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  • DANCE OF DEATHDANCE OF DEATH Posts: 4,781
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    just updated it... Seems to be running a hellva lot faster that ff17.
  • curiousclivecuriousclive Posts: 378
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    Updated but not noticed any difference yet.
  • user123456789user123456789 Posts: 16,589
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    just updated it... Seems to be running a hellva lot faster that ff17.

    Not noticed a speed increase, maybe because my PC is quite fast already and the increase is more noticeable on lower spec PCs.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,398
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    Are they doing party packs to celebrate this momentous event? Is the O2 arena booked?
  • flagpoleflagpole Posts: 44,641
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    18 uses a new JS engine:
    IonMonkey

    IonMonkey is the name of Mozilla’s current JavaScript JIT compiler, which aims to enable many new optimizations that were impossible with the prior JägerMonkey architecture.

    IonMonkey is a more traditional compiler: it translates SpiderMonkey bytecode into a control flow graph, using static single assignment form (SSA) for the intermediate representation. This architecture enables well-known optimizations from other programming languages to be used for JavaScript, including type specialization, function inlining, linear-scan register allocation, dead code elimination, and loop-invariant code motion.

    The compiler can emit fast native code translations of JavaScript functions on the ARM, x86, and x86-64 platforms.

    I'm going to give 19b1 a try. doubt there are any changes there either.
  • user123456789user123456789 Posts: 16,589
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    Mozilla claims 25 per cent JavaScript speed boost with Firefox 18

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/09/new_firefox_javascript_speed/
  • cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    Is anyone having a launch party?
  • DANCE OF DEATHDANCE OF DEATH Posts: 4,781
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    Is anyone having a launch party?

    No point because FF18.01 will be around the corner probably in the next week or so. Mozilla fixing a security hole no doubt.
  • mossy2103mossy2103 Posts: 84,307
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    No point because FF18.01 will be around the corner probably in the next week or so. Mozilla fixing a security hole no doubt.

    Better than NOT fixing a security hole I would have thought, or delaying that fix until the next release.
  • Chairman___MeowChairman___Meow Posts: 414
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    Is anyone having a launch party?

    You need to get out more.
  • d'@ved'@ve Posts: 45,452
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    You need to get out more.

    Did you miss his irony? ;)
  • SexbombSexbomb Posts: 20,005
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    I've turned these updates off, it's just pathetic releasing new version every 6 weeks :rolleyes: what is different from 4 versions ago? Cannot see any changes at all, not going to update mine again unless it's a significant change to the browser proberbly by Xmas on version 25 :rolleyes:
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 9,121
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    Is anyone having a launch party?

    Don't really have the time at the moment. Maybe I'll do one for Firefox 20.0 in a month or two :)
  • s2ks2k Posts: 7,410
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    mossy2103 wrote: »
    Better than NOT fixing a security hole I would have thought, or delaying that fix until the next release.
    Bugfixes and security updates should not require a major version change.
  • 1saintly1saintly Posts: 4,197
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    s2k wrote: »
    Bugfixes and security updates should not require a major version change.

    it doesnt!

    i got fed up of regular updates, somebody suggested the ESR version.
    it has all the latest security fixes, but may lack some of the latest bling.

    But stability was more important to me.
    http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/

    http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,398
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    Strange how Chrome seems to keep up to date without me even noticing whereas with FF and Thunderbird it's still a PITA.
  • cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    Aspartame wrote: »
    Don't really have the time at the moment. Maybe I'll do one for Firefox 20.0 in a month or two :)

    That one might be worth having a launch party for, who knows?
  • jzeejzee Posts: 25,498
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    bowland37 wrote: »
    Strange how Chrome seems to keep up to date without me even noticing whereas with FF and Thunderbird it's still a PITA.
    Am I the only one it didn't cause problems for:o?
  • 1saintly1saintly Posts: 4,197
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    bowland37 wrote: »
    Strange how Chrome seems to keep up to date without me even noticing whereas with FF and Thunderbird it's still a PITA.

    Dont notice my Firefox updating either, not a PITA for me :D
    1saintly wrote: »
    it doesnt!

    i got fed up of regular updates, somebody suggested the ESR version.
    it has all the latest security fixes, but may lack some of the latest bling.

    But stability was more important to me.
    http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/

    http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html

    Chrome is naughty though, it will start to download stuff without asking what you want to do with it. :eek:

    Scroll to post #30
    http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1776466&page=2
  • LyricalisLyricalis Posts: 57,958
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    Just updated. Seems a bit faster.
  • 446.09375446.09375 Posts: 961
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    They broke an add-on I use to retain a user interface I prefer, so I'm stuck on one several versions old. Bah.
    I don't want to have to adapt to their idea of what controls I get, and where they are, I like it my way. Really annoys me how they change things and don't provide a way to get it back as it was.
  • Magic8BallMagic8Ball Posts: 3,808
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    Blimey, Version 18.0, and I'm still trundling along 16.02, I feel like a fool.
  • 1saintly1saintly Posts: 4,197
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    446.09375 wrote: »
    They broke an add-on I use to retain a user interface I prefer, so I'm stuck on one several versions old. Bah.
    I don't want to have to adapt to their idea of what controls I get, and where they are, I like it my way. Really annoys me how they change things and don't provide a way to get it back as it was.

    Thats why i was advised to use the ESR Version.
    1saintly wrote: »
    it doesnt!

    i got fed up of regular updates not working with addons, somebody suggested the ESR version.
    it has all the latest security fixes, but may lack some of the latest bling.

    But stability was more important to me.
    http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/

    http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
  • cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    Magic8Ball wrote: »
    Blimey, Version 18.0, and I'm still trundling along 16.02, I feel like a fool.

    I only updated to 17 a couple of weeks ago.
  • 446.09375446.09375 Posts: 961
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    re: broken interface...
    1saintly wrote: »
    Thats why i was advised to use the ESR Version.
    That doesn't appear to be a long term solution though - ?
    Won't the ESR version 'update' to the 'new shiny' eventually?
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