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Only a short time ago, we had to wait over a year for a major new release of any web browser. Often longer. There was a huge gap between Firefox 3 and Firefox 4, with many alphas, betas and numerous release candidates. That was before Google changed the game with Chrome, with rapid releases, quickly switching between stable, beta, dev and Canary.
Recently, Mozilla decided to change the way they would release a new version of Firefox, somewhat mimicking the Chrome release schedule. You can now download this stable version of Firefox, currently v12, from this page, while adventurous users can also check out v13 Aurora and even v14 of Nightly, Firefox's "Canary" build, reserved for the most foolhardy.
What's new in Firefox 12? There’s not an awful lot to get excited about with Firefox 12. The most notable change – other than a refresh of the media controls used to control HTML5 video playback – is that Windows users will no longer see the User Account Control security dialog pop up when updating in future as Mozilla moves across to a silent update mechanism.
Note that Firefox 12 is now final and in the stable channel.
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Posted by: Jon, 01 February 2012 09:31
I've been a happy customer since the early era of Mozilla before it became Firefox. We all know the company decided to accelerate their updates to an infernal rhythm.
Not only the add-on developers don't have the time to make their product compatible that fast, but also the change logs don't satisfy me anymore, there's simply nothing new or faster since FF5 so to say.
I've got a quad core with 8GB ram, Firefox is having a Nightly build supposed to be X64 compatible, but I couldn't wait, I want to be able to use all the characteristics of my computer without the hassle of feeling limited, FF crashing or freezing often.
I've recently moved to Pale Moon x64, based on FF source code so one can use personas and add-ons all the same, and believe it or not, it just plainly changed my life. I have a smoother and better responding program, using 350MB of RAM with permanently 10 open tabs and 5 running add-ons. The most noticeable change for me is when launching the program: 15 secs for FF10 x84 and 2 for PM9 X64.
I'm eagerly waiting for FF x64 to be released, I still have Firefox on my computer but running Pale Moon instead. I'd give this release a 3 stars rating.