Firefox 8, it's that time again

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Hi All,

Firefox 8 will be releasing November 8th - http://lifehacker.com/5856826/firefox-8-now-available

Just a quick Question…

Will Webrep be compatible with FF8?
Will Scriptshield carry on working like it did in FF7?

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Currently, WebRep is not compatible with FF8, but Script Shield appears to be working fine.

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Hi Marrtin,

Did you go ahead and do the upgrade already?

Any Add-on issues?

Also I think the scriptshield is much more important than webrep.

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  1. Yes.
  2. Yes.
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WebRep works fine in FF8.

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Hi,

Thanks for all the responses.

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You’re welcome…!

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Confirm!
Screenshot:

http://s007.radikal.ru/i300/1111/5b/389ad5d364aet.jpg

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Hot stuff this Firefox 8 ;D

Found this when looking for some what’s new in firefox8, e.g. what’s the point in having it. In all honesty I have seen little or no differences from updating to firefox6&7.

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At this point I guess it’s the same as replacing iPhone 4 with a new iPhone 4S ;D

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That’s the problem when you accelerate the pace of update to the level of Chrome, the difference between these close versions isn’t that great. So in essence everything on a user perspective seems the same.

Whilst they all purport to increase speed, etc. the margins really aren’t that huge so as to be immediately noticeable. We will have to see how this pans out.

The major difference, between firefox and the iPhone 4S is this new release won’t draining my UPS backup battery ;D

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Each day, each Firefox version ;D

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Not quite up to the Chrome version update rate, you need a stop watch to keep up with their updates.

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My computers are using FF 8.0 B6 at least for the next few hours.

WebRep works just fine on them. :slight_smile:

By the way just my experience:

I have been on the Firefox Beta Channel for months. Will probably go almost directly from 8.0 B6 to 9.0 B1. When FF went from v6 to v7 FF 8.0 B1 was available about 1 or 2 days after Firefox 7 was released.

I have found the Firefox Beta’s to be very stable and from what I understand more secure than the released version number that they follow.

Its actually become a joke in my home. Do I eat dinner first on Friday night or do I update Firefox first on Friday night? ;D Depends how hungry I am :slight_smile:

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In the typing of this post, Chrome has issued 4 version updates. ;D

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If WebRep is [uninstalled then] installed via the avast interface, is Firefox 8 keeping it disabled until the user approves the add-on?

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I think so, but a confirmation from the beta-users is needed.

[b]Version 8.0

  • 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[/b]

what is really odd is that a lot of computer savvy users do enjoy this “permanent beta status” and from time to time they even ask for a similar update cycle in AV software (e.g two weeks after a new version of Avast! has been released they start asking for the next one).

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Interesting that the Thunderbird update came through (or at least the notification of it) before Firefox this time around. Naturally enough, I got the Firefox one just as I opened this thread to read it.

No problems with extensions or add-ons this time around, not surprising if there’s that little difference between 7 and 8. Don’t personally know about WebRep, since (as I’d mentioned elsewhere) I’d already disabled that anyway ages ago as useless until it becomes a proper security tool.

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I wouldn’t call this “very little difference between 7 and 8”, but that’s just me.

What’s New in Firefox

The latest version of Firefox has the following changes:

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 for select locales. Additional locale support will be added in the future
Added a preference to load tabs on demand, improving start-up time when windows are restored
Improved performance and memory handling when using <audio> and <video> elements
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
Fixed several security issues

Please see the complete list of changes in this version. Web and extension developers should also view the curated list of platform changes. You may also be interested in the list of changes in the previous version.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/8.0/releasenotes/

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The webrep falls under third party add-ons and would be covered by the new options:

  • 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

So for those that are using the webrep the selection dialog is how it would be enabled.