Jaunty system, and my firefox version is 
>>> 3.0.11. I don't think new features even get introduced until the next 
>>> version upgrade of Ubuntu in a few months, and even then I wouldn't expect 
>>> firefox to jump from 3.0 to 3.5. I think you will have to install manually 
>>> if you really want the latest version.
>>>
>>>    Yours,
>>>
>>>      Chris
>>>
>>> On Thu, 9 Jul 2009, Aaron Brayton wrote:
>>>
>>>     
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>
>>>> Please don't laugh, as I'm aware my question is potentially silly.
>>>>
>>>> Firefox 3.5 has been released.  However, I have yet to see the update
>>>> pop up in update manager.  Normally updates post quickly in update
>>>> manager, right?
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone explain this?  (Is this a manual upgrade? Or is there a delay
>>>> in updating the repositories?)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Aaron
>>>>       
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