Mozilla Will Take Any Means Necessary to Make Sure You're Using Firefox 3.5
Mozilla Will Take Any Means Necessary to Make Sure You're Using Firefox 3.5
Posted 08/19/2009 at 6:35am
| by Paul Lilly
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Mozilla isn't putting a gun to anyone's head and forcing them to upgrade to Firefox 3.5 (such a tactic wouldn't be feasible - we ran the numbers), but don't put it past the open-source browser maker to try and nag Firefox 3.0 users to death.
We suppose if you've gone this long without upgrading, you probably have your reasons why, or maybe you're just an overweight, forgetful gamer living in Seattle (it wasn't us that said it). Whatever the reason, Mozilla plans to send out messages to Firefox 3.0.13 users urging them to upgrade to Firefox 3.5 because it's "twice as fast."
Staunch holdouts who refuse to see what all the fuss is about are welcome to ignore the upgrade offer, but will again be reminded in 24 hours. Or select the option to never upgrade, but according to news and rumor site The Register, doing so will only remove the upgrade prompt for "several weeks or months," not permanently.
If the reminders don't bother you, the lack of security updates and patches might. Firefox 3.0 users have until January 2010 to upgrade before Mozilla cuts off support.
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praetor_alpha
August 19, 2009 at 7:55pm
I'm already using 3.5.x on my desktop, and I'm waiting for the people in charge of the ubuntu repos to stop ************************************* and update the repos, and my lappy will have it too. Or just wait for 9.10.
DBsantos77
August 19, 2009 at 5:20pm
Twice as fast? In what category exactly? I've used 3.5 and the final release after the BETA was absolute garbage. When my PC starts up, if I want to start FF up fast, I have to start up 2 instances of it, then kill the first instance that started, not to mention the "server not found" error on 1/3 of the sites that I visit (including this one.) Sure a refresh fixes it, but it's a hassle. Oh, and everyone seemed to forget about the vulnerability in some Java code, again, simple fix, but no reason the end-user should have to fix Mozilla's screw-ups. (article on this site.)
Also, don't even say "check your add-ons" because I'm running the exact same add-ons from 3.5 on 3.0.13 and have not had either the startup slowdown, OR the server refresh. GG
When the FF developers actually read the forum posts and feedback stating these problems, I will CONSIDER upgrading, until then, mozilla can shove 3.5 up their rear-ends.
GBH
August 19, 2009 at 2:14pm
I changed over to Chrome and have not looked back at Firefox since. It was awesome when I first started using it but then it started to become slow, would hang all the time, would crash ect. So I gave Chrome a try and it was stupid fast. Only thing it didn't do was sync bookmarks but I can do that now too.
kookykrazee
August 19, 2009 at 10:51am
The reason I had to hold out is 3.5 and 3.5.1 had major issues which includes the fact that it crashed anytime I started to do something.
I finally updated to 3.5.2 and that seems to have resolved the issue of crashin but now it just freezes up at times, which is pretty much annoying. Again, considering going back to 3.0.13
XcharlieMANSON
August 19, 2009 at 8:59am
The reason I don't upgrade to 3.5 is becuase, and I know this is minor and might sound stupid, but that plus sign at the end of the last tab on the bar. I can't stand it being there.
Zefir
August 19, 2009 at 10:03am
There's actually an addon that gets rid of it. Remove New Tab Button is the name.
nekollx
August 19, 2009 at 8:02am
what IS the hold out? It's not like upgrades cost you moneh
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ETNPNYS
August 19, 2009 at 8:46am
I wonder as well... At first, there was the dropped .NET support, but now they've remedied that and I see no reason why not to upgrade... ?
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I Jedi
August 19, 2009 at 10:52am
Yes, it is interesting to see why Mozzila wants people to upgrade so much. Besides the new benefits that Mozzila sees. Have they ever tried pushing their product out the door this badly before?
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