firefox 15 final released

[hclarkjr]

ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/c...tes/build1/win32/en-US/Firefox Setup 15.0.exe

What’s New

• NEW Preliminary native PDF support (Aurora/Beta only)
• NEW Support for SPDY networking protocol v3
• NEW WebGL enhancements, including compressed textures for better performance
• CHANGED Optimized memory usage for add-ons
• DEVELOPER JavaScript debugger integrated into developer tools
• DEVELOPER New layout view added to Inspector
• DEVELOPER The CSS word-break property has been implemented.
• DEVELOPER High precision event timer implemented
• DEVELOPER New responsive design tool allows web developers to switch between desktop and mobile views of sites
• HTML5 Native support for the Opus audio codec added
• HTML5 The <source> element now supports the media attribute
• HTML5 The <audio> and <video> elements now support the played attribute

this is not the official release so it will not be on the firefox website. official release date is August 28

 

[hclarkjr]

install went smoothly, all my add ons working.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

Thanks. Nice, glad to know it is running well. lookin forward to it!

 

[hclarkjr]

testing to see if the memory use has been improved for add ons, i like autopager but it is a big memory hog. i usually disable it when i do not need it.

 

[pcslookout]

testing to see if the memory use has been improved for add ons, i like autopager but it is a big memory hog. i usually disable it when i do not need it.

Yep autopager sure is.

 

[MontyAC]

Thx, time to update FF.

 

[gmaster456]

I'll wait for autoupdate. I don't anticipate any issues. FF has been rock solid for me since v3

 

[hclarkjr]

so far with autopager enabled the memory use is staying in the 300mb range, looks promising

 

[VirtualLarry]

Fixed the bug with Flash Player crashing?

I've been sticking with WaterFox 13.0 because of the bugs involving FF 14.01 and Flash.

 

[MontyAC]

I'm getting freezes with 14.01 and 15. I'm now back to 13.01.

 

[hclarkjr]

i must say this is nice, i have autopager enabled and my memory use is still in the 300mb range. looks like they fixed add on memory use with this version. now people can see some improvement with the one thing i think caused a lot of problems that people blamed firefox itself for

 

[bruceb]

Downloading it now.

 

[The_Golden_Man]

Not going back to Firefox no more. Had trouble with it the last months. Flash crashes and stuff. Chrome is much faster and have yet to having it crash on me.

 

[pcslookout]

Runs really great for me. I like it.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

Anyone test this with Vimeo?

 

[cantholdanymore]

I found FF useless for watching the olympics since it crashed after the first commercial. Can anyone test this?

 

[Chiefcrowe]

The final version is now on the main firefox website.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/15.0/releasenotes

So far so good. Feels faster and i did test Vimeo and that worked fine for me.
It also seems to be using less RAM than before, I was monitoring it a lot yesterday and that is very nice. Kudos to the developers!!! This is the best firefox yet.

more info for devs:
https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2012/08/27/compatibility-for-firefox-15

 

[nemesismk2]

decided to give Firefox another go so installed firefox 15 and everything is going okay.