[vox-tech] Firefox 3.5

[Peter Jay Salzman]

http://www.slashgear.com/firefox-3-5-released-faster-javascript-location-aware-new-privacy-features-3048323/

   Firefox 3.5 brings with it the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, said to
   be more than twice as fast as in v3.0 and ten times faster than Firefox 2

But it's hard to gauge these kinds of statements - it most likely means
"Firefox 3.5 for Windows".  Not sure if this is true for Linux.


On Thu 09 Jul 09,  5:25 PM, Alex Mandel <tech_dev at wildintellect.com> said:
> 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
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 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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