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Merad

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I thought FF8 was supposed to have official support for a 64 bit version? Not finding anything about it? I am disappoint.
 

pcslookout

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How did you change it back?

This userstyle code I found online.

#page-proxy-favicon:not(src),
#tabbrowser-tabs .tab-icon-image:not(src),
#personal-bookmarks .bookmark-item .toolbarbutton-icon:not(src) {
list-style-image: url("chrome://global/skin/icons/folder-item.png")!important;
-moz-image-region: rect(0px, 16px, 16px, 0px)!important;
}
 

Merad

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The point being what, that 64 bit isn't needed? Of course it isn't mandatory, but it SHOULD help. FF is a memory hog with moderate performance at best, and the more memory it sucks up the crappier performance becomes. When I first read about this (like 6 months ago) initial tests were already showing about 10% performance improvements over 32 bit builds.
 

hclarkjr

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i disagree with you about the memory, i have been running firefox since version 3 and have never experienced this memory issue that some are complaining about
 

pyonir

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This userstyle code I found online.

#page-proxy-favicon:not(src),
#tabbrowser-tabs .tab-icon-image:not(src),
#personal-bookmarks .bookmark-item .toolbarbutton-icon:not(src) {
list-style-image: url("chrome://global/skin/icons/folder-item.png")!important;
-moz-image-region: rect(0px, 16px, 16px, 0px)!important;
}
Thanks, that's the solution in the link I made above. Was wondering if it was a different solution.
 

Capt Caveman

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Updated to FF 8 on three different systems and only one was a clean update when it came to add-ons.

On my Windows XP home laptop, no issues.

Windows 7 home desktop, a separate tab was created for each add-on requesting for permission to install.

Windows XP work laptop, all add-ons were listed as uncompatible even though they all were. I had to manually update one of the add-ons and after the restart it allowed me to enable the other add-ons.
 

PowerYoga

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I found lazy tabs to be pretty nice as I always have around 10 tabs loaded on every firefox shutdown. tools -> options -> General -> don't load tabs until selected.
 

mechBgon

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  • Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default
  • Added a one-time add-on selection dialog to manage previously installed add-ons
  • Added Twitter to the search bar
  • Added a preference to load tabs on demand, improving start-up time when windows are restored
  • Improved tab animations when moving, reordering, or detaching tabs
  • Improved performance and memory handling
  • Added CORS support for cross-domain textures in WebGL
  • Added support for HTML5 context menus
  • Added support for insertAdjacentHTML
  • Improved CSS hyphen support for many languages
  • Improved WebSocket support
  • Fixed several stability issues

But have they managed to make it run at Low integrity level as a safeguard yet? Anyone here know?

And yeah, 64-bit wouldn't hurt. I see Adobe tweaked 64-bit Flash Player to take advantage of the address space to provide more robust ASLR.
 

zCypher

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Got 8 and now fxchrome theme won't work with it. I hate the default theme, seems so ugly. Otherwise ok.
 

Pardus

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8.0 ? They come out with a new version monthly now?

Waiting for Firefox 3D :)
 

PowerYoga

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hmmm just hope that this new update doesn't suck like when no. 7 was out;

no.7 fixed the memory leaks and added a bunch of stuff I now use on a constant basis so that was a great update. It's hard to take you seriously when you're basically trolling.
 

bruceb

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Just a quick note: When I did my update to Firefox 8, my Firefox 3 theme was not set as my default, even though that is what I was using in Firefox 7 .. Firefox 8 set it back to it's own default and I had to go into the add-ons manager, themes and reselect the one I wanted.
 

mechBgon

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i asked this question for you here http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2358701 will let you know what they say

Actually I can check using Sysinternals Process Monitor, I'm just being lazy. One moment here...

FF_integrity.png


Unfortunately they're still running at Medium integrity. So an exploit would gain the same privileges as the user, rather than being stuck in a Low-integrity padded cell.

C'mon Mozilla, you talk big about security, now try to include at least as much security as IE7 :D
 

hclarkjr

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Actually I can check using Sysinternals Process Monitor, I'm just being lazy. One moment here...

FF_integrity.png


Unfortunately they're still running at Medium integrity. So an exploit would gain the same privileges as the user, rather than being stuck in a Low-integrity padded cell.

C'mon Mozilla, you talk big about security, now try to include at least as much security as IE7 :D
go to that link i posted, there is link there to set it too what you want via command prompt