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1 posted on 04/23/2012 11:08:24 AM PDT by ShadowAce
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2 posted on 04/23/2012 11:09:15 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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I’ve used Firefox since release 3, but starting around release 10 it has stopped playing nice with Adobe PDF files. A crash or two a day occurs, always when a PDF file does not open, although the file that crashed FireFox always opens perfectly with Internet Explorer.

Sill use Firefox but it’s frustrating at times with the PDF crashes.


4 posted on 04/23/2012 11:14:37 AM PDT by JackOfVA
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Why does it seem like there is a new version every three months?


5 posted on 04/23/2012 11:30:59 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: ShadowAce

I love the functionality of FF, but it is such a slow and sluggish browser compared to Chrome or Opera. It’s a resource hog.

Overall, I like FF the best, but I wish it were faster.


6 posted on 04/23/2012 11:31:52 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound (.)
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Waiting for the Mac version...


7 posted on 04/23/2012 11:34:31 AM PDT by null and void (Day 1189 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...])
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Firefox 12?

Even Georg Cantor thinks they are going to run out of version numbers soon.

14 posted on 04/23/2012 11:52:37 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (You only have three billion heartbeats in a lifetime.How many does the government claim as its own?)
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Still using FF 3.6.

Works fine, both Windows and OSX. Still getting security updates.

In fact, I HAVE to use FF 3.5 on one Windows machine at work, because it's the last FF version to support the ancient Java version required by some of my old Cisco security devices' firmware.

These frequent major-number releases are silly. They should be minor-number. Nobody but hardcore users takes this release crap seriously anyway.

I mean, really...

Consider, Microsoft Office is up to release 14 already, with 15 on the way. Although, to be fair, Microsoft skipped over versions "5", "6", and "13" to get there. They skipped 5 and 6 so that they could sync all the individual product versions at "7".

They probably skipped "13" for the same reason most buildings don't have a 13th floor... LOL.

16 posted on 04/23/2012 12:34:46 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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All three of these are are good additions IMO.

I still think it's a point release, not a major version.

27 posted on 04/23/2012 9:55:51 PM PDT by zeugma (Those of us who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
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I upgraded to FF 12.0 4/24. OSX Snow Leopard up to date.

My son sent me to a youtube link and I can’t open it. Tells me I need a plugin and to search.
When I search it tells me there are no applicable plugins.

On checking several youtube videos I get the same result.
Some play, some don’t.
Can’t figure out what’s happening.


34 posted on 05/13/2012 8:24:57 AM PDT by Vinnie (A)
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