Firefox 5 launched

FF4 was released like 2-3months ago if not mistaken and many folks were complaining about FF4 and resources. I will download FF5 and see if this actually sorts out my problem if not I am sticking with Chrome
 
I don't think Firefox should follow the trend that Google Chrome and IE has set.

Major releases have major version numbers.

Like the move to FF4 was a major one and thus the new version was justified.

Come on Firefox, stand out! Don't give in!
 
myaudream said:
They have no choice. Chrome has gained 10% usage in the past year.
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eh? Are you suggesting that marketshare came from their version numbering system, and not the fact that 75% of the world's web surfers saw ads for Chrome on their google search results?
 
they have lost me long long ago and chrome won me over. However I agree with faster releases but if things carry on like this we'll be on version 50 in a few years which is stupid. Should be x.1, x.2 and save the x's for major ones.
 
Well i moved i moved to chrome as soon as extensions such as ad block, image zoom etc came in. That tied with the anywhere synch of the browser(pwd, apps, bookmarks etc) it makes it very hard to compete with.
 
krycor said:
Well i moved i moved to chrome as soon as extensions such as ad block, image zoom etc came in. That tied with the anywhere synch of the browser(pwd, apps, bookmarks etc) it makes it very hard to compete with.
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What makes it hard to compete, is that Google has scalped about half the Firefox coders, and the entire Mozilla foundation pretty much exists because of money Google pays them for being the default search engine. At any point in time, Google could probably make Firefox die. But they'd look a little too douchy if they did that :)
 
I'l loving FF4. I'll never change from Firefox until something exactly like Live Bookmarks is available on the browsers

FF4 for andoid has been a mighty disappointment though. Opera Mobile rules for speed on Android.
 
FF4 was a lot better than IE9, FF5 CRUSHES IE9.

Why do people use IE again? Oh yeah, cause its the default browser *sigh*. Start -> Internet. Sometimes I swear its MS's goal to reign in the progression of the web.
 
Firefox 5

As far as I'm concerned, Firefox 4 was to Mozilla that Vista was To Microsoft, and I welcome the new release! I think the v.5 release is just fine, have you seen what Chrome has been pushing as new versions?
 
Well if you have FF4 installed to get to FF5 just a visit to the Help -> About page will kick off the update.
 
FF5 came as a bit of surprise. I cannot recall any hype leading up to it.

At first I thought it was a hoax or phishing or something. Eventually found something on PCWorld before I installed it :o

Nice to see Mozilla doing their thing. FF FTW!!! :D
 
ColinR said:
Firefox is starting to look like Chrome
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Going to have to take your word for it. Being a devoted and happy FF user, I don't know what Chrome looks like :o

So what are the similarities?
 
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